2024 Splatterpunk Awards Nominees

Best Novel

• The Night Mother, John Everson (Dark Arts)
• Maeve Fly, C.J. Leede (Nightfire)
• Pedo Island Bloodbath, Duncan Ralston (Shadow Work)
  
• Dead End House, Bryan Smith (Grindhouse)
• Along the River of Flesh, Kristopher Triana (Bad Dream)
  

Best Novella

• The Bighead’s Junk, Edward Lee (Evil Cookie)
• Smokey Elvis and Danzick Battle Swamp Ass, Lance Loot (self-published)
• Snow Angels, Lucas Mangum (D&T)
• Sirens and Seaweed, Candace Nola (Uncomfortably Dark Horror)
• Bowery, Matthew Vaughn (self-published)
  

Best Short Story

• “My Octopus Master”, Stephen Kozeniewski (Dead and Bloated)
• “Unfound Footage”, Patrick Lacey (Splatterpunk’s Basement of Horror)
• “Hide/Invert: A Saga In Ten Reels”, David J. Schow (The Drive-In: Multiplex) 
• “The Night People”, Bryan Smith (The Gauntlet)
• “Blood Harmony”, Chet Williamson (The Drive-In: Multiplex)
  

Best Collection

• Something Very Wrong, Jonathan Butcher (self-published)
• Transcendental Mutilation, Ryan Harding (Death’s Head) 
• Woe To Those Who Dwell On Earth, John Lynch (High Explosive Horror) 
• Gush: Tales of Vaginal Horror, Gina Ranalli (Madness Heart)
• Beautiful Darkness, Jay Wilburn (Madness Heart)

Best Anthology

• Splatterpunk’s Basement of Horror, Jack Bantry, ed. (Splatterpunk Zine)
• Blood and Blasphemy, Gerri R. Gray, ed. (Hellbound) 
• We’re Here: An Anthology of LGBTQ+ Horror, Angelique Jordonna and James G. Carlson, eds. (Gloom House) 
• Dark Disasters, Candace Nola, ed. (Uncomfortably Dark) 
• Dead and Bloated, K Trap Jones, ed. (Evil Cookie)
  

J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award

• Ray Garton
• Craig Spector.

The awards will be presented at the 2024 KillerCon, to be held from August 9-11, 2024 in Austin TX. For more, see the announcement.

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