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The Horror Writers Association has announced the final ballot for the 2013 Bram Stoker Awards®. The winner from each category will be announced at the award banquet on May 10 at the World Horror Convention in Portland, Oregon.

Superior Achievement in a Novel

• NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (William Morrow)
• DOCTOR SLEEP by Stephen King (Scribner)
• MALEDICTION by Lisa Morton (Evil Jester Press)
• A NECESSARY END by Sarah Pinborough and F. Paul Wilson (Shadowridge Press)
• THE HEAVENS RISE by Christopher Rice (Gallery Books)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

• CANDY HOUSE by Kate Jonez (Evil Jester Press)
• THE YEAR OF THE STORM by John Mantooth (Penguin)
• THE EVOLUTIONIST by Rena Mason (Nightscape Press)
• REDHEADS by Jonathan Moore (Samhain Publishing)
• STOKER’S MANUSCRIPT by Royce Prouty (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

• SPECIAL DEAD by Patrick Freivald (JournalStone)
• UNBREAKABLE by Kami Garcia (Little, Brown)
• PROJECT CAIN by Geoffrey Girard (Simon & Schuster)
• DOG DAYS by Joe McKinney (JournalStone)
• IN THE SHADOW OF BLACKBIRDS by Cat Winters (Harry N. Abrams)

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel

• FATALE BOOK THREE: WEST OF HELL by Ed Brubaker (Image Comics)
• ALABASTER: WOLVES by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Dark Horse Comics)
• WITCH DOCTOR, VOL. 2: MAL PRACTICE by Brandon Seifert (Image Comics)
• SIN TITULO by Cameron Stewart (Dark Horse Comics)
• COLDER by Paul Tobin (Dark Horse Comics)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

• THE BLUEHOLE by Dale Bailey (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May/June 2013)
• THE GREAT PITY by Gary Braunbeck (CHIRAL MAD 2, Written Backwards)
• THE SLAUGHTER MAN by Benjamin K. Ethridge (LIMBUS, INC., JournalStone)
• NO OTHERS ARE GENUINE by Gregory Frost (ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION, Oct./Nov. 2013)
• HOUSE OF RAIN by Greg F. Gifune (DarkFuse)
• EAST END GIRLS by Rena Mason (JournalStone)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

• “Primal Tongue” by Michael Bailey (ZIPPERED FLESH 2, Smart Rhino Publications)
• “Snapshot” by Patrick Freivald (BLOOD & ROSES, Scarlett River Press)
• “Night Train to Paris” by David Gerrold (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, Jan./Feb. 2013)
• “The Hunger Artist” by Lisa Mannetti (ZIPPERED FLESH 2, Smart Rhino Publications)
• “The Geminis” by John Palisano (CHIRAL MAD 2, Written Backwards)
• “Code 666” by Michael Reaves (THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION, March/April 2013)

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay

• “The Horde” by Fabien Adda and Fabrice Gobert (THE RETURNED, Ramaco Media I, Castelao Pictures)
• “Spilt Milk” by Brad Falchuk (AMERICAN HORROR STORY: ASYLUM, Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
• “Apéritif” by Bryan Fuller (HANNIBAL, Dino De Laurentiis Company, Living Dead Guy Productions, AXN: Original X Production, Gaumont International Television)
• “A Whiff of Sulfur” by Daniel Knauf (DRACULA, Flame Ventures, Playground, Universal Television, Carnival Films)
• “Welcome to the Tombs” by Glen Mazzara (THE WALKING DEAD, AMC TV)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

• HORROR LIBRARY: VOLUME 5 edited by R.J. Cavender & Boyd E. Harris (Cutting Block Press)
• AFTER DEATH… edited by Eric J. Guignard (Dark Moon Books)
• BARBERS & BEAUTIES edited by Michael Knost & Nancy Eden Siegel (Hummingbird House Press)
• THE GRIMSCRIBE’S PUPPETS edited by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. (Miskatonic River Press)
• DARK VISIONS: A COLLECTION OF MODERN HORROR, VOLUME ONE edited by Anthony Rivera & Sharon Lawson (Grey Matter Press)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

• NORTH AMERICAN LAKE MONSTERS: STORIES by Nathan Ballingrud (Small Beer Press)
• THE BEAUTIFUL THING THAT AWAITS US ALL AND OTHER STORIES by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
• THE TEARS OF ISIS by James Dorr (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing)
• THE APE’S WIFE AND OTHER STORIES by Caitlin R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
• DANCE OF THE BLUE LADY by Gene O’Neill (Bad Moon Books)
• BIBLE STORIES FOR SECULAR HUMANISTS by S. P. Somtow (Diplodocus Press)

Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction

• IMAGES OF THE MODERN VAMPIRE: THE HIP AND ATAVISTIC, edited by Barbara Brodman and James E. Doan (Fairleigh Dickinson)
• RAMSEY CAMPBELL: CRITICAL ESSAYS ON ON THE MODERN MASTER OF HORROR, edited by Gary William Crawford (Scarecrow Press)
• NOLAN ON BRADBURY: SIXTY YEARS OF WRITING ABOUT THE MASTER OF SCIENCE FICTION, by William F. Nolan (Hippocampus Press)
• THE INTERMEDIAL EXPERIENCE OF HORROR: SUSPENDED FAILURES, by Jarkko Toikkanen (Palgrave Macmillan)
• LOVECRAFT AND HIS INFLUENCE: HIS PREDECESSORS AND SUCCESSORS, edited by Robert H. Waugh (Scarecrow Press)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

• DARK ROADS: SELECTED LONG POEMS 1971-2012 by Bruce Boston (Dark Renaissance Books)
• THE SEX LIVES OF MONSTERS by Helen Marshall (Kelp Queen Press)
• DANGEROUS DREAMS by Marge Simon and Sandy DeLuca (Elektrik Milk Bath Press)
• FOUR ELEMENTS by Marge Simon, Rain Graves, Charlee Jacob, & Linda Addison (Bad Moon Books/Evil Jester Press)
• HYSTERIA: A COLLECTION OF MADNESS by Stephanie M. Wytovich (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

I’ve done my best to provide a link for each entrant if you are interested in reading or watching any of the nominated works. If you see something that needs correcting, please do let me know. Good luck to everyone who made the final ballot!

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