Michael Shea

Michael Shea (1946-2014) was an American fantasy, horror, and science fiction author living in California. He has won "year's best" World Fantasy Awards for the novel Nifft the Lean and the novella Growlimb.
Not to be confused with the author of the same Michael Shea, Diplomat.
Updated 04/14/2025
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Speculative Fiction Books
Momma Durtt
2024 | horror, weird fiction
Copping Squid and Other Mythos Tales
2009 | horror, short stories
The Autopsy and Other Tales
2008 | science fiction, fantasy, horror, short stories
I, Said the Fly
1993 | horror
Fat Face
1987 | horror
Polyphemus
1987 | science fiction, fantasy, horror, short stories
In Yana, the Touch of Undying
1985 | fantasy
The Color Out of Time
1984 | fantasy, horror
Nifft the Lean (Nifft the Lean Trilogy #1 / 3)
1982 | fantasy, sword and sorcery, short stories, world fantasy award