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Michael Shea

(1946 - 2014)

Michael Shea was an American fantasy, horror, and science fiction author. He is a multiple winner of the World Fantasy Award.

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction

Series

Dying Earth (with Jack Vance)
2.5. A Quest for Simbilis (1974)

Nifft
   1. Nifft the Lean (1982)
   2. The Mines of Behemoth (1997)
   3. The A'Rak (2000)
   4. The Incompleat Nifft (2000)

Extra
1. The Extra (2010)
2. Assault on Sunrise (2013)

Novels

   The Color Out of Time (1984)
   In Yana, The Touch of Undying (1985)
   Fat Face (1987)
   I, Said the Fly (1993)
   Mr. Cannyharme (2021)

Collections

   Polyphemus (1987)
   The Autopsy and Other Tales (2008)
   Copping Squid and Other Mythos Tales (2009)
   The Autopsy (2022)

Michael Shea recommends

Conan the Hero (1989)
(Adventures of Conan)
Leonard Carpenter
"Swath-cutting characters and blade honed imaginings..."

Books containing stories by Michael Shea

Swords Against Darkness (2017)
edited by
Paula Guran

The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu (2016)
New Lovecraftian Fiction
edited by
Paula Guran

New Cthulhu 2 (2015)
More Recent Weird
edited by
Paula Guran

More books

Awards

1983 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel : Nifft the Lean

Award nominations

	1988 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection (nominee) : Polyphemus
	1981 Hugo Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Autopsy: Best Weird Stories of Michael Shea
	1980 Nebula Award for Best Novella (nominee) : The Autopsy: Best Weird Stories of Michael Shea
	1979 Nebula Award for Best Novelette (nominee) : The Angel of Death

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