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The Glass Bottle Trick

Nalo Hopkinson

First published October 2000
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

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.

Notes

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".

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2000 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF Nominee/Finalist

Publications (14)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
October 2000 Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction Invisible Cities Press Anthology 257
October 2000 Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root: Caribbean Fabulist Fiction Invisible Cities Press Anthology 257
December 2001 Skin Folk Aspect / Warner Books Collection 83
January 2004 Dark Matter: Reading the Bones Aspect / Warner Books Anthology 47
February 2005 Dark Matter: Reading the Bones Aspect / Warner Books Anthology 47
January 2007 The James Tiptree Award Anthology 3 Tachyon Publications Anthology 25
October 2014 Fantasy Magazine, October 2014 Fantasy Magazine MAGAZINE 136
October 2014 Fantasy Podcast, October 2014 Fantasy Magazine MAGAZINE |2
January 2015 Skin Folk Open Road Integrated Media Collection
June 2015 Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology PM Press Anthology 67
July 2016 Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold Night Shade Books Anthology 75
July 2016 Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold Night Shade Books Anthology |7
July 2018 Skin Folk Open Road Integrated Media Collection
January 2024 Doomed Romances: Strange Tales of Uncanny Love British Library Publishing Anthology 257