Two Truths and a Lie

A Tor. com Original

by Sarah Pinsker

40 pages

English language

Published Jan. 21, 2020 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.

ISBN:: 978-1-250-75973-3

(8 reviews)

Stella thought she’d made up a lie on the spot, asking her childhood friend if he remembered the strange public broadcast TV show with the unsettling host she and all the neighborhood kids appeared on years ago. But he does remember. And so does her mom. So why doesn’t Stella? The more she investigates the show and the grip it has on her hometown, the eerier the mystery grows.

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4 stars

Two Truths and a Lie won both the Hugo and Nebula for best novelette and it was well-deserved. It reads like both something totally new but the well-contained atmosphere and tight-writing make every piece of it feel like it's part of a fable or fairy tale we all know. I found it haunting.