| "Speech Sounds" | |
|---|---|
| Short story by Octavia Butler | |
 | |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Publication | |
| Publisher | Asimov's Science Fiction |
| Publication date | 1983 |
"Speech Sounds" is a science fiction short story by American writer Octavia E. Butler. It was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in 1983. It won Butler her first Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1984.[1] The story was subsequently collected in Butler's anthology Bloodchild and Other Stories and in the science fiction anthology Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse.[2]