"I do not believe in vampires nor do I encourage
drinking blood!"
Dr Tina Rath
Tina
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Spring 2010
I have had three short stories published recently:
Trouble with the Hob (another
in the Little Chimaera Stories) in
David Longhorn’s
Supernatural Tales 16
It’s White and it Follows Me
(nasty goings-on at the Court of
Queen Anne) in
Strange Tales III is edited by
Rosalie Parker and published by
Tartarus Press
Extended Family (the Gothic
can appear in the most hygienic of
surroundings…) in
Exotic Gothic 3 edited by Danel
Olson published by Ashtree Press.
And the full text of my YA novel
Mischief in the Wood can currently
be read on
www.authonomy.com
Summer 2009
I now appear in several vampire
related dvds:
True
Horror with Anthony Head
(2004)
Using dramatic
reconstruction, forensic
science and historical
research, 'Buffy' actor
Anthony Head travels the
world in search of the true
stories that lie behind the
myths of vampires, demons,
witches, werewolves and
zombies.
The Vampire and the Voivode,
Teleg Films is billed as
"the first documentary ever
to reveal the true story of
Bram Stoker and his
legendary novel." It is
produced and directed by
Michael Bayley Hughes.
I can be
seen walking round London,
talking about sites
associated with Bram Stoker
and Dracula.
Dr Who: The E Space Trilogy –
talking in The Leaves of Blood
section about the history of vampire
fiction, along with authors like
Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Steve
Gallagher, and others.
Spring 2008
I have been
involved in quite a lot of
vampire related activity.
The
Mammoth Book of Vampires
The Mammoth
Book of Vampires, edited by
Stephen Jones, which
includes my story A Trick of
the Dark has been translated
into Russian and published
with this lovely cover
(right).
I have been
interviewed for a
documentary on Bram Stoker
and Dracula and done some
sound bites for a BBC DVD
package on Dr Who.
Later this
year I hope to be involved
in an independent vampire
film, Dead Girls of London.
New CD - An evening at Diodati
Meanwhile I have, with my husband
Tony, and friend Kevin, recorded my
account of the birth (fledging?) of
the romantic vampire in 1816 at the
Villa Diodati:
An evening at
Diodati.
Audio stream - press
left-hand button to
activate
An extract from
An
Evening at Diodati
with
Tina and Tony Rath
Press
the button on the right
to play and the one on
the left to stop.
March 2006
From: THE HORROR CHANNEL
Scott A Johnson
From a review of YEAR'S BEST
FANTASY AND HORROR
"The theme of the stories are
varied, moving from classic
horror to purely revolting (but
excellently written) prose to
cultural fantasy. What does not
very, however, is that each
author knows his/her business.
Choosing the most impressive
story from this volume is an
exercise in futility. They're
all very good, otherwise they
wouldn't be here. There are,
however, a few stories that rise
at least a few breaths above the
others. Standouts in this
forty-four piece collection
include Douglas Clegg's "The
Skin of the World", Richard
Muller's "And the Sea Shall Give
Up Its Dead," and that they
belong next to the greats with
stories such as Tina Rath's
haunting tale A TRICK OF THE
DARK," and Melanie Fazi's "The
Cajun Knot".
April 2005
Tina's story A TRICK OF THE DARK has
been chosen for THE YEAR'S BEST
FANTASY AND HORROR: Eighteenth
Annual Collection, edited by Ellen
Datlow and Kelly Link & Gavin Grant
to be published by St Martin's
Press, LLC, in the US and Canada in
August and for THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF
BEST NEW HORROR, Vol 16 edited by
Steve Jones
See Dr Rath on Dracula in The
Sacramento Bee (Sac Ticket//SRAI//In
a dramatic vein) and on Chicago
Radio: Wgnradioscom-Radio 720
WGN - Chicago's News and Talk at
Halloween.
CONVENTIONAL VAMPIRES has been
nominated as one of the best
anthologies of the year by the
British Fantasy Society and one
of the stories (Mike Chislett's
MARA) has been chosen by Steven
Jones for this year's BEST NEW
HORROR.
June 2004
Tina has short stories in two
recent anthologies:
The Mammoth Book of Vampires,
edited by Steve Jones, published
in June 2004 by Robinson (UK) and
Carroll and Graf (USA) contains
her TRICK OF THE DARK and Great
Ghost Stories, edited by Steve
Jones and R Chetwynd Hayes (a
reprint of some of the ghost
stories originally published by
the late, great Chetwynd-Hayes)
published Junes 2004 by Cemetery
Dance Books, USA and Carroll and
Graf USA, contains her
"intricately plotted" short
story of love and murder THE
FETCH.
News from 2003
Tina has edited a book of short,
completely original vampire
stories, which have been
produced to celebrate the
Dracula Society's 30th
Anniversary Convention. Entitled
CONVENTIONAL VAMPIRES it is
available at £5.00 plus p&p from
the Dracula Society, PO Box
30848, London, W12 OGY.
"Every single piece in this book
is of a high standard and very
well written ... I would very
much recommend this for anyone
who loves vampires and short
stories - you will not be
disappointed."
Review by Becky Probert in "The
Chronicles", issue 25 (out now)
Tina Rath also has a story in
STRANGE TALES, edited by Rosalie
Parker, Tartarus Press, 2003,
£27.50
"The well known talents of Tina
Rath are richly reinforced by
one of the cleverest weird tales
it has been my pleasure to read:
"Mr Manpferdit" skilfully
captures the freakishness of
seedy eighteenth century London
in a laconic character study of
Dr Johnson and the lecherous
Boswell as they go off in search
of something more esoteric than
a night on the town; after
reading this story one might
indeed agree with the good
doctor that "he who is tired of
London is tired of life"
