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| 1987 |
| Win
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The Essential Ellison
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Harlan Ellison
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| Nomination
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Foreword: The Left-Handed Muse
|
Lewis Shiner
|
| Nomination
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Midnight Pleasures
|
Robert Bloch
|
| Nomination
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Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death
|
Ramsey Campbell
|
| Nomination
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Why Not You and I?
|
Karl Edward Wagner
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| 1988 |
| Win
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Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories
|
Charles Beaumont
|
| Nomination
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Angry Candy
|
Harlan Ellison
|
| Nomination
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Blood and Water and Other Tales
|
Patrick McGrath
|
| Nomination
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Scare Tactics
|
John Farris
|
| Nomination
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The Blood Kiss
|
Dennis Etchison
|
| Nomination
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The Toynbee Convector
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Ray Bradbury
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| 1989 |
| Win
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Richard Matheson: Collected Stories
|
Richard Matheson
|
| Nomination
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Blue World and Other Stories
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Robert R. McCammon
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| Nomination
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By Bizarre Hands
|
Joe R. Lansdale
|
| Nomination
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Patterns
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Pat Cadigan
|
| Nomination
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Soft and Others
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F. Paul Wilson
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| 1990 |
| Win
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Four Past Midnight
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Stephen King
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| Nomination
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Houses Without Doors
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Peter Straub
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| Nomination
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Prayers to Broken Stones
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Dan Simmons
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| Nomination
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The Brains of Rats
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Michael Blumlein
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| 1991 |
| Win
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Prayers to Broken Stones
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Dan Simmons
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| Nomination
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Sexpunks & Savage Sagas
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Richard Sutphen
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| Nomination
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The Naked Flesh of Feeling
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J. N. Williamson
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| Nomination
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Waking Nightmares
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Ramsey Campbell
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| 1992 |
| Win
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Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales
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Norman Partridge
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| Nomination
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Fantastic Tales
(translation of Racconti fantastici)
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I. U. Tarchetti
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| Nomination
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Nightmare Flower
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Elizabeth Engstrom
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| 1993 |
| Win
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Alone with the Horrors
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Ramsey Campbell
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| Nomination
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A Good, Secret Place
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Richard Laymon
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| Nomination
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Close to the Bone
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Lucy Taylor
|
| Nomination
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Lovedeath
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Dan Simmons
|
| Nomination
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes
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Stephen King
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| 1994 |
| Win
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The Early Fears
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Robert Bloch
|
| Nomination
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Born Bad
|
Andrew Vachss
|
| Nomination
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The Flesh Artist
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Lucy Taylor
|
| Nomination
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Writer of the Purple Rage
|
Joe R. Lansdale
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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Nameless Sins
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Nancy A. Collins
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| 1995 |
| Win
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The Panic Hand
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Jonathan Carroll
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| Nomination
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Cages
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Ed Gorman
|
| Nomination
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Strange Highways
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Dean Koontz
|
| Nomination
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The Black Carousel
|
Charles Grant
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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Pentacle
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Tom Piccirilli
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| *
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The Language of Fear
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Del James
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| *
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The Second Wish and Other Exhalations
|
Brian Lumley
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| 1996 |
| Win
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The Nightmare Factory
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Thomas Ligotti
|
| Nomination
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Shadow Dreams
|
Elizabeth Massie
|
| Nomination
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The Convulsion Factory
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Brian Hodge
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| Nomination
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The Pavilion of Frozen Women
|
S. P. Somtow
|
| Nomination
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With Wounds Still Wet
|
Wayne Allen Sallee
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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Bad Intentions
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Norman Partridge
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| *
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Midnight Promises
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Richard T. Chizmar
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| *
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Painfreak
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Gerard Daniel Houarner
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| 1997 |
| Win
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Exorcisms and Ecstasies
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Karl Edward Wagner
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| Nomination
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Painted in Blood
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Lucy Taylor
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| Nomination
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The Throne of Bones
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Brian McNaughton
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| Nomination
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Things Left Behind
|
Gary A. Braunbeck
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
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Distorture
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Rob Hardin
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| *
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Fiends
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Richard Laymon
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| *
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Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories
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Sharyn McCrumb
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| *
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Horizon Lines
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Jeffrey Osier
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| *
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Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror
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James Hynes
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| *
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The Dog Syndrome & Other Sick Puppies
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Tom Piccirilli
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| *
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The Final Trick of Funnyman and Other Stories
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Bruce Taylor
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The Mirror of Night
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Roberta Lannes
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| 1998 |
| Win
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Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Dark Side
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John Shirley
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| Nomination
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Leavings
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P. D. Cacek
|
| Nomination
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Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
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Neil Gaiman
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| Nomination
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The Cleft and Other Odd Tales
|
Gahan Wilson
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
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Crypt Orchids
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David J. Schow
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| *
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Death Drives a Semi
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Edo van Belkom
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| *
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Falling Idols
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Brian Hodge
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| *
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Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies
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Robert Bloch
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| *
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Last Summer at Mars Hill
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Elizabeth Hand
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| *
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One Day Closer to Death: Eight Stabs at Immortality
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Bradley Denton
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| *
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The Collector of Hearts
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Joyce Carol Oates
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| *
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The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard
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Jack Ketchum
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| *
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The Night We Buried Road Dog
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Jack Cady
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| 1999 |
| Win
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The Nightmare Chronicles
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Douglas Clegg
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| Nomination
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Death Drives a Semi
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Edo van Belkom
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| Nomination
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Deep into that Darkness Peering
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Tom Piccirilli
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| Nomination
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Hearts in Atlantis
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Stephen King
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
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All of Us Are Dying
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George Clayton Johnson
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| *
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Black Evening
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David Morrell
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| *
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Broken on the Wheel of Sex
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Jack Ketchum
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| *
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Brotherly Love: and Other Tales of Trust and Knowledge
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David Case
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| *
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Demons, Freaks and Other Abnormalities
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Michael Laimo
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| *
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Down to Sleep
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Greg F. Gifune
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| *
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Dread in the Beast
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Charlee Jacob
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| *
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Everybody Pays
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Andrew Vachss
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| *
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Flesh Wounds
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Brian A. Hopkins
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| *
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Night Tales
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John Maclay
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| *
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Really, Really, Really, Really, Weird Stories
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John Shirley
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| *
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Salt Snake and Other Bloody Cuts
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Simon Clark
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| *
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The Alchemy of Love
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Elizabeth Engstrom
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| *
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The Crawling Abattoir
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Martin Mundt
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| *
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The Devil with You!
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Robert Bloch
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| *
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The House Spider and Other Strange Visitors
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Kurt Newton
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| *
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The Longest Single Note and Other Strange Compositions
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Peter Crowther
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| *
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The Sound of His Horn and The King of the Lake
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Sarban
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| *
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The Ushers
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Edward Lee
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| *
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What You Make It
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Michael Marshall Smith
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| 2000 |
| Win
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Magic Terror: Seven Tales
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Peter Straub
|
| Nomination
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City Fishing
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Steve Rasnic Tem
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| Nomination
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Up, Out of Cities That Blow Hot and Cold
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Charlee Jacob
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| Nomination
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Wind Over Heaven and Other Dark Tales
|
Bruce Holland Rogers
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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Black Evening
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David Morrell
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| *
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Cage of Bones & Other Deadly Obsessions
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John Everson
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| *
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Dystopia: Collected Stories
|
Richard Christian Matheson
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| *
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Frights of Fancy
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J. N. Williamson
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| *
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Ghost Music and Other Tales
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Thomas Tessier
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| *
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Ghosts, Spirits, Computers and World Machines
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Gene O'Neill
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| *
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I Love You and There Is Nothing You Can Do About It
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Gerard Houarner
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| *
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Moon on the Water
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Mort Castle
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| *
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Night Freight
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Bill Pronzini
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| *
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Punktown
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Jeffrey Thomas
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| *
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Scary Rednecks and Other Inbred Horrors
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Weston Ochse
and
David Whitman
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| *
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Tales of Pain and Wonder
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| *
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Terror Incognita
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Jeffrey Thomas
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| *
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Thank You for the Flowers
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Scott Nicholson
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| *
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The Death Artist
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Dennis Etchison
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| *
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The Vampire Stories of Nancy Kilpatrick
|
Nancy Kilpatrick
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| *
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Toybox
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Al Sarrantonio
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| 2001 |
| Win
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The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists
|
Norman Partridge
|
| Nomination
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As the Sun Goes Down
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Tim Lebbon
|
| Nomination
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The Dark Fantastic
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Ed Gorman
|
| Nomination
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The Whisperer and Other Voices
|
Brian Lumley
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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4X4
|
Geoff Cooper
and
Michael T. Huyck, Jr.
and
Brian Keene
and
Michael Oliveri
|
| *
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Cobwebs and Whispers
|
Scott Thomas
|
| *
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Dial Your Dreams
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Robert Weinberg
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| *
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Escaping Purgatory
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Gary A. Braunbeck
and
Alan M. Clark
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| *
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Eye
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David J. Schow
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| *
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Heretics
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Greg F. Gifune
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| *
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Meet Me in the Moon Room
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Ray Vukcevich
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| *
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Night Moves and Other Stories
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Tim Powers
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| *
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No Rest for the Wicked Redux
|
Brian Keene
|
| *
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Salt Water Tears
|
Brian A. Hopkins
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| *
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Six Inch Spikes
|
Edo van Belkom
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| *
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Stranger Things Happen
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Kelly Link
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| *
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Talking in the Dark
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Dennis Etchison
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| *
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These I Know by Heart
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Brian A. Hopkins
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| *
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Through Shattered Glass
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David B. Silva
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| *
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Wondrous Strange: Tales of the Uncanny
|
Robin Spriggs
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| 2002 |
| Win
|
One More for the Road
|
Ray Bradbury
|
| Nomination
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Everything's Eventual
|
Stephen King
|
| Nomination
|
Knuckles and Tales
(variant of Knuckles & Tales)
|
Nancy A. Collins
|
| Nomination
|
Nations of the Living, Nations of the Dead
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Mort Castle
|
| Nomination
|
The Collection
|
Bentley Little
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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Aaaiiieee!!!
|
Jeffrey Thomas
|
| *
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All Too Surreal
|
Tim Waggoner
|
| *
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Caliban and Other Tales
|
Robert Devereaux
|
| *
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Christmas Trees and Monkeys
|
Daniel G. Keohane
|
| *
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Dark Demons
|
Kurt Newton
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| *
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Die Laughing!
|
John R. Platt
|
| *
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Dragonfly
|
Brian Knight
|
| *
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Five Days on the Banks of Acheron
|
Jason Brannon
|
| *
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Guises
|
Charlee Jacob
|
| *
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Lies and Ugliness
|
Brian Hodge
|
| *
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Maternal Instinct
|
J. F. Gonzalez
|
| *
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Restless Shades
|
Paul Melniczek
|
| *
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Visions Through a Shattered Lens
|
Gerard Houarner
|
| *
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Worlds Enough and Time
|
Dan Simmons
|
| |
| 2003 |
| Nomination
|
Bibliomancy
|
Elizabeth Hand
|
| Nomination
|
Fangs and Angel Wings
|
Karen E. Taylor
|
| Nomination
|
Graveyard People: The Collected Cedar Hill Stories, Volume 1
|
Gary A. Braunbeck
|
| Nomination
|
Peaceable Kingdom
|
Jack Ketchum
|
| Nomination
|
Told by the Dead
|
Ramsey Campbell
|
| |
| 2004 |
| Win
|
Fearful Symmetries
|
Thomas F. Monteleone
|
| Nomination
|
100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories
|
Michael A. Arnzen
|
| Nomination
|
Demonized: Short Stories
|
Christopher Fowler
|
| Nomination
|
Fears Unnamed
|
Tim Lebbon
|
| Nomination
|
The Machinery of Night
|
Douglas Clegg
|
| |
| 2005 |
| Win
|
20th Century Ghosts
|
Joe Hill
|
| Nomination
|
Haunted
|
Chuck Palahniuk
|
| Nomination
|
Looking for Jake and Other Stories
(variant of Looking for Jake: Stories)
|
|
| Nomination
|
Magic for Beginners
|
Kelly Link
|
| |
| 2006 |
| Win
|
Destinations Unknown
|
Gary A. Braunbeck
|
| Nomination
|
American Morons
|
Glen Hirshberg
|
| Nomination
|
Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear
|
Terry Dowling
|
| Nomination
|
The Commandments
|
Angeline Hawkes
|
| Nomination
|
The Empire of Ice Cream
|
Jeffrey Ford
|
| |
| 2007 |
| Win
|
Proverbs for Monsters
|
Michael A. Arnzen
|
| Nomination
|
5 Stories
|
Peter Straub
|
| Nomination
|
Defining Moments
|
David Niall Wilson
|
| Nomination
|
Old Devil Moon
|
Christopher Fowler
|
| Nomination
|
The Imago Sequence and Other Stories
|
Laird Barron
|
| |
| 2008 |
| Win
|
Just After Sunset
|
Stephen King
|
| Nomination
|
Gleefully Macabre Tales
|
Jeff Strand
|
| Nomination
|
Mama's Boy and Other Dark Tales
|
Fran Friel
|
| Nomination
|
Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters
|
John Langan
|
| Nomination
|
The Number 121 to Pennsylvania & Others
|
Kealan Patrick Burke
|
| |
| 2009 |
| Win
|
Taste of Tenderloin
|
Gene O'Neill
|
| Nomination
|
Got to Kill Them All & Other Stories
|
Dennis Etchison
|
| Nomination
|
In the Closet, Under the Bed
|
Lee Thomas
|
| Nomination
|
Martyrs & Monsters
|
Robert Dunbar
|
| |
| 2010 |
| Win
|
Full Dark, No Stars
|
Stephen King
|
| Nomination
|
A Host of Shadows
|
Harry Shannon
|
| Nomination
|
Blood and Gristle
|
Michael Louis Calvillo
|
| Nomination
|
Occultation and Other Stories
|
Laird Barron
|
| Nomination
|
The Ones That Got Away
|
Stephen Graham Jones
|
| |
| 2011 |
| Win
|
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares
|
Joyce Carol Oates
|
| Nomination
|
Monsters of L.A.
|
Lisa Morton
|
| Nomination
|
Multiplex Fandango
|
Weston Ochse
|
| Nomination
|
Red Gloves, Volume I & II
|
Christopher Fowler
|
| Nomination
|
Two Worlds and In Between
|
|
| Nomination
|
Voices: Tales of Horror
|
Lawrence C. Connolly
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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Eldritch Evolutions
|
Lois H. Gresh
|
| *
|
Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & Other Horrors
|
Livia Llewellyn
|
| *
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Let's Play White
|
Chesya Burke
|
| *
|
Mrs Midnight and Other Stories
|
Reggie Oliver
|
| *
|
The Last Days of Kali Yuga
|
Paul Haines
|
| |
| 2012 |
| Win
|
Black Dahlia & White Rose
|
Joyce Carol Oates
|
| Win
|
New Moon on the Water
|
Mort Castle
|
| Nomination
|
Errantry: Strange Stories
|
Elizabeth Hand
|
| Nomination
|
The Janus Tree and Other Stories
|
Glen Hirshberg
|
| Nomination
|
The Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected Stories
|
Jonathan Carroll
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
|
Ad Nauseam
|
C. W. LaSart
|
| *
|
Beautiful Sorrows
|
Mercedes M. Yardley
|
| *
|
Christmas Ghost Stories: A Collection of Winter Tales
|
Mark Onspaugh
|
| *
|
These Old Tales
|
Kenneth W. Cain
|
| *
|
Valentines for the Dead
|
Corrine De Winter
|
| *
|
Where Furnaces Burn
|
Joel Lane
|
| |
| 2013 |
| Win
|
The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories
|
Laird Barron
|
| Nomination
|
Bible Stories for Secular Humanists
|
S. P. Somtow
|
| Nomination
|
Dance of the Blue Lady
|
Gene O'Neill
|
| Nomination
|
North American Lake Monsters: Stories
|
Nathan Ballingrud
|
| Nomination
|
The Ape's Wife and Other Stories
|
|
| Nomination
|
The Tears of Isis
|
James Dorr
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
|
Deeply Twisted
|
Chantal Noordeloos
|
| *
|
Flowers of the Sea: Thirteen Stories and Two Novellas
|
Reggie Oliver
|
| *
|
The Crossroads: A Collection of Narrative Horror
|
K. Trap Jones
|
| *
|
They Might Be Demons
|
Max Booth, III
|
| |
| 2014 |
| Win
|
Soft Apocalypses
|
Lucy A. Snyder
|
| Nomination
|
After the People Lights Have Gone Off
|
Stephen Graham Jones
|
| Nomination
|
Gifts for the One Who Comes After
|
Helen Marshall
|
| Nomination
|
Little by Little
|
John R. Little
|
| Nomination
|
The End in All Beginnings
|
John F. D. Taff
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
|
Escape Plans
|
David Sakmyster
|
| *
|
Inkblots and Blood Spots
|
Michael Bailey
|
| *
|
Songs for the Lost
|
Alexander Zelenyj
|
| *
|
The Madeleine Wheel: Playing With Spiders
|
Terrence Scott
|
| *
|
The Untold Tales of Ozman Droom
|
Robin Spriggs
|
| |
| 2015 |
| Win
|
While the Black Stars Burn
|
Lucy A. Snyder
|
| Nomination
|
Halfway Down the Stairs
|
Gary A. Braunbeck
|
| Nomination
|
The Dark at the End of the Tunnel
|
Taylor Grant
|
| Nomination
|
The Hitchhiking Effect
|
Gene O'Neill
|
| Nomination
|
The Mirrors
|
Nicole Cushing
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
|
Apocalypse Girl Dreaming
|
Jennifer Brozek
|
| *
|
Dominoes in Time
|
Matthew Warner
|
| *
|
New Avalon: Love and Loss in the City of Steam
|
Neal F. Litherland
|
| *
|
Sacrificing Virgins
|
John Everson
|
| *
|
The Abandonment of Grace and Everything After
|
Shane Jiraiya Cummings
|
| |
| 2016 |
| Win
|
The Doll-Master and Other Tales of Terror
|
Joyce Carol Oates
|
| Nomination
|
A Long December
|
Richard Chizmar
|
| Nomination
|
American Nocturne
|
Hank Schwaeble
|
| Nomination
|
Lethal Birds
|
Gene O'Neill
|
| Nomination
|
Swift to Chase
|
Laird Barron
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
|
A Tiding of Magpies
|
Pete Sutton
|
| *
|
Greener Pastures
|
Michael Wehunt
|
| *
|
Meet Me in the Middle of the Air
|
Eric Schaller
|
| *
|
Sylvan Dread: Tales of Pastoral Darkness
|
Richard Gavin
|
| *
|
The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales
|
Daniel Braum
|
| |
| 2017 |
| Win
|
Strange Weather
|
Joe Hill
|
| Nomination
|
And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe
|
Gwendolyn Kiste
|
| Nomination
|
Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas
|
Josh Malerman
|
| Nomination
|
The Carp-Faced Boy and Other Tales
|
Thersa Matsuura
|
| Nomination
|
Writing Madness
|
Patrick McGrath
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
|
Behold the Void
|
Philip Fracassi
|
| *
|
Embers
|
Kenneth W. Cain
|
| *
|
Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories
|
Deborah Sheldon
|
| *
|
Speaking to Skull Kings and Other Stories
|
Emily B. Cataneo
|
| *
|
The Dreamer in Fire and Other Stories
|
Sam Gafford
|
| *
|
Tombs: A Chronicle of Latter-Day Times of Earth
|
James S. Dorr
|
| |
| 2018 |
| Win
|
That Which Grows Wild
|
Eric J. Guignard
|
| Nomination
|
Coyote Songs
|
Gabino Iglesias
|
| Nomination
|
Dark and Distant Voices
|
Tim Waggoner
|
| Nomination
|
Garden of Eldritch Delights
|
Lucy A. Snyder
|
| Nomination
|
Spectral Evidence
|
Gemma Files
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
|
Apple and Knife
|
Intan Paramaditha
|
| *
|
Frozen Shadows and Other Chilling Stories
|
Gene O'Neill
|
| *
|
Little Black Spots
|
John F. D. Taff
|
| *
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Occasional Beasts
|
John Claude Smith
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| *
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Octoberland
|
Thana Niveau
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| *
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Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked
|
Christa Carmen
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| |
| 2019 |
| Win
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Growing Things and Other Stories
|
Paul Tremblay
|
| Nomination
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Exhalation
|
Ted Chiang
|
| Nomination
|
Lady Bits
|
Kate Jonez
|
| Nomination
|
Out of Water
|
Sarah Read
|
| Nomination
|
Sefira and Other Betrayals
|
John Langan
|
| |
| 2020 |
| Win
|
Grotesque: Monster Stories
|
Lee Murray
|
| Nomination
|
Bloody Britain
|
Anna Taborska
|
| Nomination
|
Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies
|
John Langan
|
| Nomination
|
The Cuckoo Girls
|
Patricia Lillie
|
| Nomination
|
|
Kathe Koja
|
| |
| 2021 |
| Win
|
In That Endlessness, Our End
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Gemma Files
|
| Nomination
|
Beneath a Pale Sky
|
Philip Fracassi
|
| Nomination
|
Empty Graves: Tales of the Living Dead
|
Jonathan Maberry
|
| Nomination
|
The Dead Hours of Night
|
Lisa Tuttle
|
| Nomination
|
The Ghost Sequences
|
A. C. Wise
|