By KEVIN HOOVER
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) has finalized its ballot of selections for the 2024 Bram Stoker Awards®. Nominees represent a cross-section of prolific authors who’ve created the pinnacle of dark literary works over the previous year. Highlights include:
Superior Achievement in an Anthology
- Sofia Ajram – Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror (Ghoulish Books)
- Rob Costello – We Mostly Come Out at Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures (Running Press)
- Carol Gyzander and Anna Taborska – Discontinue If Death Ensues: Tales from the Tipping Point (Flame Tree Publishing)
- Doug Murano and Michael Bailey – Long Division: Stories of Social Decay, Societal Collapse, and Bad Manners (Bad Hand Books)
- (RUE MORGUE’s own) Lindy Ryan – Mother Knows Best: Tales of Homemade Horror (A Women in Horror Anthology) (Black Spot Books)
Superior Achievement in a Novel
- Gabino Iglesias – House of Bone and Rain (Mulholland Books in US; Titan Books in UK)
- Stephen Graham Jones – I Was a Teenage Slasher (S&S/Saga Press in US; Titan Books in UK)
- Gwendolyn Kiste – The Haunting of Velkwood (S&S/Saga Press)
- Josh Malerman – Incidents Around the House (Del Rey)
- Paul Tremblay – Horror Movie (William Morrow in US; Titan Books in UK)
Superior Achievement in a YA Novel
- Adam Cesare – Clown in a Cornfield 3: The Church of Frendo (HarperCollins Children’s Books)
- Ann Fraistat – A Place for Vanishing (Delacorte Press)
- Natalie C. Parker – Come Out, Come Out (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
- Lora Senf – The Losting Fountain (Union Square & Co.)
- Joelle Wellington – The Blonde Dies First (Simon & Schuster)
The entire ballot can be viewed here. Voting is currently open to Active and Lifetime members of the HWA, and winners will be announced June 14, 2025, during the Annual Bram Stoker Awards Banquet as part of StokerCon®.
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