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Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 Never Seen By Waking Eyes
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Contents

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Infrapress , 2005 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
A Single Shadow, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror (p. 9-18)
Probable Cause, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror (p. 19-22)
The Lady of Situations, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror (p. 23-32)
Waste Land, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror

'There’s an I Am Legend overtone as vampire myths are expounded by humans-in-hiding in Undead-occupied Europe' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.50).

(p. 33-36)
Watch, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror (p. 37-42)
Beholder, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror (p. 43-48)
A Sentiment Open to Doubt, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror

'Malaysian vampire myths are utilised in the conservation fight by an unusual eco-warrior' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.50).

(p. 49-60)
Salvation, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror (p. 61-68)
What You Wish For, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror
A frustrated male finds ill-fated solace with a shape-changing succubus. The demon manifests for intercourse in various feminine forms including a disastrous incarnation of the man's ex-girlfriend, whose plump thighs and sagging breasts are apparently not worth reinventing. But his realised fantasy life eventually proves even less desirable than unfortunate reality.
(p. 69-83)
The Completist, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror (p. 85-92)
The Dance That Everyone Must Do, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror

'A 1940s pied piper puts a vampiric slant on an old tale as he gives a Jew-hunting Nazi a lesson in occupied Denmark' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.50).

(p. 93-100)
Honest Ghosts, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror (p. 101-106)
The Ghoul Goes West, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror

'Dracula’s Quincy Morris gets a lesson in vampire slaying in America’s Wild West' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.50).

(p. 107-118)
'Til Human Voices Wake Us, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror (p. 119-126)
Heir of the Wolf, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror (p. 127-131)
The Wind Sall Blow For Ever Mair, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror
Set in Queensland, "The Wind Sall Blow For Ever Mair" is a strongly-written tale about a racist policeman.
(p. 133-146)
Double Action, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror (p. 147-150)
The Facts of Dr Van Helsing's Case, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror

Stephen Dedman delves 'into Van Helsing’s childhood, with a detour to the US and the massacre of Native Americans at Wounded Knee Creek' (Jason Nahrung, 'Vampires in the Sunburnt Country,' 2007, p.50).

(p. 151-161)
Madly, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror (p. 163-170)
Nothing Like The Sun, Stephen Dedman , single work short story horror

A new drug, sundance, has burnt out its users' optic nerves in exchange for psychedelic hallucinations. Many prefer the effects of sundance to having vision, such as Suki, who is in rehabilitation called 'retraining'. An undersecretary, Jack, grapples with the politics and costs of providing new medical eyes to the blind. He believes that those who blinded themselves shouldn't be helped.

When Europe announces it will begin giving out free eyes, Jack finds counterarguments in the low quality of the eyes' vision, successfully staving off demands for his own government to do the same.

Suki's 'retraining' turns out to be prostitution, with Jack the undersecretary her client.

(p. 171-180)
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