HWA 2009 BRAM STOKER AWARD NOMINEES
Superior Achievement in a Novel
• AUDREY'S DOOR by Sarah Langan (Harper)
• PATIENT ZERO by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin)
• QUARANTINED by Joe McKinney (Lachesis Publishing)
• CURSED by Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Superior Achievement in a First Novel
• BREATHERS by S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)
• SOLOMON'S GRAVE by Daniel G. Keohane (Dragon Moon Press)
• DAMNABLE by Hank Schwaeble (Jove)
• THE LITTLE SLEEP by Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)
Superior Achievement in Long Fiction
• DREAMING ROBOT MONSTER by Mort Castle (MIGHTY UNCLEAN)
• THE HUNGER OF EMPTY VESSELS by Scott Edelman (Bad Moon Books)
• THE LUCID DREAMING by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
• DOC GOOD'S TRAVELING SHOW by Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)
Superior Achievement in Short Fiction
• KEEPING WATCH by Nate Kenyon (MONSTROUS: 20 TALES OF GIANT CREATURE TERROR)
• THE CROSSING OF ALDO RAY by Weston Ochse (THE DEAD THAT WALK)
• IN THE PORCHES OF MY EARS by Norman Prentiss (PS Publishing)
• THE NIGHT NURSE by Harry Shannon (Horror Drive-in)
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
• HE IS LEGEND: AN ANTHOLOGY CELEBRATING RICHARD MATHESON edited by Christopher Conlon (Gauntlet Press)
• LOVECRAFT UNBOUND edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse Books)
• POE edited by Ellen Datlow (Solaris)
• MIDNIGHT WALK edited by Lisa Morton (Dark House)
Superior Achievement in a Collection
• MARTYRS AND MONSTERS by Robert Dunbar (DarkHart Press)
• GOT TO KILL THEM ALL AND OTHER STORIES by Dennis Etchison (Cemetery Dance)
• A TASTE OF TENDERLOIN by Gene O'Neill (Apex Book Company)
• IN THE CLOSET, UNDER THE BED by Lee Thomas (Dark Scribe Press)
Superior Achievement in Non-fiction
• WRITERS WORKSHOP OF HORROR by Michael Knost (Woodland Press)
• CINEMA KNIFE FIGHT by L. L. Soares and Michael Arruda (Fearzone)
• THE STEPHEN KING ILLUSTRATED COMPANION by Bev Vincent (Fall River Press)
• STEPHEN KING: THE NON-FICTION by Rocky Wood and Justin Brook (Cemetery Dance)
Superior Achievement in Poetry
• DOUBLE VISIONS by Bruce Boston (Dark Regions)
• NORTH LEFT OF EARTH by Bruce Boston (Sam's Dot)
• BARFODDER by Rain Graves (Cemetery Dance)
• CHIMERIC MACHINES by Lucy A. Snyder (Creative Guy Publishing)