The 2012 Bram Stoker Awards® Nominees

With all the computer problems I’ve been having, and changing out computers, etc. I realized I missed the Stoker Awards announcement! This is my favorite time of year, because you get to see what some of the “best” horror novels were! The winners wont be announced until like June or July – but here are the nominees!

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL


Bottled Abyss
by Benjamin Kane Ethridge
2012-06-30
from Redrum Horror


Nightwhere
by John Everson
2012-10-02
from Samhain Publishing


The Drowning Girl
by Caitlin R. Kiernan
2012-03-06
from Roc Trade


The Haunted
by Bentley Little
2012-04-03
from Signet


Inheritance
by Joe McKinney
2012-10-18
from Evil Jester Press

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL


Charlotte Markham and the House of Darkling: A Novel
by Michael Boccacino
2012-07-24
from William Morrow Paperbacks

 


Wide Open
by Deborah Coates
2013-01-15
from Tor Books

 


The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief
by Charles Day
2012-03-28
from Noble Romance Publishing LLC

 


A Requiem for Dead Flies
by Peter N. Dudar
2012-06-19
from Nightscape Press, LLP

 


Bad Glass
by Richard E. Gropp
2012-09-25
from Del Rey

 


Life Rage
by L.L. Soares
2012-09-15
from Nightscape Press, LLP

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL


The Diviners
by Libba Bray
2012-09-18
from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers


I Hunt Killers
by Barry Lyga
2012-04-03
from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers


Flesh & Bone (Benny Imura (Rot and Ruin))
by Jonathan Maberry
2012-09-11
from Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers


I Kissed a Ghoul
by Michael McCarty
2012-03-25
from Noble Romance Publishing

 


The Raven Boys (Raven Cycle)
by Maggie Stiefvater
2012-09-18
from Scholastic Press


A Bad Day for Voodoo
by Jeff Strand
2012-06-05
from Sourcebooks Fire

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL


The Sixth Gun Volume 3 TP: Bound
by Cullen Bunn
2012-04-25
from Oni Press


Rachel Rising Volume 1: The Shadow of Death
by Terry Moore
2012-03-28
from Abstract Studio

 


The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno Marylebone
by Ravi Thornton
2012-08-13
from Jonathan Cape


Behind These Eyes
by Guy Anthony De Marco
2012-12-22
from Villainous Press


Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times
by Rocky Wood
2012-05-22
from Mcfarland

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION


THIRTY MILES SOUTH OF DRY COUNTRY
by Kealan Patrick Burke
2012
from Delerium Books


I’m Not Sam
by Jack Ketchum
2012-12-31
from Cemetery Dance Pubns


Lost Girl of the Lake
by Michael McCarty
2013
from Bad Moon Books

 

O’Neill, Gene – The Blue Heron (Dark Regions Press)


The Fleshless Man (Delirium Novella Series)
by Norman Prentiss
2012-10-09
from Delirium Books

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION
Boston, Bruce – Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest (Daily Science Fiction)McKinney, Joe – Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens


The Best of Dark Moon Digest
by Joe McKinney
2012
from Dark Moon Books

Ochse, Weston – Righteous


Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane
by
2012-09-25
from Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

Palisano, John – Available Light (Lovecraft eZine, March 2012)

Snyder, Lucy – Magdala Amygdala

Dark Faith: Invocations
by Lucy Snyder
2012-09-28
from Apex Book Company

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY


Shadow Show: All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury
by Sam Weller
2012-07-10
from William Morrow Paperbacks


Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations
by
2012-03-01
from Dark Moon Books


Hell Comes To Hollywood: An Anthology of Short Horror Fiction Set In Tinseltown Written By Hollywood Genre Professionals (Volume 1)
by Charles Austin Muir
2012-06-22
from Big Time Books


Horror For Good: A Charitable Anthology (Volume 1)
by Jack Ketchum
2012-03-29
from CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform


Slices of Flesh
by
2012-03-29
from Dark Moon Books

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION


The Woman Who Married a Cloud: The Collected Short Stories of Jonathan Carroll
by Jonathan Carroll
2012-07-31
from Subterranean


New Moon on the Water
by Mort Castle
2012-08-14
from Dark Regions Press


Errantry: Strange Stories
by Elizabeth Hand
2012-11-13
from Small Beer Press


The Janus Tree and Other Stories
by Glen Hirshberg
2012-01-31
from Subterranean


Black Dahlia & White Rose: Stories
by Joyce Carol Oates
2012-09-11
from Ecco

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION


Writing Darkness
by Michael R. Collings
2012-09-29
from CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform


Annotated Sandman Vol. 1
by
2012-01-10
from Vertigo


Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween
by Lisa Morton
2012-10-15
from Reaktion Books


The Undead and Theology
by
2012-09-21
from Pickwick Publications


Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film
by Kendall R. Phillips
2012-02-28
from Southern Illinois University Press

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY


Dark Duet
by Linda D. Addison
2013-01-10
from CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform


Notes from the Shadow City
by Gary William Crawford
2012-09-18
from Dark Regions Press


A Verse to Horrors: An Abecedary of Monsters and the Monstrous
by Michael R. Collings
2012-05-13
from


Vampires, Zombies, & Wanton Souls
by Marge Simon
2012-02-10
from Elektrik Milk Bath Press


Lovers & Killers
by Mary Turzillo
2012-07-01
from Dark Regions Press

Dude, I feel like such an ass. I’ve only read ONE of these books (The Raven Boys)! What kind of a horror fan am I?! How about you, have you read any of these books? Were they good?! Let me know!