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| 1987 |
| Win
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Mary Shelley
(variant of Child of Light: A Reassessment of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
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Muriel Spark
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| Nomination
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Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In
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Joe Bob Briggs
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| Nomination
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The Zombies That Ate Pittsburgh: The Films of George A. Romero
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Paul R. Gagne
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| 1989 |
| Win
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Harlan Ellison's Watching
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Harlan Ellison
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| Win
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Horror: 100 Best Books
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Stephen Jones
and
Kim Newman
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| Nomination
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American Vampires: Fans, Victims, Practitioners
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Norine Dresser
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| Nomination
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H. P. Lovecraft
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Peter Cannon
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| Nomination
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Horror: A Connoisseur's Guide to Literature and Film
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Leonard Wolf
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| 1990 |
| Win
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Dark Dreamers: Conversations with the Masters of Horror
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Stanley Wiater
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| Nomination
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Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage and Screen
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David J. Skal
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| Nomination
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Horror Literature: A Reader's Guide
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Neil Barron
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| Nomination
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Joe Bob Goes Back to the Drive-In
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Joe Bob Briggs
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| Nomination
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The Weird Tale
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S. T. Joshi
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| 1991 |
| Win
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Clive Barker's Shadows in Eden
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Stephen Jones
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| Nomination
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Prism of the Night: A Biography of Anne Rice
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Katherine Ramsland
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| Nomination
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The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia
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Stephen J. Spignesi
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| Nomination
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Vampires Among Us
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Rosemary Ellen Guiley
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| 1992 |
| Win
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Cut! Horror Writers on Horror Film
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Christopher Golden
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| Nomination
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Dark Visions: Conversations with the Masters of the Horror Film
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Stanley Wiater
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| Nomination
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Men, Women and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film
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Carol J. Clover
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| Nomination
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Scare Tactics: The Art, Craft and Trade Secrets of Writing, Producing and Directing Chillers and Thrillers
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John Russo
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| Nomination
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Young Adult Horror Fiction
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Cosette Kies
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| 1993 |
| Win
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Once Around the Bloch
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Robert Bloch
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| Nomination
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The Diary of Jack the Ripper
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Michael Barrett
and
Shirley Harrison
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| Nomination
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The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror
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David J. Skal
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| 1994 |
| --- No Award Given This Year ------- |
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No Award Given This Year
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| 1995 |
| Win
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The Supernatural Index: A Listing of Fantasy, Supernatural, Occult, Weird, and Horror Anthologies
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Mike Ashley
and
William G. Contento
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| Nomination
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An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural
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James Randi
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| Nomination
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Immoral Tales: European Sex and Horror Movies 1956-1984
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Cathal Tohill
and
Pete Tombs
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| Nomination
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Psycho: Behind the Scenes of the Classic Thriller
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Janet Leigh
and
Christopher Nickens
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
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Unholy Alliance: A History of Nazi Involvement in the Occult
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Peter Levenda
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| 1996 |
| Win
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H. P. Lovecraft: A Life
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S. T. Joshi
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| Nomination
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Bram Stoker: A Biography of the Author of Dracula
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Barbara Belford
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| Nomination
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The Great Pulp Heroes
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Don Hutchison
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| Nomination
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The Illustrated Werewolf Movie Guide
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Stephen Jones
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| Nomination
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V Is for Vampire
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David J. Skal
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
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Video Watchdog
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Tim Lucas
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| 1997 |
| Win
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Dark Thoughts: On Writing
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Stanley Wiater
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| Nomination
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Clive Barker's A-Z of Horror
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Stephen Jones
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| Nomination
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Dean Koontz: A Writer's Biography
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Katherine Ramsland
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| Nomination
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The Encyclopedia of Fantasy
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John Clute
and
John Grant
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| Nomination
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The Hammer Story
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Alan Barnes
and
Marcus Hearn
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| Nomination
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Video Watchdog
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Tim Lucas
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
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Bright Darkness: The Lost Art of the Supernatural Horror Film
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Jeremy Dyson
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Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide
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John Stanley
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Dracula: The Connoisseur's Guide
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Leonard Wolf
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The Night Stalker Companion: A 25th Anniversary Tribute
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Mark Dawidziak
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| 1998 |
| Win
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DarkEcho Newsletter, Vol. 5 #1-50
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Paula Guran
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| Nomination
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A Writer's Tale
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Richard Laymon
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| Nomination
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Gothic Horror: A Reader's Guide from Poe to King and Beyond
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Clive Bloom
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| Nomination
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The Science of The X-Files
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Jeanne Cavelos
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
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Mondo Macabro: Weird and Wonderful Cinema Around the World
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Pete Tombs
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| *
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Necrofile
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Stefan Dziemianowicz
and
S. T. Joshi
and
Michael A. Morrison
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| *
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St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers
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David Pringle
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| *
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The Vampire Gallery: A Who's Who of the Undead
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J. Gordon Melton
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Video Watchdog, #s 43-48
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Tim Lucas
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| 1999 |
| Win
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DarkEcho Newsletter (all 1999 issues)
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Paula Guran
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| Nomination
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Hellnotes (all 1999 issues)
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David B. Silva
and
Paul F. Olson
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| Nomination
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The Essential Monster Movie Guide
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Stephen Jones
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| Nomination
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Vincent Price: A Daughter's Biography
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Victoria Price
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
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Fantasy and Horror: A Critical and Historical Guide to Literature, Illustration, Film, TV, Radio, and the Internet
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Neil Barron
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| *
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Gothic: Four Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, Evil and Ruin
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Richard Davenport-Hines
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| *
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Jobs in Hell (email newsletter)
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Brian Keene
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| *
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Nightmares of Mine
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Kenneth Hite
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| *
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No Go the Bogeyman: Scaring, Lulling, and Making Mock
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Marina Warner
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Video Watchdog
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Tim Lucas
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| 2000 |
| Win
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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Stephen King
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| Nomination
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At the Foot of the Story Tree: An Inquiry into the Fiction of Peter Straub
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Bill Sheehan
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| Nomination
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Hellnotes
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David B. Silva
and
Paul F. Olson
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| Nomination
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Horror of the 20th Century: An Illustrated History
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Robert Weinberg
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
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Apocalypse Culture 2
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Adam Parfrey
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| *
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Jobs in Hell (email newsletter)
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Brian Keene
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| *
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Lord of a Visible World: An Autobiography in Letters
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H. P. Lovecraft
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| *
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The Circus Fire: A True Story
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Stewart O'Nan
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| *
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The Gila Queen's Guide to Markets
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Kathryn Ptacek
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| *
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This Craft of Verse
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Jorge Luis Borges
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| *
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Weird N.J.
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Mark Moran
and
Mark Sceurman
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| *
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Writing Horror
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Edo van Belkom
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| 2001 |
| Win
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Jobs in Hell (email newsletter)
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Brian Keene
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| Nomination
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Hellnotes
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David B. Silva
and
Paul F. Olson
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| Nomination
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If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor
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Bruce Campbell
|
| Nomination
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Personal Demons
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Brian A. Hopkins
and
Garrett Peck
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
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Guilty But Insane
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Poppy Z. Brite
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House Magic: The Good Witch's Guide to Bringing Grace to Your Place
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The New Jersey Graveline
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Drew Beebe
and
John Picinich
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| 2002 |
| Win
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Ramsey Campbell, Probably: Essays on Horror and Sundry Fantasies
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Ramsey Campbell
|
| Nomination
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Hellnotes
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David B. Silva
and
Paul F. Olson
and
Garrett Peck
|
| Nomination
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Jobs in Hell (email newsletter)
|
Brian Keene
|
| Nomination
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Ralan.com
|
Ralan Conley
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| Nomination
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Supernatural Fiction Writers: Contemporary Fantasy and Horror
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Richard Bleiler
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| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
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FeoAmante.Com (http://www.feoamante.com)
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Edward C. McMullen, Jr.
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| 2003 |
| Win
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The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association
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Thomas F. Monteleone
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| Nomination
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Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman
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Smoky Man
and
Gary Spencer Millidge
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| Nomination
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Fear in a Handful of Dust: Horror as a Way of Life
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Gary A. Braunbeck
|
| Nomination
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Hellnotes
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Judi Rohrig
|
| Nomination
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Ralan.com
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Ralan Conley
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| 2004 |
| Win
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Hellnotes
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Judi Rohrig
|
| Nomination
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Hanging Out with the Dream King: Interviews with Neil Gaiman and His Collaborators
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Joseph McCabe
|
| Nomination
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Ralan’s SpecFic & Humor Webstravaganza
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Ralan Conley
|
| Nomination
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel
|
Tom Monteleone
|
| Nomination
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The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus
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Bev Vincent
|
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| 2005 |
| Win
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Horror: Another 100 Best Books
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Stephen Jones
and
Kim Newman
|
| Nomination
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Morbid Curiosity, #9
|
Loren Rhoads
|
| Nomination
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More Giants of the Genre
|
Michael McCarty
|
| Nomination
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The Bradbury Chronicles: The Life of Ray Bradbury
|
Sam Weller
|
| Nomination
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Why Buffy Matters: The Art of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Rhonda V. Wilcox
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| 2006 |
| Win
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Final Exits: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of How We Die
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Michael Largo
|
| Win
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Gospel of the Living Dead: George Romero's Visions of Hell on Earth
|
Kim Paffenroth
|
| Nomination
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Cinema Macabre
|
Mark Morris
|
| Nomination
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Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished
|
Norma Blackburn
and
David Rawsthorne
and
Rocky Wood
|
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| 2007 |
| Win
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The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange, and Downright Bizarre
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David F. Kramer
and
Jonathan Maberry
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| Nomination
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Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying TRUTH! About Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More
|
Joshua Gee
|
| Nomination
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http://storytellersunplugged.com/
|
Joe Nassise
and
David Niall Wilson
|
| Nomination
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The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich & Powerful Really Died
|
Michael Largo
|
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| 2008 |
| Win
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A Hallowe'en Anthology: Literary and Historical Writings Over the Centuries
|
Lisa Morton
|
| Nomination
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Cheap Scares!: Low Budget Horror Filmmakers Share Their Secrets
|
Gregory Lamberson
|
| Nomination
|
The Book of Lists: Horror
|
Scott Bradley
and
Del Howison
and
Amy Wallace
|
| Nomination
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Zombie CSU
|
Jonathan Maberry
|
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| 2009 |
| Win
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Writers Workshop of Horror
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Michael Knost
|
| Nomination
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http://cinemaknifefight.com/
|
L. L. Soares
and
Michael Arruda
|
| Nomination
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Stephen King: The Non-Fiction
|
Justin Brooks
and
Rocky Wood
|
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| 2010 |
| Win
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To Each Their Darkness
|
Gary A. Braunbeck
|
| Nomination
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Listen to the Echoes: The Ray Bradbury Interviews
|
Sam Weller
|
| Nomination
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The Conspiracy Against the Human Race: A Contrivance of Horror
|
Thomas Ligotti
|
| Nomination
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Wanted Undead or Alive: Vampire Hunters and Other Kick-Ass Enemies of Evil
|
Janice Gable Bashman
and
Jonathan Maberry
|
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| 2011 |
| Win
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Stephen King: A Literary Companion
|
Rocky Wood
|
| Nomination
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies
|
Matt Mogk
|
| Nomination
|
Halloween Nation: Behind the Scenes of America's Fright Night
|
Lesley Pratt Bannatyne
|
| Nomination
|
Reflections in a Glass Darkly: Essays on J. Sheridan Le Fanu
|
Gary William Crawford
and
Jim Rockhill
and
Brian J. Showers
|
| Nomination
|
Starve Better
|
Nick Mamatas
|
| Nomination
|
The Gothic Imagination: Conversations on Fantasy, Horror, and Science Fiction in the Media
|
John C. Tibbetts
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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Dark Stars Rising: Conversations from the Outer Realms
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Shade Rupe
|
| *
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Letters to James F. Morton
|
H. P. Lovecraft
|
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| 2012 |
| Win
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Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween
|
Lisa Morton
|
| Nomination
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Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film
|
Kendall R. Phillips
|
| Nomination
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The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1
|
Leslie S. Klinger
|
| Nomination
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The Undead and Theology
|
John W. Morehead
and
Kim Paffenroth
|
| Nomination
|
Writing Darkness
|
Michael R. Collings
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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Adapting Poe: Re-Imaginings in Popular Culture
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Dennis R. Perry
and
Carl H. Sederholm
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| *
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Carrie: Studies in the Horror Film
|
Joe Aisenberg
|
| *
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Conversations with Kreskin
|
The Amazing Kreskin
and
Michael McCarty
|
| *
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Write of the Living Dead: A Writing Guide for Your Dark Side
|
Rachel Lee
and
Araminta Star Matthews
and
Stan Swanson
|
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| 2013 |
| Win
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Nolan on Bradbury
|
William F. Nolan
|
| Nomination
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Images of the Modern Vampire: The Hip and the Atavistic
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Barbara Brodman
and
James E. Doan
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| Nomination
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Lovecraft and Influence: His Predecessors and Successors
|
Robert H. Waugh
|
| Nomination
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Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Modern Master of Horror
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Gary William Crawford
|
| Nomination
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The Intermedial Experience of Horror: Suspended Failures
|
Jarkko Toikkanen
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
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The Works of Tim Burton: Margins to Mainstream
|
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
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| 2014 |
| Win
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Shooting Yourself in the Head for Fun and Profit: A Writer's Survival Guide
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Lucy A. Snyder
|
| Nomination
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Disorders of Magnitude: A Survey of Dark Fantasy
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Jason V. Brock
|
| Nomination
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Horror 101: The Way Forward
|
Emma Audsley
and
Joe Mynhardt
|
| Nomination
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Lovecraft and a World in Transition
|
S. T. Joshi
|
| Nomination
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The New Annotated H. P. Lovecraft
|
H. P. Lovecraft
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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Mrs. Wakeman vs. the Antichrist and Other Strange-But-True Tales from American History
|
Robert Damon Schneck
|
| *
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The Art of Neil Gaiman
|
Hayley Campbell
|
| *
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The Creature Chronicles: Exploring the Black Lagoon Trilogy
|
Steve Kronenberg
and
David Schecter
and
Tom Weaver
|
| *
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William Hope Hodgson: Voices from the Borderland
|
Massimo Berruti
and
Sam Gafford
and
S. T. Joshi
|
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| 2015 |
| Win
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The Art of Horror: An Illustrated History
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Stephen Jones
|
| Nomination
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Author's Guide to Marketing with Teeth
|
Michael Knost
|
| Nomination
|
Horror 201: The Silver Scream
|
Emma Audsley
and
Joe Mynhardt
|
| Nomination
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Stanley Kubrick's The Shining: Studies in the Horror Film
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Danel Olson
|
| Nomination
|
The Unique Legacy of Weird Tales: The Evolution of Modern Fantasy and Horror
|
Justin Everett
and
Jeffrey H. Shanks
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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Haunted by the Abyss: The Otherworldly Experiences of Paranormal
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Sarah Soderlund
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| *
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Haunted Plantations of the South
|
Richard Southall
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| *
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Monsters and Monstrosity from the Fin de Siecle to the Millennium: New Essays
|
Rebecca A. Brown
and
Sharla Hutchison
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| 2016 |
| Win
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Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
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Ruth Franklin
|
| Nomination
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Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds
|
Leo Braudy
|
| Nomination
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In the Mountains of Madness: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of H. P. Lovecraft
|
W. Scott Poole
|
| Nomination
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Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula
|
David J. Skal
|
| Nomination
|
The Devil's Backbone and Pan's Labyrinth: Studies in the Horror Film
|
Danel P. Olson
|
| Nomination
|
The Gothic Worlds of Peter Straub
|
John C. Tibbetts
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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A Season with the Witch: The Magic and Mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts
|
J. W. Ocker
|
| *
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The Turn to Gruesomeness in American Horror Films, 1931-1936
|
Jon Towlson
|
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| 2017 |
| Win
|
Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction
|
Will Errickson
and
Grady Hendrix
|
| Nomination
|
Horror in Space: Critical Essays on a Film Subgenre
|
Michele Brittany
|
| Nomination
|
Searching for Sycorax: Black Women's Hauntings of Contemporary Horror
|
Kinitra D. Brooks
|
| Nomination
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The Art of Horror Movies: An Illustrated History
|
Stephen Jones
|
| Nomination
|
Where Nightmares Come From: The Art of Storytelling in the Horror Genre
|
Eugene Johnson
and
Joe Mynhardt
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die
|
Loren Rhoads
|
| *
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Horror Literature Through History: An Encyclopedia of the Stories That Speak to Our Deepest Fears
|
Matt Cardin
|
| |
| 2018 |
| Win
|
It's Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares to Life
|
Eugene Johnson
and
Joe Mynhardt
|
| Nomination
|
Horror Express (Panico en el Transiberiana)
|
John Connolly
|
| Nomination
|
The Howling: Studies in the Horror Film
|
Lee Gambin
|
| Nomination
|
Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series
|
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
|
| Nomination
|
We Don't Go Back: A Watcher's Guide to Folk Horror
|
Howard David Ingham
|
| --- Preliminary Nominees ------- |
| *
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A Place of Darkness: The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema
|
Kendall R. Phillips
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| *
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Adapting Frankenstein: The Monster's Eternal Lives in Popular Culture
|
Dennis R. Cutchins
and
Dennis R. Perry
|
| *
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Sleeping with the Lights On: The Unsettling Story of Horror
|
Darryl Jones
|
| *
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Wasteland: The Great War and the Origins of Modern Horror
|
W. Scott Poole
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| *
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Woman at the Devil's Door: The Untold True Story of the Hampstead Murderess
|
Sarah Beth Hopton
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| 2019 |
| Win
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Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror & Speculative Fiction
|
Melanie R. Anderson
and
|
| Nomination
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Gender, Sexuality, and Queerness in American Horror Story: Critical Essays
|
Harriet E. H. Earle
|
| Nomination
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Horror and Religion: New Literary Approaches to Theology, Race and Sexuality (Horror Studies)
|
Eleanor Beal
and
Jonathan Greenaway
|
| Nomination
|
Masks in Horror Cinema: Eyes Without Faces
|
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
|
| Nomination
|
Shapeshifters: A History
|
John B. Kachuba
|
| |
| 2020 |
| Win
|
Writing in the Dark
|
Tim Waggoner
|
| Nomination
|
1000 Women In Horror, 1895-2018
|
Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
|
| Nomination
|
End of the Road
|
Brian Keene
|
| Nomination
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The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films
|
Kelly Florence
and
Meg Hafdahl
|
| Nomination
|
The Streaming of Hill House: Essays on the Haunting Netflix Adaption
|
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
|
| Nomination
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Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre
|
Alison Peirse
|
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| 2021 |
| Win
|
Writers Workshop of Horror 2
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Michael Knost
|
| Nomination
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9/11 Gothic: Decrypting Ghosts and Trauma in New York City's Terrorism Novels
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Danel Olson
|
| Nomination
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Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters
|
Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
|
| Nomination
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Giving the Devil His Due: Satan and Cinema
|
Regina M. Hansen
and
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
|
| Nomination
|
Shirley Jackson: A Companion
|
Kristopher Woofter
|
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