Bram Stoker Awards are presented annually by the Horror
Writers Association for excellence in dark fantasy and horror writing.
2022 SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL
Winner:
The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias
This genre-defying thriller follows a father desperate to salvage what's
left of his family—even if it means a descent into violence.
Runners up:
The Fervor by Alma Katsu
The acclaimed author of the celebrated literary horror novels The Hunger and The Deep turns her psychological and supernatural eye
on the horrors of the Japanese American internment camps in World War II.
Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
For fans of Mexican Gothic comes a novel inspired by the untold stories of
forgotten women in classic literature—from Lucy Westenra, a victim of
Stoker's Dracula, and Bertha Mason, Mr. Rochester's attic-bound wife in
Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre—as they band together to combat the toxic men
bent on destroying their lives, set against the backdrop of the Summer of Love,
Haight-Ashbury, 1967.
Daphne by Josh Malerman
Horror has a new name: Daphne. A brutal, enigmatic woman stalks a high school
basketball team in a reimagining of the slasher genre by the New York
Times bestselling author of Bird Box.
Sundial by Catriona Ward
Sharp as a snakebite, Sundial is a gripping novel about the secrets
we bury from the ones we love most, from Catriona Ward, the author of The LastHouse on Needless Street.
2022 SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL
Winner:
Beulah by Christi Nogle (not available in the JCLC)
Beulah is the story of Georgie, an eighteen-year-old with a talent (or
affliction) for seeing ghosts. Georgie and her family have had a hard time
since her father died, but she and her mother Gina and sisters Tommy and Stevie
are making a new start in the small town of Beulah. Georgie experiences a
variety of disturbances but she is able to maintain, in her own laconic way,
until she notices that her little sister Stevie also has the gift. Stevie is in
danger from a malevolent ghost, and Georgie tries to help, but soon Georgie is
the one in danger.
Runners up:
Jackal by Erin Adams
A young Black girl goes missing in the woods outside her white rust belt town.
But she's not the first—and she may not be the last. . . .
The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca in this debut supernatural suspense
novel, set in the aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence, about a remote
house, a sinister haunting, and the woman pulled into their clutches...
Black Tide by K.C. Jones
It was just another day at the beach. And then the world ended. Mike and Beth
didn't know each other before the night of the meteor shower. After a drunken
and desperate one-night stand, the two strangers awake to discover a surprise
astronomical event has left widespread destruction in its wake. But the cosmic
lightshow was only part of something much bigger, and far more terrifying.
All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes
Something deadly and mysterious stalks the members of an isolated polar
expedition in this haunting and spellbinding historical horror novel, perfect
for fans of Dan Simmons’s The Terror and Alma Katsu’s The Hunger.
The Ignyte Awards began in 2020 alongside the inaugural FIYAHCON, a virtual convention centering the contributions and experiences of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) in Speculative Fiction.
BEST NOVEL: ADULT
Winner:
A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
Cairo, 1912: Though Fatma el-Sha’arawi is the youngest woman working for the
Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities, she’s certainly
not a rookie, especially after preventing the destruction of the universe last
summer. So when someone murders a secret brotherhood dedicated to one of the
most famous men in history, al-Jahiz, Agent Fatma is called onto the case.
Runners up:
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho
A reluctant medium discovers the ties that bind can unleash a dangerous power
in this compelling Malaysian-set contemporary fantasy.
The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards are fan-based and presented annually to honor the best in classic horror and science fiction/fantasy.
BEST FILM OF 2022
Everything Everywhere All At Once
A hilarious and big-hearted sci-fi action adventure about an exhausted Chinese
American woman (Michelle Yeoh) who is swept up in an insane adventure across
the multiverse.
BOOK OF THE YEAR
Masters of Make-Up Effects: A Century of Practical Magic by
Howard Berger
Dive into the fascinating world of movie make-up effects with this stunning
illustrated oral history of the art form.
The Saturn Awards are presented by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films and honor the best in those categories in film, television, and home entertainment.
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
Nope
A man and his sister discover something sinister in the skies above their
California horse ranch, while the owner of a nearby theme park tries to profit
from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon.
BEST THRILLER FILM
Nightmare Alley
When charismatic but down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endears
himself to clairvoyant Zeena (Toni Collette) and her has-been mentalist husband
Pete (David Strathairn) at a traveling carnival, he crafts a golden ticket to
success, using this newly acquired knowledge to grift the wealthy elite of
1940s New York society.
Locus Awards are an annual set of literary awards voted on by readers of the science fiction and fantasy magazine Locus.
BEST HORROR NOVEL
Winner:
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
In her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her
encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for in this chilling
novel.
Runners up:
Revelator by Daryl Gregory
The dark, gripping tale of a 1930s family in the remote hills of the Smoky
Mountains, their secret religion, and the daughter who turns her back on
their mysterious god - from the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders.
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
In horror movies, the final girls are the ones left standing when the
credits roll. They made it through the worst night of their lives…but what
happens after?
Billy Summers by Stephen King
Part war story and part love letter to small-town America and the people who
live there, this spectacular thriller of luck, fate, and love will grip readers
with its electrifying narrative, as a complex antihero with one last shot at
redemption must avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man.
Later by Stephen King
LATER is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of
innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With
echoes of King’s classic novel It, LATER is a powerful,
haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all
the faces it wears.
Moon Lake by Joe R. Lansdale
The gripping and unexpected tale of a lost town and the dark secrets that lie
beneath the glittering waters of an East Texas lake.
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
Rivers Solomon’s Sorrowland is a genre-bending work of Gothic
fiction. Here, monsters aren’t just individuals, but entire nations. It is a
searing, seminal book that marks the arrival of a bold, unignorable voice in
American fiction.
The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling
Set in a dark-mirror version of post-war England, Caitlin Starling crafts a new
kind of gothic horror from the bones of the beloved canon. This Crimson Peak-inspired story assembles, then upends, every expectation set in place by
Shirley Jackson and Rebecca, and will leave readers shaken, desperate to
begin again as soon as they are finished.
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
A family returns to their hometown—and to the dark past that haunts
them still—in this masterpiece of literary horror by the New York Times bestselling
author of Wanderers.
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