The Ends of the Earth (short story collection)

1991 collection of science fiction and horror stories by Lucius Shepard

The Ends of the Earth
Dust-jacket illustration by Jeffrey K. Potter.
Author	Lucius Shepard
Illustrator	Jeffrey K. Potter
Cover artist	Jeffrey K. Potter
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction, horror
Published	1991 (Arkham House)
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	x, 484
ISBN	0-87054-161-7
OCLC	21762304
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 20
LC Class	PS3569.H3939 E5 1991

The Ends of the Earth is a collection of science fiction and horror stories by American writer Lucius Shepard. It was released in 1991 and was the author's second book published by Arkham House. It was published in an edition of 4,655 copies. The stories originally appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and other magazines.

The Ends of the Earth contains the following stories:

"The Ends of the Earth"
"Delta Sly Honey"
"Bound for Glory"
"The Exercise of Faith"
"Nomans Land"
"Life of Buddha"
"Shades"
"Aymara"
"A Wooden Tiger"
"The Black Clay Boy"
"Fire Zone Emerald"
"On the Border"
"The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter"
"Surrender"

Awards

World Fantasy Award - 1992

Sources

Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 58.
Joshi, S.T. (1999). Sixty Years of Arkham House: A History and Bibliography. Sauk City, WI: Arkham House. p. 162. ISBN 0-87054-176-5.
Nielsen, Leon (2004). Arkham House Books: A Collector's Guide. Jefferson, NC and London: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 137. ISBN 0-7864-1785-4.

v t e World Fantasy Award—Collection
1975–2000	Worse Things Waiting by Manly Wade Wellman (1975) The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy by Avram Davidson (1976) Frights by Kirby McCauley (1977) Murgunstrumm and Others by Hugh B. Cave (1978) Shadows by Charles L. Grant (1979) Amazons! by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1980) Dark Forces by Kirby McCauley (1981) The Dark Country by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold (1982) Nightmare Seasons by Charles L. Grant (1983) High Spirits by Robertson Davies (1984) Books of Blood, Vols. I-III by Clive Barker (1985) Imaginary Lands by Robin McKinley (1986) Tales of the Quintana Roo by James Tiptree Jr. (1987) The Jaguar Hunter by Lucius Shepard (1988) Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison / Storeys from the Old Hotel by Gene Wolfe (1989, tie) Richard Matheson: Collected Stories by Richard Matheson (1990) The Start of the End of It All and Other Stories by Carol Emshwiller (1991) The Ends of the Earth by Lucius Shepard (1992) The Sons of Noah & Other Stories by Jack Cady (1993) Alone with the Horrors by Ramsey Campbell (1994) The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians and A Conflagration Artist by Bradley Denton (1995) The Grass Princess by Gwyneth Jones (1996) The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye by Jonathan Lethem (1997) The Throne of Bones by Brian McNaughton (1998) Black Glass by Karen Joy Fowler (1999) Moonlight and Vines by Charles de Lint / Reave the Just and Other Tales by Stephen R. Donaldson (2000, tie)
2001–present	Beluthahatchie and Other Stories by Andy Duncan (2001) Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson (2002) The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories by Jeffrey Ford (2003) Bibliomancy by Elizabeth Hand (2004) Black Juice by Margo Lanagan (2005) The Keyhole Opera by Bruce Holland Rogers (2006) Map of Dreams by M. Rickert (2007) Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman (2008) The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford (2009) There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales by Lyudmila Petrushevskaya / The Best of Gene Wolfe by Gene Wolfe (2010, tie) What I Didn't See and Other Stories by Karen Joy Fowler (2011) The Bible Repairman and Other Stories by Tim Powers (2012) Where Furnaces Burn by Joel Lane (2013) The Ape's Wife and Other Stories by Caitlín R. Kiernan (2014) The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings by Angela Slatter / Gifts for the One Who Comes After by Helen Marshall (2015, tie) Bone Swans by C. S. E. Cooney (2016) A Natural History of Hell by Jeffrey Ford (2017) The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen (2018) The Tangled Lands by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell (2019) Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson (2020) Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda (2021) Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan by Usman T. Malik (2022)

World Fantasy Award—Collection

1975–2000

Worse Things Waiting by Manly Wade Wellman (1975)
The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy by Avram Davidson (1976)
Frights by Kirby McCauley (1977)
Murgunstrumm and Others by Hugh B. Cave (1978)
Shadows by Charles L. Grant (1979)
Amazons! by Jessica Amanda Salmonson (1980)
Dark Forces by Kirby McCauley (1981)
The Dark Country by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold (1982)
Nightmare Seasons by Charles L. Grant (1983)
High Spirits by Robertson Davies (1984)
Books of Blood, Vols. I-III by Clive Barker (1985)
Imaginary Lands by Robin McKinley (1986)
Tales of the Quintana Roo by James Tiptree Jr. (1987)
The Jaguar Hunter by Lucius Shepard (1988)
Angry Candy by Harlan Ellison / Storeys from the Old Hotel by Gene Wolfe (1989, tie)
Richard Matheson: Collected Stories by Richard Matheson (1990)
The Start of the End of It All and Other Stories by Carol Emshwiller (1991)
The Ends of the Earth by Lucius Shepard (1992)
The Sons of Noah & Other Stories by Jack Cady (1993)
Alone with the Horrors by Ramsey Campbell (1994)
The Calvin Coolidge Home for Dead Comedians and A Conflagration Artist by Bradley Denton (1995)
The Grass Princess by Gwyneth Jones (1996)
The Wall of the Sky, the Wall of the Eye by Jonathan Lethem (1997)
The Throne of Bones by Brian McNaughton (1998)
Black Glass by Karen Joy Fowler (1999)
Moonlight and Vines by Charles de Lint / Reave the Just and Other Tales by Stephen R. Donaldson (2000, tie)

2001–present

Beluthahatchie and Other Stories by Andy Duncan (2001)
Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson (2002)
The Fantasy Writer's Assistant and Other Stories by Jeffrey Ford (2003)
Bibliomancy by Elizabeth Hand (2004)
Black Juice by Margo Lanagan (2005)
The Keyhole Opera by Bruce Holland Rogers (2006)
Map of Dreams by M. Rickert (2007)
Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman (2008)
The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford (2009)
There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried To Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales by Lyudmila Petrushevskaya / The Best of Gene Wolfe by Gene Wolfe (2010, tie)
What I Didn't See and Other Stories by Karen Joy Fowler (2011)
The Bible Repairman and Other Stories by Tim Powers (2012)
Where Furnaces Burn by Joel Lane (2013)
The Ape's Wife and Other Stories by Caitlín R. Kiernan (2014)
The Bitterwood Bible and Other Recountings by Angela Slatter / Gifts for the One Who Comes After by Helen Marshall (2015, tie)
Bone Swans by C. S. E. Cooney (2016)
A Natural History of Hell by Jeffrey Ford (2017)
The Emerald Circus by Jane Yolen (2018)
The Tangled Lands by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S. Buckell (2019)
Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson (2020)
Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda (2021)
Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan by Usman T. Malik (2022)

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