Unknown Number
A downloadable book
2022 Hugo Nominee: Best Short Story
Originally posted as a thread of images on Twitter, Unknown Number is an epistolary science fiction story about unexpected connection, the fear of changing, and the risk of staying the same.
Unknown Number is "intimate and moving" (CBC Books) and "beautifully queer and deeply relatable" (The Mary Sue).
This digital copy is offered for personal use and archiving on an internet that is constantly changing. Currently, you can still find it for free on Twitter/X and the author's Facebook page, with an official/sanctioned mirror at GenderDysphoria.FYI.
Note for ePub edition: Due to how ePub reacts to a story made entirely of images, the ePub edition is finicky. If you experience an issue with seeing some duplicate images (e.g. the same image on different 'pages'), the best known fix is to reduce your font size for the book. If you continue to have issues, you may prefer to use the PDF version.
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Hey Azure, thanks a lot for your work, it means a lot
2 years ago, I created a web implementation of Unknown Number (where you can scroll the messages like in a real interface). I did it because I was so moved by this work that I had to do something with it, like a personal tribute
If you want to check it out, my implementation is public (with only an extract of your original work, since I obviously don't have the rights to it)
I do think I did a fairly good job and that it is actually pretty nice to read Unknown Number this way. If you would like, Azure, I can send you the HTML file (which simply has to be opened with a web browser on a smartphone/computer/whatev)
Anyway, thanks again
Wow!! This is deeply cool and lovingly done, and I also very much appreciate the kind regard of using an excerpt. I think it would be really amazing to offer this way of reading it and am chewing on how to do that in a way that is fair and ensures you are valued for your work; I'm saying this now instead of waiting until I know what the answer is on that because I don't want to leave this without response for too long because it's genuinely really meaningful to me. Thank you. I'll contact you when I figure out a fair offer on how to offer this way of reading it.
glad this is still here after Shitter went down the drain
thank you for making this available as a download - i’m proud to have taking the chance to vote/nominate it for the prize!
God I loved this so much when I first saw it on Twitter. Powerful writing. Glad to have an offline copy for future generations.
It's never too late to transition 💜
OMG YES