

The Horror Writers Association has announced the nominees for the 2014 Bram Stoker Award! The winners will be announced during the World Horror Convention in Atlanta, Georgia on the evening of Saturday, May 9, 2015.

Superior Achievement in a Novel

Craig DiLouie – Suffer the Children (Gallery Books of Simon & Schuster)

(Gallery Books of Simon & Schuster) Patrick Freivald – Jade Sky (JournalStone)

(JournalStone) Chuck Palahniuk – Beautiful You (Jonathan Cape, Vintage/Penguin Random House UK)

(Jonathan Cape, Vintage/Penguin Random House UK) Christopher Rice – The Vines (47North)

(47North) Steve Rasnic Tem – Blood Kin (Solaris Books)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

Maria Alexander – Mr. Wicker (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

(Raw Dog Screaming Press) J.D. Barker – Forsaken (Hampton Creek Press)

(Hampton Creek Press) David Cronenberg – Consumed (Scribner)

(Scribner) Michael Knost – Return of the Mothman (Woodland Press)

(Woodland Press) Josh Malerman – Bird Box (Harper Collins)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

Jake Bible – Intentional Haunting (Permuted Press)

(Permuted Press) John Dixon – Phoenix Island (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books)

(Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books) Kami Garcia – Unmarked (The Legion Series Book 2) (Little Brown Books for Young Readers)

(The Legion Series Book 2) (Little Brown Books for Young Readers) Tonya Hurley – Passionaries (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

(Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers) Peter Adam Salomon – All Those Broken Angels (Flux)

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel

Emily Carroll – Through the Woods (Margaret K. McElderry Books)

(Margaret K. McElderry Books) Joe Hill – Locke and Key, Vol. 6 (IDW Publishing)

(IDW Publishing) Joe R. Lansdale and Daniele Serra – I Tell You It’s Love (Short, Scary Tales Publications)

(Short, Scary Tales Publications) Jonathan Maberry – Bad Blood (Dark Horse Books)

(Dark Horse Books) Paul Tobin – The Witcher (Dark Horse Books)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

Taylor Grant – “The Infected” (Cemetery Dance #71) (Cemetery Dance)

Eric J. Guignard – “Dreams of a Little Suicide” ( Hell Comes to Hollywood II: Twenty-Two More Tales of Tinseltown Terror (Volume 2) (Big Time Books)

(Volume 2) (Big Time Books) Joe R. Lansdale – “Fishing for Dinosaurs” ( Limbus, Inc., Book II ) (JournalStone)

) (JournalStone) Jonathan Maberry – “Three Guys Walk into a Bar” ( Limbus, Inc., Book II ) (JournalStone)

) (JournalStone) Joe McKinney – “Lost and Found” (Limbus, Inc., Book II) (JournalStone)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

Hal Bodner – “Hot Tub” ( Hell Comes to Hollywood II: Twenty-Two More Tales of Tinseltown Terror (Volume 2)(Big Time Books)

(Volume 2)(Big Time Books) Sydney Leigh – “Baby’s Breath” ( Bugs: Tales That Slither, Creep, and Crawl ) (Great Old Ones Publishing)

) (Great Old Ones Publishing) Usman T. Malik – “The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family” (Qualia Nous) (Written Backwards)

Rena Mason – “Ruminations” ( Qualia Nous) (Written Backwards)

(Written Backwards) John Palisano – “Splinterette” ( Widowmakers: A Benefit Anthology of Dark Fiction ) (Widowmaker Press)

) (Widowmaker Press) Damien Angelica Walters – “The Floating Girls: A Documentary” (Jamais Vu, Issue Three) (Post Mortem Press)

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay

Scott M. Gimple – The Walking Dead: “The Grove”, episode 4:14 (AMC)

Jennifer Kent – The Babadook (Causeway Films)

John Logan – Penny Dreadful: “Séance” (Desert Wolf Productions/Neal Street Productions)

Steven Moffat – Doctor Who: “Listen” (British Broadcasting Corporation)

James Wong – American Horror Story: Coven: “The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks” (FX Network)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

Michael Bailey – Qualia Nous (Written Backwards)

Jason V Brock – A Darke Phantastique (Cycatrix Press)

Ellen Datlow – Fearful Symmetries (ChiZine Publications)

Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas, and Dennis Widmyer – Burnt Tongues (Medallion Press)

Brett J. Talley – Limbus, Inc., Book II (JournalStone)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

Stephen Graham Jones – After the People Lights Have Gone Off (Dark House Press)

(Dark House Press) John R. Little – Little by Little (Bad Moon Books)

(Bad Moon Books) Helen Marshall – Gifts for the One Who Comes After (ChiZine Publications)

(ChiZine Publications) Lucy Snyder – Soft Apocalypses (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

(Raw Dog Screaming Press) John F.D. Taff – The End in All Beginnings (Grey Matter Press)

Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction

Jason V Brock – Disorders of Magnitude (Rowman & Littlefield)

(Rowman & Littlefield) S.T. Joshi – Lovecraft and a World in Transition (Hippocampus Press)

(Hippocampus Press) Leslie S. Klinger – The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft (Liveright Publishing Corp., a division of W.W. Norton & Co.)

(Liveright Publishing Corp., a division of W.W. Norton & Co.) Joe Mynhardt and Emma Audsley – Horror 101: The Way Forward (Crystal Lake Publishing)

(Crystal Lake Publishing) Lucy Snyder – Shooting Yourself in the Head For Fun and Profit: A Writer’s Survival Guide (Post Mortem Press)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

Robert Payne Cabeen – Fearworms: Selected Poems (Fanboy Comics)

(Fanboy Comics) Corrinne De Winter and Alessandro Manzetti – Venus Intervention (Kipple Officina Libraria)

(Kipple Officina Libraria) Tom Piccirilli – Forgiving Judas (Crossroad Press)

(Crossroad Press) Marge Simon and Mary Turzillo – Sweet Poison (Dark Renaissance Books)

(Dark Renaissance Books) Stephanie Wytovich – Mourning Jewelry (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

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