William Shunn

William Shunn (1967-) is an American science fiction writer and memoirist. He was raised in a devout Mormon household, the oldest of eight children. He attended the Clarion Workshop in 1985. In 1986, he served a mission to Canada for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but was arrested for making a false bomb threat and ejected from the country. He left the church in 1995. Shunn's first professional short story was published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction in 1993. In 2002 he was nominated for the Nebula Award for his novelette "Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites." In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks, he created what may have been the first online survivor registry. He lives in Queens, New York.

Bibliography

  • Short fiction
    • "Cut Without Hands," LDSF-2: Latter-day Science Fiction, ed. Benjamin Urrutia (Parables, Ludlow, MA), 1985
    • "From Our Point of View We Had Moved to the Left," The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1993
    • "In the Dark," Science Fiction Age, September 1993
    • "Rise Up, Ye Women That Are at Ease," Washed by a Wave of Wind: Science Fiction from the Corridor, ed. M. Shayne Bell (Signature Books, Salt Lake City, UT), December 1993
    • "Two Paths in the Forest Toulemonde," Science Fiction Age, January 1994
    • "Kevin17," The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1995
    • "Celestial Mechanics," The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1996
    • "The Practical Ramifications of Interstellar Packet Loss," Science Fiction Age, September 1998
    • "Synchronicity and the Single Girl," Blood Rose, Autumnal Equinox 1998
    • "Stalin's Candy," Realms of Fantasy, June 1999
    • "Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites," Vanishing Acts, ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor Books, New York, NY), July 2000 (Nebula Award nominee)
    • "The Veil Beyond the Veil," Realms of Fantasy, April 2002
    • "The Diagnostic Feast," Beyond the Last Star, ed. Sherwood Smith (SFF Net Books, Plano, TX), October 2002
    • "Mrs. Janokowski Hits One out of the Park," Electric Velocipede, Spring 2003
    • "Love in the Age of Spyware," Salon.com, 16 July 2003
    • "The Day Pietro Coppino Spoke to the Mountain," Realms of Fantasy, October 2003
    • "Strong Medicine," Salon.com, 10 November 2003
    • "Divided by Time," Realms of Fantasy, December 2003
    • "Why I Think I'll Be Staying Home Tonight," Electric Velocipede, Spring 2004
  • Poetry
    • "Salt Crusted on Automotive Glass," Sunstone, February 1994
  • Articles
    • "Proper Manuscript Format," Writers Write: The Internet Writing Journal, December 1998
    • "Web of Hope," On Magazine, December 2001

External links

Shunn, William

 

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