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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1955 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #44)

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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1955 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #44)

Penned By Anthony Boucher
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Editor's Note:
Selection • novelette by J. T. McIntoshThe Potato Cake • shortstory by Pauline ClarkeThe Tournament • shortstory by William SansomThe Expert • [Depression or Bust] • shortstory by Mack ReynoldsOne Ordinary Day, with Peanuts • shortstory by Shirley JacksonSingle Combat • shortstory by Robert AbernathyThe Glass of the Future • poem by Anthony Boucher [as by Herman W. Mudgett ]The Royal Historian of Oz (Part 1 of 2) • essay by Martin GardnerThe Girl in the Ice • shortstory by Emyr HumphreysThe Shopdropper • [Dr. Manly J. Departure] • shortstory by Alan NelsonThe Singing Bell • [Wendell Urth] • shortstory by Isaac AsimovLament by a Maker • poem by L. Sprague de CampBlind Man's Hood • shortstory by John Dickson Carr

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Length 132 Pages
Language Eng
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