Bram Stoker Nominees Announced

The Horror Writers Association has announced the nominees for the 2008 Bram Stoker Awards, and several ITW authors are shortlisted.

Congratulations to all!

Superior Achievement in a Novel

• COFFIN COUNTY by Gary Braunbeck (Leisure Books)
• THE REACH by Nate Kenyon (Leisure Books)
• DUMA KEY by Stephen King (Scribner)
• JOHNNY GRUESOME by Gregory Lamberson (Bad Moon Books/Medallion Press)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

• MIDNIGHT ON MOURN STREET by Christopher Conlon (Earthling Publications)
• THE GENTLING BOX by Lisa Mannetti (Dark Hart Press)
• MONSTER BEHIND THE WHEEL by Michael McCarty and Mark McLaughlin (Delirium Books)
• THE SUICIDE COLLECTORS by David Oppegaard (St. Martin's Press)
• FROZEN BLOOD by Joel A. Sutherland (Lachesis Publishing)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

• THE SHALLOW END OF THE POOL by Adam-Troy Castro (Creeping Hemlock Press)
• MIRANDA by John R. Little (Bad Moon Books)
• REDEMPTION ROADSHOW by Weston Ochse (Burning Effigy Press)
• THE CONFESSIONS OF ST. ZACH by Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)  
  

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

• PETRIFIED by Scott Edelman (Desolate Souls)
• THE LOST by Sarah Langan (Cemetery Dance Publications)
• THE DUDE WHO COLLECTED LOVECRAFT by Nick Mamatas, and Tim Pratt (Chizine)
• EVIDENCE OF LOVE IN A CASE OF ABANDONMENT by M. Rickert (Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction)
• TURTLE by Lee Thomas (Doorways)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

• LIKE A CHINESE TATTOO edited by Bill Breedlove (Dark Arts Books)
• HORROR LIBRARY, VOL. 3 edited by R. J. Cavender (Cutting Block Press)
• BENEATH THE SURFACE edited by Tim Deal (Shroud Publishing)
• UNSPEAKABLE HORROR edited by Vince A. Liaguno and Chad Helder (Dark Scribe Press)

Superior Achievement in a Collection

• THE NUMBER 121 TO PENNSYLVANIA by Kealan Patrick Burke (Cemetery Dance Publications)
• MAMA'S BOY and Other Dark Tales by Fran Friel (Apex Publications)
• JUST AFTER SUNSET by Stephen King (Scribner)
• MR. GAUNT AND OTHER UNEASY ENCOUNTERS by John Langan (Prime Books)
• GLEEFULLY MACABRE TALES by Jeff Strand (Delirium Books)

Superior Achievement in Nonfiction

• CHEAP SCARES by Gregory Lamberson (McFarland)
• ZOMBIE CSU by Jonathan Maberry (Citadel Press)
• A HALLOWE'EN ANTHOLOGY by Lisa Morton (McFarland)
• THE BOOK OF LISTS: HORROR by Amy Wallace, Del Howison, and Scott Bradley (HarperCollins)

Superior Achievement in Poetry

• THE NIGHTMARE COLLECTION by Bruce Boston (Dark Regions Press)
• THE PHANTOM WORLD by Gary William Crawford (Sam's Dot Publishing)
• VIRGIN OF THE APOCALYPSE by Corrine De Winter (Sam's Dot Publishing)
• ATTACK OF THE TWO-HEADED POETRY MONSTER by Mark McLaughlin and Michael McCarty (Skullvines Press)