HORROR AND FANTASY WRITER
Fresh off nominations for 2024 Shirley Jackson Awards, Gwendolyn Kiste and Monika Kim won top honors during the 2024 Bram Stoker Awards presented by the Horror Writers Association on June 14 at StokerCon 2025 in Stamford, Conn. The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste won for Superior Achievement in a Novel, and The Eyes Are... 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 Reformatory by Tananarive Due won the 2023 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel during a June 1 ceremony at StokerCon 2024 in San Diego, California. It was the first win for Due whose "Rumpus Room" was also nominated in the Long Fiction category. Her novels My Soul to Keep and The... Continue Reading →
World Horror Grand Master and Splatterpunk Awards co-founder Brian Keene says, 'Absolutely, but ...' Is the Horror Writers Association doing enough to promote and recognize older writers? The question is among the top issues in 2023 for the genre’s premier professional organization after a couple of horror legends have publicly questioned the HWA’s promotional decision-making this... Continue Reading →
Jeff Strand holding his first Bram Stoker Award on May 14 in Denver, Colorado. It's 2022 and horror author Jeff Strand now lives in Chattanooga. But he still watches Survivor, his cat Chaos is still spoiled, and he's still writing his unique blend of horror and comedy. What else? Oh, he won a Bram Stoker... Continue Reading →
Stephen Graham Jones and Josh Malerman were among eight authors with multiple titles on the Final Ballot of the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards, according to a February 20th release by the Horror Writers Association. The five books vying for Superior Achievement in a Novel are The Only Good Indians by Jones; The Deep by Alma Katsu; Devil’s... Continue Reading →
The Horror Writers Association announced the final ballot for the 2019 Bram Stoker Awards in a February 20th press release. The five titles nominated for Superior Achievement in a Novel are: Coyote Rage by Owl Goingback; Inspection by Josh Malerman; The Worst is Yet to Come by S.P. Miskowski; Into the Ashes by Lee Murray;... Continue Reading →
I cite Jeff Strand’s novel DWELLER as one of the novels that heavily influence me as a writer. In fact, only Robert McCammon’s BOY’S LIFE is more influential on my writing. DWELLER is one of the few novels that I’ve read where I connected with not one but two characters, Toby, and his friend, Owen,... Continue Reading →
The Horror Writers Association announced the 2017 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot. “This year’s slate of nominees truly demonstrates the breadth and quality of the horror genre,” said Lisa Morton, HWA president and multiple Bram Stoker Award winner, in a press release February 5. “Once again, our members and awards juries have chosen outstanding works... Continue Reading →
LIONEL RAY GREEN 