Short Sci-fi story from the 80s?

September 27, 2019 5:53 PM

Appeared in one of the monthly scif-fi magazines in the '80s. Was about a dwarf with a knack or implant for cracking codes. He was hired to pull off a heist and there was a guy on the heist who became his friend. But the heist went wrong and things went bad. The code cracker wound up taking care of his friend. Anyone know the name of the story and author? I think it had 'Crystal' in the title.
posted by Brandon Blatcher to Media & Arts (3 answers total)

Best answer: Was this it? Totally random, but I swear I was thinking of this very story today so when I saw your question I had to find out what it was. Thankfully Metafilter came through (at least for me...)

https://ask.metafilter.com/258972/Help-me-identify-this-sci-fi-short-story
posted by cali59 at 7:11 PM on September 27, 2019 [2 favorites]

Best answer: If, as it sounds, it's OSC's Dogwalker, it originally appeared in the November '89 issue of IASFM.
posted by Chrysostom at 8:44 PM on September 27, 2019

Response by poster: That's it, thanks y'all!

But ugh, OSC.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 8:21 AM on September 28, 2019