NOVEL

• Dead in the Water, Nancy Holder (Dell Abyss)
• The Alienist, Caleb Carr (Random House)
• The Butcher Boy, Patrick McCabe (Dell/Cutting Edge)
• From the Teeth of Angels, Jonathan Carroll (Doubleday)
• Insomnia, Stephen King (Viking)

FIRST NOVEL

• Grave Markings, Michael Arnzen (Dell Abyss)
• The Black Mariah, Jay R. Bonansinga (Warner)
• Deadweight, Robert Devereaux (Dell Abyss)
• Near Death, Nancy Kilpatrick (Pocket)

NOVELETTE

• "The Scent Of Vinegar", Robert Bloch (Dark Destiny)
• "The Alchemy Of The Throat", Brian Hodge (Love In Vein)
• "Bubba Ho-Tep", Joe R. Lansdale (Writer Of The Purple Rage)
• "The Siren Of Swan Quarter", William Trotter (Deathrealm #20 Winter 1993)
• "Sometimes, In The Rain", Charles L. Grant (Northern Frights 2)

SHORT STORY (tie)

• "The Box", Jack Ketchum (Cemetery Dance Spr 1994)
• "Cafe Endless: Spring Rain", Nancy Holder (Love In Vein)
• "Mr. Torso", Edward Lee (Hot Blood 4)
• "Things Of Which We Do Not Speak", Lucy Taylor (Hot Blood 4)

COLLECTION

• The Early Fears, Robert Bloch (Fedogan & Bremer)
• Born Bad, Andrew Vachss (Vintage Crime)
• The Flesh Artist, Lucy Taylor (Silver Salamander Press)
• Writer Of The Purple Rage, Joe R. Lansdale (Cemetery Dance Publications)

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT

• Christopher Lee