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Award Category: Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection (Bram Stoker Award)

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1987
Win The Essential Ellison Harlan Ellison
Nomination Foreword: The Left-Handed Muse Lewis Shiner
Nomination Midnight Pleasures Robert Bloch
Nomination Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death Ramsey Campbell
Nomination Why Not You and I? Karl Edward Wagner
1988
Win Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories Charles Beaumont
Nomination Angry Candy Harlan Ellison
Nomination Blood and Water and Other Tales Patrick McGrath
Nomination Scare Tactics John Farris
Nomination The Blood Kiss Dennis Etchison
Nomination The Toynbee Convector Ray Bradbury
1989
Win Richard Matheson: Collected Stories Richard Matheson
Nomination Blue World and Other Stories Robert R. McCammon
Nomination By Bizarre Hands Joe R. Lansdale
Nomination Patterns Pat Cadigan
Nomination Soft and Others F. Paul Wilson
1990
Win Four Past Midnight Stephen King
Nomination Houses Without Doors Peter Straub
Nomination Prayers to Broken Stones Dan Simmons
Nomination The Brains of Rats Michael Blumlein
1991
Win Prayers to Broken Stones Dan Simmons
Nomination Sexpunks & Savage Sagas Richard Sutphen
Nomination The Naked Flesh of Feeling J. N. Williamson
Nomination Waking Nightmares Ramsey Campbell
1992
Win Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales Norman Partridge
Nomination Fantastic Tales (translation of Racconti fantastici) I. U. Tarchetti
Nomination Nightmare Flower Elizabeth Engstrom
1993
Win Alone with the Horrors Ramsey Campbell
Nomination A Good, Secret Place Richard Laymon
Nomination Close to the Bone Lucy Taylor
Nomination Lovedeath Dan Simmons
Nomination Nightmares & Dreamscapes Stephen King
1994
Win The Early Fears Robert Bloch
Nomination Born Bad Andrew Vachss
Nomination The Flesh Artist Lucy Taylor
Nomination Writer of the Purple Rage Joe R. Lansdale
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* Nameless Sins Nancy A. Collins
1995
Win The Panic Hand Jonathan Carroll
Nomination Cages Ed Gorman
Nomination Strange Highways Dean Koontz
Nomination The Black Carousel Charles Grant
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* Pentacle Tom Piccirilli
* The Language of Fear Del James
* The Second Wish and Other Exhalations Brian Lumley
1996
Win The Nightmare Factory Thomas Ligotti
Nomination Shadow Dreams Elizabeth Massie
Nomination The Convulsion Factory Brian Hodge
Nomination The Pavilion of Frozen Women S. P. Somtow
Nomination With Wounds Still Wet Wayne Allen Sallee
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* Bad Intentions Norman Partridge
* Midnight Promises Richard T. Chizmar
* Painfreak Gerard Daniel Houarner
1997
Win Exorcisms and Ecstasies Karl Edward Wagner
Nomination Painted in Blood Lucy Taylor
Nomination The Throne of Bones Brian McNaughton
Nomination Things Left Behind Gary A. Braunbeck
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* Distorture Rob Hardin
* Fiends Richard Laymon
* Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories Sharyn McCrumb
* Horizon Lines Jeffrey Osier
* Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror James Hynes
* The Dog Syndrome & Other Sick Puppies Tom Piccirilli
* The Final Trick of Funnyman and Other Stories Bruce Taylor
* The Mirror of Night Roberta Lannes
1998
Win Black Butterflies: A Flock on the Dark Side John Shirley
Nomination Leavings P. D. Cacek
Nomination Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions Neil Gaiman
Nomination The Cleft and Other Odd Tales Gahan Wilson
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* Crypt Orchids David J. Schow
* Death Drives a Semi Edo van Belkom
* Falling Idols Brian Hodge
* Flowers from the Moon and Other Lunacies Robert Bloch
* Last Summer at Mars Hill Elizabeth Hand
* One Day Closer to Death: Eight Stabs at Immortality Bradley Denton
* The Collector of Hearts Joyce Carol Oates
* The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard Jack Ketchum
* The Night We Buried Road Dog Jack Cady
1999
Win The Nightmare Chronicles Douglas Clegg
Nomination Death Drives a Semi Edo van Belkom
Nomination Deep into that Darkness Peering Tom Piccirilli
Nomination Hearts in Atlantis Stephen King
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* All of Us Are Dying and Other Stories George Clayton Johnson
* Black Evening David Morrell
* Broken on the Wheel of Sex Jack Ketchum
* Brotherly Love: and Other Tales of Trust and Knowledge David Case
* Demons, Freaks and Other Abnormalities Michael Laimo
* Down to Sleep Greg F. Gifune
* Dread in the Beast Charlee Jacob
* Everybody Pays Andrew Vachss
* Flesh Wounds Brian A. Hopkins
* Night Tales John Maclay
* Really, Really, Really, Really, Weird Stories John Shirley
* Salt Snake and Other Bloody Cuts Simon Clark
* The Alchemy of Love Elizabeth Engstrom
* The Crawling Abattoir Martin Mundt
* The Devil with You! Robert Bloch
* The House Spider and Other Strange Visitors Kurt Newton
* The Longest Single Note and Other Strange Compositions Peter Crowther
* The Sound of His Horn and The King of the Lake Sarban
* The Ushers Edward Lee
* What You Make It Michael Marshall Smith
2000
Win Magic Terror: Seven Tales Peter Straub
Nomination City Fishing Steve Rasnic Tem
Nomination Up, Out of Cities That Blow Hot and Cold Charlee Jacob
Nomination Wind Over Heaven and Other Dark Tales Bruce Holland Rogers
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* Black Evening David Morrell
* Cage of Bones & Other Deadly Obsessions John Everson
* Dystopia: Collected Stories Richard Christian Matheson
* Frights of Fancy J. N. Williamson
* Ghost Music and Other Tales Thomas Tessier
* Ghosts, Spirits, Computers and World Machines Gene O'Neill
* I Love You and There Is Nothing You Can Do About It Gerard Houarner
* Moon on the Water Mort Castle
* Night Freight Bill Pronzini
* Punktown Jeffrey Thomas
* Scary Rednecks and Other Inbred Horrors Weston Ochse and David Whitman
* Tales of Pain and Wonder
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
* Terror Incognita Jeffrey Thomas
* Thank You for the Flowers Scott Nicholson
* The Death Artist Dennis Etchison
* The Vampire Stories of Nancy Kilpatrick Nancy Kilpatrick
* Toybox Al Sarrantonio
2001
Win The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists Norman Partridge
Nomination As the Sun Goes Down Tim Lebbon
Nomination The Dark Fantastic Ed Gorman
Nomination The Whisperer and Other Voices Brian Lumley
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* 4X4 Geoff Cooper and Michael T. Huyck, Jr. and Brian Keene and Michael Oliveri
* Cobwebs and Whispers Scott Thomas
* Dial Your Dreams & Other Nightmares Robert Weinberg
* Escaping Purgatory Gary A. Braunbeck and Alan M. Clark
* Eye David J. Schow
* Heretics Greg F. Gifune
* Meet Me in the Moon Room Ray Vukcevich
* Night Moves and Other Stories Tim Powers
* No Rest for the Wicked Redux Brian Keene
* Salt Water Tears Brian A. Hopkins
* Six Inch Spikes Edo van Belkom
* Stranger Things Happen Kelly Link
* Talking in the Dark: Selected Stories Dennis Etchison
* These I Know by Heart Brian A. Hopkins
* Through Shattered Glass David B. Silva
* Wondrous Strange: Tales of the Uncanny Robin Spriggs
2002
Win One More for the Road Ray Bradbury
Nomination 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 Mort Castle
Nomination The Collection Bentley Little
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* Aaaiiieee!!! Jeffrey Thomas
* All Too Surreal Tim Waggoner
* Caliban and Other Tales Robert Devereaux
* Christmas Trees and Monkeys Daniel G. Keohane
* Dark Demons Kurt Newton
* Die Laughing! John R. Platt
* Dragonfly Brian Knight
* Five Days on the Banks of Acheron Jason Brannon
* Guises Charlee Jacob
* Lies & Ugliness Brian Hodge
* Maternal Instinct J. F. Gonzalez
* Restless Shades Paul Melniczek
* Visions Through a Shattered Lens Gerard Houarner
* Worlds Enough and Time Dan Simmons
2003
Nomination Bibliomancy Elizabeth Hand
Nomination Fangs and Angel Wings Karen E. Taylor
Nomination Graveyard People 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)
China Miéville?China Mieville
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
Preliminary nomination by jury.
The Corn Maiden and Other Nightmares Joyce Carol Oates
Nomination
Preliminary nomination by recommendation.
Monsters of L.A. Lisa Morton
Nomination
Preliminary nomination by recommendation.
Multiplex Fandango Weston Ochse
Nomination
Preliminary nomination by jury. Nomination is for "The London Horrors"
Red Gloves, Volume I & II Christopher Fowler
Nomination
Preliminary nomination by jury.
Two Worlds and In Between
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
Nomination
Preliminary nomination by recommendation.
Voices: Tales of Horror Lawrence C. Connolly
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Preliminary nomination by recommendation.
Eldritch Evolutions Lois H. Gresh
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Preliminary nomination by jury.
Engines of Desire: Tales of Love & Other Horrors Livia Llewellyn
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Preliminary nomination by recommendation.
Let's Play White Chesya Burke
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Preliminary nomination by jury.
Mrs Midnight and Other Stories Reggie Oliver
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Preliminary nomination by recommendation.
The Last Days of Kali Yuga Paul Haines
2012
Win
tie
Black Dahlia & White Rose Joyce Carol Oates
Win
tie
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
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* 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
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
Nomination The Tears of Isis James Dorr
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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* 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
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* Apple and Knife Intan Paramaditha
* Frozen Shadows and Other Chilling Stories Gene O'Neill
* Little Black Spots John F. D. Taff
* Occasional Beasts John Claude Smith
* Octoberland Thana Niveau
* Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked Christa Carmen
2019
Win Growing Things and Other Stories Paul Tremblay
Nomination 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
Velo/Cities?Velocities
Kathe Koja
2021
Win In That Endlessness, Our End 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
2022
Nomination Breakable Things Cassandra Khaw
Nomination Hell Hath No Sorrow like a Woman Haunted R. J. Joseph
Nomination Spontaneous Human Combustion Richard Thomas
Nomination The Black Maybe: Liminal Tales Attila Veres
Nomination We Are Here To Hurt Each Other Paula D. Ashe
2023
Nomination Blood from the Air Gemma Files
Nomination Cold, Black, & Infinite: Stories of the Horrific and the Strange Todd Keisling
Nomination Root Rot & Other Grim Tales Sarah Read
Nomination Spin a Black Yarn Josh Malerman
Nomination The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future Christi Nogle
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