The Dragon Griaule

6,000 feet long from head to tail. . . these are the stories of the Dragon Griaule.

Lucius Shepard's acclaimed Dragon Griaule stories are presented here for the first time in a single volume. This Fantasy Masterworks edition contains:
'The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule'
'The Scalehunter's Beautiful Daughter'
'The Father of Stones'
'Liar's House'
'The Taborin Scale'
'The Skull' This is the definitive tail of the Dragon Griaule: a beast so immense its body forms part of the landscape. . .

About the Author

Lucius Taylor Shepard was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1947. He travelled extensively in his youth, and has held a wide assortment of occupations in the United States, Europe, Southeast Asia and Latin America, including rock musician and night club bouncer. He attended the Clarion Writers' Workshop in 1980 and made his first commercial sale a year later. His work covers many areas of fantastic fiction and has recently encompassed non-fiction, as well. For over a decade, he has contributed a regular column on science fiction cinema for The Magazine Of Fantasy And Science Fiction. Lucius Shepard has won numerous prizes for his work, including the Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy, Theodore Sturgeon And International Horror Guild Awards. He lives in Vancouver, Washington.