Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror led the Final Ballot of the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards with four nominations, according to a February 21 release by the Horror Writers Association.
Edited by Lee Murray and Angela Yuriko Smith, Unquiet Spirits scored a nomination in the category for Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction. Three of its essays earned nods in the category for Superior Achievement in Short Nonfiction: “Becoming Ungovernable: Latah, Amok, and Disorder in Indonesia” by Nadia Bulkin; “100 Livers” by K.P. Kulski; and “Displaced Spirits” by Murray.
Overall, 66 works of fiction and nonfiction were nominated in 13 categories. The winners will be announced June 1 during StokerCon 2024 in San Diego, California.
With more than 2,000 members, the HWA is the premier writers organization in the horror and dark fiction genre and has presented the Bram Stoker Awards since 1987.
Without further ado, here are the nominees.
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
Shakespeare Unleashed edited by James Aquilone
The Drive-In: Multiplex edited by Christopher Golden and Brian Keene
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.
Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele and John Joseph Adams
American Cannibal edited by Rebecca Rowland
Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection
Blood from the Air by Gemma Files
Cold, Black, & Infinite by Todd Keisling
Spin A Black Yarn by Josh Malerman
The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future by Christi Nogle
Root Rot & Other Grim Tales by Sarah Read
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
The Daughters of Block Island by Christa Carmen
The Spite House by Johnny Compton
Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca
Maeve Fly by CJ Leede
Edenville by Sam Rebelein
Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel
Ghostlore, Vol. 1 by Cullen Bunn, author, and Leomacs, artist
Dead Mall by Adam Cesare, author, and David Stoll, artist
Carmilla: The First Vampire by Amy Chu, author, and Soo Lee, artist
Tombs by Junji Ito
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Shadow Over Innsmouth by Gou Tanabe
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
“Rumpus Room” by Tananarive Due
Linghun by Ai Jiang
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
Sleep Alone by J.A.W. McCarthy
Despatches by Lee Murray
Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction
The Black Guy Dies First: Black Horror Cinema from Fodder to Oscar by Robin R. Means Coleman and Mark H. Harris
A Vindication of Monsters: Essays on Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley edited by Claire Fitzpatrick
101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered by Sadie Hartmann
TheArt of the Zombie Movie by Lisa Morton
Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror edited by Lee Murray and Angela Yuriko Smith
Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel
Monster Camp by Sarah Henning
Los Monstruos: Felice and the Wailing Woman by Diana López
The Nighthouse Keeper by Lora Senf
Frances and the Werewolves of the Black Forest by Refe Tuma
What Stays Buried by Suzanne Young
Superior Achievement in a Novel
The Reformatory by Tananarive Due
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
Superior Achievement in Poetry
Bleeding Rainbows and Other Broken Spectrums by Maxwell Ian Gold
The Quiet Ways I Destroy You by Jessica McHugh
Rivers in Your Skin, Sirens in Your Hair by Marisca Pichette
Numinous Stones by Holly Lyn Walrath
On the Subject of Blackberries by Stephanie M. Wytovich
Superior Achievement in a Screenplay
Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea by Charlie Brooker
Huesera: The Bone Woman by Michelle Garza Cervera and Abia Castillo
No One Will Save You by Brian Duffield
When Evil Lurks by Demián Rugna
Godzilla Minus One by Takashi Yamazaki
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
“Silk” by L.E. Daniels, from Hush, Don’t Wake the Monster: Stories Inspired by Stephen King
“The Sound of Children Screaming” by Rachael K. Jones, from Nightmare Magazine
“If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak” by Sam J. Miller, from The Dark Magazine
“Quondam” by Cindy O’Quinn, from The Nightmare Never Ends
“An Inherited Taste” by Nadine Aurora Tabing, from No Trouble at All
Superior Achievement in Short Nonfiction
“Words Wielded by Women” by Carina Bissett, from Apex Magazine
“Becoming Ungovernable: Latah, Amok, and Disorder in Indonesia” by Nadia Bulkin, Nadia, from Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror
“100 Livers” by K.P. Kulski, from Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror
“Displaced Spirits” by Lee Murray, from Unquiet Spirits: Essays by Asian Women in Horror
“A Theatre of Ghosts, A Haunted Cinema: The Japanese Gothic as Theatrical Tradition in Gurozuka” by Kevin Wetmore Jr., from The Wenshan Review of Literature and Culture: Special Issue on Asian Gothic
Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel
You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
Funeral Songs for Dying Girls by Cherie Dimaline
Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons
Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith
She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
For the complete press release on the 2023 Final Ballot, visit the HWA website or the Bram Stoker Awards website.
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