Title: Red As Blood

Title: Red As Blood Title Record # 49842
Author: Tanith Lee
Date: 1979-07-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English

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." —Daughter of the Night bibliography

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Translations

Year	Language	Title
1981^ⓘTranslated by Ingela Bergdahl.	Swedish	Röd som blod^?Roed som blod Rod som blod
1981^ⓘTranslated by Robert Berghe	French	Rouge comme le sang
1988^ⓘTranslated by Eva Eppers.	German	Rot wie Blut
1989^ⓘTranslated by Vincent van der Linden	Dutch	Rood als bloed
1996	Italian	Rosso come sangue

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
16	1980 Locus	Best Short Story
Nomination	1980 BFA	Best Short Fiction
Nomination	1980 Nebula	Short Story

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1979	1979-07-00	ed. Edward L. Ferman	Mercury Press, Inc.		$1.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	164	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag	Barclay Shaw
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 6	1980-11-00	ed. Lin Carter	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #410)	0-87997-578-4 / UJ1578	$1.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	191	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Josh Kirby
The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 6	1980-11-00	ed. Lin Carter	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-578-4 / UJ1578	C$2.25^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	191	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Josh Kirby
Det hände i morgon 15^?Det hande i morgon 15	1981-00-00	ed. Sam J. Lundwall	Delta (Stockholm) (Delta Science Fiction #143)	91-7228-282-7	skr 85.00^?skr: Swedish krona (crown). ISO code: SEK	280	unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	anth	Paul Lehr
Fiction, #322	1981-10-00	ed. Alain Dorémieux^?Alain Doremieux	OPTA		F15.00^?F: French frank. ISO code: FRF in 1960-1999	196	digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".	mag
Red As Blood or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer	1983-01-00	Tanith Lee	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #513)	0-87997-790-6 / UE1790	$2.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	208	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Michael Whelan
Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer	1983-01-00	Tanith Lee	DAW Books / New American Library of Canada	0-87997-790-6 / UE1790	C$2.95^?C$: Canadian dollar. ISO code: CAD	208	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Michael Whelan
Red As Blood (or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer)	1983-03-00	Tanith Lee	DAW Books / SFBC	4006	$4.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	186	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Victoria Poyser
Young Monsters	1985-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Harper & Row	0-06-020169-X	$7.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	vii+ 213	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Fred Marcellino
Young Monsters	1985-00-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Harper & Row	0-06-020170-3	$11.89^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	213	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Fred Marcellino
Asimov's Monsters	1986-10-00	ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Dragon	0-583-30987-9	£1.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	203	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Tony Roberts (artist)
Vamps: An Anthology of Female Vampire Stories	1987-03-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	DAW Books (DAW Collectors #703)	0-88677-190-0	$3.50^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	365	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Jill Bauman Versandi
Asimov's Ghosts / Asimov's Monsters	1988-06-00	Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg (1941-2011), Charles Waugh	Armada	0-00-693176-6	£2.50^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	413	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	omni	Tony Roberts (artist)
Vampire	1988-11-00	ed. Martin Greenberg (1941-2011), Charles G. Waugh	Bastei Lübbe^?Bastei Luebbe ( Bastei Lübbe Allgemeine Reihe^?Bastei Luebbe Allgemeine Reihe #13134)	3-404-13134-7	DM 10.00^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark. ISO code: DEM in 1948-1999	396	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Manuel Prieto
Forests of the Night	1989-06-00	Tanith Lee	Unwin Hyman	0-04-440402-6	£12.95^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	299	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Max Schindler
Cyrion	1989-10-00	Tanith Lee	Meulenhoff (M=SF #270)	90-290-4069-6		267	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Paul Lehr
Forests of the Night	1990-05-00	Tanith Lee	Unwin Paperbacks	0-04-440613-4	£3.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	299	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Max Schindler
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women	1995-05-00	ed. Richard Glyn Jones, A. Susan Williams	Viking UK	0-670-85907-9	£17.00^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xiv+ 560	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Leonora Carrington
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women	1995-10-00	ed. Richard Glyn Jones, A. Susan Williams	Viking	0-670-85907-9	$27.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xiv+ 560	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Leonora Carrington
A Century of Horror 1970-1979	1996-00-00	ed. David Drake, Martin H. Greenberg	MJF Books	1-56731-157-1	$8.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	v+ 342	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Murray Tinkelman
The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women	1996-08-00	ed. Richard Glyn Jones, A. Susan Williams	Penguin Books	0-14-024336-4	£8.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	xv+ 560	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Leonora Carrington
Fantasy	1996-11-00	ed. Sandro Pergameno	Editrice Nord (Narrativa Nord #75)	88-429-0938-6	Lit 26,000^?Lit: Italian lira. ISO code: ITL in 1861-1999	694	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Ken Kelly
Vampires: The Greatest Stories	1997-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg	MJF Books	1-56731-167-9	$8.98^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	308	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	J. K. Potter
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy	2000-07-18	ed. Garyn G. Roberts	Prentice-Hall	0-13-021280-6	$47.00^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	xviii+ 1166	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Frank R. Paul
Écrit avec du sang: 10 contes du vampire	2002-06-00	ed. Tanith Lee	Éditions de l'Oxymore (Gemmail)	2-913939-16-3	€21.00^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	281	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Ruby
Écrit avec du sang: 10 contes du vampire	2002-06-00	ed. Tanith Lee	Éditions de l'Oxymore (Fission #4)	2-913939-17-1	€36.50^?€: Euro. ISO code: EUR	281	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
The Prentice Hall Anthology of Science Fiction and Fantasy	2003-00-00	ed. Garyn G. Roberts	Prentice-Hall	0-13-021280-6		xviii+ 1166	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Frank R. Paul
In de geest van Tolkien	2003-03-00	ed. Redactie Uitgeverij M	Uitgeverij M	90-225-3508-8		284	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Les Edwards
The Mammoth Book of Vampires	2004-06-00	ed. Stephen Jones	Robinson	1-84119-926-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	x+ 630	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Les Edwards
The Mammoth Book of Vampires	2004-08-00	ed. Stephen Jones	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-1372-0	$12.95^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	628	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Les Edwards
Vamps: An Anthology of Female Vampire Stories	2004-08-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	ibooks	0-7434-9312-5	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 422	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Mammoth Book of Vampires	2005-02-00	ed. Stephen Jones	Carroll & Graf / SFBC	0-7394-5051-4 / 1171760	$12.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	x+ 629	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Les Edwards
Vamps: Blood-Chilling Tales of Lady Vampires	2007-00-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh	Barnes & Noble Books	978-1-4351-0129-6		253	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Simon Podgorsek
Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer	2014-08-05	Tanith Lee	Wildside Press	978-1-4344-4246-8	$12.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	224	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	George Mayer
Red As Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer	2014-09-22	Tanith Lee	Wildside Press	978-1-4794-0374-5	$6.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll	George Mayer
Forests of the Night	2015-12-17	Tanith Lee	Gateway / Orion	978-0-575-12094-5	£2.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold	2016-07-05	ed. Paula Guran	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-838-5	$15.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	523+ [5]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Marta Sokolowska
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold	2016-07-05	ed. Paula Guran	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-586-5	$12.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	anth	Marta Sokolowska
Tanith by Choice: The Best of Tanith Lee	2017-10-02	Tanith Lee	NewCon Press	978-1-910935-58-3	£12.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	290	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	John Kaiine
Tanith by Choice: The Best of Tanith Lee	2017-10-02	Tanith Lee	NewCon Press	978-1-910935-57-6	£24.99^?£: UK pound. ISO code: GBP	290	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	John Kaiine
Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold	date unknown	ed. Paula Guran	Night Shade Books	978-1-59780-838-5	$15.99^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD	523+ [5]	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Marta Sokolowska
Vampires: The Greatest Stories	date unknown	ed. Martin H. Greenberg	MJF Books	1-56731-167-9		viii+ 308	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth

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Review by David Langford [as by Dave Langford] (1983) in White Dwarf, December 1983