Category Archives: Lucius Shepard

Guest Post: Remembering Lucius

Posted on March 19, 2015 by robertpkruger

I got a nice email today from Gullivar on this first anniversary of his dad’s death. He read the road-trip memoir and gave me his blessing to continue, so I will soon. I’d privately intended to finish it up before … Continue reading →

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A Wistful Day

Posted on March 12, 2015 by robertpkruger

1. Sigh. Terry Pratchett died today. Lucius and I shared a room at Worldcon in 2002, and we and Terry Bisson ran into Sir Terry at the hotel bar. When the topic of my then-infant daughter came up, he shared … Continue reading →

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A Long Trip with Lucius, Part 8

Posted on December 18, 2014 by robertpkruger

We dragged ourselves up after daybreak. Lucius’ burbling snores had disturbed my sleep. I didn’t make an issue of the snoring till much later, when it was really too late. Further into the trip, two mornings after Gullivar left us, … Continue reading →

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Learn to Write from the Best

Posted on November 30, 2014 by robertpkruger

The authors you admire can be your best teachers. Lucius used to stress this to his students. Like many writers, he would try copying from memory a passage he admired, over and over, until he got it right. More than … Continue reading →

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A Long Trip with Lucius, Part 7

Posted on October 31, 2014 by robertpkruger

Since I started this memoir about Lucius, I’ve moved with my family to Redmond, Oregon, and the protracted summer has just yielded to fall. Lucius, Gullivar, and I passed through this country an hour after my last installment, on the … Continue reading →

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A Long Trip with Lucius, Part 6

Posted on September 26, 2014 by robertpkruger

At six a.m., full dark, Lucius killed the nagging alarm clock with several badly aimed swats. We hastily dressed, took brief turns in the bathroom for essentials but no showers, and got checked out. Gullivar drove. The last night’s fog … Continue reading →

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“On the Nose” and the Value of Play

Posted on September 3, 2014 by robertpkruger

Lucius introduced me to the phrase “on the nose” in criticizing a passage I wrote: “In this bit where the guy’s wife is asking him questions, it’s too on-the-nose. People don’t usually talk like this, pursuing a straight-line goal. They … Continue reading →

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Now You See It . . . Now You Still See It

Posted on September 2, 2014 by robertpkruger

I’ve been preoccupied the last couple of months with uprooting from the Seattle area and relocating in central Oregon, trying to build a new social network, and doing a bit of work retraining. I’ll pick up the account of my … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Low Serotonin

Posted on August 15, 2014 by robertpkruger

About five years ago, I noticed that Lucius had been making a lot of typos on the story and essay drafts he sent me and on his Facebook posts. I brought this up during one of our phone talks, and … Continue reading →

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A Long Trip with Lucius, Part 5

Posted on July 1, 2014 by robertpkruger

Even in his mid-fifties, as he was during this trip, Lucius had a sullen-teenager relationship with God the Father. I don’t quite mean this literally. Lucius didn’t profess a belief in God and tended to mock those who did. On … Continue reading →

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