William Shunn
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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 (http://www.electricvelocipede.com), Spring 2003
- "Love in the Age of Spyware (http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/07/16/city_of_angels/)," Salon.com, 16 July 2003
- "The Day Pietro Coppino Spoke to the Mountain," Realms of Fantasy, October 2003
- "Strong Medicine (http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/11/10/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 (http://www.electricvelocipede.com), 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
- Official Website (http://www.shunn.net)