"How the Trick Is Done" is a magic realism short story by

A.C. Wise Alison Campbell-Wise is a Canadian author of speculative fiction, active in the field since 2005. She writes as A. C. Wise, except for a few early stories under her full name. Biography Alison Wise was born and raised in Montreal. She currently r ...

. It was first published in ''

Uncanny Magazine ''Uncanny Magazine'' is an American science fiction and fantasy online magazine, edited and published by Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas, based in Urbana, Illinois. Its mascot is a space unicorn. The editors-in-chief, who originally ...

'' in 2019.

Synopsis

A version of the bullet catch trick — one predicated on the magician's girlfriend secretly having the power to

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— goes terribly wrong.

Reception

"How the Trick Is Done" was a finalist for the

Nebula Award for Best Short Story The Nebula Award for Best Short Story is a literary award assigned each year by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) for science fiction or fantasy short stories. A work of fiction is defined by the organization as a short stor ...

of 2019.How the Trick Is Done
at

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; retrieved November 16, 2020

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