2020 Splatterpunk Awards Nominees
Nominees have been announced for the Splatterpunk Awards, “honoring superior achievement for works published in 2019 in the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror.”
Best Novel
- Carnivorous Lunar Activities, Max Booth III (Cinestate/Fangoria)
- Killer Lake, W.D. Gagliani & David Benton (Deadite)
- Reception, Kenzie Jennings (Death’s Head)
- Lakehouse Infernal, Christine Morgan (Deadite)
- Merciless, Bryan Smith (Grindhouse)
- Toxic Love, Kristopher Triana (Blood Bound)
- They Kill, Tim Waggoner (Flame Tree)
Best Novella
- White Trash Gothic Part Two, Edward Lee (Section 31)
- Saint Sadist, Lucas Mangum (Grindhouse)
- Weeping Season, Seán O’Connor (Uafas)
- How Much To..?, Matt Shaw (self-published)
- One For the Road, Wesley Southard (Deadite)
- Paradise, Maine, Jackson R. Thomas (Alien Agenda)
Best Short Story
- “Breaking the Waters”, Donyae Coles (Pseudopod 9/19)
- “Angelbait”, Ryan Harding (The Big Book of Blasphemy)
- “Censered”, Christine Morgan (And Hell Followed)
- “Shoulder Pain”, Chandler Morrison (The Macabre Museum 10/19)
- “Param”, Susan Snyder (Trigger Warning: Body Horror)
- “Norwegian Woods”, Jeremy Wagner (The Big Book of Blasphemy)
Best Collection
- Dead Sea Chronicles, Tim Curran (Bloodshot)
- Various States of Decay, Matt Hayward (Poltergeist)
- Dawn of the Living Impaired, and Other Messed-Up Zombie Stories, Christine Morgan (Death’s Head)
- This Is a Horror Book, Charles Austin Muir (Clash)
- Dirty Rotten Hippies and Other Stories, Bryan Smith (Grindhouse)
- Resisting Madness, Wesley Southard (Death’s Head)
Best Anthology
- And Hell Followed, Jarod Barbee & Patrick C. Harrison III, eds. (Death’s Head)
- Dig Two Graves, Jarod Barbee & Patrick C. Harrison III, eds. (Death’s Head)
- Midnight In The Graveyard, Kenneth W. Cain, ed. (Silver Shamrock)
- Polish Extreme, Edward Lee & Karolina Kaczkowska, eds. (Necro)
- The Big Book of Blasphemy, Regina Mitchell & David G. Barnett, eds. (Necro)
- The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg, Sam Richard & Brendan Vidito, eds. (Weirdpunk)
J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award
- Edward Lee
The awards will be presented at the 2020 Killercon at the DoubleTree in Austin TX, August 7-9, 2020. For more, see the announcement.