The Horror Writers Association has announced the final ballot for their Bram Stoker Awards. The awards will be presented at the World Horror Convention, to be held 29 March-1 April in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The nominees are:
NOVEL:
Prodigal Blues by Gary A. Braunbeck (Cemetery Dance)
Lisey’s Story by Stephen King (Scribner)
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry (Pinnacle)
Headstone City by Tom Piccirilli (Bantam)
Pressure by Jeff Strand (Earthling)
FIRST NOVEL:
Bloodstone by Nate Kenyon (Five Star)
The Keeper by Sarah Langan (William Morrow)
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry (Pinnacle)
The Harrowing by Alexandra Sokoloff (St. Martins)
LONG FICTION:
Hallucigenia by Laird Barron (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction)
Mama’s Boy by Fran Friel (Insidious Publications)
Bloodstained Oz by Christopher Golden and James A. Moore (Earthling Publications)
Clubland Heroes by Kim Newman (Retro Pulp Tales)
Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge (Cemetery Dance)
SHORT STORY:
“FYI” by Mort Castle (Masques V)
“Tested” by Lisa Morton (Cemetery Dance)
“Feeding the Dead Inside” by Yvonne Navarro (Mondo Zombie)
“Balance” by Gene O’Neill (Cemetery Dance)
“31/10” by Stephen Volk (Dark Corners)
ANTHOLOGY:
Retro Pulp Tales edited by Joe Lansdale (Subterranean)
Alone on the Darkside edited by John Pelan (Roc)
Aegri Somnia: The Apex Featured Writer Anthology edited by Jason Sizemore and Gil Ainsworth (Apex)
Mondo Zombie edited by John Skipp (Cemetery Dance)
FICTION COLLECTION:
Destinations Unknown by Gary Braunbeck (Cemetery Dance)
Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear by Terry Dowling (Cemetery Dance)
The Empire of Ice Cream by Jeffrey Ford (Golden Gryphon)
The Commandments by Angeline Hawkes (Nocturne Press)
American Morons by Glen Hirshberg (Earthling Publications)
NONFICTION:
Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die by Michael Largo (Harper)
Cinema Macabre edited by Mark Morris (PS Publishing)
Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero’s Visions of Hell on Earth by Kim Paffenroth (Baylor Press)
Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished by Rocky Wood Cemetery Dance)
POETRY:
Shades Fantastic by Bruce Boston (Gromagon Press)
Valentine: Short Love Poems by Corrine de Winter (Black Arrow Press)
The Troublesome Amputee by John Edward Lawson (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Songs of a Sorceress by Bobbi Sinha-Morey (Write Words, Inc.)