Shepard 's stories often rely on substantial historical research based on real events . His recent collection , '' Like You 'd Understand Anyway '' , includes stories about the Greek playwright Aeschylus , the Chernobyl disaster and the 1964 Alaska earthquake . The collection acknowledges over sixty non-fiction works that helped to shape the historical detail in the stories . Similarly , Shepard 's 2011 collection '' You Think That ’s Bad '' also cites an extensive bibliography , including '' Avalanches and Snow Safety '' , '' The Japanese Earthquake of 1923 '' , '' Climate Changes and Dutch Water Management '' , and '' Satanism and Witchcraft '' . His 2015 novel '' The Book of Aron '' involved massive research into the Holocaust , which he called " critically important . " '' Non c ' è ritorno '' ( 66thand2nd ; 2012 ) is a previously unpublished collection of Jim Shepard 's short stories for the Italian market
1964 Alaska earthquake
1964 Alaska earthquake
Jim Shepard