2000 Bram Stoker Nominations

HWA, the Horror Writers Association, has announced the final ballot for this year's Bram Stoker Awards, for outstanding writing in the dark fantasy/horror/occult genre. Winners will be announced at the 2001 Stoker Banquet and HWA Annual Meeting held in Seattle, May 25 - 28 in conjunction with the World Horror Convention.

novel

The Deceased, Tom Piccirilli (Leisure)

The Indifference of Heaven, Gary A. Braunbeck (Obsidian)

The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club, Brian A. Hopkins (Yard Dog Press)

Silent Children, Ramsey Campbell (Forge)

The Traveling Vampire Show, Richard Laymon (Cemetery Dance; Headline)

first novel

House of Leaves, Mark Z. Danielewski (Pantheon)

The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club, Brian A. Hopkins (Yard Dog Press)

Nailed by the Heart, Simon Clark (Leisure)

Run, Douglas E. Winter (Knopf)

long fiction

"God Screamed and Screamed, Then I Ate Him", Lawrence P. Santoro (Cthulhu and the Coeds, or Kids and Squids)

"In Shock", Joyce Carol Oates (F&SF Jun 2000)

The Man on the Ceiling, Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem (American Fantasy Press)

Riding the Bullet, Stephen King (Scribner/Philtrum Press)

short fiction

Dead Cat Bounce, Gerard Daniel Houarner (Space & Time)

"Fallen Angel", Robert J. Sawyer (Strange Attraction)

"Gone", Jack Ketchum (October Dreams)

"Mexican Moon", Karen E. Taylor (Daughter of Dangerous Dames)

fiction collection

City Fishing, Steve Rasnic Tem (Silver Salamander Press)

Magic Terror: Seven Tales, Peter Straub (Random House)

Up, Out of Cities That Blow Hot and Cold, Charlee Jacob (Delirium Books)

Wind Over Heaven and Other Dark Tales, Bruce Holland Rogers (Wildside Press)

anthology

Bad News, Richard Laymon, ed. (Cemetery Dance)

Brainbox: The Real Horror, Steve Eller, ed. (Dreams Unlimited)

Extremes: Fantasy and Horror from the Ends of the Earth, Brian A. Hopkins, ed. (Lone Wolf Publications)

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Thirteenth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, eds. (St. Martin's)

nonfiction

At the Foot of the Story Tree: An Inquiry into the Fiction of Peter Straub, Bill Sheehan (Subterranean Press)

Hellnotes, David B. Silva & Paul F. Olson (David B. Silva)

Horror of the 20th Century, Robert Weinberg (Collectors Press)

On Writing, Stephen King (Scribner)

illustrated narrative

Cable 79-84, Robert Weinberg (Marvel)

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Alan Moore (American's Best Comics)

"Red Romance", Joe R. Lansdale (Flinch 11 Vertigo)

"Spuds", Bernie Wrightson (The Night Terrors)

screenplay

The Cell, Mark Protosevich (New Line Cinema)

Pitch Black, David Twohy, Ken Wheat & Jim Wheat (USA Films)

Requiem for a Dream, Darren Aronofsky & Hubert Selby Jr. (Artisan Entertainment)

Shadow of the Vampire, Steven Katz (Lions Gate Films)

Unbreakable, M. Night Shyamalan (Buena Vista Pictures)

work for younger readers

Be Afraid!, Edo van Belkom, ed. (Tundra Books)

The Christmas Thingy, F. Paul Wilson (Cemetery Dance)

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, J.K. Rowling (Scholastic)

The Power of Un, Nancy Etchemendy (Cricket Press)

poetry collection

Burial Plot, Sandy DeLuca (Thievin' Kitty Publications)

The Complete Accursed Wives, Bruce Boston (Dark Regions Press/Talisman)

Paratabloids, Michael A. Arnzen (Ozark Triangle Press)

A Student of Hell, Tom Piccirilli (Skull Job Productions)

other media

"Back to the Black Lagoon", David J. Skal (Creature from the Black Lagoon DVD, Universal)

Chiaroscuro, Patricia Lee Macomber, Steve Eller & Sandra Kasturi (Brett A. Savory)

Gothic.net, Mehitobel Wilson (Darren McKeeman)

Twilight Tales Reading Series, Tina L. Jens & Andrea Dubnick, producers