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  • Bibliography:
    23 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    June 1985
  • Latest Book:
    September 2015
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Full Series List in Order

Captain Confederacy

1 - The Nature of the Hero (May-2012)
2 - Hero Worship (May-2012)

Liavek

Liavek (Jun-1985)
The Players of Luck (1986)
Wizard's Row (1987)
Spells of Binding (1988)
Festival Week (1990)

Voyage of the Basset

Thor's Hammer (Jan-2001)

Multi-Author Series List

Borderland

4 - Elsewhere (Oct-1991)
5 - Nevernever (Nov-1993)

Book List in Order: 23 titles



  • Liavek, the City of Luck on the Cat River, a cosmopolitan capital of art, intrigue, adventure, and magic, is the focus of this collection of tales by Gene Wolfe, Jane Yolen, Steven Brust, and other renowned fantasy writers...



  • From the edge of the Elflands to the top of World's Peak, drawn together on a quest whether they like it or not.... "The first-rate world building, the unique cast of characters, and the author's clever whimsey make it absorbing reading. Recommended....



  • The fantastical city of Liavek, home of dark magic, adventure, gambling, and horror, comes to life in a series of interconnected stories by Jane Yolen, Gene Wolfe, Pamela Dean, John M. Ford, Patricia C. Wrede, Gregory Frost, and other noted fantasy w...



  • The story of Rifkin Outcast, Last Master of Castle Gromandiel:When I was a boy in the western fishing village of Loh, I was chosen by the wandering priests of the Warrior Saint to master her Art. Though no one would think me a priest or a saint, I le...



  • "An Act of Mercy" by Megan Lindholm (Robin Hobb) and Steven Brust''The World in the Rock" by Kara Dalkey"Baker's Dozen" by Bradley Denton"Green Is the Color" by John M. FordBonus! Four songs:"City of Luck" by Jane Yolen"The Ballad of the Quick Levars...




  • Computer game tester Kevin Fikkan meets Janny Laias, a game designer, and the two soon find themselves inside her latest creation, a game in need of debugging that is haunted by his faults and her nightmares...



  • In the City of Luck, luck runs wildest in Festival Week."Consequences" by Walter Jon Williams"As Bright as New Coppers" by Bradley Denton"A Hot Night at Cheeky's" by Steven Brust"A Prudent Obedience" by Kara Dalkey"The True Tale of Count Dashif's Dem...



  • All MESSED UP and NOWHERE to go? Bordertown lies halfway between the world of humans and the realm of Faerie. Here, elf and human gangs clash by night, magic works better than technology, and runaways like Ron show up with dreams of changing thems...






  • Half WOLF. Half BOY. All SCREWED UP. Ron, the hero of Elsewhere, has been cursed by a beautiful elf named Leda, and now he's a werewolf. As if meeting girls hadn't already been hard enough. Ron would love to break the curse, but he's got other...



  • The Nix family has arrived.

    And Latchahie County will never be the same.

    In an effort at improving his family's lot, the Nixes have moved to rural Florida to open Dogland: a combination zoo, restaurant and motel. But it isn't long bef...



  • From the author of Dogland, a dark new vision of the future of gene-splicing and artificial intelligence

    Will Shetterly has created a dark and intriguing future for this novel, a world of genetic engineering and cloning where human and animal ...



  • The Norse gods are in an uproar--Thor's hammer has been stolen! The goddess Freyja has foreseen that a human boy will help find the hammer; the Basset sails into the mortal world to find him. But when the Basset returns, it carries not one boy, but f...



  • Christopher Nix is 14 years old, and it's 1969. His life is a turbulent echo of the times as he discovers sex, drugs and rock 'n roll in the heart of Florida. But into this struggle between the young long-haired hippie and the rednecks who'd just as ...



  • Your dad used to be the spooky-mysteries TV show host Professor Midnight. Your grandmother lives in the basement and only comes upstairs after dark. Your mom died when you were a baby, and nobody will tell you about her. Oh, and you have two birthday...



  • In a world where the Confederacy won, the government uses a propaganda super hero to shape its peoples' opinions. But who will shape his? ...plots are intricate and creative.... This is not a comic book for children. - Southern Magazine ...excellent ...



  • A new Confederacy needs a new Captain Confederacy. And the rest of the world has decided they need heroes too.Contains two stories, "Yankee UFO" (in black and white) and "Hero Worship" (in color on color tablets).125 pages. Low resolution file: 12 MB...



  • In a world where the Confederacy won, the government uses a propaganda super hero to shape its people's beliefs. But who will shape his?...plots are intricate and creative.... This is not a comic book for children. - Southern Magazine...excellent alt...









  • Liavek.City of Luck on the Cat River. Cosmopolitan hub of subtle intrigue and wild fortune. Capital of art and adventure, caravans and culture, espionage and enchantment!Come to Liavek. Its stories have been told by some of fantasy's greatest writers...



  • Contents:The Hands of the Artist by Kara DalkeyA Coincidence of Birth by Robin Hobb (Megan Lindholm)Bound Things by Will ShetterlyThe Fortune Maker by Barry B. LongyearThese stories were first published in 1985 in Liavek, edited by Will Shetterly and...



  • "A Happy Birthday" by Will Shetterly"Before the Paint Is Dry" by Kara Dalkey"The Rat's Alley Shuffle" by Charles de Lint"Dry Well" by Nathan A Bucklin, with lyrics by Alison Bucklin"Choice of the Black Goddess" by Gene Wolfe"The Ballad of the Quick L...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Will Shetterly has published 23 books.

Will Shetterly does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Liavek 3, was published in September 2015.

The first book by Will Shetterly, Liavek, was published in June 1985.

Yes. Will Shetterly has 3 series.