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 winners of 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 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.” We detailed the nominees in this article.
The winners are:
Dark Genre Novel of the Year:
Editors’ Choice: A Dark Matter by Peter Straub (Doubleday)
Readers’ Choice: Sparrow Rock by Nate Kenyon (Leisure/Bad Moon Books)
Best Small Press Chill:
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice: A Book of Tongues by Gemma Files (ChiZine Publications)
Best Dark Genre Fiction Collection:
Editors’ Choice: Occultation by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
Readers’ Choice: Blood and Gristle by Michael Louis Calvillo (Bad Moon Books)
Best Dark Genre Anthology:
Editors’ Choice: Haunted Legends edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas (Tor)
Readers’ Choice: Horror Library IV edited by RJ Cavender and Boyd E. Harris (Cutting Block Press)
Best Dark Genre Book of Non-Fiction:
Editors’ Choice: The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti (Hippocampus Press)
Readers’ Choice: Thrillers: 100 Must Reads edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner (Oceanview Publishing)
Best Dark Scribble [short fiction]:
Editors’ Choice: “The Things” by Peter Watts (Clarkesworld, January 2010)
Readers’ Choice: “We” by Bentley Little (Cemetery Dance #64)
Best Dark Genre Book Trailer (awarded to the video producer or publisher):
Editors’ and Readers’ Choice: Neverland produced by Circle of Seven Productions (for the book by Douglas Clegg)
Files’ double win is the first in a literary category.