How the Trick Is Done

"How the Trick Is Done"
Short story by A.C. Wise
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenresMagic realism, speculative fiction
Publication
Published inUncanny Magazine
Publication typeMagazine
PublisherUncanny Magazine
Publication date2019

"How the Trick Is Done" is a magic realism short story by A.C. Wise. It was first published in Uncanny Magazine in 2019.

Synopsis

A version of the bullet catch trick — one predicated on the magician's girlfriend secretly having the power to raise the dead — goes terribly wrong.

Reception

"How the Trick Is Done" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story of 2019.[1]

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