Jonathan Shipley Author of nine novels and almost eighty short stories, seventeen of which have been published between 1992 and 2010, with six more—to date—sold and awaiting publication in 2011. In addition to writing, Shipley is also an accomplished musician. Born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, he now lives and works in Fort Worth, Texas.

Writer

Primarily, Shipley writes in the science fiction genre. His works can be found in such publications as Weird Tales, Dragon Magazine, and Time in a Bottle: Volume 1. Towards the end of 2010, his story, Homecoming

Homecoming

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, was published in Sword and Sorceress

Sword and Sorceress series

The Sword and Sorceress series is a series of fantasy anthologies edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and originally published by DAW Books. As she explained in the foreword to the first volume, she created the anthology to redress the lack of strong female protagonists in the sub-genre of sword and...

 XXV Anthology (2010), and he will return in Sword and Sorceress XXVI with "Hedgewitch". In fact, almost twenty years ago his first publication was in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine in 1992.

Most of Shipley's published and unpublished short stories are taken from the vast unified story arc spanning almost five thousand years found within Shipley's Excellenzi novels, eight manuscripts that combine the genres of space opera, vampire sci-fi, high fantasy, and alternative history.

Shipley is also an active member of the Science Fiction Writers of America.

Musician

In addition to his writing, Shipley is also a professional musician, specializing in woodwind instruments. Primarily, he is an orchestral musician and is currently principal oboe with the Brazos Chamber Orchestra, a non-profit regional Texas orchestra serving the citizens of the Brazos River Valley.

Early on, however, he recorded with the rock band, Space Opera

Space opera

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After several years spent living, playing, and recording in New York,
Toronto, and around the east coast, Space opera returned to Texas.
Scott and I, in particular, had always been interested in 20th century
art music -- modern "classical" music. Our style began to show this
influence and we integrated other players -- strings and woodwinds --
into the band, both in the studio and in our live shows. Of these
musicians, Jonathan Shipley deserves a special mention. Jon is a
master of all woodwind instruments and played many tracks on these
later recordings. –David Bullock, Space Opera

Space Opera, based in Fort Worth, had one of its early albums produced by the famous T-Bone Burnett

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Short fiction

Bibliography

• Credo (1992) Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine
• One-Eyed Death (1993) Dragon Magazine
• Sword of Wrath (1995) Dragon Anthology
• From the Shores of Tripoli (1996) Worlds of Fantasy & Horror Anthology
• For Good People Like You (2000) The Touch: Epidemic of the Millennium Anthology
• Song of the Child-Prophet (2007) Ruins Extraterrestrial Anthology
• When Love Dies (2008) Ruins Metropolis Anthology
• The Dark and Poisonous Wood (2009) Shadows & Light: Tales of Lost Kingdoms Anthology
• When Love Dies (2009) (reprint) Assassin's Cannon Anthology
• Edge of the World (2010) Destination: Future Anthology
• Fire and Stone (2010) The Four Horsemen: An Anthology of Conquest, War, Famine & Death
• After Nightfall (2010) Time in a Bottle Anthology
• Old and Jaded (2010) Kings of the Realm: A Dragon Anthology
• Old and Jaded (2010) (reprint) The Best of Lame Goat Press Anthology
• Angel of the Evening (2010) Quantum Genre in the Planet of the Arts
• The Flying Lesson (2010) Quantum Genre in the Planet of the Arts
• Homecoming (2010) Sword and Sorceress XXV
• Helping Hand (2011) It Came From Her Purse anthology
• Angel Eyes (2011) While Morning Stars Sing anthology

Upcoming Publications

• Hedgewitch (2011) Sword & Sorceress XXVI, Norilana Books
• Fallen Angels (2011) Darwin's Evolutions anthology, Evolutions Publishing
• Trailing Death (2011) Clones & Crucifixes anthology, Corpulent Insanity Press
• Oh, For the Touch Tentacular (2011) Transtories anthology, Aeon Press Books
• The Monkey Sang Cold (2011) Through the Worm Hole anthology, Library of the Living Dead Press
• Demon in the Congregation (2011) Made You Flinch Vol. 2 anthology, The Library of Horror
• Greatcloak (2012) Warrior Wisewoman 4 anthology, Norilana Books

External links

• Official site of Jonathan Shipley
• Facebook profile of Jonathan Shipley
• Excerpts of Time in a Bottle Anthology