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Background

"Sammarynda Deep" was first published in 2008 in ''

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'', edited by

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and published by Senses 5 Press. It was featured alongside 20 other stories by the authors

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, Hal Duncan,

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, Jay Lake, Greg van Eekhout,

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, Stephanie Campisi,

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, Darin C. Bradley, Jenn Reese, David J. Schwartz, Anna Tambour, Barth Anderson, and

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. "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

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's " The Goosle".

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