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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2014 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #715)

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2014 (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, #715)

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September/October 2014Volume 127, No. 3&4, #715, September/October 2014Edited by Gordon Van GelderCover art by Bryn BarnardCONTENT:Novelets"The Rider" by Jérôme Cigut"The Caravan To Nowhere" by Phyllis Eisenstein"The Wild Ones" by Albert E. Cowdrey"Avianca’s Bezel" by Matthew Hughes"The Thing In The Back Yard" by David GerroldShort Stories"Marketing Strategies of The Apocalypse" by Oliver Buckram"Sir Pagan’s Gift" by Tom Underberg"Other People’s Things" by Jay O’Connell"The Culvert" by Dale Bailey"Embrace Of The Planets" by Brenda Carre"Will He?" by Robert Reed"The Way We Are" by Ray VukcevichDEPARTMENTS Books to Look For by Charles de LintBooks by Elizabeth HandScience: The Hole in Reality by Pat Murphy & Paul DohertyFilms: Once Upon a Storyboard by David J. Skal

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