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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2014

Penned By Gordon Van Gelder
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Volume 126, No. 5&6, #713, May/June 2014Edited by Gordon Van GelderCover art by Cory & Katska EnchCONTENT:Novella"Bartleby The Scavenger" by Katie BoyerNovelets"The End Of The Silk Road" by David D. Levine"Rooksnight" by Marc Laidlaw"Containment Zone: A Seastead Story" by Naomi KritzerShort Stories"The Fisher Queen" by Alyssa Wong"White Curtain" by Pavel Amnuel"Presidential Cryptotrivia" by Oliver Buckram"The Memory Cage" by Tim Sullivan"The Shadow In The Corner" by Jonathan Andrew SheenDEPARTMENTS Films: "Imitations of Life" by David J. SkalPlumage From Pegasus: "Nudge Not, Lest Ye Be Nudged" by Paul Di Filippo

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