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Dying in Bangkok

Dan Simmons

First published November 1993
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

Merrick stalks the seedy underside of Bangkok for a particular vampire with peculiar erotic tendencies, seeking revenge for an incident which occurred in 1970 while on R&R from Vietnam.

Notes

This expanded version was first published in the collection Lovedeath, November 1993. An abridged version appeared had appeared as "Death in Bangkok" in Playboy, June 1993, and was reprinted as "Dying in Bangkok" in Ellen Datlow's & Terri Wingling's The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection. DO NOT MERGE THESE TITLES.

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1993 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novelet Winner
1994 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Winner
1994 World Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist

Publications (7)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 1993 Lovedeath Warner Books Collection 33
November 1993 Lovedeath: Five Tales of Love and Death Headline Collection
November 1993 Lovedeath: Five Tales of Love and Death Headline Collection 43
May 1994 Lovedeath Headline Feature Collection 65
November 1994 Lovedeath Warner Vision Collection 39
September 1995 Little Deaths Abyss / Dell Anthology 327
December 2012 Lovedeath Subterranean Press Collection