"Toother" is a 2007

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short story by Terry Dowling.

Background

"Toother" was first published in the United States in 2007 in the science fiction and fantasy

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''Eclipse One'', edited by Jonathan Strahan and published by

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. In 2008 "Toother" was republished in ''The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 2008: Twenty-First Annual Collection'' edited by

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, Ellen Datlow. "Toother" won the 2007

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beating works by Matthew Chrulew, David Conyers, Rick Kennett,

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, and

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. "Toother" was also a short-list nominee for the 2007 Aurealis Award for best horror short story but lost to Anna Tambour's "The Jeweller of Second-Hand Roe".

References

External links

''Eclipse One''
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