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BULL SPEC: ISSUE #2

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Compressive, intelligent, and enlightening. -- Tim Deal, Shroud Publishing Cool, sharp-looking, and smart. -- Matt Staggs, Suvudu.com A worthy vehicle for the short story. I can see this publication gaining a real following. -- Rodd Lott, Bookgasm Very nicely produced -- a magazine worth picking up. -- Sam Tomaino, SFRevu It's a trip -- interesting enough that I'd have bought a copy. -- Paul Riddell, Texas Triffid Ranch

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Contents: (final, 64 pages, full-size, glossy, 12 of the pages in color)

[ publication summer 2010: 13 july ]

• Original short story (science fiction): "Hirasol" by Melissa Mead
• Original short story (modern fantasy): "The Sad Story of the Naga" by Uri Grey
• Original short story (near science fiction): "The Other Lila" by Gwendolyn Clare (local)
• Original short story (science fiction): "Echoes of the Bouncing Ball" by Paul Celmer (local)
• Short story (fantasy): "By the Dragon's Tail" by Kaolin Fire
• Novel excerpt: Firefly Rain by Richard Dansky (with interview by J.M. McDermott)
• Serialized graphic short story (#2 of 4): "Closed System" by Mike Gallagher
• Interview: John Kessel (local) (with essay "Imagining the Human Future")
• Interview: Hope Larson (Asheville)
• Review: The Dream of Perpetual Motion by Dexter Palmer: review by Natania Barron (local) (with interview)
• Review: Boneshaker by Cherie Priest: review by Joseph Giddings (Greenville area)
• Poetry: THE SPEAR OF THE MOMENT David M. Harris / DEATH COULD NOT PART THEM Helen R. Peterson / MOTHER'S GARDEN Reggie Lutz / THE TORTURER'S BOY J.P. Wickwire
• Art: Joey Jordan / Rebecca Camfield / Aleksandr and Natalia Fedosov
• Cover Art: Vladimir Krizan