Bloodstained Oz

2006 novella by Christopher Golden and James A. Moore

0-9766339-6-5OCLC70133181

Bloodstained Oz is a Wizard of Oz related novella by Christopher Golden and James A. Moore, and it was illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne. It was published as a limited edition hardcover by Earthling Publications in 2006. It comes with an introduction by Ray Garton.

It was nominated for the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction in 2006.

The story falls outside of L. Frank Baum's original storyline for his Wonderful Wizard of Oz series and its official sequels. Being outside of the canonical restrictions, Bloodstained Oz makes the Land of Oz a nightmare for adults instead of a children's story.

Both first editions of Bloodstained Oz were sold out very soon after publication, and there are no current plans to reprint it by Earthling Publications or any other publisher. Being an Oz related book and a horror novel have made it a collector's item. Copies have been sold on eBay for $300.00 or more.

Plot

1930s Dust Bowl Kansas natives and an alternate version of the Wonderful Land of Oz collide during a huge dust storm. The Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Cowardly Lion may or may not help them on this adventure because the other inhabitants of Oz include vampire flying monkeys, emerald eyed demonic creatures, and other horrors beyond imagination.

Down home farm girl Gayle Franklin and her family, escaped convict Hank Burnside, and Roma gypsies Elisa and Stefan along with their infant son Jeremiah, all find themselves face to face with the unbelievable terrors from Oz. The creatures have taken over Oz and now they are threatening to take over Earth too.

Editions

Bloodstained Oz was only available in two limited first editions:

500 numbered limited edition hardcovers, signed by Christopher Golden and James A. Moore. ISBN 0-9766339-6-5

26 lettered limited edition hardcovers (A - Z), signed by Christopher Golden, James A. Moore, Ray Garton, and Glenn Chadbourne. It is housed in a handmade traycase featuring 1 of 26 matted original color illustrations of the Tin Woodsman by Glenn Chadbourne.

Links and references

Official web page for Bloodstained Oz
Review at Green Man Review
5 out of 5 star review from Insiduous Reflections
Bloodstained Oz review at Monsters and Critics.com
Bram Stoker Award nominees 2006, also as a PDF

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Books

Novels

Baum	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) The Marvelous Land of Oz (1904) Ozma of Oz (1907) Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908) The Road to Oz (1909) The Emerald City of Oz (1910) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913) Tik-Tok of Oz (1914) The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) Rinkitink in Oz (1916) The Lost Princess of Oz (1917) The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918) The Magic of Oz (1919) Glinda of Oz (1920)
Thompson	The Royal Book of Oz (1921) Kabumpo in Oz (1922) The Cowardly Lion of Oz (1923) Grampa in Oz (1924) The Lost King of Oz (1925) The Hungry Tiger of Oz (1926) The Gnome King of Oz (1927) The Giant Horse of Oz (1928) Jack Pumpkinhead of Oz (1929) The Yellow Knight of Oz (1930) Pirates in Oz (1931) The Purple Prince of Oz (1932) Ojo in Oz (1933) Speedy in Oz (1934) The Wishing Horse of Oz (1935) Captain Salt in Oz (1936) Handy Mandy in Oz (1937) The Silver Princess in Oz (1938) Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939) Yankee in Oz (1972) The Enchanted Island of Oz (1976)
Others	The Wonder City of Oz (1940) The Scalawagons of Oz (1941) Lucky Bucky in Oz (1942) The Magical Mimics in Oz (1946) The Shaggy Man of Oz (1949) The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951) Merry Go Round in Oz (1963) The Forbidden Fountain of Oz (1980) The Ozmapolitan of Oz (1986) The Wicked Witch of Oz (1993) The Giant Garden of Oz (1993) The Runaway in Oz (1995) The Rundelstone of Oz (2000) The Emerald Wand of Oz (2005) Trouble Under Oz (2006)

Other books

The Magical Monarch of Mo (1899)
Dot and Tot of Merryland (1901)
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902)
Queen Zixi of Ix (1904)
John Dough and the Cherub (1906)
The Sea Fairies (1911)
Sky Island (1912)
Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1913)

Characters

Baum

Post-Baum

Elements

Authors

Writers	L. Frank Baum Ruth Plumly Thompson John R. Neill Jack Snow Rachel Cosgrove Payes Eloise Jarvis McGraw Dick Martin Alexander Volkov Eric Shanower Gregory Maguire Sherwood Smith Roger S. Baum
Illustrators	William Wallace Denslow John R. Neill Frank Kramer Dirk Gringhuis Dick Martin Leonid Vladimirsky Eric Shanower William Stout

Adaptations

Stage	The Wizard of Oz (1902) The Woggle-Bug (1905) The Tik-Tok Man of Oz (1913) The Wizard of Oz (1942) The Wiz (1974) The Marvelous Land of Oz (1981) The Wizard of Oz (1987) The Wizard of A.I.D.S. (1987) Twister (1994) Wicked (2003) The Wizard of Oz (2011) The Woodsman (2012)
Films	The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914) His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914) The Wizard of Oz (1925) The Wizard of Oz (1933) The Wizard of Oz (1939) The Wizard of Oz (1950) The Rainbow Road to Oz (unproduced) Return to Oz (1964, TV) The Wizard of Mars (1965) The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969) Ayşecik ve Sihirli Cüceler Rüyalar Ülkesinde (1971) Journey Back to Oz (1972) Oz (1976) The Wiz (1978) The Wizard of Oz (1982) Os Trapalhões e o Mágico de Oróz (1984) Return to Oz (1985) Dorothy Meets Ozma of Oz (1987) The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story (1990) The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True (1995) Lion of Oz (2000) The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) Apocalypse Oz (2006) After the Wizard (2011) Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz (2011) Dorothy and the Witches of Oz (2012) Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014) OzLand (2014) Guardians of Oz (2015) The Wiz Live! (2015) Tom and Jerry: Back to Oz (2016) The Steam Engines of Oz (2018) Rainbow (2022) Wicked (2024) Wicked Part Two (2025)
TV series	Tales of the Wizard of Oz (1961) Off to See the Wizard (1967–68) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1986–87) The Wizard of Oz (1990) The Wonderful Galaxy of Oz (1992–93) The Oz Kids (1996) Tin Man (2007) "Wizard of Odd" (2010) Once Upon a Time (2011–18) Lost in Oz (2015–18) Emerald City (2017) Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz (2017–20)
Books	The Wizard of the Emerald City (1939) A Barnstormer in Oz (1982) Mister Tinker in Oz (1985) Dorothy of Oz (1989) Sir Harold and the Gnome King (1991) Was (1992) Queen Ann in Oz (1993) The Magic Dishpan of Oz (1994) The Wicked Years series (1995–2011) Visitors from Oz (1998) Paradox in Oz (1999) Oz Before the Rainbow (2000) The Hidden Prince of Oz (2000) The Unknown Witches of Oz (2000) Bloodstained Oz (2006) The Secret Order of the Gumm Street Girls (2006) Dorothy Must Die (2014) The Wicked Will Rise (2015)
Comics	Queer Visitors from the Marvelous Land of Oz (1904–05) Adventures in Oz (1986–92) The Enchanted Apples of Oz (1986) Oz Squad (1991) Lost Girls (1991–92) Dorothy (2004–07) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2005) Cheshire Crossing (2006–19) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2009) The Marvelous Land of Oz (2010)
Games	The Wizard of Oz (1985) The Wizard of Oz (1993) The Wizard of Oz: Beyond the Yellow Brick Road (2008) Emerald City Confidential (2009) The Wizard of Oz (2010) The Wizard of Oz (2013)
Related	The Oz Film Manufacturing Company The International Wizard of Oz Club The Baum Bugle Oz Park Land of Oz Wizard of Oz festival Wizard of Oz Museum Oz-story Magazine