Subterranean Press has published Lucius Shepard’s contribution to the George R.R. Martin & Gardner Dozois-edited anthology, Songs of the Dying Earth. As with the other works in the anthology, Shepard’s ” Sylgarmo’s Proclamation” is set in Jack Vance and his Dying Earth setting featuring a far-future earth where magic reigns as the last civilizations of the dying Earth lead decadent, strange lives beneath the great red glow of the expiring sun. Illustrated by Tom Kidd, the volume contains contributions from Neil Gaiman, Robert Silverberg, Tanith Lee, Dan Simmons, Tad Williams, George R. R. Martin, and many more notable authors.