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)

Columbus, GA (April 16, 2009) -- In Andy Harp's novel A NORTHERN THUNDER, a pivotal part of the plot involves the launching of North Korea's Taepo Dong missile. This month, when North Korea actually launched the missile that Harp wrote about, BBC Radio interviewed the author to get his perspective and viewpoint.

Harp's interview was carried on BBC Radio "5 Live" show on Monday, April 6, and was broadcast throughout the United Kingdom. Harp, a retired U.S. Marine Corps Reserve colonel, delivered expert analysis on the launch, the missile's capability and the threat of North Korea.

"The Taepo Dong launch had a successful first stage and a second stage that took the payload well into the Pacific," said Harp in the interview. "North Korea is inching closer by the minute to a viable intercontinental rocket."

Harp wrote extensively about North Korea's long-range missile technology in A NORTHERN THUNDER, a military thriller published in 2007 (Bancroft Press). In the book, North Korea's missile launch takes place from a secret underground facility. "North Korea literally has thousands of bunkers, some detected and some unknown," said Harp. "They even have bunkers for the protection of their submarine force."

Harp has extensive knowledge and expertise on North Korea from his military experience and exhaustive research for A NORTHERN THUNDER. During his 30 years of military service, Harp participated four times in Ulchi-Freedom Guardian (previously known as Ulchi-Focus Lens), an annual joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States that focuses on defending South Korea from a North Korean attack. Also, Harp served as the officer in charge of the Crisis Action Team for Marine Forces Pacific, which included the responsibility of monitoring developments in North Korea and was mobilized for Operation Enduring Freedom in that role.

Harp has delivered expert analysis to the international media coverage of North Korea's recent missile launch. The author was also recently interviewed for an article published in the Correio Braziliense, the daily newspaper of the capitol of Brazil.

For more information, please visit his website at www.andyharp.com.

Dave Zeltserman's 28 MINUTES has been optioned by Constantin Film, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The company plans to produce a movie adaptation under the title "Outsourced."Travis Milloy has been hired to write the screenplay. Constantin's Robert Kulzer and Impact Pictures' Paul W.S. Anderson and Jeremy Bolt are producing. The trio produced the three "Resident Evil" films. John Tomko also will produce.

APA-repped Zeltserman's gritty novel follows a group of unemployed software engineers who plan a bank robbery that gets them in trouble with mobsters from Boston and Russia. "The book is very real and original with believable contemporary characters," Bolt said. "We want to make an intelligent heist movie that people can relate to."

Milloy also scripted the horror film "Pandorum" -- also produced by Kulzer, Anderson and Bolt -- which Overture will release in September.

Germany-based Constantin is behind "The Never¬Ending Story," "The Name of the Rose," "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" and "The Baader Meinhof Complex." Impact produced "Mortal Kombat," "Event Horizon" and "Death Race." The two companies jointly released "Alien vs. Predator," "The Dark" and "DOA: Dead or Alive."