MICHAEL KORYTA

Michael Koryta is a young author with a bibliography that is short (so far) but impressive. His novels have won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Great Lakes Books Award, and St. Martin’s Press/Private Eye Writers of America Best First Novel prize, and has earned nominations for the Edgar, Quill, Shamus, and Barry Awards. He recently earned a six-book contract with Little, Brown and Company.

Michael graduated from Indiana University with a degree in criminal justice. He is a private investigator and former newspaper reporter. Michael currently lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, and Bloomington, Indiana.

His first five novels were crime novels, with four featuring private eye Lincoln Perry. With his sixth book, So Cold the River, he branched out into horror.

HWA: It’s remarkable that you published your first novel at age twenty-one. Many writers began penning stories as children, and later on, they reach a point when they realize their writing might actually have a chance of being published. So, when did you start writing? And when did you start writing with the idea that your work might actually be published?

MK: I did have the wonderful opportunity to publish at an early age, and that was special, certainly. I’ve always written with the hope of publication and the goal of being able to make a living by writing. It’s all I’ve wanted to do since I began to read. I’ve been writing with that goal in mind since I was about eight years old. I just love books, pure and simple.

HWA: What were the influences that sparked your interest in writing, and particularly in writing horror?

MK: Well, I came up in crime fiction. I was really hooked on writers like Leonard, Lehane, Connelly, Chandler, MacDonald, etc. The interest in horror was led by Mr. King, whose book On Writing came out when I was in high school and was also very influential, though in different ways than his fiction. Koontz was an early influence, too, and going way
back, I was a huge fan of a writer named John Bellairs. He was probably the first horror writer to really influence me. As I was writing my first five published novels, all of which were crime novels, I found myself turning more and more toward the horror genre: Joe Hill, Dan Simmons, Richard Matheson, Scott Smith, Ira Levin, to name just a few. And there became this itch to try the form.

HWA: What is your writing technique? Do you create an outline, or do you just come up with an idea, start writing, and see where it takes you?

MK: I don’t outline. The approach is more that I’ll wander off into the darkness with a certain idea, an inciting incident, to steal the screenwriting term. If there’s a character who takes my hand and tugs me along, I’m in good shape. If I have to hunt around for one, it’s a bad sign. I take a lot of false starts in the early going before settling on what’s right for the moment.

HWA: You started out writing detective novels. What made you decide to try supernatural horror?

MK: Love of the genre, first and foremost. I don’t think anybody writes anything good if he or she doesn’t love the chosen form. It also sprang from what I think is a very natural creative desire, the need to try something outside of the comfort zone. I love crime fiction, but I wanted to try something else, to see if I could do it, see how it felt. I think you always need to go with the story that wants to be told and hope that the rest falls into place. The move to the supernatural actually helped my career. I’d been assured by some people that it would be disastrous, but that wasn’t the case at all.

HWA: Tell us about your latest novel, So Cold the River.

MK: So Cold the River had its genesis in the very real history of the towns of French Lick and West Baden Springs in rural Indiana. They enjoyed this glorious golden age when people came from all around the world to soak in mineral springs that were reputed to be of incredible healing powers. Graft and vice of all varieties followed, and then the Depression took the place out at its knees. Seventy-five years later, they began restoring the magnificent old resorts, and the idea of writing about the water as if its reputation had been real came to me.

HWA: Tell us about your upcoming books. Will you be concentrating more on crime or horror fiction?

MK: Well, I can speak with certainty only about those that have been written. The next two–The Cypress House and The Ridge–will both be horror. The former is more of a gangster story, with a character who has premonitions of death. The Ridge is an out-and-out ghost story. Beyond that, I’m not sure. I think it will be a detective novel again. I’m still casting about for firm footing on that idea. I don’t want to commit to any genre, just to individual stories.

HWA: Why did you switch publishers from St. Martin’s Press to Little, Brown?

MK: St. Martin’s wanted me to stay within the realm of traditional crime fiction, particularly the detective series. I was excited about So Cold the River, and they were not. So, we parted ways, and I was very fortunate to find a publisher who was excited about the book. I’m under contract for five more with Little, Brown, and I feel very, very lucky to be there. I hope it lasts a long time.

HWA: Why did you join the HWA, and what benefits are you looking for from your membership?

MK: I’m a book geek. I love talking to writers, getting recommendations on what to read, and being kept up to date on the best new stuff in the genre. It seems as if HWA does a fine job of championing the sort of stories we all love.

HWA: Thank you, Michael, and welcome to the Horror Writers Association.

MICHAEL KORYTA’S BIBLIOGRAPHY

In print:
Lincoln Perry detective series:
Tonight I Said Goodbye
Sorrow’s Anthem
A Welcome Grave
The Silent Hour

Stand-alone novels:
Envy the Night
So Cold the River

Upcoming:
The Cypress House
The Ridge

The final list of nominees for the Short Fiction category reflects an amendment from that originally issued. After the preliminary ballot was completed and the initial list of nominees issued by press release, one work (“X is for Xyx” by John Palisano) was found to be ineligible and was replaced by the work which received the next highest number of votes in the relevant preliminary ballot (“Hypergraphia” by Ken Lillie-Paetz). The list below reflects the final nominees in that category.

“Her Husband’s Hands” by Adam-Troy Castro (Lightspeed Magazine, October 2011)
“Herman Wouk Is Still Alive” by Stephen King (The Atlantic Magazine, May 2011)
“Hypergraphia” by Ken Lillie-Paetz (The Uninvited, Issue 1)
“Graffiti Sonata” by Gene O’Neill (Dark Discoveries #18)
“Home” by George Saunders (The New Yorker Magazine, June 13, 2011)
“All You Can Do Is Breathe” by Kaaron Warren (Blood and Other Cravings)

Signed: Norm Rubenstein & Ron Breznay, Co-Chairs of the Bram Stoker Awards™ Committee
Questions may be addressed to stokerchair@horror.org.

The final ballot for the Horror Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Awards™ for works published in 2011 has been compiled. The final ballot will be sent out to Active- and Lifetime-member voters* on February 23, 2012.

NOVEL:

Conlon, Christopher — A Matrix Of Angels
Lamberson, Greg — Cosmic Forces
Malfi, Ronald — Floating Staircase
McKinney, Joe — Flesh Eaters
O’Neill, Gene — Not Fade Away
Thomas, Lee — The German

FIRST NOVEL:

Bird, Allyson — Isis Unbound
Jacobs, John, Horner — Southern Gods
Lee, Frazer — The Lamplighters
Roche, Thomas — The Panama Laugh
Talley, Brett J. — That Which Should Not Be

YA NOVEL:

Faherty, J. G. — Ghosts of Coronado Bay, A Maya Blair Mystery
Holder, Nancy — The Screaming Season
Kraus, Daniel — Rotters
Maberry, Jonathan — Dust & Decay
Ness, Patrick — A Monster Calls
Oppel, Kenneth — This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein

GRAPHIC NOVEL:

Brosgol, Vera — Anya’s Ghost
Hill, Joe — Locke & Key, Volume 4
Jensen, Jeff — Green River Killer
Maberry, Jonathan — Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine
Mignola, Mike and Golden, Christopher — The Plague Ships
Moore, Alan — Neonomicon

LONG FICTION:

Calvillo, Michael Louis — 7Brains
Hodge, Brian — Roots and All
Kiernan, Caitlin — The Colliers’ Venus (1893)
Little, John R. — Ursa Major
O’Neill, Gene — Rusting Chickens
Straub, Peter — The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine

SHORT FICTION:

Castro, Adam Troy — “Her Husband’s Hands” (Lightspeed Magazine)
King, Stephen — “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive” (The Atlantic Magazine, May 2011)
Lillie-Paetz, Ken — “Hypergraphia” (The Uninvited, Issue 1)
O’Neill, Gene — “Graffiti Sonata” (Dark Discoveries)
Saunders, George — “Home” (The New Yorker Magazine, June 13, 2011)
Warren, Kaaron — “All You Can Do Is Breathe” (Blood and Other Cravings)

SCREENPLAY:

Ball, Alan — True Blood: Spellbound (Episode #44)
Gimple, Scott M. — The Walking Dead, episode 13: “Pretty Much Dead Already”
Gimple, Scott M. — The Walking Dead, episode 9: “Save the Last One”
Goodman, Cory — Priest
Nolfi, George — The Adjustment Bureau
Sharzer, Jessica — American Horror Story, episode 12: “Afterbirth”

ANTHOLOGY:

Carbone, Tracy L. — Epitaphs
Dann, Jack and Nick Gevers — Ghosts By Gaslight
Datlow, Ellen — Blood And Other Cravings
Datlow, Ellen — Supernatural Noir
Hutton, Frank J. — Tattered Souls 2
Skipp, John — Demons: Encounters with the Devil and his Minions, Fallen Angels and the Possessed

COLLECTION:

Connolly, Lawrence C. — Voices: Tales of Horror
Fowler, Christopher — Red Gloves: The London Horrors
Kiernan, Caitlin R. — Two Worlds and In-Between
Morton, Lisa — Monsters of L.A.
Oates, Joyce Carol — The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares
Ochse, Weston — Multiplex Fandango

NON-FICTION:

Bannatyne, Lesley Pratt — Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America’s Fright Night
Crawford, Gary William/Jim Rockhill/Brian J. Showers, Eds. — Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Mamatas, Nick — Starve Better
Mogk, Matt — Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies
Tibbetts, John C. — The Gothic Imagination
Wood, Rocky — Stephen King: A Literary Companion

POETRY COLLECTION:

Addison, Linda — How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend
Alexander, Maria — At Louche Ends: Poetry for the Decadent, the Damned & the Absinthe-Minded
Boston, Bruce — Surrealities
Clark, G.O — Shroud of Night
Simon, Marge — The Mad Hattery
Simon, Marge — Unearthly Delights

* NOTE: If you are an Active or Lifetime member who did not receive notification of the Preliminary Ballot and who would like to vote on the Final Ballot, please contact Angel Leigh McCoy (webmaster@horror.org) for instructions on how to ensure you receive the ballot in your email box.

We’re setting up for next year’s awards. The following jury members will serve for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards™. Works published in 2012 are eligible.

-Autopsies: Ugo Barbàra analyzes the Judge of Souls by Donato Carrisi
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-Ten Knives Interview with Lisa Morton
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-Ten Knives Interview with Peter Straub
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-Review by Rocky Wood of Under the Dome by Stephen King
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-Rage Against the Night
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-Ten Knives Interview with Graham Masterton
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-Black Pills: Discovering Medusa
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-HWA Bram Stokers Award: Preliminary Ballots
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-Samuel Marolla: The Janara
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-Autopsies: Roberto Costantini analyzes The Alienist by Caleb Carr
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-Dark Circle: The Literary Agency of Alessandro Manzetti
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List provided by Alessandro Manzetti

The Horror Writers Association (HWA), the international association of writers, publishing professionals, and supporters of horror literature, in conjunction with the Bram Stoker Family Estate and the Rosenbach Museum & Library, proudly announces the nominees for the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century Award. The award will be presented at the Bram Stoker Awards™ Banquet at the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, on March 31, 2012, upon the centenary of the death of Abraham (Bram) Stoker, the author of Dracula.

From a field of more than 35 preliminary nominees, a jury of writers and scholars selected the six vampire novels that they believe have had the greatest impact on the horror genre since publication of Dracula in 1897. Eligible works must have been first published between 1912 and 2011 and published in or translated into English.

The nominees are:

The Soft Whisper of the Dead by Charles L. Grant (1983). Grant (1946-2006)was a prolific American writer of what he called “dark fantasy” and “quiet horror,” writing under six pseudonyms as well as his own name. Grant also edited numerous horror and fantasy anthologies. The novel is part of Grant’s 12-part series, set in the fictional small town Oxrun Station, Connecticut. Grant was a former president of HWA and received its Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.

Salem’s Lot by Stephen King. First published in 1975, this was only the second work by the now-legendary American author of dozens of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and horror stories, comics, and novels. Set in the town of Jerusalem’s Lot, Maine, it tells of a man’s return to his hometown, where he finds a plague of vampirism. The book has  twice been made into television mini-series and has been recorded by the BBC. King’s work has won countless Bram  Stoker Awards™ from HWA, and King (1947-), a lifelong New England resident, was recognized with HWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2002.

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson. First published in 1954, the novel is set in the mid-1970′s, when a plague has swept the world, bringing with it flesh-eating creatures identified as vampires. Richard Neville, the book’s protagonist, may be the last living human. The work has been filmed three times under various titles; its most recent adaptation (2007) starred Will Smith. Matheson (1926-), an American, has written screenplays as well as short and long fiction, and many of his works have been filmed or made into tele-plays. He wrote frequently for The Twilight Zone in its heyday.  Matheson received HWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1990.

Anno Dracula by Kim Newman first appeared in 1992. The novel imagines an alternate history in which Van Helsing and his cohorts failed in their attempt to rid England of Dracula. In this timeline, Dracula went on to marry Queen Victoria, ushering in an era of vampire aristocracy in England and elsewhere. The book is followed by two other novels and a number of shorter works set in the Anno Dracula universe, all meticulously researched to include numerous historical details and many characters of Victorian and more recent popular literature. Newman (1959-) is an English writer of fantasy and horror, as well as reference books in the field, and frequently appears as a host and critic for the BBC and other media.

Interview with the Vampire by American author Anne Rice first appeared in 1976 and achieved enormous popularity, selling more than 8 million copies. The book introduces the vampires Louis and Lestat, who, along with a dozen other unique individual vampires, appear in a long series by Rice known as The Vampire Chronicles. The novel was filmed in 1994 starring Tom Cruise as Lestat and Brad Pitt as Louis, and was produced as a Broadway musical in 2006. Another work in the series, Queen of the Damned, was filmed in 2002. Rice (1941-) has written numerous other gothic fantasy novels, selling more than 100 million copies worldwide, and has won many awards, including HWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003.

Hotel Transylvania by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, published in 1978, is the first of a 25-book (so far) series featuring le Comte de Saint Germain, a 2000+-year-old vampire. This novel overlaps in many details with the historical facts of le Comte de Saint-Germain, a mysterious figure. An American writer, Yarbro (1942-) publishes three or four books a year, under various pseudonyms, in a variety of genres, including mysteries and romance tales. She was awarded HWA’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2008.

The winning book will be announced on March 31, 2012. HWA will also celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary on that date.

For more information, please contact Leslie S. Klinger, chair of the Bram Stoker Vampire Novel of the Century jury, at mail@lesliesklinger.com, 310-475-1444.

Author: Frazer Lee

Life on Meditrine Island is luxurious but brief.

Marla Neuborn has found the best post-grad job in the world, as a ‘lamplighter’ working on Meditrine Island, an exclusive idyllic paradise owned and operated by a consortium of billionaires. All lamplighters have to do is tend to the mansions, cook and clean, and turn on lights to make it appear the owners are home. But the job comes with conditions. Marla will not know the exact location of the island, and she will have no contact with the outside world for the duration of her stay.

Once on the island, Marla quickly learns the billionaire lifestyle is not all it is made out to be. The chief of security rules Meditrine with an iron fist. His private police force patrols the shores night and day, and CCTV cameras watch the lamplighters relentlessly. Soon Marla will also discover first-hand that the island hides a terrible secret. She’ll meet the resident known as the Skin Mechanic. And she’ll find out why so few lamplighters ever leave the island alive.

“Frazer Lee has created a truly chilling creation that will walk your nightmares for weeks to come” ‎Jim Mcleod, Ginger Nuts of Horror

The Skin Mechanic is one of the darkest characters I have ever had the pleasure of reading about (Frazer Lee) not only takes you to the edge, but he shoves you into the darkest depths of true human vanity. ‎S. Siferd, Night Owl Reviews. Reviewer’s Top Pick, 4.75/5 Stars

In The Lamplighters, Frazer Lee has written a tale of horror that keeps you on the edge of your seat until the very last page. ‎Russell R. James, author of Dark Inspiration, 4/5 Stars

Publisher: Samhain Publishing
Release Date: Feb 7 2012 (paperback) (1 Nov 2011 ebook)
ISBN 10: 1609286707
ISBN 13: 978-1609286705

Author: Brian Moreland

A predator stalks the frozen woods.

At a fort deep in the Ontario wilderness in 1870, a ghastly predator is attacking colonists and spreading a gruesome plague his victims turn into ravenous cannibals with an unending hunger for human flesh. Inspector Tom Hatcher has faced a madman before, when he tracked down Montreal’s infamous Cannery Cannibal. But can even he stop the slaughter this time?

In Montreal, exorcist Father Xavier visits an asylum where the Cannery Cannibal is imprisoned. But the killer who murdered thirteen women is more than just a madman who craves human meat. He is possessed by a shape-shifting demon. Inspector Hatcher and Father Xavier must unravel a mystery that has spanned centuries and confront a predator that has turned the frozen woods into a killing ground where evil has come to feed.

Dead of Winter is an exceptionally well crafted horror novel. The atmospherics are outstanding and the story offers plenty of surprises right up to its shocking and violent conclusion. Highly recommended.
—Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling co-author of The Monster of Florence and Cold Vengeance

Dead of Winter is a thrilling, wholly-engrossing read that masterfully crosses multiple genres and leaves the reader breathless. Moreland weaves one hell of a history lesson, rich with brilliant characters and incredible plot twists. —Brian Keene, author of The Rising and Ghoul

Dead of Winter is a historical fiction novel that combines several different genre elements into a wicked and wild ride. It is a unique and twisted foray into terrifying fun…a perpetual fright machine.” —Reviewer Scott Baker, HAYES HUDSON’S HOUSE OF HORRORS

Publisher: Samhain Horror
Release Date: October 4, 2011
ISBN_10: 1609286634
ISBN_13: 978-1609286637

For each category (Novel, First Novel, etc) there are potentially TWO ballots: one for the works that proceed from the recommendations (‘Recs’) ballot and one for the works that proceed from the Jury ballot.

A short explanation of the system for determining for the Bram Stoker Awards™ ballots appears at: http://www.horror.org/stokers.htm. As the preliminary ballot is designed to produce three works for the final ballot in a category from each of the “Recs” and “Jury” ballots, if there are three or less works qualified in a category, they proceed directly to the final ballot.

If you see four, five or six works in a “Rec” or “Jury” ballot below, that ballot will proceed to be voted on by Active and Lifetime Members and they are marked ‘Ballot Required’.

NOVEL:

RECS:

Ballot Required

• Lamberson, Greg — Cosmic Forces
• Longfellow, Ki — Houdini Heart
• Malfi, Ronald — Floating Staircase
• O’Neill, Gene — Not Fade Away
• Warner, Matthew — Blood Born

JURY:

Ballot Required

• Conlon, Christopher — A Matrix Of Angels
• Dunbar, Robert — Willy
• McKinney, Joe — Flesh Eaters
• Oliver, Reggie — The Dracula Papers, Book 1: The Scholar’s Tale
• Thomas, Lee — The German

FIRST NOVEL:

RECS:

Ballot Required

• Bird, Allyson — Isis Unbound
• Lee, Frazer — The Lamplighters
• Reynolds, Graeme — High Moor
• Talley, Brett J. — That Which Should Not Be
• Wagner, Jeremy — The Armageddon Chord

JURY:

No ballot required, the following works will proceed directly to the Final Ballot. Please note these works may not be described as Nominees until the Final Ballot is formally announced.

• Jacobs, John, Horner — Southern Gods
• Roche, Thomas — The Panama Laugh

YA NOVEL:

RECS:

Ballot Required

• Faherty, J. G. — Ghosts of Coronado Bay, A Maya Blair Mystery
• Holder, Nancy — The Screaming Season
• Maberry, Jonathan — Dust & Decay
• Matthews, Araminta Star — Blind Hunger

JURY:

Ballot Required

• Blake, Kendare — Anna Dressed in Blood
• Kraus, Daniel — Rotters
• Ness, Patrick — A Monster Calls
• Oppel, Kenneth — This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein
• Roth, Veronica — Divergent

GRAPHIC NOVEL:

RECS:

Ballot Required

• Hill, Joe — Locke & Key, Volume 4
• Maberry, Jonathan — Marvel Universe vs. The Punisher
• Maberry, Jonathan — Marvel Universe vs. Wolverine
• Mignola, Mike and Golden, Christopher — The Plague Ships
• O’Reilly, Sean; Nassise, Joe; Weick, Halston — Candice Crow

JURY:

Ballot Required

• Brosgol, Vera — Anya’s Ghost
• Fialkov, Joshua Hale — Echoes
• Jensen, Jeff — Green River Killer
• Moore, Alan — Neonomicon
• Smith, John — Cradlegrave

LONG FICTION:

RECS:

Ballot Required

• Breaux, Kevin James — Dark Water: Beaming Smile
• Calvillo, Michael Louis — 7Brains
• Little, John R. — Ursa Major
• O’Neill, Gene — Rusting Chickens
• Schwamberger, Ty — The Fields

JURY:

Ballot Required

• Hodge, Brian — Roots and All
• Kiernan, Caitlin — The Colliers’ Venus (1893)
• Lindqvist, John Ajvide — The Music of Bengt Karlsson, Murderer
• Shearman, Robert — Alice Through A Plastic Sheet
• Straub, Peter — The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine

SHORT FICTION:

RECS:

Ballot Required

• Bailey, Michael — “It Tears Away” (The Shadow of the Unknown)
• Lillie-Paetz, Ken — “Hypergraphia” (The Uninvited, Issue 1)
• O’Neill, Gene — “Graffiti Sonata” (Dark Discoveries)
• Palisano, John — “X is for Xyx” (M is for Monster)
• Warren, Kaaron — “All You Can Do Is Breathe” (Blood and Other Cravings)

JURY:

Ballot Required

• Ausubel, Ramona — “Atria” (The New Yorker Magazine, April 4, 2011)
• Ballingrud, Nathan — “Sunbleached” (Teeth: Vampire Tales)
• Castro, Adam Troy — “Her Husband’s Hands” (Lightspeed Magazine)
• King, Stephen — “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive” (The Atlantic Magazine, May 2011)
• Saunders, George — “Home” (The New Yorker Magazine, June 13, 2011)

SCREENPLAY:

RECS:

No ballot required, the following works will proceed directly to the Final Ballot. Please note these works may not be described as Nominees until the Final Ballot is formally announced.

• Ball, Alan — True Blood: Spellbound (Episode #44)
• Goodman, Cory — Priest
• Nolfi, George — The Adjustment Bureau

JURY:

Ballot Required

• Gimple, Scott M. — The Walking Dead, episode 13: “Pretty Much Dead Already”
• Gimple, Scott M. — The Walking Dead, episode 9: “Save the Last One”
• Noxon, Marti — Fright Night
• Ovrehahl, Andre and Havard S. Johansen — Troll Hunter
• Sharzer, Jessica — American Horror Story, episode 12: “Afterbirth”

ANTHOLOGY:

RECS:

No ballot required, the following works will proceed directly to the Final Ballot. Please note these works may not be described as Nominees until the Final Ballot is formally announced.

• Carbone, Tracy L. — NEHW Presents: Epitaphs
• Hutton, Frank J. — Tattered Souls 2
• Skipp, John — Demons: Encounters with the Devil and His Minions, Fallen Angels, and the Possessed

JURY:

Ballot Required

• Dann, Jack and Nick Gevers — Ghosts By Gaslight
• Datlow, Ellen — Blood And Other Cravings
• Datlow, Ellen — Supernatural Noir
• Datlow, Ellen and Terri Windling — Teeth
• VanderMeer, Jeff and Ann — The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities

COLLECTION:

RECS:

Ballot Required

• Burke, Chesya — Let’s Play White
• Connolly, Lawrence C. — Voices: Tales of Horror
• Gresh, Lois — Eldritch Evolutions
• Haines, Paul — The Last Days of Kali Yuga
• Morton, Lisa — Monsters of L.A.
• Ochse, Weston — Multiplex Fandango

JURY:

Ballot Required

• Fowler, Christopher — Red Gloves: The London Horrors
• Kiernan, Caitlin R. — Two Worlds and In-Between
• Llewellyn, Livia — Engines of Desire
• Oates, Joyce Carol — The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares
• Oliver, Reggie — Mrs. Midnight and Other Stories

NON-FICTION:

RECS:

No ballot required, the following works will proceed directly to the Final Ballot. Please note these works may not be described as Nominees until the Final Ballot is formally announced.

• Bannatyne, Lesley Pratt — Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America’s Fright Night
• Mamatas, Nick — Starve Better
• Mogk, Matt — Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies

JURY:

Ballot Required

• Crawford, Gary William, Jim Rockhill, and Brian J. Showers, Eds. — Reflections in a Glass Darkly
• Rupe, Shade — Dark Stars Rising
• Shultz, David E. and S.T. Joshi, Ed. — Letters to James F. Morton
• Tibbetts, John C. — The Gothic Imagination
• Wood, Rocky — Stephen King: A Literary Companion

POETRY:

RECS:

Ballot Required

• Alexander, Maria — At Louche Ends: Poetry for the Decadent,the Damned & the Absinthe-Minded
• Clark, G.O — Shroud of Night
• Borski, Robert — Blood Wallah and Other Poems
• Simon, Marge — The Mad Hattery
• Ward, Kyla Lee — The Land of Bad Dreams

JURY:

Ballot Required

• Addison, Linda — How to Recognize a Demon Has Become Your Friend
• Boston, Bruce — Surrealities
• Marshall, Helen — Skeleton Leaves
• Schwader, Ann K. — Twisted in Dream
• Simon, Marge — Unearthly Delights

Author: Christopher Fulbright & Angeline Hawkes

Amidst a zombie-ravaged city exposed to a toxic terrorist attack, Dejah Corliss discovers she has regenerative powers. Fast on the heels of her revelation, she fights her way across the ravaged city only to be captured by religious zealots. When a former Marine defies death to help her escape, they join forces on a desperate mission to rescue her young daughter, a miracle healer, who has been enslaved to create feasts of flesh in a zombie camp. In a terrifying race to save the girl, they must win the ultimate battle or fall prey to a terrifying new breed of…scavengers.

With SCAVENGERS Fulbright and Hawkes bite all the way to the bone. This is a raw and savage zombie thriller. –Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of Dead of Night and Dust & Decay

In the endless sea of zombie novels, SCAVENGERS stands out like an amputated thumb. Fulbright and Hawkes bring what zombie fans expect yet add enough of their own flavor to make this overpopulated subgenre fresh and exciting. –THE HORROR FICTION REVIEW

“SCAVENGERS is tender, yet unflinchingly gruesome…a wild ride you don’t want to miss!” –Joe McKinney, author of Apocalypse of the Dead and Flesh Eaters

Publisher: Elder Signs Press
Release Date: Dec 1, 2011
ISBN_10: 1934501247
ISBN_13: 978-1934501245