Kristopher Triana won Best Novel for his survival tale The Old Lady at the 2025 Splatterpunk Awards presented at KillerCon in Austin, Texas, on August 2. Triana is now a three-time honoree in the category, previously winning Best Novel for Full Brutal in 2019 and The Night Stockers (co-authored with Ryan Harding) in 2022. Visit... Continue Reading →
Bad Dream Books dominates 2025 Splatterpunk Awards nominations
While perusing the list of nominations for the 2025 Splatterpunk Awards, one name stands out: Bad Dream Books. Billed as a “boundary-breaking artist collective,” Bad Dream Books produced one-third of the nominees with at least one title represented in all five categories. That’s an impressive eight out of 24 nominations. Benjamin co-authored by Aron Beauregard... Continue Reading →
Beauregard, Shiv, The Obituaries #6 lead 2025 Splatterpunk Awards nominations
Aron Beauregard, Sidney Shiv, and The Obituaries #6: Red Romance led the list of nominations for the 2025 Splatterpunk Awards with three each, according to a release by briankeene.com on April 29. Beauregard’s nominations include Best Novel for Benjamin, which he co-authored with Shane McKenzie; Best Novella for A Life of Crime; and Best Short... Continue Reading →
Deadline for 2025 Splatterpunk Awards is Dec. 31
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 →