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Credit: KillerConAustin.com A pair of two-time past winners, Bryan Smith and Candace Nola, each received two nominations for 2024 Splatterpunk Awards, leading a field that features 12 first-time nominees among the 25 works of fiction being honored. Smith's Dead End House earned a nomination for Best Novel and "Night People" (a bonus story from his... Continue Reading →
Aron Beauregard won Best Novel for Playground, and Bridgett Nelson earned her first two trophies at the 2023 Splatterpunk Awards held Saturday during KillerCon in Austin, Texas. The independently published Playground is Beauregard's second Splatterpunk Award. He previously won last year for Best Collection with Beyond Reform. He's also been nominated two other times: Best... Continue Reading →
Lee's The Television is nominated for Best Novel. Legendary Extreme Horror author Edward Lee received three nominations and rising star Bridgett Nelson earned two when the final ballot for the 2023 Splatterpunk Awards was announced by Awards co-founders Wrath James White and Brian Keene on February 8. The sixth annual Awards recognize superior achievement in the... Continue Reading →
The Night Stockers by Kristopher Triana and Ryan Harding won Best Novel at the 2022 Splatterpunk Awards. Nominations for the 2023 Splatterpunk Awards are being extended through January 29th, according to a post by co-founders Brian Keene and Wrath James White at briankeene.com. Only works published in 2022 are eligible for the sixth annual awards... Continue Reading →
Kristopher Triana and Ryan Harding won Best Novel on a night the 2022 Splatterpunk Awards honored the horror subgenre's inaugural Hall of Legends at KillerCon in Austin, Texas, on August 13th. Hosted by Wrath James White and Shane McKenzie, the fifth annual Splatterpunk Awards celebrated the best of Extreme Horror fiction published in 2021 by... Continue Reading →
Samantha Kolesnik garnered two wins and Wile E. Young's western won Best Novel at the fourth annual Splatterpunk Awards, according to a press release by founders Wrath James White and Brian Keene. Presented at KillerCon 2021 on August 21st, the Splatterpunk Awards honored superior achievement in the horror subgenres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror published... Continue Reading →
Christine Morgan earned three nominations to lead the pack for the 2020 Splatterpunk Awards, according to a February 9th press release by award founders Wrath James White and Brian Keene. Bryan Smith, Wesley Southard, and Edward Lee also scored multiple nominations with two each. Jarod Barbee and Patrick C. Harrison III also received two nominations.... Continue Reading →
Grindhouse Press authors Kristopher Triana and Bryan Smith won top honors during the 2019 Splatterpunk Awards held at KillerCon in Austin, Texas, on August 17. The Splatterpunk Awards were co-founded by Wrath James White and Brian Keene and recognize superior achievement in the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror. Triana won Best Novel for Full... Continue Reading →
In between reading horror and high fantasy novels, I make time to read splatterpunk. Splatterpunk is a cool word for the subgenre of extreme horror, and it’s not for the easily offended or squeamish. For me, they’re some of the most entertaining books I’ve ever read in any genre. Relentless and gut-wrenching, splatterpunk is the... Continue Reading →
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