Ray Vukcevich (born 1946) is an American writer of fantasy and literary fiction. His stories have been compared to the works of R. A. Lafferty,

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, and

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. Some seventy-five stories, with titles such as "White Guys in Space", have appeared in science fiction and literary magazines. His online novelette " The Wages of Syntax" was a finalist for the 2004

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. Vukcevich's novel '' The Man of Maybe Half a Dozen Faces'' was published by

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in 2000. A collection of short stories — ''Meet Me in the Moon Room'' — was published in 2001 by

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. Originally from

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, as of 2014 he lives in Eugene, Oregon. He is a member of the

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writers' group.

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* *'' The Man of Maybe Half-a-Dozen Faces'' (2000, novel) * ''Meet Me in the Moon Room ''(2001, collection of short stories)

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