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Full Throttle, an Extreme Horror anthology published by Uncomfortably Dark Horror, led the list of nominees for the 2026 Splatterpunk Awards, according to an announcement January 10 on KillerConATX.com. Edited by Candace Nola, Full Throttle received noms for Best Anthology, and two of its tales were nominated for Best Short Story -- “And She Was... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
The deadline for the 2024 Splatterpunk Awards nominations is Sunday, Dec. 31. Works of Extreme Horror fiction published in 2023 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: SHORT SHOTS is a column where I review short stories from horror anthologies, collections, and zines.) Legendary extreme horror author Edward Lee says that the short story “‘Giggly’ kicked my ass. Outstanding job! I need therapy now.” If the author of The Bighead and Header needs therapy after reading “Giggly,” then what will... Continue Reading →
Splatterpunk Award-nominated author Bridgett Nelson released her first new standalone project in more than a year. Actually, she released two. Her collections Sweet, Sour, & Spicy and What the F*** Was That? dropped on June 6. The two books follow Nelson’s Splatterpunk-nominated collection A Bouquet of Viscera, which hit shelves in March 2022. So, what... Continue Reading →
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