Sammarynda Deep

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"Sammarynda Deep"
Author Cat Sparks
Country Australia
Language English
Genre(s) Fantasy short story
Published in Paper Cities
Publication type Anthology
Publisher Senses 5 Press
Media type Print (paperback)
Publication date 2008

"Sammarynda Deep" is a 2008 fantasy short story by Cat Sparks.

Short story Brief work of literature, usually written in narrative prose

A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a "single effect" or mood, however there are many exceptions to this.

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Background

"Sammarynda Deep" was first published in 2008 in Paper Cities , edited by Ekaterina Sedia and published by Senses 5 Press. [1] It was featured alongside 20 other stories by the authors Forrest Aguirre, Hal Duncan, Richard Parks, Cat Rambo, Jay Lake, Greg van Eekhout, Steve Berman, Stephanie Campisi, Mark Teppo, Paul Meloy, Vylar Kaftan, Michael Jasper, Ben Peek, Kaaron Warren, Darin C. Bradley, Jenn Reese, David J. Schwartz, Anna Tambour, Barth Anderson, and Catherynne M. Valente. [2] "Sammarynda Deep" won the 2008 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story and was a short-list nominee for 2009 Ditmar Award for best short story but lost to Margo Lanagan's "The Goosle". [3] [4]

<i>Paper Cities</i> book by Ekaterina Sedia

Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy is a 2008 speculative fiction anthology edited by Ekaterina Sedia.

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Forrest Aguirre is an American fantasy and horror author, and winner of the 2003 World Fantasy Award for his editing work on Leviathan 3, for which he was also a Philip K. Dick Award nominee. He recently edited the anthology Text:UR – The New Book of Masks. His own fiction has been published in a number of genre periodicals and in the collection Fugue XXIX, and his first novel Swans Over the Moon is coming soon from Wheatland Press. He often writes about Africa, and is deeply interested in the continent.

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References

  1. ↑ "Bibliography: Sammarynda Deep". ISFDB . Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  2. ↑ "Publication Listing". ISFDB . Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  3. ↑ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online . Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  4. ↑ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Ditmar Awards". Locus Online. Archived from the original on 2010-08-15. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
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