Dark Scribe Magazine, an online publication talking about horror (or, the self-described “free web-based publication that focuses exclusively on the creative forces behind horror, suspense, thrillers, and other dark fiction and non-fiction works”), has announced the nominees and winners of its third annual Black Quill Awards, in a variety of categories.
Nominations for the Black Quills are “editorial-based, with both the editors and active contributing writers submitting nominations. Once nominations are announced, the readers of DSM vote. In a unique spin intended to celebrate both critical and popular success, two winners are announced in each category—Reader’s Choice and Editor’s Choice.”
The nominees are winners are listed below:
Dark Genre Novel of the Year:
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (Shaye Areheart)—Winner, Editor’s Choice
Castaways by Brian Keene (Leisure)
Audrey’s Door by Sarah Langan (Harper)
Drood by Dan Simmons (Little, Brown)—Winner, Readers’ Choice
The Unseen by Alexandra Sokoloff (St. Martin’s)
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (Riverhead)
Best Small Press Chill:
Kelland by Paul G. Bens Jr. (Casperian)—Winner, Editors’ Choice
As Fate Would Have It by Michael Louis Calvillo (Bad Moon)—Winner, Readers’ Choice
Last Days by Brian Evenson (Underland)
Valley of the Dead by Kim Paffenroth (Cargo Cult)
Frozen Blood by Joel Sutherland (Lachesis)
The Harlequin and the Train by Paul G. Tremblay (Necropolitan)
Best Dark Genre Fiction Collection:
Pumpkin Teeth by Tom Cardamone (Lethe)
Ugly Man by Dennis Cooper (Harper Perennial)
The Haunted Heart and Other Tales by Jameson Currier (Lethe)—Winner, Editors’ Choice
Martyrs & Monsters by Robert Dunbar (DarkHart)
Monstrous Affections by David Nickle (ChiZine)—Winner, Readers’ Choice
Best Dark Genre Anthology:
Shivers V edited by Richard Chizmar (Cemetery Dance)
He is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson edited by Christopher Conlon (Gauntlet)
Lovecraft Unbound edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse)
Poe: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe edited by Ellen Datlow (Solaris)—Winner, Readers’ Choice
Dark Delicacies III: Haunted edited by Del Howison and Jeff Gelb (Running Press)
Midnight Walk edited by Lisa Morton (Darkhouse)—Winner, Editors’ Choice
Best Dark Genre Book of Non-Fiction:
Writer’s Workshop of Horror edited by Michael Knost (Woodland)—Winner, Editors’ Choice
Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues edited by Loren Rhodes (Scribner)
The Stephen King Illustrated Companion by Bev Vincent (Fall River)—Winner, Readers’ Choice
Stephen King: The Non-Fiction by Rocky Wood and Justin Brooks (Cemetery Dance)
Best Dark Scribble (short fiction):
“The Man in the Mirror” by Jameson Currier (Icarus #1)
“Following Marla” by John R. Little (Horror World, February 2009)
“The Mind of a Pig” by Ekaterina Sedia (Apex Magazine, March 2009)
“Night Nurse” by Harry Shannon (Horror Drive-In, July 2009)—Winner, Readers’ Choice
“The Loyalty of Birds” by Rachel Sobel (Clarkesworld #30)
“Flatrock Sunners” by Sarah Totton (Black Static #9)—Winner, Editors’ Choice
Best Cover Art & Design:
As Fate Would Have It by Michael Louis Calvillo; art by Peter Mahaichuk; cover design by César Puch (Bad Moon)—Winner, Editors’ Choice and Readers’ Choice
The Haunted Heart and Other Tales by Jameson Currier; art by Richard Taddei; cover design by John Molloy (Lethe)
The Pilo Family Circus by Will Elliot; cover design by Heidi Whitcomb (Underland)
The Estuary by Derek Gunn; art by Johann Bodin; cover design by Jacob Kier (Permuted Press)
Best Dark Genre Book Trailer:
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen and Ben H. Winters; production by Seth Dalton and Ransom Riggs
Far Dark Fields by Gary Braunbeck; production by John Palisano—Winner, Readers’ Choice
Isis by Douglas Clegg; production by Circle of Seven
The Lifeless by Lorne Dixon; production by Coscom Entertainment
Audrey’s Door by Sarah Langan; production by JT Petty—Winner, Editors’ Choice