2019 Splatterpunk Awards Nominees
Nominees have been announced for the Splatterpunk Awards, honoring “superior achievement in the sub-genres of Splatterpunk / Extreme Horror fiction.”
Best Novel
- Ring of Fire, David Agranoff (Deadite)
- Camp Slasher, Dan Padavona (self-published)
- Last Day, Bryan Smith (self-published)
- Full Brutal, Kristopher Triana (Grindhouse)
- A Gathering of Evil, Gil Valle (Comet)
- Rabid Heart, Jeremy Wagner (Riverdale Avenue)
Best Novella
- 1000 Severed Dicks, Ryan Harding & Matt Shaw (self-published)
- Cockblock, C.V. Hunt (Grindhouse)
- The Mongrel, Seán O’Connor (Troubador)
- The Writhing Skies, Betty Rocksteady (Perpetual Motion Machine)
- Dead Stripper Storage, Bryan Smith (Grindhouse)
- Kill For Satan!, Bryan Smith (Grindhouse)
Best Short Story
- “Diabolicus Interruptus”, Christine Morgan (Forbidden Futures 6/18)
- “Fistulas”, Mame Bougouma Diene (Dark Moons Rising on a Starless Night)
- “Rebound”, Brendan Vidito (Nightmares in Ecstasy)
- “The Seacretor”, Ryan Harding (Splatterpunk Forever)
- “Seersucker Motherfucker”, Jay Wilburn (Beautiful Darkness)
- “Virtue of Stagnant Waters”, Monica J. O’Rourke (Splatterpunk Forever)
Best Collection
- The Very Ineffective Haunted House, Jeff Burk (Clash)
- Dark Moons Rising on a Starless Night, Mame Bougouma Diene (Clash)
- Walking Alone, Bentley Little (Cemetery Dance)
- DJStories, David J. Schow (Subterranean)
- Nightmares in Ecstasy, Brendan Vidito (Clash)
Best Anthology
- Splatterpunk Forever, Jack Bantry & Kit Power, eds. (self-published)
- Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Volume 3, Randy Chandler & Cheryl Mullenax, eds. (Red Room)
- Welcome to the Show, Matt Hayward & Doug Murano, eds. (Crystal Lake)
- Monsters of Any Kind, Alessandro Manzetti & Daniele Bonfanti, eds. (Independent Legions)
- The Black Room Manuscripts Volume 4, J.R. Park & Tracy Fahey, eds. (Sinister Horror)
J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award
- David G. Barnett
The 2019 jurors are Jason Cavallaro, Tod Clark, Garrett Cook, Regina Garza-Mitchell, Gerard Houarner, and Gabino Iglesias.
The awards will be presented at Killercon 2019 at the Wingate by Wyndham Conference Center in Round Rock TX, August 16-18, 2019. For more, see the Killercon website.
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