2014 Bram Stoker Nominees

Superior Achievement in a Novel

• Suffer the Children, Craig DiLouie (Gallery)
• Jade Sky, Patrick Freivald (JournalStone)
• Beautiful You, Chuck Palahniuk (Jonathan Cape/Vintage)
• The Vines, Christopher Rice (47North)
• Blood Kin, Steve Rasnic Tem (Solaris)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

• Mr. Wicker, Maria Alexander (Raw Dog Screaming)
• Forsaken, J.D. Barker (Hampton Creek)
• Consumed, David Cronenberg (Scribner)
• Return of the Mothman, Michael Knost (Woodland)
• Bird Box, Josh Malerman (HarperCollins)

Superior Achievement in a YA Novel

• Intentional Haunting, Jake Bible (Permuted)
• Phoenix Island, John Dixon (Gallery)
• Unmarked, Kami Garcia (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• Passionaries, Tonya Hurley (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• All Those Broken Angels, Peter Adam Salomon (Flux)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

• “The Infected“, Taylor Grant (Cemetery Dance #71)
• “Dreams of a Little Suicide”, Eric J. Guignard (Hell Comes to Hollywood II)
• “Fishing for Dinosaurs“, Joe R. Lansdale (Limbus, Inc., Book II)
• “Three Guys Walk Into a Bar“, Jonathan Maberry (Limbus, Inc., Book II)
• “Lost and Found“, Joe McKinney (Limbus, Inc., Book II)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

• “Hot Tub“, Hal Bodner (Hell Comes to Hollywood II)
• “Baby’s Breath“, Sydney Leigh (Bugs: Tales That Slither, Creep, and Crawl)
• “The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family“, Usman T. Malik (Qualia Nous)
• “Ruminations“, Rena Mason (Qualia Nous)
• “Splinterette“, John Palisano (Widowmakers: A Benefit Anthology of Dark Fiction)
• “The Floating Girls: A Documentary“, Damien Angelica Walters (Jamais Vu #3)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

• Qualia Nous, Michael Bailey, ed. (Written Backwards)
• A Darke Phantastique, Jason V Brock, ed. (Cycatrix)
• Fearful Symmetries, Ellen Datlow, ed. (ChiZine)
• Burnt Tongues, Chuck Palahniuk, Richard Thomas, & Dennis Widmyer, eds. (Medallion)
• Limbus, Inc., Book II, Brett J. Talley, ed. (JournalStone)

Superior Achievement in a Collection

• After the People Lights Have Gone Off, Stephen Graham Jones (Dark House)
• Little by Little, John R. Little (Bad Moon)
• Gifts for the One Who Comes After, Helen Marshall (ChiZine)
• Soft Apocalypses, Lucy Snyder (Raw Dog Screaming)
• The End in All Beginnings, John F.D. Taff (Grey Matter)

Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction

• Disorders of Magnitude, Jason V Brock (Rowman & Littlefield)
• Lovecraft and a World in Transition, S.T. Joshi (Hippocampus)
• The New Annotated H.P. Lovecraft, Leslie S. Klinger (Liveright)
• Horror 101: The Way Forward, Joe Mynhardt & Emma Audsley (Crystal Lake)
• Shooting Yourself in the Head For Fun and Profit: A Writer’s Survival Guide, Lucy Snyder (Post Mortem)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

• Fearworms: Selected Poems, Robert Payne Cabeen (Fanboy Comics)
• Venus Intervention, Corrinne De Winter & Alessandro Manzetti (Kipple Officina Libraria)
• Forgiving Judas, Tom Piccirilli (Crossroad)
• Sweet Poison, Marge Simon & Mary Turzillo (Dark Renaissance)
• Mourning Jewelry, Stephanie Wytovich (Raw Dog Screaming)

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel

• Through the Woods, Emily Carroll (McElderry)
• Locke and Key: Vol. 6: Alpha and Omega, Joe Hill & Gabrielle Rodriguez (IDW)
• I Tell You It’s Love, Joe R. Lansdale & Daniele Serra (Short, Scary Tales)
• Bad Blood, Jonathan Maberry & Tyler Crook (Dark Horse)
• The Witcher, Paul Tobin (Dark Horse)

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay

• American Horror Story: Coven: “The Magical Delights of Stevie Nicks”
• The Babadook
• Doctor Who: “Listen”
• Penny Dreadful: “Séance”
• The Walking Dead: “The Grove”

Horror Writers Association members will vote to determine winners. Presentation of the awards will occur during the 25th annual World Horror Convention in Atlanta, GA on Saturday, May 9 2015.