NOVEL

• The Silence of the Lambs, Thomas Harris (St. Martin's)
• Black Wind, F. Paul Wilson (Tor)
• The Drive-In, Joe R. Lansdale (Bantam Spectra)
• Flesh, Richard Laymon (Tor)
• The Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice (Knopf)
• Stinger, Robert R. McCammon (Pocket)

FIRST NOVEL

• The Suiting, Kelley Wilde (Tor)
• Cities of the Dead, Michael Paine (Charter)
• Deliver Us From Evil, Alan Lee Harris (Bantam)
• Demon Night, J. Michael Straczynski (Dutton)
• Fear Book, John L. Byrne (Warner)
• Resurrection, Inc., Kevin J. Anderson (NAL Signet)

NOVELETTE

• "Orange Is For Anguish, Blue Is for Insanity", David Morrell (Prime Evil)
• "The Function of Dream Sleep", Harlan Ellison (Midnight Graffiti Jun 1988)
• "Horrorshow", John Farris (Scare Tactics)
• "The Juniper Tree", Peter Straub (Prime Evil)
• "The Night Flier", Stephen King (Prime Evil)
• "The Skin Trade", George R. R. Martin (Night Visions 5)

SHORT STORY

• "Night They Missed the Horror Show", Joe R. Lansdale (Silver Scream)
• "Jack's Decline", Lucius Shepard (Ripper!)
• "The Music of the Dark Time", Chet Williamson (Twilight Zone Jun 1988)
• "Nobody Lives There Now", Carol Orlock (Women of Darkness)
• "She's a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother", Harlan Ellison (Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue One: Fall 1988)
• "The Thing at the Top of the Stairs", Ray Bradbury (The Toynbee Convector)

COLLECTION

• Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories, Charles Beaumont, edited by Roger Anker (Dark Harvest)
• Angry Candy, Harlan Ellison (Houghton Mifflin)
• Blood and Water and Other Tales, Patrick McGrath (Simon & Schuster)
• The Blood Kiss, Dennis Etchison (Scream/Press)
• Scare Tactics, John Farris (Tor)
• The Toynbee Convector, Ray Bradbury (Knopf)

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT

• Ray Bradbury
• R. Chetwynd-Hayes