Members’ New Releases – 2014
The listing of Horror Writers Association members new releases. Check often for cover art and links to purchase or learn more about the latest in horror.
World Horror Con 2015 Buttons & Banners
Let our fans know you're going to be at World Horror Con 2015! More fans at the con means more book sales and more fun! Greg Chapman, an HWA artist volunteer, has created buttons and banners you can put on your website, blog, Facebook banner, Twitter icon, etc. to show that YOU are going to WHC 2015! Even if you can't go, you can help us spread the word of the convention to fans and your fellow professionals. We invite you to show your WHC solidarity by posting one of these images on one or more of your social media…
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Bram Stoker Awards Video
The 2013 Bram Stoker Awards® were handed out Saturday, May 10, 2014, at the annual Bram Stoker Awards® banquet. Active and Lifetime members of the organization chose the winners. The HWA is the premiere writers organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, with over 1,200 members. HWA has presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987.
The Winners of the 2013 Bram Stoker Awards®
The Horror Writers Association would like to congratulate the following authors and editors for their superior achievements. The association handed out the Bram Stoker Awards® at the annual award banquet on May 10, 2014, at the World Horror Convention in Portland. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS R.L. Stine Stephen Jones FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL Stephen King – Doctor Sleep (Scribner) FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL Rena Mason – The Evolutionist (Nightscape Press) FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL Joe McKinney – Dog Days (JournalStone) FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL Caitlin R. Kiernan – Alabaster:…
Bram Stoker Awards Nominee List
The 2013 Bram Stoker Awards® were handed out Saturday, May 10, 2014, at the annual Bram Stoker Awards® banquet. Active and Lifetime members of the organization chose the winners. The HWA is the premiere writers organization in the horror and dark fiction genre, with over 1,200 members. HWA has presented the Bram Stoker Awards in various categories since 1987. The list below honors all the nominees, with the winners highlighted in bold. Superior Achievement in a Novel Joe Hill – NOS4A2 (William Morrow) Stephen King – Doctor Sleep (Scribner) Lisa Morton – Malediction (Evil Jester Press) Sarah Pinborough and F.…
Know a Nominee Part Thirty: Kami Garcia
And so we've come to the last edition in this year’s “Know a Nominee” interview series. Thank you to everyone who has followed along, and my deepest gratitude to all of the nominees who have generously shared their time and insights — I hope you've enjoyed reading them as much as I have. Today’s update features Kami Garcia, nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel for Unbreakable (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers). DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? KG: After writing…
Know a Nominee Part Twenty-Nine: Paul Tobin
Thanks for joining us for this edition of “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that shows you the darkest reaches inside the minds of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Today’s featured nominee is Paul Tobin, who’s nominated for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel for Colder (Dark Horse Comics). DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? In the case of a work wherein you've written multiple stories (like a collection) please choose your favorite part and discuss. PT: Colder evolved after editor Scott…
Know a Nominee Part Twenty-Eight: Michael Bailey
Welcome to the latest edition of “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that puts you inside the minds of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Today, we feature Michael Bailey, who’s nominated for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction for “Primal Tongue” (Zippered Flesh 2, Smart Rhino Publications). DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? In the case of a work wherein you've written multiple stories (like a collection) please choose your favorite part and discuss. MB: “Primal Tongue” is about communication. Do we need words?…
Know a Nominee Part Twenty-Seven: Cat Winters
Welcome to the latest edition of “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that gets you up-close and personal with this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. In this post, we catch up with Cat Winters, who’s nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel for In the Shadow of Blackbirds (Harry N. Abrams). DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? In the case of a work wherein you've written multiple stories (like a collection) please choose your favorite part and discuss. CW: When…
Know a Nominee Part Twenty-Six: Eric J. Guignard
Welcome back to “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that gets you uncomfortably close to this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. If you’ve been reading along from the beginning, thank you for sticking with us—we’re in the home stretch now. Today’s featured practitioner of the dark arts is Editor Eric J. Guignard, nominated for Superior Achievement in an Anthology for After Death (Dark Moon Books). DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? In the case of a work wherein you've written multiple stories (like a…
Know a Nominee Part Twenty-Five: Sandy DeLuca
Welcome to the latest installment of “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that gives you peeks inside the minds of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Today’s featured author is Sandy DeLuca, nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection (along with Marge Simon) for Dangerous Dreams (Elektrik Milk Bath Press). DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? In the case of a work wherein you've written multiple stories (like a collection) please choose your favorite part and discuss. SD: I don’t…
Know a Nominee Part Twenty-Four: John Mantooth
Welcome to the latest installment of “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that puts you inside the minds of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Today’s featured author is John Mantooth, nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in a First Novel for The Year of the Storm (Berkley Trade). DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? In the case of a work wherein you've written multiple stories (like a collection) please choose your favorite part and discuss. JM: That's a tough one. I wrote…
Know a Nominee, Part Twenty-Three: Stephanie M. Wytovich
Welcome to today's Know a Nominee. We've come a long way & there's more to come yet. Today we talk to Stephanie M. Wytovich, Poetry Editor for Raw Dog Screaming Press, about being nominated for a Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection. DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? In the case of a work wherein you've written multiple stories (like a collection) please choose your favorite part and discuss. SW: Hysteria began to accumulate during a series of paranormal investigations. I had…
THE MASK OF BEELZEBUB by Kevin Rodgers
Author: Kevin Rodgers THE MASK OF BEELZEBUB In the year 2212, long after the world was reshaped by seismic cataclysms and polar shifts, Dr. Laurent Stine escorts a half-human, half-cyborg named Angelique Bosc into a fortress named Thames Keep, which is located on Cadaver Island. Their journey to acquire a power source for Angelique's mechanical heart reaches its final seconds. They are forced to overcome menacing creatures and dangerous obstacles in the fortress' maze-like interior. Unknown to Dr. Stine, his lover, Persephone, faces her own dilemma: she is abducted from the village of Kamakura by a monstrous hellhound named Barghest.…
Know a Nominee Part Twenty-Two: Joe McKinney
Thank you for joining us for the latest installment of “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that puts you inside the minds of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Today’s featured author is Joe McKinney, who’s nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel for Dog Days (Journal Stone). DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? In the case of a work wherein you've written multiple stories (like a collection) please choose your favorite part and discuss. JM: My YA novel,…
Know a Nominee Part Twenty-One: Geoffrey Girard
Thank you for joining us for the latest installment of “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that gets you up close and personal with this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Today’s featured nominee is Geoffrey Girard, nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel for Project Cain (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers). DM : Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? In the case of a work wherein you've written multiple stories (like a collection) please choose your favorite part and…
Know a Nominee, Part Twenty: Rain Graves
Thanks for joining us for the latest installment of our ongoing interview series with this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Featured today is Rain Graves, who is nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection for Four Elements (Bad Moon Books/Evil Jester Press), along with her co-authors, Marge Simon, Charlee Jacob and Linda Addison. DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? In the case of a work wherein you've written multiple stories (like a collection) please choose your favorite part and discuss. RG:…
THE OTHER SIDE by Faraaz Kazi Vivek Banerjee
Author: Faraaz Kazi Vivek Banerjee THE OTHER SIDE "A slow rasping sound made me turn. I jumped back, the cell phone leaving my hands and smashing against the concrete floor. Someone was seated on the chair, rocking back and forth. Through the fallen light, I could see those hands placed on the arms of the chair, two gruesome wrinkled limbs with ugly boils plastered over the black skin. The red bangles on its wrists shone in my eyes, momentarily blinding me. That thing and I call it a thing because I could sense it wasn't human as no human could…
THE JANUS LEGACY by Lisa von Biela
Author: Faraaz Kazi Vivek Banerjee THE JANUS LEGACY Jeremy Magnusson's life changes forever when his estranged father, the renowned physician Ivan Magnusson, is unexpectedly killed in a plane crash. Recently dumped by his girlfriend and suffering from a serious, likely fatal disease, Jeremy faces a choice: Take over SomaGene, Ivan's highly successful custom organ cultivation and transplant operation, and inherit all his wealth. Or turn the job down and inherit nothing. Only later, once he's assumed the position, does Jeremy realize his father left him more than the company. He's left Jeremy a special gift. A gift with the power…