Bram Stoker Nominees Announced

By Kelli Stanley |
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)

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