Know a Nominee Part Twenty-Six: Eric J. Guignard

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

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

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

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…
Know a Nominee Part Twenty-Two: Joe McKinney

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

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

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:…
Know a Nominee Part Nineteen: R.J. Cavender

Know a Nominee Part Nineteen: R.J. Cavender

Welcome to the latest installment of “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that puts you inside the heads of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Featured today is R.J. Cavender, who’s nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in an Anthology (along with his co-editor, Boyd E. Harris) for Horror Library Vol. 5 (Cutting Block Press).   DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? RC: Whoa, that’s going to take us back a few years. But the compressed version is that the +Horror Library+ began as a…
Know a Nominee, Part Eighteen: F. Paul Wilson

Know a Nominee, Part Eighteen: F. Paul Wilson

Welcome to “Know a Nominee,” the blog series that puts you inside the minds of some of the greatest practitioners of horror and dark fiction working today—this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Featured today is F. Paul Wilson, nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in a Novel, for a book he co-authored with Sarah Pinborough, A Necessary End (Thunderstorm/Maelstrom 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…
Know a Nominee, Part Seventeen: Jonathan Moore

Know a Nominee, Part Seventeen: Jonathan Moore

Welcome to 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 author is Jonathan Moore, who’s nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in a First Novel, for Redheads (Samhain Publishing).   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: Redheads came to me nearly all at once, in the fall…
Know a Nominee, Part Sixteen: James Doan & Barbara Brodman

Know a Nominee, Part Sixteen: James Doan & Barbara Brodman

Welcome to the latest installment of “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that gives you exclusive glimpses inside the minds of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Today’s featured interviewee is James Doan, who’s nominated, along with his co-editor, Barbara Brodman, in the category of Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction for 'Images of the Modern Vampire: The Hip and the Atavistic' (Fairleigh Dickinson).   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…
Know a Nominee, Part Fifteen: Gregory Frost

Know a Nominee, Part Fifteen: Gregory Frost

  Welcome to today’s “Know a Nominee” update, the interview series that puts you inside the minds of this year’s Bram Stoker Award Nominees. Featured today is Gregory Frost, who’s nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in Long Fiction for his novelette, “No Others are Genuine” (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Oct/Nov 2013)   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. GF: In the case of my…
Know a Nominee, Part Fourteen: Helen Marshall

Know a Nominee, Part Fourteen: Helen Marshall

Here we are at part fourteen of our 'Know a Nominee' series. Helen Marshall's 'The Sex Lives of Monsters' has been nominated 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 favourite part and discuss. HM: The Sex Lives of Monsters came about as a way to explore the notion of the monstrous and the magical in modern culture. “We live in a time of monsters,”…
Know a Nominee, Part Thirteen: Royce Prouty

Know a Nominee, Part Thirteen: Royce Prouty

Welcome to (lucky) part thirteen of 'Know a Nominee'. Today we welcome Royce Prouty, author of 'Stoker's Manuscript', nominated for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. Here Royce shares his experience of examining the original Bram Stoker's 'Dracula' & the influence it had on himself & his wife.   DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated? RP: As is a tradition in our household, every Halloween I read a scary story aloud to my wife.  We put a log in the fireplace, gather the pets, and read into the October…
Know a Nominee, Part Twelve: Kate Jonez

Know a Nominee, Part Twelve: Kate Jonez

 Welcome to today's installment of 'Know a Nominee'. We're glad to have you with us as we explore the minds & other dark spaces of this year's nominated authors. Today is Kate Jonez & her thoughts on being nominated & all things creative.    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. KJ: I got the idea for Candy House when I was pondering, as one does,…
Know a Nominee, Part Eleven: William F Nolan

Know a Nominee, Part Eleven: William F Nolan

  Welcome to “Know a Nominee,” the interview series that gives you daily peeks inside the minds of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Today’s featured author is William F. Nolan, who’s nominated in the Superior Achievement in Nonfiction category for 'Nolan on Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction'.     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.   WFN: I…
Know a Nominee, Part Ten: Gene O’Neill

Know a Nominee, Part Ten: Gene O’Neill

Thanks for joining us for this entry in our “Know a Nominee” interview series, which gives you daily sneak peeks inside the minds of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Featured today is Gene O’Neill, who is nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, for Dance of the Blue Lady (Bad 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 collection) please choose your favorite part and discuss. GO:…
Know a Nominee, Part Nine: Patrick Freivald

Know a Nominee, Part Nine: Patrick Freivald

Patrick Freivald provides our “Know a Nominee” interview today. Freivald is nominated in the categories of Superior Achievement in Short Fiction for “Snapshot” (Blood & Roses, Scarlett River Press) and Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel for Special Dead (JournalStone).   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.   PF: “Snapshot” is a study in vanity. If you look at the seven deadly sins, it's…
Know a Nominee, Part Eight: Dale Bailey

Know a Nominee, Part Eight: Dale Bailey

  Welcome back to “Know a Nominee,” the blog series that gives you inside access to this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees. Today’s featured author is Dale Bailey, who’s nominated in the category of Superior Achievement in Long Fiction, for 'The Bluehole' (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June, 2013).   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. DB: I think it’s pretty hard to…
Know a Nominee, Part Seven: Christopher Rice

Know a Nominee, Part Seven: Christopher Rice

  Welcome back to “Know a Nominee,” the interview series wherein this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees share their insights on writing and reveal the inspirations behind their nominated works. Today’s update features Christopher Rice, who is nominated in the Superior Achievement in a Novel category, for The Heavens Rise (Gallery Books).   DM: Can you please describe the genesis for the idea that eventually became the work for which you've been nominated?   CR: Louisiana. That’s my short answer. The shock of moving from San Francisco to New Orleans as a ten-year-old boy, the sudden encounter with a land…