{"id":2612,"date":"2019-03-08T12:05:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?p=2612"},"modified":"2019-03-08T12:05:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-08T17:05:07","slug":"garden-of-eldritch-delights-nominated-for-stoker-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/garden-of-eldritch-delights-nominated-for-stoker-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden of Eldritch Delights Nominated for Stoker Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’m very happy to announce that my short story collection Garden of Eldritch Delights<\/a><\/em> has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award! The Bram Stoker Awards\u00ae will be announced\/presented during the 4th annual StokerCon\u2122 on May 11th at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The awards presentation will be live-streamed online via the convention website at http:\/\/stokercon2019.org\/<\/a>.

Here is the entire list of nominees on the final ballot:
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Superior Achievement in a Novel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Katsu, Alma \u2013 The Hunger<\/em> (G.P. Putnam\u2019s Sons)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maberry, Jonathan \u2013 Glimpse<\/em> (St. Martin\u2019s Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malerman, Josh \u2013 Unbury Carol<\/em> (Del Rey)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stoker, Dacre and Barker, J.D. \u2013 Dracul<\/em> (G.P. Putnam\u2019s Sons)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tremblay, Paul \u2013 The Cabin at the End of the World<\/em> (William Morrow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superior Achievement in a First Novel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fine, Julia \u2013 What Should Be Wild<\/em> (Harper)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grau, T.E. \u2013 I Am the River<\/em> (Lethe Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kiste, Gwendolyn \u2013 The Rust Maidens<\/em> (Trepidatio Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage, Zoje \u2013 Baby Teeth<\/em> (St. Martin\u2019s Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tremblay, Tony \u2013 The Moore House<\/em> (Twisted Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ireland, Justina \u2013 Dread Nation<\/em> (Balzer + Bray)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Legrand, Claire \u2013 Sawkill Girls<\/em> (Katherine Tegen Books)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maberry, Jonathan \u2013 Broken Lands<\/em> (Simon & Schuster)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snyman, Monique \u2013 The Night Weaver<\/em> (Gigi Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

White, Kiersten \u2013 The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein<\/em> (Delacorte Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ahmed, Saladin \u2013 Abbott<\/em> (BOOM! Studios)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azzarello, Brian \u2013 Moonshine Vol. 2: Misery Train<\/em> (Image Comics)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bunn, Cullen \u2013 Bone Parish<\/em> (BOOM! Studios)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LaValle, Victor \u2013 Victor LaValle\u2019s Destroyer<\/em> (BOOM! Studios)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liu, Marjorie \u2013 Monstress Volume 3: Haven<\/em> (Image Comics)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Bailey, Michael \u2013 Our Children, Our Teachers<\/em> (Written Backwards)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hill, Joe \u2013 You Are Released<\/em> (Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales<\/em>) (Scribner)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malik, Usman T. \u2013 Dead Lovers on Each Blade, Hung<\/em> (Nightmare Magazine<\/em> Issue #74)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mason, Rena \u2013 The Devil\u2019s Throat<\/em> (Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror<\/em>) (Adrenaline Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith, Angela Yuriko \u2013 Bitter Suites<\/em> (CreateSpace)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Landry, Jess \u2013 \u201cMutter\u201d (Fantastic Tales of Terror<\/em>) (Crystal Lake Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murray, Lee \u2013 \u201cDead End Town\u201d(Cthulhu Deep Down Under<\/em> Volume 2) (IFWG Publishing International)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neugebauer, Annie \u2013 \u201cGlove Box\u201d (The Dark City Crime & Mystery Magazine<\/em> Volume 3, Issue 4-July 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Taff, John F.D. \u2013 \u201cA Winter\u2019s Tale\u201d (Little Black Spots<\/em>) (Grey Matter Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ward, Kyla Lee \u2013 \u201cAnd in Her Eyes the City Drowned\u201d (Weirdbook<\/em> #39) (Wildside Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Files, Gemma \u2013 Spectral Evidence<\/em> (Trepidatio Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guignard, Eric J. \u2013 That Which Grows Wild<\/em> (Cemetery Dance Publications)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Iglesias, Gabino \u2013 Coyote Songs<\/em> (Broken River Books)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snyder, Lucy A. \u2013 Garden of Eldritch Delights<\/em> (Raw Dog Screaming Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waggoner, Tim \u2013 Dark and Distant Voices: A Story Collection<\/em> (Nightscape Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Aster, Ari \u2013 Hereditary<\/em> (PalmStar Media)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Averill, Meredith \u2013 The Haunting of Hill House: The Bent-Neck Lady<\/em>, Episode 01:05 (Amblin Television, FlanaganFilm, Paramount Television)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Garland, Alex \u2013 Annihilation<\/em> (DNA Films, Paramount Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, Skydance Media)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heisserer, Eric \u2013 Bird Box<\/em> (Bluegrass Films, Chris Morgan Productions, Universal Pictures)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woods, Bryan, Beck, Scott, and Krasinski, John \u2013 A Quiet Place<\/em> (Platinum Dunes, Sunday Night)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superior Achievement in an Anthology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Chambers, James, Grey, April, and Masterson, Robert \u2013 A New York State of Fright: Horror Stories from the Empire State<\/em> (Hippocampus Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Datlow, Ellen \u2013 The Devil and the Deep: Horror Stories of the Sea<\/em> (Night Shade Books)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guignard, Eric J. \u2013 A World of Horror<\/em> (Dark Moon Books)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murray, Lee \u2013 Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror <\/em>(Adrenaline Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ward, D. Alexander \u2013 Lost Highways: Dark Fictions from the Road<\/em> (Crystal Lake Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Connolly, John \u2013 Horror Express<\/em> (PS Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gambin, Lee \u2013 The Howling: Studies in the Horror Film<\/em> (Centipede Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingham, Howard David \u2013 We Don\u2019t Go Back: A Watcher\u2019s Guide to Folk Horror<\/em> (Room 207 Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mynhardt, Joe and Johnson, Eugene \u2013 It\u2019s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life<\/em> (Crystal Lake Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wetmore Jr., Kevin J. \u2013 Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series<\/em> (McFarland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Boston, Bruce \u2013 Artifacts<\/em> (Independent Legions Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cowen, David E. \u2013 Bleeding Saffron<\/em> (Weasel Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lynch, Donna \u2013 Witches<\/em> (Raw Dog Screaming Press)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Simon, Marge and Manzetti, Alessandro \u2013 War<\/em> (Crystal Lake Publishing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tantlinger, Sara \u2013 The Devil\u2019s Dreamland<\/em> (Strangehouse Books)<\/p>\n\n\n\n



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