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Short Story

Shell Game

1954

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Survivors stranded on another planet believe that enemies are continually attacking their settlement. Evidence recovered from their ship challenges that belief, but deciding which account to trust proves no simple matter.

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Work history

  1. no later than Dec 22, 1953

    Composition: no later than Dec 22, 1953

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Dec 22, 1953

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Dec 22, 1953

  3. Sep 1954

    First published Sep 1954

    Galaxy

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