Magazine cover: Analog (March 1980); review of “The Lyran Case” by Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg, pp. 110-114.

Flash fiction mystery that establishes a SF scenario (shape-changing alien terrorist attempting to smuggle a bomb through customs), lays its clues in very short order and then twists the ending, only to tack on a blow-by-blow explanation for the hard of understanding. #TheLyranCase #BillPronzini