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Short Story

Return Match

1967

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About this story

Police recover an unusual pinball machine during a raid on an alien gambling operation. An officer's determination to beat it becomes dangerous when the game begins responding to its player in unexpected ways.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Oct 14, 1965

    Composition: no later than Oct 14, 1965

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Oct 14, 1965

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Oct 14, 1965

  3. Feb 1967

    First published Feb 1967

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