Lewis Shiner (born December 30, 1950, inEugene, Oregon) is an American writer.

Shiner began his career as ascience fiction writer, and then identified withcyberpunk. He later wrote more mainstream novels, albeit often withmagical realism andfantasy elements. He was formerly a resident ofTexas (and a member of theTurkey City Writer's Workshop), and now lives inNorth Carolina.

Shiner graduated fromSouthern Methodist University in 1973.^[1]

Several of his novels haverock music as a theme or main focus, especially the musicians of the late 1960s; for example, Shiner's 1993 novelGlimpses considers the great never-recorded albums ofThe Doors,Brian Wilson,The Beatles andJimi Hendrix.Say Goodbye: The Laurie Moss Story (1999) focuses on a fictional up-and-coming female musician and her subsequent fall back down.Slam (1990) is immersed inskate punk andanarchist culture. Perhaps because novels with music as a major theme are not generally considered mainstream genre material, his work has frequently been overlooked.^{[citation needed]}

He is a contributing author to theGeorge R. R. Martin-edited anthologyWild Cards, notably creating that universe's most powerful character, the tantric sex magic wielding pimp,Fortunato.

In July 2007 Shiner created the web site Fiction Liberation Front (FLF) as a venue for his short stories. The stories are released under theCreative Commons license and are available inHTML andPDF formats.^[2]

Since 2006, Shiner has been a card-carrying member of theIndustrial Workers of the World.^[3]

On July 22, 2007,The News & Observer began publishing a weekly column by Shiner, titled "Graphic Scenes", aboutcomics.^[4]

• Frontera. Riverdale, NY, US: Baen, 1984 (paper).ISBN 0-671-55899-4
• Deserted Cities of the Heart. New York, NY, US: Doubleday, 1988.ISBN 0-385-24637-4
• Slam. New York, NY, US: Doubleday, 1990.ISBN 0-385-26683-9
• Glimpses. New York, NY, US: William Morrow & Co., 1993.ISBN 0-688-12411-9 (World Fantasy Award winner)^[5]
• Say Goodbye. New York, NY, US: St Martin's, 1999.ISBN 0-312-24110-0
• Black & White. Burton, MI, US: Subterranean Press, 2008.ISBN 978-1-59606-171-2
• Dark Tangos. Burton, MI, US: Subterranean Press, 2011.ISBN 978-1-59606-396-9
• Outside the Gates of Eden. Burton, MI, US: Subterranean Press, 2019.ISBN 978-1-59606-900-8

• Nine Hard Questions about the Nature of the Universe. Eugene, OR, US:Pulphouse Publishing, 1991. No ISBN (Author's Choice Monthly #4)
• The Edges of Things. Baltimore, WA, US: Washington Science Fiction Association, 1991.ISBN 0-9621725-2-9
• Twilight Time. Eugene, OR, US: Pulphouse Publishing, 1991. No ISBN
• Private Eye Action As You Like It withJoe R. Lansdale. Holyoke, MA, US: Crossroads Press, 1998.ISBN 1-892300-02-8
• Love in Vain. Burton, MI, US: Subterranean Press, 2001.ISBN 1-931081-14-X
• Shades of Gray (chapbook available with the signed, numbered limited edition ofBlack and White). Burton, MI, US: Subterranean Press, 2008.
• Love in Vain (Australian edition, includes previously uncollected novellas "Perfidia" and "Primes"). Greenwood, WA, Australia:Ticonderoga Publications, 2009.ISBN 978-0-9803531-0-5
• Collected Stories. Burton, MI, US: Subterranean Press, 2009.ISBN 978-1-59606-252-8
• Widows & Orphans (chapbook available with the signed, numbered limited edition ofCollected Stories). Burton, MI, US: Subterranean Press, 2009.
• Heroes and Villains. Burton, MI, US: Subterranean Press, 2017.ISBN 978-1-59606-840-7

• Wild Cards I: Wild Cards - contains the short stories "The Long Dark Night of Fortunato" and "Epilogue: Third Generation" written by Shiner in 1986
• Wild Cards II: Aces High - contains the short story "Pennies from Hell" written by Shiner in 1987
• Wild Cards III: Jokers Wild - contains segments of the character "Fortunato" written by Shiner in 1987
• Wild Cards IV: Aces Abroad - contains the short story "Zero Hour" written by Shiner in 1988

• Modern Stories #1 (April, 1983): A self-publishedfanzine featuring original fiction byWilliam Gibson,Howard Waldrop, andJoe R. Lansdale, among others.
• When The Music's Over (anthology featuring alternatives towar) (Nominated for theWorld Fantasy Award for Best Anthology)

• Time Masters (with Bob Wayne) Art byArt Thibert andJose Marzan Jr. (DC Comics February 1990 - September 1990)
• "Scales" Art by Carlos Kastro (adaptation of the short story of the same name) inOmnibus: Modern Perversity (Blackbird Comics January 1992)
• The Hacker Files Art byTom Sutton (DC Comics August 1992 - July 1993)
• "Steam Engine Time" Art by Doug Potter (adaptation of the short story of the same name) inWild West Show (Mojo Press 1996)

• Official Webpage
• Fiction Liberation Front (FLF)
• Lewis Shiner at theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
• Austin Chronicle article about the Fiction Liberation Front
• Interview on The Next Track podcast
• Interview on sfss.space

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