SF Signal: NOMINEES: International Horror Guild Award

NOMINEES: International Horror Guild Award

The nominees for the International Horror Guild Award, which recognizes achievement in the field of horror/dark fantasy during 2005, have been announced. Also, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro is recipient of its annual Living Legend Award. Awards are presented during the World Fantasy Convention in Austin, TX on July 31st.

NOVEL

Lunar Park by Brett Easton Ellis

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

Beyond Black by Hilary Mantel

The Stone Ship by Peter Raftos

The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot, His Wonderful Love and His Terrible Hatred by Carl-Johan Vallgren (Translated by Paul Britten-Austin)

SHORT FICTION

"There's a Hole in the City" by Rick Bowes

"The Third Factor" by Brian Evenson

"Go Between" by China Mieville

"Invisible" by Steve Rasnic Tem

MID-LENGTH FICTION

"Proboscis" by Laird Barron

"Boatman's Holiday" by Jeffrey Ford

"My Father's Mask" by Joe Hill

"La Peau Verte" by Caitlin Kiernan

LONG FICTION

"The Imago Sequence" by Laird Barron

"Kiss of the Mudman" by Gary Braunbeck

"Voluntary Committal" by Joe Hill

"The Serial Murders" by Kim Newman

COLLECTION (Single Author)

Specimen Days by Michael Cunningham

20th Century Ghostsby Joe Hill

To Charles Fort, with Love by Caitlin Kiernan

Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link

ANTHOLOGY

No Award

Interesting. There's some crossover for sf/f award nominees ("Invisible", "Boatman's Holiday", "There's a Hole in the City", Magic for Beginners). Is it me or are genre lines becoming more and more blurred.

And no award for anthology? What's up with that?

[Link via SFBC Blog]