Death in Bangkok

Overview:

• Title: Death in Bangkok
• Author: Dan Simmons
• Year: 1993
• Type: Short Fiction

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:

The abridged version ("Death in Bangkok"), was published in Playboy. To make matters more confusing, this short version was also published as "Dying in Bangkok" in Ellen Datlow's and Terry Windling's Seventh Annual fantasy and horror anthology.

Variant Titles:

• 1993. Dying in Bangkok

Awards:

• 1994. Death in Bangkok [vt Dying in Bangkok] Locus Poll, Best Novelette (Win)
• 1993. Death in Bangkok [vt Dying in Bangkok] Bram Stoker, Superior Achievement in a Novelet (Win)
• 1994. Death in Bangkok [vt Dying in Bangkok] World Fantasy, Best Short Fiction (Nomination)

Editions/Publications:

• 1993. Playboy, Jun 1993 (1993, unknown, Magazine)
• 1994. The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection (1994, Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling St. Martin's, ISBN-10: 0312111037, 523 pages, Hardcover, Anthology)
• 1995. Little Deaths (1995, Ellen Datlow Dell, ISBN-10: 0440218527, $4.99, 380 pages, Paperback, Anthology)

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