Dark Scribe Magazine, an online publication talking about horror (or, the self-described “virtual magazine dedicated to the books that keep readers up at night”) has announced the nominees for its fourth 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 will 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.”
Winners should be announced early next year.
The nominees are:
Dark Genre Novel of the Year:The Passage by Justin Cronin (Ballantine)
Sparrow Rock by Nate Kenyon (Leisure/Bad Moon Books)
Under the Dome by Stephen King (Scribner)
Kraken by China Miéville (Del Rey)
A Dark Matter by Peter Straub (Doubleday)
The Caretaker of Lorne Field by David Zeltserman (Overlook Hardcover)
Best Small Press Chill:
The Wolf at the Door by Jameson Currier (Chelsea Street Editions)
A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files (ChiZine Publications)
Dreams in Black and White by John R. Little (Morning Star)
The Castle of Los Angeles by Lisa Morton (Gray Friar Press)
Invisible Fences by Norman Prentiss (Cemetery Dance)
Best Dark Genre Fiction Collection:
Occultation by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
Blood and Gristle by Michael Louis Calvillo (Bad Moon Books)
Little Things by John R. Little (Bad Moon Books)
Summer, Fireworks, and My Corpse by Otsuichi (VIZ Media LLC)
In the Mean Time by Paul Tremblay (ChiZine Publications)
Best Dark Genre Anthology:
When the Night Comes Down edited by Bill Breedlove (Dark Arts Books)
Dark Faith edited by Maurice Broaddus and Jerry Gordon (Apex Publications)
Horror Library IV edited by RJ Cavender and Boyd E. Harris (Cutting Block Press)
Haunted Legends edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)
Dead Set: A Zombie Anthology edited by Michelle McCrary and Joe McKinney (23 House)
Best Dark Genre Book of Non-Fiction:
I am Providence: The Life and Times of HP Lovecraft by S.T. Joshi (Hippocampus Press)
Night of the Living Dead: Behind the Scenes of the most Terrifying Zombie Movie Ever by Joe Kane (Citadel)
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti (Hippocampus Press)
Thrillers: 100 Must Reads edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner (Oceanview Publishing)
Horrors: Great Stories of Fear and Their Creators by Rocky Wood (McFarland)
Best Dark Scribble [short fiction]:
“Goblin Boy” by Rick Hautula (Cemetery Dance #63)
“Bully” by Jack Ketchum (Postscripts 22/23)
“We” by Bentley Little (Cemetery Dance #64)
“Secretario” by Catherynne M. Valente (Weird Tales, Summer 2010)
“The Things” by Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)
Best Dark Genre Book Trailer (awarded to the video producer or publisher):
Specters in Coal Dust produced by Michael Knost & Black Water Films (for the anthology edited by Michael Knost)
Neverland produced by Circle of Seven Productions (for the book by Douglas Clegg)
Radiant Shadows produced by Circle of Seven Productions (for the book by Melissa Marr)
Unhappy Endings produced by Delirium Books (for the book by Brian Keene)
Under the Dome produced by Scribner Marketing (for the book by Stephen King)