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Award Category: Superior Achievement in Short Fiction (Bram Stoker Award)

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1987
Win The Deep End Robert R. McCammon
Nomination Dat-Tay-Vao F. Paul Wilson
Nomination Friend's Best Man Jonathan Carroll
Nomination This Old Man Charles L. Grant
Nomination Traps F. Paul Wilson
1988
Win Night They Missed the Horror Show Joe R. Lansdale
Nomination Jack's Decline Lucius Shepard
Nomination Nobody Lives There Now. Nothing Happens. Carol Orlock
Nomination She's a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother Harlan Ellison
Nomination The Music of the Dark Time Chet Williamson
Nomination The Thing at the Top of the Stairs Ray Bradbury
1989
Win Eat Me Robert R. McCammon
Nomination "Yore Skin's Jes's Soft 'N Purty..." He Said. (Page 243) Chet Williamson
Nomination A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned Edward Bryant
Nomination Bodies and Heads Steve Rasnic Tem
Nomination Each Night, Each Year Kathryn Ptacek
1990
Win The Calling David B. Silva
Nomination Back Windows Steve Rasnic Tem
Nomination But You'll Never Follow Me Karl Edward Wagner
Nomination From the Papers of Helmut Hecker Chet Williamson
Nomination The Loneliest Number Edward Bryant
1991
Win Lady Madonna Nancy Holder
Nomination Love Doll: A Fable Joe R. Lansdale
Nomination Richard's Head Al Sarrantonio
Nomination The Ash of Memory, the Dust of Desire Poppy Z. Brite
Nomination The Braille Encyclopaedia Grant Morrison
Nomination Wolf Winter Maxine O'Callaghan
1992
Win This Year's Class Picture Dan Simmons
Nomination Bright Lights, Big Zombie Douglas E. Winter
Nomination Come One, Come All Gahan Wilson
Nomination Did They Get You to Trade? Karl Edward Wagner
Nomination Farm Wife Nancy Kilpatrick
1993
Win I Hear the Mermaids Singing Nancy Holder
Nomination Death Fiend Guerillas William S. Burroughs
Nomination Distances Sherman Alexie
Nomination Pain Grin Wayne Allen Sallee
Nomination The Dog Park Dennis Etchison
1994
Win Cafe Endless: Spring Rain Nancy Holder
Win The Box Jack Ketchum
Nomination Mr. Torso Edward Lee
Nomination Silent Pace Jerry Ahern and Sharon Ahern
Nomination Things of Which We Do Not Speak Lucy Taylor
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* A Complete Woman Roberta Lannes
* A Wind from the South Dennis Etchison
* Dial Your Dreams Robert Weinberg
* Little Black Bags Clark Perry
* Salt P. D. Cacek
* Spooge Monkeys Wayne Edwards
* The Call Mort Castle
* The Ocean and All Its Devices William Browning Spencer
* The Rose Jack Ketchum
1995
Win Chatting with Anubis Harlan Ellison
Nomination Becky Lives Harry Crews
Nomination The Bungalow House Thomas Ligotti
Nomination The Death of the Novel William Browning Spencer
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* A 12-Step Program (for the Corporeally Challenged) Tina L. Jens
* Crone Woman Gandy Richard Gilliam
* Devil with a Blue Dress P. D. Cacek
* Extinctions in Paradise Brian Hodge
* Godflesh Brian Hodge
* Hideyhole Billie Sue Mosiman
* Hope As an Element of Cold Dark Matter Rick Wilber
* Hungry Skin Lucy Taylor
* I Feel My Body Grow Del Stone, Jr.
* Icing Up Benjamin Adams
* In His Heart Live Dragons David Niall Wilson
* Lullaby & Goodnight Wayne Allen Sallee
* Mime Games P. D. Cacek
* Mollusk Dreams Nancy Etchemendy
* Mounting the Monkeys Rick Wilber
* Persephone
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
* Psychomildew Love Lois H. Gresh
* Reality Steve Antczak
* Ro Erg Robert Weinberg
* Snip My Suckers Lois H. Gresh
* The Age of Maturity Pamela D. Hodgson
* The Best Years of My Life Yvonne Navarro
* The Frieze of Life Benjamin Adams
* The Parasitorium Del Stone, Jr.
* The Sorry Childs' Christmas Sue Storm
* These Shoes Strangers Have Died Of Bruce Holland Rogers
* Under Control Danielle D'Attilio
* VampWare Karen E. Taylor
* Yrena P. D. Cacek
1996
Win Metalica P. D. Cacek
Nomination Plan 10 from Inner Space Karl Edward Wagner
Nomination The House of Mourning Brian Stableford
Nomination The Secret Shih Tan (variant of The Secret Shih-Tan) Graham Masterton
Nomination The Slobbering Tongue That Ate the Frightfully Huge Woman Robert Devereaux
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* Call It Tom Piccirilli
* Chin Oil George Guthridge
* Having Eyes, See Ye Not? Sue Storm
* Love Letters from the Rain Forest Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee
* Neither Rain Nor Sleet Adam-Troy Castro
* October Gethsemane Sean Doolittle
* Preacherman Gets the Blues Tina L. Jens
* Silhouette Stephen Mark Rainey
* Sole Man Lois Gresh
* Taibhse Terry McGarry
* Tears Seven Times Salt
Caitlín R. Kiernan?Caitlin R. Kiernan
* The Cherry Meadow Massacre Sidney Williams
* The Five Percent People Lucy Taylor
* The Harrowing Carrie Richerson
* The Sothis Radiant Will Murray
* Underground Atlanta Gregory Nicoll
1997
Win Rat Food David Nickle and Edo van Belkom
Nomination A Plague on Both Your Houses Scott Edelman
Nomination I Am Infinite; I Contain Multitudes Douglas Clegg
Nomination Madame Babylon Brian Hodge
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* A Simple Misunderstanding Ken Abner
* Beluthahatchie Andy Duncan
* Close Encounters of Madison County Gary Brandner
* Dance in Crimson Trey R. Barker
* Dust Motes P. D. Cacek
* Here There Be Hangin's Trey R. Barker
* Razorblade Valentines Thomas S. Roche
* Saints and Martyrs Nancy Etchemendy
* Starr Bright Will Be with You Soon! Joyce Carol Oates
* The Children of Gael Benoit Bisson and Nancy Kilpatrick
* The Fisher's Daughter Thomas S. Roche
* The Great White Light Greg Kihn
* The I of the Eye of the Worm Janet Berliner and George Guthridge
* The Quick and the Dead Carrie Richerson
* The Spider in the Hairdo Michael A. Burstein
* The Ugliest Duckling S. P. Somtow
* Trophies John B. Rosenman
* Waiting for Victor Del Stone, Jr.
1998
Win The Dead Boy at Your Window Bruce Holland Rogers
Nomination Autopsy Room Four Stephen King
Nomination Blues-Born Tina L. Jens
Nomination The Rug Edo van Belkom
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* A Southern Night Jane Yolen
* Blackbirds Norman Partridge
* Blameless David Niall Wilson
* Doctor, Lawyer, Kansas City Chief Brent Monahan
* Echoes Cindie Geddes
* Every Angel Is Terrifying John Kessel
* Gills David J. Schow
* Grandpa's Head Lawrence Watt-Evans
* Haunted Charles L. Grant
* Icewall William D. Gagliani
* Lifeline Yvonne Navarro
* Lighting the Corpses Del Stone, Jr.
* Mister Pigman George Guthridge
* Night Call Richard T. Chizmar
* Please Help Me Richard Christian Matheson
* Point of Intersection Dominick Cancilla
* Scanning Richard Gilliam
* So You Wanna Be a Hitman Gary Jonas
* The Game Melanie Tem
* The Solborne Vampire Charles Sheffield
* Twins John Pelton
1999
Win After Shock F. Paul Wilson
Nomination Halloween Street Steve Rasnic Tem
Nomination The Entertainment Ramsey Campbell
Nomination The Grave P. D. Cacek
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* Burden Michael Marano
* By Invitation Only Julie Anne Parks
* Family Man Weston Ochse
* Gramps Goes Fishing Brian A. Hopkins
* Jolerarymi's Rose Geoff Cooper
* Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story Neil Gaiman
* Of Darkness I Acknowledge Mine Tom Piccirilli
* Release
Sèphera Girón?Sephera Giron
* Standing Betwixt Worlds in Delightful Agony David Whitman
* Strays Mehitobel Wilson
* That's Some Pig Brett Savory and David Niall Wilson
* The Burn Barrel Brian Keene
* The Cannibal's Daughter Eve Rings
* The Ushers Edward Lee
* The Woodshed Brian A. Hopkins
* To Wake the Dead in Nypholos Gerard Houarner
2000
Win Gone Jack Ketchum
Nomination Dead Cat Bounce Gerard Daniel Houarner
Nomination Fallen Angel Robert J. Sawyer
Nomination Mexican Moon Karen E. Taylor
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* A Dichotomy of Belief Michael Oliveri
* A Poem of Adrian, Grey Brian A. Hopkins and David Niall Wilson
* Angel Eyes Steve Eller
* Bird's Dead Mort Castle
* Bloodroses John Everson
* Comes a Cool Rain Michael Kelly
* Crocodile Gods Brian A. Hopkins
* Defining Moments David Niall Wilson
* Dirty Black Summer James Newman
* Dream Catcher Sandy DeLuca
* Madeline in Effigy Mehitobel Wilson
* Painting Blue Murders Steve Savile
* Shatter Pains Patricia Lee Macomber
* Still Crazy After All These Years Judi Rohrig
* The Dark Hearts of Stones Brian A. Hopkins
* The Dead Stay Dead Nicholas Kaufmann
* The Idea Man Steve Beai
2001
Win Reconstructing Amy Tim Lebbon
Nomination I Am Your Need Mort Castle
Nomination The Haunt Jack Ketchum
Nomination Whose Puppets, Best and Worst, Are We? David B. Silva
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* An Experiment in Human Nature Monica J. O'Rourke
* Black Roses and Hail Mary's (variant of Black Roses and Hail Marys) Maria Alexander
* Blind Mouths Judi Rohrig
* El Cura Michael T. Huyck, Jr.
* Eleven Minutes in September Brian A. Hopkins
* Holy Mother of God Weston Ochse
* How Do We Say Goodbye? Gerard Houarner
* Jimmy Dale Brett Alexander Savory
* Lamed Vov D. G. K. Goldberg
* Lest Ye Become Brian Keene
* Quickie Harry Shannon
* The Hoor's Revenge Lawrence Santoro
* The King of Shadows Maria Alexander
* The Pit Kurt Newton
* Twenty-Three Snapshots of San Francisco Seth Lindberg
* Weaver's Spell Kristy Dark
* When We Was Flab Mark McLaughlin
* Whisper Ray Vukcevich
2002
Win The Misfit Child Grows Fat on Despair Tom Piccirilli
Nomination Details
China Miéville?China Mieville
Nomination Disappearances Mort Castle
Nomination The Green Man Christopher Fowler
Nomination The Plague Species Charlee Jacob
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* 4'33 Paul Tremblay
* All the World's a Stage Brian Keene
* Attainable Beauty Monica J. O'Rourke
* Bone Sigh Tim Pratt
* Grave Song Brian A. Hopkins and Richard Wright
* Hell Came Down Tim Lebbon
* Neighbors from Hell Graham Masterton
* Pull Brian Hodge
* Rite of the Fire Demon J. V. Sanders
* Some Things Don't Wash Off Joel Arnold
* Spirits of the Flesh Seth Lindberg
* The Last Story Kristy Dark
* The Laughing Man Meets Little Cat Paul G. Tremblay
* The Quiet Kealan Patrick Burke
* Unspeakable Lucy Taylor
* White Wave of Mercy Daniel G. Keohane
2003
Win Duty Gary A. Braunbeck
Nomination Harvey's Dream Stephen King
Nomination The Haunting Joyce Carol Oates
Nomination The Last Supper Scott Edelman
Nomination The Red Bow George Saunders
2004
Win Nimitseahpah Nancy Etchemendy
Nomination A Madness of Starlings Douglas Clegg
Nomination Guts Chuck Palahniuk
Nomination Hunting Meth Zombies in the Great Nebraskan Wasteland John Farris
Nomination Just Out of Reach Gary A. Braunbeck
Nomination Singing My Sister Down Margo Lanagan
2005
Win We Now Pause for Station Identification Gary A. Braunbeck
Nomination As Others See Us Mort Castle
Nomination Haeckel's Tale Clive Barker
Nomination Invisible Steve Rasnic Tem
Nomination Times of Atonement Yvonne Navarro
2006
Win Tested Lisa Morton
Nomination 31/10 Stephen Volk
Nomination Balance Gene O'Neill
Nomination Feeding the Dead Inside Yvonne Navarro
Nomination FYI Mort Castle
2007
Win The Gentle Brush of Wings David Niall Wilson
Nomination Closet Dreams Lisa Tuttle
Nomination Letting Go John Everson
Nomination The Death Wagon Rolls On By C. Dean Andersson
Nomination The Teacher Paul Tremblay
Nomination There's No Light Between Floors Paul Tremblay
2008
Win The Lost Sarah Langan
Nomination Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment: One Daughter's Personal Account M. Rickert
Nomination Petrified Scott Edelman
Nomination The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft Nick Mamatas and Tim Pratt
Nomination Turtle Lee Thomas
2009
Win In the Porches of My Ears Norman Prentiss
Nomination Keeping Watch Nate Kenyon
Nomination Night Nurse Harry Shannon
Nomination The Crossing of Aldo Ray Weston Ochse
2010
Win The Folding Man Joe R. Lansdale
Nomination 1925: A Fall River Halloween Lisa Mannetti
Nomination Final Draft Mark Worthen
Nomination In the Middle of Poplar Street Nate Southard
Nomination Return to Mariabronn Gary A. Braunbeck
2011
Win
Preliminary nomination by jury.
Herman Wouk Is Still Alive Stephen King
Nomination
Preliminary nomination by recommendation.
All You Can Do Is Breathe Kaaron Warren
Nomination
Preliminary nomination by recommendation.
Graffiti Sonata Gene O'Neill
Nomination
Preliminary nomination by jury.
Her Husband's Hands Adam-Troy Castro
Nomination
Preliminary nomination by jury.
Home George Saunders
Nomination
Preliminary nomination by recommendation.
Hypergraphia Ken Lillie-Paetz
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*
Preliminary nomination by jury.
Atria Ramona Ausubel
*
Preliminary nomination by recommendation.
It Tears Away Michael Bailey
*
Preliminary nomination by jury.
Sunbleached Nathan Ballingrud
*
Preliminary nomination by recommendation.
X is for Xyx John Palisano
2012
Win Magdala Amygdala Lucy A. Snyder
Nomination Available Light John Palisano
Nomination Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens Joe McKinney
Nomination Righteous Weston Ochse
Nomination Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest Bruce Boston
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* A Catechism for Aspiring Amnesiacs Nicole Cushing
* Bootstrap — The Binds of Lasolastica Michael Bailey
* The Cancer Catechism Jay Lake
* The Journal of USS Indianapolis Survivor: Stefanos "Stevie" Georgiou Kevin James Breaux
2013
Win Night Train to Paris David Gerrold
Nomination Code 666 Michael Reaves
Nomination Primal Tongue Michael Bailey
Nomination Snapshot Patrick Freivald
Nomination The Geminis John Palisano
Nomination The Hunger Artist Lisa Mannetti
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* Black Tea (translation of Tè nero) Samuel Marolla
* Flowers Blooming in the Season of Atrophy Max Booth, III
* The Book with No End Colleen Anderson
* The Slipway Grey Helen Marshall
2014
Win
tie
Ruminations Rena Mason
Win
tie
The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family Usman T. Malik
Nomination Baby's Breath Sydney Leigh
Nomination Hot Tub Hal Bodner
Nomination Splinterette John Palisano
Nomination The Floating Girls: A Documentary Damien Angelica Walters
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* A Dweller in Amenty Genevieve Valentine
* Nature's Oddities Alessandro Manzetti
* Sleep Paralysis Dale Bailey
* The Street of Fruiting Bodies (translation of
くさびらの道?くさびらのみち
Kuchibira no Michi
Kusabira no Michi
)
Sayuri Ueda
* Trigger Warning Patrick Freivald
2015
Win Happy Joe's Rest Stop John Palisano
Nomination All the Day You'll Have Good Luck Kate Jonez
Nomination Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers Alyssa Wong
Nomination Sing Me Your Scars Damien Angelica Walters
Nomination The Algernon Effect Gene O'Neill
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* A Trader on the Border of the Mutant Rain Forest Bruce Boston
* An American Ghost in Zurich Daniel Braum
* Choking Hazard Michael Paul Gonzalez
* Snow Dale Bailey
* The Cork Won't Stay Nate Southard
* The Massacre of the Mermaids Alessandro Manzetti
2016
Win The Crawl Space Joyce Carol Oates
Nomination A Rift in Reflection Hal Bodner
Nomination Arbeit Macht Frei Lisa Mannetti
Nomination The Bad Hour Christopher Golden
Nomination Time Is a Face on the Water Michael Bailey
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* Conqueror Worms Michael H. Hanson
* Long Hair's Inferno Alessandro Manzetti
* Only Unclench Your Hand Isabel Yap
*
A non-supernatural horror story; published in F(r)iction #5, Summer 2016
Ortolan Dane Hucklebridge
* Reasons I Hate My Big Sister Gwendolyn Kiste
* The Wounded Table John Claude Smith
2017
Win Apocalypse Then Lisa Mannetti
Nomination A Song Left Behind in the Aztakea Hills James Chambers
Nomination I Will Be the Reflection Until the End Michael Bailey
Nomination Loving You Darkly Mercedes M. Yardley
Nomination So Sings the Siren Annie Neugebauer
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* #NoFilter Caitlin Marceau
* A Ware That Will Not Keep John F. D. Taff
* Absolution M. F. Wahl
* All the Windows and All the Doors Damien Angelica Walters
* Coyote Naomi Brett Rourke
* Etch the Unthinkable Kurt Fawver
* Even the Stars Fall Nicola Lombardi
* The Baker of Millepoix Hal Bodner
2018
Win Mutter Jess Landry
Nomination A Winter's Tale John F. D. Taff
Nomination And in Her Eyes the City Drowned Kyla Lee Ward
Nomination Dead End Town Lee Murray
Nomination Glove Box Annie Neugebauer
--- Preliminary Nominees -------
* All Summers End Tom Deady
* Cold, Silent, and Dark Kary English
* Fish Hooks Kit Power
* Her Royal Counsel Andrew Robertson
* Life After Breath Tori Eldridge
* The Gods in Their Seats, Unblinking Kurt Fawver
* The Woman in the Blue Dress Heather Herrman
2019
Win The Eight People Who Murdered Me (Excerpt from Lucy Westenra's Diary) Gwendolyn Kiste
Nomination A Touch of Madness Tim Waggoner
Nomination Bury Me in Tar and Twine Jess Landry
Nomination Lydia Cindy O'Quinn
Nomination The Book of Last Words Greg Chapman
2020
Win One Last Transformation Josh Malerman
Nomination Am I Missing the Sunlight? Meghan Arcuri
Nomination Introduction to the Horror Story, Day 1 Kurt Fawver
Nomination Should Fire Remember the Fuel? Kyla Lee Ward
Nomination The Thing I Found Along a Dirt Patch Road Cindy O'Quinn
2021
Win Permanent Damage Lee Murray
Nomination A Gathering at the Mountain Cindy O'Quinn
Nomination A Whisper in the Death Pit Kyla Lee Ward
Nomination The Yellow Crown Carol Gyzander
Nomination Two Shakes of a Dead Lamb's Tail Anna Taborska
2022
Nomination A Song for Barnaby Jones Anna Taborska
Nomination Fracture Mercedes M. Yardley
Nomination Nona Doesn't Dance Aaron Dries
Nomination Poppy's Poppy Douglas Gwilym
Nomination The Only Thing Different Will Be the Body J. A. W. McCarthy
Nomination The Star Anna Taborska
2023
Nomination An Inherited Taste Nadine Aurora Tabing
Nomination If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak Sam J. Miller
Nomination Quondam Cindy O'Quinn
Nomination Silk L. E. Daniels
Nomination The Sound of Children Screaming Rachael K. Jones
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