Bram Stoker Awards™ to be webcast live on March 31, 2012

The Horror Writers Association (HWA) is proud to announce that it will again webcast the Bram Stoker Awards™ presentation live in 2012. The Banquet is being held in Salt Lake City and the event will begin live on the internet at 9 p.m. (Mountain Daylight Savings Time) on March 31. The ceremony will take about 1½ hours to complete. The webcast will be presented at: www.ustream.tv/channel/bramstokerawards2012. This year the Bram Stoker Awards celebrate 25 years as the leading writing Awards in the horror and dark fantasy genre: http://www.stokers2012.org/. The Bram Stoker Awards Banquet is sponsored by Samhain Publishing. Among the…

DARKEST KNIGHT by HWA Member Karen Duvall

Author: Karen Duvall After the warrior she loves saved her from a murderous gargoyle, Chalice watched helplessly as Aydin turned into a gargoyle himself. Now, free from the curse that enslaved her, Chalice pledges to join her sister knights in The Order of the Hatchet and do whatever it takes to regain Aydin's humanity and his love. What she encounters within their hallowed sanctuary is pure intrigue. Someone or something is murdering her sisters in their sleep, provoking fear and suspicion among the order. Meanwhile, Aydin, unable to stay away, starts haunting Chalice's dreams, urging her onward. Ultimately, Chalice will…

CEMETERY CLUB by HWA Member JG Faherty

Author: J.G. Faherty 20 years ago, four friends awoke an ancient evil. Now it's back, and only the Cemetery Club can stop it before the whole town ends up dead. Or worse. Rocky Point is a small town with a violent history. Mass graves, illegal medical experiments, and brutal murders dating back centuries. Of course, when Cory, Marisol, John, and Todd form the Cemetery Club, they know none of this. They've found the coolest place to party after school - an old crypt. But then things start to go bad. People get killed, and the Cemetery Club knows the cause:…

HWA 2011 Specialty Press Award Goes to Bad Moon Books and Hippocampus Press

Bad Moon Books, of Garden Grove, California, and Hippocampus Press of New York, New York will both receive the Horror Writers Association's Specialty Press Award for 2011. The Award will be presented during the gala Bram Stoker Awards™ Banquet to be held this year in Salt Lake City on March 31. The annual Specialty Press Award recognizes a publisher outside the mainstream New York City publishing community that specializes in dark-themed fiction. Winners are typically "small presses" specializing in limited editions, small print runs, or the work of new and relatively unknown authors. The winner of the award is determined…

Bram Stoker Award Short Story Podcasts at Tales To Terrify

The Bram Stoker Awards™ are a staple and institution among horror writers and horror fans around the globe. As the Horror Writers Association and its members gather to celebrate the exemplary fiction, poetry and scripts of 2011, we at the Tales to Terrify podcast want to show our support for this award by bringing the Short Fiction nominees to a wider audience. Tales to Terrify has made a commitment to showcase only the best in horror fiction and raise the public profile of the short story as a format. We wish to represent the world wealth of this genre and…

Members May Recommend Works for Bram Stoker Award Consideration

The button has been reactivated and a handful of churlish vampire-toothed chipmunks are standing by to collect your recommendations. Only members may submit recommendations. Read the Award Etiquette page for tons of information on how to get your work or a recommended work tactfully to the right people. Follow this link to recommend works published in 2012: https://horror.org/private/stokers/.

HAMMERED: MEMOIR OF AN ADDICT by HWA Member G.N. Braun

Author: G.N. Braun GNBraun led a life of addiction and slow decay. Drugs, crime and ennui pervaded every part of his day-to-day alienation. He dragged his way out of the pit without resorting to God or alcohol or any of the other crutches people commonly use. Here is his story. Pray your children don't make the same mistakes. This is a hard journey well shared and a book that risks real sadness to tell its human truth. -–Kris Saknussemm Thoroughly enjoyed reading this - such an honest well written book. Not only did the author share his struggle with drug…

Monster Librarian Reviews Vampire Novel of the Century Nominees

We thought you might be interested in looking at this information-rich overview of the nominees for the Horror Writers Association's Vampire Novel of the Century nominees. It begins like this: We at MonsterLibrarian.com are here to help you learn a little about these titles. Below you'll find reviews of each of the nominated books. Some of these are now out of print or difficult to find (The Soft Whisper of the Dead was a limited edition of only 2,800 copies), but if you search your existing collection, you may find these books are already on your shelves. Even if they…

Interview with HWA Member Kaaron Warren … by Ron Breznay

Kaaron Warren is an Australian writer living in Canberra. Before venturing into novel-length work, she published short stories for nearly two decades. Some of her stories were gathered into two collections, The Grinding House (published in the U.S. as The Glass Woman) and Dead Sea Fruit. Kaaron’s first novel, Slights, was published in 2009. This was followed by Walking the Tree in 2010 and Mistification, coming out in June 2011. Her stories have won the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) Writing and Publishing Award, the Ditmar Award (twice), and the Aurealis Award. Slights recently won the Canberra Critics Circle Award. Hello,…

AD NAUSEAM – 13 TALES OF EXTREME HORROR by HWA Member C.W. LaSart

Author: C.W. LaSart Exotic, Erotic, Gruesome and Gory! What if your Muse really was a twisted bitch, and she lived in your spare bedroom? And how far would you go to improve your station in life? In this premiere collection by C.W. LaSart, you will find 13 gruesome tales of the macabre, from a simpleton who forms an unnatural obsession with his own backyard to a lonely woman whose suitor is not heaven-sent. These stories, ranging from the supernatural to the darkness that lives within the human heart, are sure to send a chill down your spine and a flush…

CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY? Edited by HWA Member Lincoln Crisler

Editor: Lincoln Crisler Contributors: Weston Ochse, Jeff Strand, Joe McKinney, Cat Rambo, A.D. Spencer, A.S. Fox, Andrew Bourelle, Anthony Laffan, Edward M. Erdelac, Jason Gehlert, Jason M. Tucker, Jeremy Hepler, Karina Fabian, Kris Ashton, Lee Mather, Lincoln Crisler, Malon Edwards, Tim Marquitz, Trisha J. Wooldridge, Wayne Helge, Wayne Ligon, and William Todd Rose. ABSOLUTE POWER… The only family member to survive the 9/11 attacks. A sidekick-turned-construction-worker. The teenaged products of an institute for unwanted metahuman children. The man who can make anyone do anything. Are they heroes? Are they villains? Sometimes they’re both. Often, even at the same time. Corrupts…

Rescuing Pirated Stories

by Guy Anthony De Marco As authors, piracy is a constant threat to our income and property. Some don’t mind having their works available for download, while others are adamant that their work should be purchased. Should you find your works posted on a pirate website—or worse, plagiarized with someone else's name as the author—you can take action to remove the infringing material using the legal tools provided by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, or DMCA. Please note that sending false claims can get you into legal trouble, so don't use the DMCA tools to play a practical joke. These…

NERVES by HWA Member John Palisano

by John Palisano Something strange has changed in Josiah. He has awoken with the power to give life to the dead. And he isn t the only one with an amazing new ability. Halfway across the world, his brother Horace discovers his very presence can kill. The brothers powers are not a secret to everyone, however. The vampiric witch Ogam plans to claim them for his own. The only hope for the brothers safety is to escape to the otherworld known as Alta, where they can realize the true power of their supernatural gifts. Will they be able to defeat…

Bram Stoker Award™ 2011 Final Ballot

The final ballot for the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Awards™ for works published in 2011 has been compiled. The link to the ballot has been sent out to Active and Lifetime members via email. The deadline to submit your vote is March 04, 2012, midnight Pacific Coast time. 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…

Interview with HWA Member Michael Koryta … by Ron Breznay

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…

2012 Bram Stoker Award™ Jury Chairs and Members Chosen

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. Novel Chair: Martel Sardina stokernovel@horror.org Corrine De WinterDanielle KaheakuGuido HenkelGene Stewart First Novel Chair: Joe Nassise stokerfirstnovel@horror.org Janice Gable BashmanDavid WilbanksKirstyn McDermottSunni K. Brock Young Adult Chair: Lynne Hansen stokeryanovel@horror.org Joel SutherlandDotti EnderleMelissa MarrJeanne Stein Graphic Novels Chair: Ken Lille-Paetz stokergraphicnovel@horror.org Anne PettyNorman PrentissAaron SternsKaaron Warren Long Fiction Chair: Chris Welch stokerlongfic@horror.org Chris ShearerBrett TalleyRichard PayneDavid Searls Short Fiction Chair: Jason V. Brock stokershortfic@horror.org Talie HeleneJohn CozzoliBartiomiej PaszyikChad Helder Screenplays Chair: JG Faherty stokerscreenplay@horror.org David…

Il Posto Nero — January Links

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

Nominees Announced for Vampire Novel of the Century Award

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 LAMPLIGHTERS by HWA Member Frazer Lee

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…

DEAD OF WINTER by HWA Member Brian Moreland

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…