The Bone Flute

"The Bone Flute"
Short story by Lisa Tuttle
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CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Science fiction
Publication
Published inThe Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Publication typePeriodical
PublisherMercury Press
Media typeMagazine
Publication dateMay 1981

"The Bone Flute" is a science fiction short story by American writer Lisa Tuttle, first published in the May 1981 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. The story won the 1982 Nebula Award for Best Short Story, a prize that Tuttle refused, becoming the first (and so far only) author to do so.[1]

  1. ^ Clute and Nicholls 1995, pp. 860, 1247.