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Title: Unknown Number Title Record # 3016363
Author: Blue Neustifter
Date: 2021-07-27
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: genderdysphoria.fyi, Wikipedia-EN, X/Twitter
Language: English
Note: A short story written as a SMS text message conversation and first published as a Twitter thread of fictional screenshots. The Twitter thread does not have a title in the first post, but the title "Unknown Number" appears in the last post. This title was also used when the story was nominated for a Hugo award, as well as in all other versions.
Synopsis: A stranger texts Gaby intimate details of her life and gives an unbelievable explanation.
User Rating: 7.00 (3 votes) Your vote: Not cast VOTE
Current Tags: transgender (1), LGBTQ+ (1), parallel universe (1), epistolary (1) Add Tags

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Variant Titles
Year Title
2021 untitled [as by Bi Dyke Energy]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
3
Cast Ballots: 1527 of 2235
Finalist Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 4
Unknown Number 450 451 526 633
Proof by Induction 376 377 484 621
Tangles 315 318 389
The Sin of America 294 295
No Award 29
56 nominations with 42.25 points
2022 Hugo Best Short Story

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
untitled 2021-07-27 Bi Dyke Energy Twitter      
other?The publication format is non-standard. The details are usually provided publication notes.
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Unknown Number 2023-08-28 Blue Neustifter Blue Neustifter  
$1.00?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
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