2018 Imadjinn Awards Finalists

Best Science Fiction Novel

• The Unmoving Stars, Dave Creek (self-published)
• Belly of the Beast, Katina French (Per Bastet)

Best Fantasy Novel

• The Black Lily, Mandy & G.D. Burkhead (Burkshelf)
• The Rite of Wands, Mackenzie Flohr (Indigo)

Best Horror Novel

• Knife’s Tell, Daniel Dark (Seventh Star)
• Dark and Deadly Things, Kelly Martin (self-published)

Best Urban Fantasy Novel

• Orphan: Surfacing, Nathan Day (Seventh Star)
• “Symptoms of Magic”, Carma Haley Shoemaker (Alchemy and Arcana)
• “Hunger in the Woods”, Carma Haley Shoemaker (Twisted: Flipped Fairy Tales)

Best Paranormal Romance

• Magic’s Fate, Sela Carsen (Sugar Skull)
• Magic’s Promise, Sela Carsen (Sugar Skull)
• Magic’s Song, Sela Carsen (Sugar Skull)
• “Candy Cornered”, Carma Haley Shoemaker (Moonlight Magic)
• “‘Til Death”, Carma Haley Shoemaker (Secret Legends)

Best Non-Fiction Book

• Louisville’s Strange and Unusual Haunts, Jacob & Jenny Floyd (Per Bastet)
• Invisible 3: Essays and Poems on Representation in SF/F, Jim C. Hines (self-published)

Best Anthology/Collection

• Moonlight Sonata, Elizabeth Donald (Dark Oak)
• What We’ve Unlearned: English Class Goes Punk, Carol Gyzander, ed. (Writer Punk)
• Malice in Memphis: Elmwood: Stories to Die For, Carolyn McSparren, ed. (Dark Oak)
• Out of Frame Anthologies, John M. Risner, ed. (Omnestream)
• Herding Cats and Other Alien Creatures, Southern Indiana Writers’ Group (Per Bastet)

Best Short Story

• “Grave Robbers”, Kristi Bradley (Malice in Memphis: Elmwood: Stories to Die For)
• “Magic’s Frost”, Sela Carsen (Merry and Bright: A Christmas Anthology)
• “A Grand Gesture”, Dave Creek (Analog 5-6/17)
• “Funeral of My Dreams”, Sheridan C Hall (Wingless)
• “The Fallow Grave of Dream”, Jim C. Hines (The Death of All Things)
• “Fort Pillow Escape”, Juanita Houston (Merry and Bright: A Christmas Anthology)
• She Who Dines on Heavenly Food, Sara Marian (Toxic Pigeon)
• Solitaire, Sara Marian (Toxic Pigeon)
• “Common Clay”, John M. Risner (Out of Frame Anthologies)
• “Bloodline”, Angelyn Sherrod (Malice in Memphis: Elmwood: Stories to Die For)
• Frostbite, E.J. Stevens (Sacred Oaks)
• “Thrill on Joysen Hill”, E.J. Stevens (Tales from Harborsmouth)
• The City Will Eat You Alive, Michael West (Seventh Star)