FINALISTS: 2012 Bram Stoker Awards
The finalists for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards have been announced.
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
- Bottled Abyss by Benjamin Kane Ethridge (Redrum Horror)
- NightWhere by John Everson (Samhain Publishing)
- The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Roc)
- The Haunted by Bentley Little (Signet)
- Inheritance by Joe McKinney (Evil Jester Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
- Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling by Michael Boccacino (William Morrow)
- Wide Open by Deborah Coates (Tor Books)
- The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief by Charles Day (Noble YA Publishers LLC)
- A Requiem for Dead Flies by Peter Dudar (Nightscape Press)
- Bad Glass by Richard Gropp (Ballantine/Del Rey)
- Life Rage by L.L. Soares (Nightscape Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
- The Diviners by Libba Bray (Little Brown)
- I Hunt Killers by Barry Lyga (Little Brown)
- Flesh & Bone by Jonathan Maberry (Simon & Schuster)
- I Kissed A Ghoul by Michael McCarty (Noble Romance Publishing)
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic Press)
- A Bad Day for Voodoo by Jeff Strand (Sourcebooks)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL
- The Sixth Gun Volume 3: Bound by Cullen Bunn (Oni Press)
- Rachel Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow of Death by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)
- The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno Marylebone by Ravi Thornton (Jonathan Cape)
Behind These Eyes by Peter J. Wacks and Guy Anthony De Marco (Villainous Press) - Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times by Rocky Wood and Lisa Morton (McFarland)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION
- Thirty Miles South of Dry County by Kealan Patrick Burke (Delirium Books)
- I’m Not Sam by Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee(Sinister Grin Press)
- Lost Girl of the Lake by Joe McKinney and Michael McCarty (Bad Moon Books)
- The Blue Heron by Gene O’Neill (Dark Regions Press)
- The Fleshless Man by Norman Prentiss (Delirium Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
- “Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest” by Bruce Boston (Daily Science Fiction)
- “Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens” by Joe McKinney (Best of Dark Moon Digest, Dark Moon Books)
- “Righteous” by Weston Ochse (Psychos, Black Dog and Leventhall Publication)
- “Available Light” by John Palisano (Lovecraft eZine, March 2012)
- “Magdala Amygdala” by Lucy Snyder (Dark Faith: Invocations, Apex Book Company)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY
- The Woman in Black by Jane Goldman (Cross Creek Pictures)
- The Walking Dead, “Killer Within” by Sang Kyu Kim (AMC TV)
- American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark Cousin” by Tim Minear (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
- The Hunger Games by Gary Ross, Suzanne Collins and Billy Ray (Lionsgate, Color Force)
- The Cabin in the Woods by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard (Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY
- Shadow Show edited by Mort Castle and Sam Weller (HarperCollins)
- Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations edited by Eric J. Guignard (Dark Moon Books)
- Hell Comes to Hollywood edited by Eric Miller (Big Time Books)
- Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology edited by Mark C. Scioneaux, R.J. Cavender and Robert S. Wilson (Cutting Block Press)
- Slices of Flesh edited by Stan Swanson (Dark Moon Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION
- Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected Stories by Jonathan Carroll (Subterranean Press)
- New Moon on the Water by Mort Castle (Dark Regions)
- Errantry: Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand (Small Beer Press)
- The Janus Tree by Glen Hirshberg (Subterranean Press)
- Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION
Writing Darkness by Michael Collings (CreateSpace)
The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 by Les Klinger (Vertigo)
Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween by Lisa Morton (Reaktion Books)
The Undead and Theology by Kim Paffenroth and John W. Morehead (Pickwick Publications)
Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film by Kendall R. Phillips (Southern Illinois University Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY
- Dark Duet by Linda Addison and Stephen M. Wilson (NECON eBooks)
- Notes from the Shadow City by Bruce Boston and Gary William Crawford (Dark Regions Press)
- A Verse to Horrors by Michael Collings (Amazon Digital Services)
- Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls by Marge Simon (Elektrik Milk Bath Press)
- Lovers & Killers by Mary A. Turzillo (Dark Regions)
NOTE: In two categories there are six nominees because two works tied for fifth place.
Congratulations to all the nomniees!