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Dead Red Heart
Dead Red Heart book cover
EditorRussell B. Farr
LanguageEnglish
GenreShort stories, Horror
PublisherTiconderoga Publications
Publication date
1 May 2011
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback), e-book
Pages504 pp.
ISBN0980781310
Websitehttps://ticonderogapublications.com

Dead Red Heart is an anthology of Australian vampire short stories edited by Russell B. Farr, published by Ticonderoga Publications in 2011.[1]

Contents

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  • “The Tide”, Martin Livings and friends
  • “Mutiny on the Scarborough”, Shona Husk
  • “Sun Falls”, Angela Slatter
  • “Such is Life”, Jeremy Sadler
  • “Apologetoi”, Chris Lawson
  • “Punishment of the Sun”, Alan Baxter
  • “Red Delicious”, Felicity Dowker
  • “Just a Matter of Economics”, Yvonne Eve Walus
  • “Quarantine”, Patty Jansen
  • “Out of the Grave”, Amanda Pillar
  • “Desert Blood”, Marty Young
  • “Thin Air”, Simon Brown
  • “Kissed by the Sun”, Jodi Cleghorn
  • "Bats", Jane Routley
  • “Black Heart”, Joanna Fay
  • “Renfield's Wife”, Damon Cavalchini
  • “Listening to Tracy”, Jen White
  • “Breaking the Drought”, Jay Caselberg
  • “Children of the Cane”, Jason Nahrung
  • “The Sea at Night”, Joanne Anderton
  • “Sky in the Morning”, Sonia Marcon
  • “Taking it for the Team”, Tracie McBride
  • “All that Glisters”, Pete Kempshall
  • “The Rider”, Martin Livings
  • “Vitality”, George Ivanoff
  • “Coming Home”, Kathryn Hore
  • “The Little Red Man”, Ray Gates
  • “Deathborn Light”, Helen Stubbs
  • “The Life Stealer”, Donna Maree Hanson
  • “Behind the Black Mask”, Jacob Edwards
  • “Interview with the Jiangshi”, Anne Mok
  • “White and Red in the Black”, Lisa L Hannett
  • “Lady Yang's Lament”, Penelope Love

Critical Reception

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Publishers Weekly noted: "there are still many solid tales to satisfy vampire fans".[2]

Writing on SFSite, Mario Guslandi noted: "The hefty volume... assembles thirty-three stories where diversity is the main feature. Some tales have a distinct Aussie taste in terms of location and local sub-culture, which contributes to shed a new light on vampires, their habits and their personalities."[3]

Nalini Haynes writing for Dark Matter Zine noted: "an interesting, mostly engaging, assortment of short stories seeking to portray varying interpretations of vampire mythology. The sense of place, this is Australia, is the one consistent flavour of this anthology."[4]

Awards

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The anthology won the Australasian Shadows Award for Edited Publication in 2011.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Catalogue: Dead Red Heart : Australian vampire tales / edited by Russell B. Farr". National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Dead Red Heart: Australian Vampire Tales". Publishers Weekly.
  3. ^ Guslandi, Mario. "Reviews: Dead Red Heart". SFSite.
  4. ^ Haynes, Nalini. "Dead Red Heart edited by Russell B Farr". Dark Matter Zine.
  5. ^ "Past Winners". Australasian Horror Writers Association.