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Red As Blood

Tanith Lee

First published July 1979
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

"The first Queen died giving birth to Bianca, a daughter with white skin, black hair and red lips. After seven years, the King remarried. His second queen was the Witch Queen, with a magic mirror that can see all in the land. All but Bianca." —<a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://www.daughterofthenight.com">Daughter of the Night bibliography</a>

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
1980 British Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction Nominee/Finalist
1980 Locus Poll Award Best Short Story Nominee/Finalist
1980 Nebula Award Short Story Nominee/Finalist

Publications (33)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
July 1979 The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1979 Mercury Press, Inc. MAGAZINE 6
November 1980 The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 6 DAW Books Anthology 160
November 1980 The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 6 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 160
January 1983 Red As Blood or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer DAW Books Collection 26
January 1983 Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Collection 26
March 1983 Red As Blood (or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer) DAW Books / SFBC Collection 18
1985 Young Monsters Harper & Row Anthology 72
1985 Young Monsters Harper & Row Anthology 72
October 1986 Asimov's Monsters Dragon Anthology 62
March 1987 Vamps: An Anthology of Female Vampire Stories DAW Books Anthology 273
June 1988 Asimov's Ghosts / Asimov's Monsters Armada Omnibus 272
June 1989 Forests of the Night Unwin Hyman Collection 137
May 1990 Forests of the Night Unwin Paperbacks Collection 137
May 1995 The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women Viking UK Anthology 365
October 1995 The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women Viking Anthology 365
1996 A Century of Horror 1970-1979 MJF Books Anthology 308
August 1996 The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women Penguin Books Anthology 365
1997 Vampires: The Greatest Stories MJF Books Anthology 207
July 2000 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 313
2003 The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy Prentice-Hall Anthology 313
June 2004 The Mammoth Book of Vampires Robinson Anthology 405
August 2004 The Mammoth Book of Vampires Carroll & Graf Anthology
August 2004 Vamps: An Anthology of Female Vampire Stories ibooks Anthology 308
February 2005 The Mammoth Book of Vampires Carroll & Graf / SFBC Anthology 405
2007 Vamps: Blood-Chilling Tales of Lady Vampires Barnes & Noble Books Anthology 191
August 2014 Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer Wildside Press Collection |18
September 2014 Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer Wildside Press Collection
December 2015 Forests of the Night Gateway / Orion Collection
July 2016 Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold Night Shade Books Anthology 7
July 2016 Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold Night Shade Books Anthology |2
October 2017 Tanith by Choice: The Best of Tanith Lee NewCon Press Collection 9
October 2017 Tanith by Choice: The Best of Tanith Lee NewCon Press Collection
January 2024 Claidi Journals Series & More MotionAudiobooks Omnibus |14.026