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Title: Magician in the Dark

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Title: Magician in the Dark Title Record # 77317
Author: Robert Sampson
Date: 1988-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: A tired and starving army feasts upon a herd of sheep they find, but are then informed by local priests that the sheep are sacred to the magician who rules the area, and they will have to face his judgment.
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Weird Tales, Winter 1988/1989 1988-00-00 ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Darrell Schweitzer, George H. Scithers Terminus  
$4.00?$: US dollar
148
pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
mag Hank Jankus Checkmark
The Best of Weird Tales 1995-09-00 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Barnes & Noble Books 1-56619-730-9
$7.98?$: US dollar
xii+
498
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
The Best of Weird Tales 1996-00-00 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Barnes & Noble Books 0-7607-0295-0   xii+
498
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
anth Bob Eggleton Checkmark
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