I just finished "Revelation" by Albert E. Cowdrey in the Oct/Nov issue of F&SF. Here are my favorite lines, descriptions of self-centered, paranoid college student, U:
"'The truth is,' he went on, eyes taking on the thousand-yard stare of introspection, 'it really baffles me not knowing where the dragon came from.'"
"After his outburst U sat in silence while the filmy cataracts of self-absorption slowly cleared from his eyes..."
Additional kudos for getting Gordon Van Gelder's name and the title of the magazine into the story. Would have made a tough sale in Asimov's or Realms of Fantasy- along with the fact that the story was neither science fiction nor preciesly fantasy, but something in between .
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