2022 Splatterpunk Awards Nominees
Nominees have been announced for the Splatterpunk Awards, “honoring superior achievement for works published in 2021 in the sub-genres of Splatterpunk and Extreme Horror.”
Best Novel
- Don’t Go To Wheelchair Camp, David Irons (Severed)
- Trench Mouth, Christine Morgan (Madness Heart)
- The Maddening, Carver Pike (self-published)
- The Devoured and the Dead, Kristopher Rufty (Death’s Head)
- The Night Stockers, Kristopher Triana & Ryan Harding (The Evil Cookie)
- Left to You, Daniel J. Volpe (D&T)
Best Novella
- Midnight in the City of the Carrion Kid, James G. Carlson (Gloom)
- Only The Stains Remain, Ross Jeffery (Cemetery Gates)
- Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke, Eric LaRocca (Weirdpunk)
- A Roll of the Dice, Matt Shaw (self-published)
- Sacrament, Steve Stred (Black Void)
- Talia, Daniel J. Volpe (self-published)
Best Short Story
- “The Martini Club”, Aron Beauregard (Beyond Reform)
- “Fireflies and Apple Pies”, Thomas R. Clark (The God Provides)
- “Sun Poison”. Stephen Kozeniewski (Battered, Broken Bodies)
- “Start Today”, Justin Lutz (Teenage Grave)
- “Abigail”, Daemon Manx (Terror Tract)
- “Next Best Baker”, Jeff Strand (Baker’s Dozen)
Best Collection
- Beyond Reform, Jon Athan, Aron Beauregard & Jasper Bark (Aron Beauregard Horror)
- Black Tongue and Other Anomalies, Richard Beauchamp (D&T)
- Sinister Mix, Brian Bowyer (self-published)
- Twisted: Tainted Tales, Janine Pipe (Pipe Screams)
- May Cause Ocular Bleeding, Nikolas P. Robinson (self-published)
Best Anthology
- Body Shocks, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Tachyon)
- Between a Spider’s Eyes, River Dixon, ed. (Potter’s Grove)
- Bludgeon Tools, K. Trap Jones, ed. (The Evil Cookie)
- Gorefest, K. Trap Jones, ed. (The Evil Cookie)
- Baker’s Dozen, Candace Nola, ed. (Uncomfortably Dark)
- Battered, Broken Bodies, Matt Shaw, ed. (self-published)
J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award
- Clive Barker
The awards will be presented at the 2022 KillerCon, to be held August 12-14, 2022 in Austin TX. For more, see the announcement.
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