2015 Shirley Jackson Awards Nominees

The 2015 Shirley Jackson Awards nominees have been announced. The awards are presented for outstanding achievement in horror, psychological suspense, and dark fantasy fiction.

NOVEL

• Lord Byron’s Prophecy, Sean Eads (Lethe)
• Experimental Film, Gemma Files (ChiZine)
• When We Were Animals, Joshua Gaylord (Mulholland)
• The Glittering World, Robert Levy (Gallery)
• Eileen, Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin)

NOVELLA

• The Visible Filth, Nathan Ballingrud (This Is Horror)
• Wylding Hall, Elizabeth Hand (PS Publishing/Open Road)
• The Box Jumper, Lisa Mannetti (Smart Rhino)
• Unusual Concentrations, SJ Spurrier (self-published)
• In the Lovecraft Museum, Steve Rasnic Tem (PS Publishing)

NOVELETTE

• “Even Clean Hands Can Do Damage”, Steve Duffy (Supernatural Tales Autumn ’15)
• “The Thyme Fiend”, Jeffrey Ford (Tor.com 03/11/15)
• “The Briskwater Mare”, Deborah Kalin (Cherry Crow Children)
• “The Deepwater Bride”, Tamsyn Muir (F&SF 7-8/15)
• “Fabulous Beasts”, Priya Sharma (Tor.com 7/27/15)

SHORT FICTION

• “Seven Minutes in Heaven”, Nadia Bulkin (Aickman’s Heirs)
• “A Beautiful Memory”, Shannon Peavey (Apex 3/15)
• “The Dying Season”, Lynda E. Rucker (Aickman’s Heirs)
• “Wilderness”, Letitia Trent (Exigencies)
• “Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers”, Alyssa Wong (Nightmare 8/15)

SINGLE-AUTHOR COLLECTION

• The End of the End of Everything, Dale Bailey (Arche)
• The Nameless Dark, T.E. Grau (Lethe)
• Gutshot, Amelia Gray (FSG Originals)
• The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Stephen King (Scribner)
• Get in Trouble, Kelly Link (Random House)
• You Have Never Been Here, Mary Rickert (Small Beer)

EDITED ANTHOLOGY

• The Doll Collection, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tor)
• Seize the Night, Christopher Golden, ed. (Gallery)
• Black Wings IV, S.T. Joshi, ed. (PS Publishing)
• Aickman’s Heirs, Simon Strantzas, ed. (Undertow)
• Exigencies, Richard Thomas, ed. (Dark House)

The awards will be presented July 10, 2016 at Readercon 27 in Quincy MA.