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Title: The Glass Bottle Trick Title Record # 92817
Author: Nalo Hopkinson
Date: 2000-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: This is listed as "Glass Bottle Trick" in the Table of Contents and Copyright page in "Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root", its first publication. However, it is listed as "The Glass Bottle Trick" on the story title page in every publication, and is listed that way in copyright pages and ToC's on every publication other than "Whispers".
Synopsis: The younger third wife of an older widower who abides by the superstition of trapping his deceased wives' spirits in empty bottles accidentally releases them.
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Current Tags: duppy (1), Caribbean (1), fantasy (1), retold fairy tales (1) Add Tags

Other Titles

Variant Titles Translations
Year Title
2000 Glass Bottle Trick
Year Language Title
2023Translated by Marcia Men.
Portuguese O truque da garrafa de vidro

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nomination 2000 Tiptree / Otherwise Gender-bending SF

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction 2000-10-00 ed. Nalo Hopkinson Invisible Cities Press 0-9679683-2-1
$14.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
318
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 Michel Ange Altidort Checkmark
Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction 2000-10-00 ed. Nalo Hopkinson Invisible Cities Press 0-9679683-1-3
$24.00?$: US dollar
xiii+
318
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Michel Ange Altidort Checkmark
Skin Folk 2001-12-00 Nalo Hopkinson Aspect / Warner Books 0-446-67803-1
$12.95?$: US dollar
255
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 Mark Harrison Checkmark
Dark Matter: Reading the Bones 2004-01-00 ed. Sheree R. Thomas Aspect / Warner Books 0-446-52860-9
$25.95?$: US dollar
xii+
400
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Daniel Minter Checkmark
Dark Matter: Reading the Bones 2005-02-00 ed. Sheree R. Thomas Aspect / Warner Books 0-446-69377-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
xiv+
400
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 Daniel Minter Checkmark
The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 2007-01-00 ed. Karen Joy Fowler, Pat Murphy, Debbie Notkin, Jeffrey D. Smith Tachyon Publications 978-1-892391-41-4
$14.95?$: US dollar
xiii+
274
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 Checkmark
Fantasy Magazine, October 2014 2014-10-00 ed. Cat Rambo Fantasy Magazine 978-1-5010-1796-4
$12.99?$: US dollar
246
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.
mag Elizabeth Leggett  
Fantasy Podcast, October 2014 2014-10-00 ed. Cat Rambo Fantasy Magazine  
$0.00?$: US dollar
 
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
mag  
Skin Folk 2015-01-27 Nalo Hopkinson Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-0119-9
$7.99?$: US dollar
258
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
coll  
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology 2015-06-01 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer PM Press 978-1-62963-035-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
341
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 Checkmark
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold 2016-07-05 ed. Paula Guran Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-838-5
$15.99?$: US dollar
523+
[5]
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 Marta Sokolowska  
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold 2016-07-05 ed. Paula Guran Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-586-5
$12.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Marta Sokolowska  
People of Color Take Over Fantastic Stories of the Imagination 2017-00-00 ed. Nisi Shawl Positronic Publishing 978-1-5154-1243-4
$4.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
mag Victo Ngai  
Skin Folk 2018-07-03 Nalo Hopkinson Open Road Integrated Media 978-1-5040-5276-4
$12.99?$: US dollar
218
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  
Irmãs da revolução: antologia de ficção especulativa feminista?Irmas da revolucao: antologia de ficcao especulativa feminista
2023-04-15 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Editora Aleph 978-85-7657-551-1
R$90.93?R$: Brazilian real
536
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold date unknown ed. Paula Guran Night Shade Books 978-1-59780-838-5
$15.99?$: US dollar
523+
[5]
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 Marta Sokolowska  
Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology date unknown ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer PM Press 978-1-62963-035-9
$15.95?$: US dollar
341
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  
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