Jay Lake lived in Portland, Oregon, where he worked on multiple writing and editing projects. His 2007 book Mainspring received a starred review in Booklist. His short fiction appeared regularly in literary and genre markets worldwide. Jay won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, Endeavour Award, and was a multiple nominee for the Hugo and World Fantasy Awards.
Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller
Series
Novels
Collections
Dogs in the Moonlight (2000)
The River Knows Its Own (2000)
Greetings from Lake Wu (2003)
Green Grow the Rushes-Oh (2004)
American Sorrows (2004)
The Sky That Wraps (2010)
Almost All the Way Home From the Stars (2013) (with Ruth Nestvold)
Eastlick and Other Stories (2014) (with others)
Last Plane to Heaven (2014)
The River Knows Its Own (2000)
Greetings from Lake Wu (2003)
Green Grow the Rushes-Oh (2004)
American Sorrows (2004)
The Sky That Wraps (2010)
Almost All the Way Home From the Stars (2013) (with Ruth Nestvold)
Eastlick and Other Stories (2014) (with others)
Last Plane to Heaven (2014)
Novellas and Short Stories
The Baby Killers (2010)
Love in the Time of Metal and Flesh (2013)
The Stars Do Not Lie (2013)
The Blade of His Plow (2014)
The Cancer Catechism (2014)
A Critical Examination of Stigmata's Print Taking the Rats to Riga (2014)
The Fall of the Moon (2014)
A Feast of Angels (2014)
From the Countries of Her Dreams (2014) (with Shannon Page)
Grindstone (2014)
'Hello,' Said the Gun (2014)
Looking for Truth in a Wild Blue Yonder (2014) (with Ken Scholes)
Mother Urban's Booke of Dayes (2014)
The Starship Mechanic (2014) (with Ken Scholes)
Love in the Time of Metal and Flesh (2013)
The Stars Do Not Lie (2013)
The Blade of His Plow (2014)
The Cancer Catechism (2014)
A Critical Examination of Stigmata's Print Taking the Rats to Riga (2014)
The Fall of the Moon (2014)
A Feast of Angels (2014)
From the Countries of Her Dreams (2014) (with Shannon Page)
Grindstone (2014)
'Hello,' Said the Gun (2014)
Looking for Truth in a Wild Blue Yonder (2014) (with Ken Scholes)
Mother Urban's Booke of Dayes (2014)
The Starship Mechanic (2014) (with Ken Scholes)
Anthologies edited
All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories (2004) (with David Moles)
Tel (2005)
Spicy Slipstream Stories (2008) (with Nick Mamatas)
Other Earths (2009) (with Nick Gevers)
Footprints (2009) (with Eric T Reynolds)
Tel (2005)
Spicy Slipstream Stories (2008) (with Nick Mamatas)
Other Earths (2009) (with Nick Gevers)
Footprints (2009) (with Eric T Reynolds)
Anthology series
Polyphony (with Deborah Layne)
1. Polyphony 1 (2002)
2. Polyphony 2 (2003)
3. Polyphony 3 (2003)
4. Polyphony 4 (2004)
5. Polyphony 5 (2005)
6. Polyphony 6 (2006)
1. Polyphony 1 (2002)
2. Polyphony 2 (2003)
3. Polyphony 3 (2003)
4. Polyphony 4 (2004)
5. Polyphony 5 (2005)
6. Polyphony 6 (2006)
Series contributed to
METAtropolis
Metatropolis (2009) (with others)
Cascadia (2010) (with others)
Green Space (2013) (with others)
In the Forests of the Night (2014)
Rock of Ages & Let Me Hide Myself in Thee (2014) (with Ken Scholes)
The Wings We Dare Aspire (2014) (with Ken Scholes)
Metatropolis (2009) (with others)
Cascadia (2010) (with others)
Green Space (2013) (with others)
In the Forests of the Night (2014)
Rock of Ages & Let Me Hide Myself in Thee (2014) (with Ken Scholes)
The Wings We Dare Aspire (2014) (with Ken Scholes)
Tor.Com Original
A Water Matter (2010)
The Speed of Time (2011)
Two Stories (2011) (with Ken Scholes)
A Water Matter (2010)
The Speed of Time (2011)
Two Stories (2011) (with Ken Scholes)
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Jay Lake
The Final Frontier (2018)
Stories of Exploring Space, Colonizing the Universe, and First Contact
edited by
Neil Clarke
Clarkesworld Year Nine: Volume One (2018)
(Clarkesworld Anthology, book 9)
edited by
Neil Clarke and Sean Wallace
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Jay Lake recommends
Command Performance (2020)
(Amazing Conroy)
Lawrence M Schoen
"Only Lawrence Schoen could blend the Mayan eschaton, nightclub hypnotism, corporate elitism, radical environmentalism, and good old-fashioned slam-bang adventure fiction."
Blood in the Skies (2011)
(Hellfire Chronicles, book 1)
G D Falksen
"This is steampunk clanking to life on the page..."
Hidden Cities (2011)
(Moshui, book 3)
Daniel Fox (Chaz Brenchley)
"Magnificent... This series ranges from imperial intrigue to ocean-spanning magic to the smallest lives."
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