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(Editor’s note: The 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Awards are based on the Cryptid Quarterly Top 10 Lists compiled by lionelraygreen.com in 2024. Today’s list features the Top 10 Books of the Year. Click here to check out the Top 10 Authors of the Year released March 12.) I released the 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Authors of the... Continue Reading →
(Editor's note: The 2024 Cryptid Quarterly Awards are based on the Cryptid Quarterly Top 10 Lists compiled by lionelraygreen.com in 2024. Today's list features the Top 10 Authors of the Year. Later this month, lionelraygreen.com releases the Top 10 Books of the Year.) In between watching AI-generated videos of kittens singing the Rosé/Bruno Mars song... Continue Reading →
Four authors scored multiple nominations on the Final Ballot of the 2024 Bram Stoker Awards announced by the Horror Writers Association on February 23. Laird Barron, Lindy Ryan, Eden Royce, and Sofia Ajram each received two noms. Barron earned his first nominations since 2016 as Not a Speck of Light made the cut for Superior Achievement in... Continue Reading →
The 2024 Bram Stoker Awards feature a high-profile showdown of familiar names for Superior Achievement in a Novel as the Horror Writers Association announced its Final Ballot on February 23. Overall, 65 works of fiction and nonfiction published in 2024 were nominated in 13 categories. Winners will be announced on June 14 during the annual... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: Cryptid Quarterly is a feature where I highlight cryptid horror fiction from each quarter of 2024, using Amazon Kindle release dates.) My fourth and final cryptid horror fiction chart of 2024 features the Top 10 plus 18 more honorable mentions. Luka T. Jacobs tops the list with the first book of her new... Continue Reading →
I don't have a vote for the Bram Stoker Awards, but if I had one, I'd nominate What Hides in the Cupboards by Cassondra Windwalker as the best novel I read in 2024. As 2025 begins and I look back on the previous year, Windwalker's gothic tale set in the New Mexico desert is the... Continue Reading →
The deadline for the 2025 Splatterpunk Awards nominations is Dec. 31. Works of Extreme Horror and Splatterpunk fiction published in 2024 are eligible, and anyone can email their nominations to splatterpunkawards@gmail.com. The emails must be received by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Co-founded by authors Wrath James White and Brian Keene, the Splatterpunk Awards honor the... Continue Reading →
(Editor’s note: Cryptid Quarterly is a feature where I highlight cryptid horror fiction from each quarter of 2024, using Amazon Kindle release dates.) My third cryptid horror fiction list features the Top 10 plus 18 honorable mentions. The list is topped by a Michael Cole novel in the No. 1 spot plus works by many... Continue Reading →
Credit: FANGORIA.com The possession film Evil Dead Rise dominated the 2024 FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards, notching four wins during the Oct. 13 show on Shudder. The fan-voted awards contest celebrated the best of horror in film, television, and video games released in 2023 and the first half of 2024. The fifth installment in the Evil Dead... Continue Reading →
CJ Leede's debut Maeve Fly won Best Novel at the 2024 Splatterpunk Awards, leading a trend where four of the five categories featured first-time winners. Maeve Fly, a serial killer thriller "inspired by the pages of American Psycho," was also nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in February. The seventh annual Splatterpunk Awards were presented... Continue Reading →
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