Who Will Draw Blood at This Year's Stokers?
The Stokers are one of my favorite awards, and it's not just because I was once nominated for one (*cough* Nonfiction, 2004 *cough*). What's not to love about an award (pictured above) celebrating the year's best horror writing that's named after the nutty Irishman who whipped up Dracula? We just received word on the nominees for this year's Stokers, which will be given out on March 27th at the World Horror Convention in Brighton, England. Check 'em out after the jump.
This year's nominees in each category are:
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
Audrey's Door by Sarah Langan (Harper)
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin)
Quarantined by Joe McKinney (Lachesis Publishing)
Cursed by Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
Breathers by S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)
Solomon's Grave by Daniel G. Keohane (Dragon Moon Press)
Damnable by Hank Schwaeble (Jove)
The Little Sleep by Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION
Dreaming Robot Monster by Mort Castle (Mighty Unclean)
The Hunger of Empty Vessels by Scott Edelman (Bad Moon Books)
The Lucid Dreaming by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
Doc Good's Traveling Show by Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
"Keeping Watch" by Nate Kenyon (Monstrous: 20 Tales of Giant Creature Terror)
"The Crossing of Aldo Ray" by Weston Ochse (The Dead That Walk)
"In the Porches of My Ears" by Norman Prentiss (Postscripts #18)
"The Night Nurse" by Harry Shannon (Horror Drive-in)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION
Martyrs and Monsters by Robert Dunbar (DarkHart Press)
Got to Kill Them All and Other Stories by Dennis Etchison (Cemetery Dance)
A Taste of Tenderloin by Gene O'Neill (Apex Book Company)
In the Closet, Under the Bed by Lee Thomas (Dark Scribe Press)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY (EDITING)
He is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson edited by Christopher Conlon (Gauntlet Press)
Lovecraft Unbound edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse Books)
Poe edited by Ellen Datlow (Solaris)
Midnight Walk edited by Lisa Morton (Darkhouse Publishing)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NONFICTION
Writers Workshop of Horror by Michael Knost (Woodland Press)
Cinema Knife Fight by L. L. Soares and Michael Arruda (Fearzone)
The Stephen King Illustrated Companion by Bev Vincent (Fall River Press)
Stephen King: The Non-fiction by Rocky Wood and Justin Brook
(Cemetery Dance)
SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY COLLECTION
Double Visions by Bruce Boston (Dark Regions)
North Left of Earth by Bruce Boston (Sam's Dot)
Barfodder by Rain Graves (Cemetery Dance)
Chimeric Machines by Lucy A. Snyder (Creative Guy Publishing)
Congrats to all the nominees. And good luck!
