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Title: Two Truths and a Lie Title Record # 2758888
Author: Sarah Pinsker
Date: 2020-06-17
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Webpages: tor.com
Language: English
Note: 11,893 words
Synopsis: Stella thought she'd made up a lie on the spot, asking her childhood friend if he remembered the strange public broadcast TV show with the unsettling host she and all the neighborhood kids appeared on years ago. But he does remember. And so does her mom. Why doesn't Stella? The more she investigates the show and the grip it has on her hometown, the eerier the mystery grows.
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Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nomination 2020 Stoker Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
Win 2021 Nebula Novelette
1
Cast Ballots 1499 (63.5%)
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass 5 Pass 6 Runoff
Helicopter Story 354 355 372 413 467 564
Two Truths and a Lie 309 310 338 426 559 781 1176
The Inaccessibility of Heaven 247 248 288 325 401
The Pill 224 224 245
Monster 219 219 246 300
Burn, or the Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super 146 146
No Award 40 77
108 nominations with 75.17 points
2021 Hugo Best Novelette
2 2021 Locus Best Novelette

Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Tor.com, June 17 2020 2020-06-17 ed. Ellen Datlow Tor.com  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
webzine?Used for Internet-based periodical publications which are otherwise not downloadable as an "ebook".
mag  
Two Truths and a Lie 2020-06-17 Sarah Pinsker Tor (A Tor.com Original) 978-1-250-75973-3
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap Chris Buzelli  
Some of the Best of Tor.com: 2020 Edition 2021-01-05 ed. uncredited Tor.com  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Ashley Mackenzie Checkmark
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 2021-10-12 ed. Veronica Roth Mariner Books 978-0-358-46996-4
$16.99?$: US dollar
xxi+
404
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 Wakomka/Getty Checkmark
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 2021-10-12 ed. Veronica Roth Mariner Books 978-0-358-47007-6
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 2021-10-12 ed. Veronica Roth HarperAudio 978-0-358-57839-0
$11.89?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
anth  
The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2021 2021-10-12 ed. Veronica Roth HarperAudio 978-0-358-57880-2
$16.99?$: US dollar
 
audio CD?Compact disc with standard audio tracks
anth  
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Thirteen 2021-11-16 ed. Ellen Datlow Night Shade Books 978-1-949102-60-4
$15.99?$: US dollar
xlvi+
383
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 Reiko Murakami Checkmark
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Thirteen 2021-11-16 ed. Ellen Datlow Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-664-0
$15.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Reiko Murakami  
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2021 Edition 2022-08-14 ed. Rich Horton Prime Books 978-1-60701-547-5
$9.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth  
Lost Places 2023-05-02 Sarah Pinsker Small Beer Press 978-1-61873-199-9
$18.00?$: US dollar
288
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.
coll  
Some of the Best from Tor.com: 15th Anniversary Edition 2023-07-17 ed. uncredited Tor.com  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Checkmark
The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Thirteen date unknown ed. Ellen Datlow Night Shade Books 978-1-949102-60-4
$15.99?$: US dollar
xlvii+
383
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 Reiko Murakami Checkmark
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