Horror Aficionados discussion

Here is David's initial post:

Every year outstanding achievements in horror fiction is recognized at the Bram Stoker Awards. I think it would be a great idea to read all the nominees before the award ceremony. (June 13 -16)and of course discussing which book we felt should have won! Here are the Nominees:

Bodner, Hal - The Trouble with Hairy (Phantom Hollow Publishing)
Clines, Peter - 14 (Permuted Press)
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane - Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John - NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Faherty, JG - Cemetery Club (JournalStone)
Jordan, Lee F. - Coronation (Black Rose Writing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. - The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley - The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe - Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)


My initial comment:


I don't think that this is the right folder for this post, but I'd be interested in reading all of these. However, this is just the preliminary ballot, so they aren't actually officially nominated yet. But, whenever they narrow it down to the five actual nominees, I plan on reading those.

Tiffany wrote: "I don't think that this is the right folder for this post, but I'd be interested in reading all of these. However, this is just the preliminary ballot, so they aren't actually officially nominated ..."

Tiffany can I move this post to the right folder? Help! :)

Tiffany wrote: "I don't think that this is the right folder for this post, but I'd be interested in reading all of these. However, this is just the preliminary ballot, so they aren't actually officially nominated ..."

good point I can delete this and wait until the official 5 are listed....

No, but don't worry about it. I'm sure a mod will come by soon and move it to the right folder :) By the way, the official Stoker ballot will be announced on February 23rd.

Can you repost the list? Might take me all year to get through it, but it seems like a fun challenge.

And someone needs to be able to smugly champion the books that were left off the shortlist, so that when the awards are finally announced and everyone's rooting for their favourite I can be all: "Yeah, well, sure you WOULD think that deserves it, but only cos your never read THIS..." etc.

I was trying to move the post and deleted the body of the topic...and now it won't let me repaste what I typed...hopefully Teressa can help ;)

Here was the initial post, if I can figure out how to get it back into the body of the topic :/

Every year outstanding achievements in horror fiction is recognized at the Bram Stoker Awards. I think it would be a great idea to read all the nominees before the award ceremony. (June 13 -16)and of course discussing which book we felt should have won! Here are the Nominees:

Bodner, Hal - The Trouble with Hairy (Phantom Hollow Publishing)
Clines, Peter - 14 (Permuted Press)
Ethridge, Benjamin Kane - Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John - NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Faherty, JG - Cemetery Club (JournalStone)
Jordan, Lee F. - Coronation (Black Rose Writing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. - The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley - The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe - Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)

I have just finished Cemetery Club, and now I am starting 14! (of course I will probably sprinkle in some other reads in-between). Let me know what you guys think.

David wrote: "I was trying to move the post and deleted the body of the topic...and now it won't let me repaste what I typed...hopefully Teressa can help ;)"

yeah I suck....still trying to get used to Goodreads after my years at Librarything..I am still a novice

Hi, David. Just got in and saw this message. I'd be happy to move this thread to the Reading Challenges folder. We encourage thread starting so don't ever be afraid of posting it in the wrong place. It's no big deal if something has to be moved, and most times threads don't.

Once your initial post was deleted, it can't be moved back to the top. If Tiffany wouldn't mind cutting/pasting your message with the list in her thread, that should solve the problem. Or, would you rather start a new thread? I may be a little confused about what's being asked of me.

Not a problem, Tressa. I edited my first post.

I'm really excited for February 29th. I can't wait to see who makes the final cut!

Thank you, Tiffany. I always plan to read the BS picks/winners but get sidetracked by my TBR list. Maybe this thread will help.

Tressa wrote: "Hi, David. Just got in and saw this message. I'd be happy to move this thread to the Reading Challenges folder. We encourage thread starting so don't ever be afraid of posting it in the wrong place..."

Thanks Tressa & Tiffany! Feel free to move it to the appropriate folder!

OK. I've moved it to the Lists & Reading Challenges folder.

This actually helped me! It gave me seven more publishing companies to look up for my 2nd book and they are horror so I know that's at least covered!

Justin wrote: "This actually helped me! It gave me seven more publishing companies to look up for my 2nd book and they are horror so I know that's at least covered!"

Great glad it could help Justin

I'm currently trying to finish some of these before the voting deadline for the final ballot this Friday. There are some great books in the running.

For a more comprehensive look, here's the full 2012 Bram Stoker Awards Recommended Reading List:

http://www.horror.org/stoker/2012read...

Douglas wrote: "I'm currently trying to finish some of these before the voting deadline for the final ballot this Friday. There are some great books in the running.

For a more comprehensive look, here's the fu..."

That is awesome! I wish I had time to read every category, going to try to make it through Novel of the year and first novel..

I looked into them and it didn't help. Phantom Hollow Publishing doesn't exist or I can't find it and the rest are all closed to submissions.. :( Talk about a total let down!

Justin wrote: "I looked into them and it didn't help. Phantom Hollow Publishing doesn't exist or I can't find it and the rest are all closed to submissions.. :( Talk about a total let down!"

Justin, If you're shopping a horror novel, you should submit it to JournalStone's $2000 Advance in 2013 contest. I won last year and Brett J. Talley won in 2011. They've been really good to us. The contest is open to submissions until April 1st.

I noticed your first book is poetry. If it's another poetry collection, you might check out the publishers in the Poetry category of the Stoker Reading List that I linked to above. Best of luck!

Oh yeah, here's a link: http://journalstone.com/contest/journ...

Just finished 14..posted a review on it, starting on Coronation next

Here is the entire official ballot for the Stoker Awards!!!!

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A NOVEL

Ethridge, Benjamin Kane – Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John – NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. – The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley – The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe – Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A FIRST NOVEL

Boccacino, Michael – Charlotte Markham and the House of Darklings (William Morrow)
Coates, Deborah – Wide Open (Tor Books)
Day, Charles – The Legend of the Pumpkin Thief (Noble YA Publishers LLC)
Dudar, Peter – A Requiem for Dead Flies (Nightscape Press)
Gropp, Richard – Bad Glass (Ballantine/Del Rey)
Soares, L.L. – Life Rage (Nightscape Press)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A YOUNG ADULT NOVEL

Bray, Libba – The Diviners (Little Brown)
Lyga, Barry – I Hunt Killers (Little Brown)
Maberry, Jonathan – Flesh & Bone (Simon & Schuster)
McCarty, Michael – I Kissed A Ghoul (Noble Romance Publishing)
Stiefvater, Maggie – The Raven Boys (Scholastic Press)
Strand, Jeff – A Bad Day for Voodoo (Sourcebooks)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL

Bunn, Cullen – The Sixth Gun Volume 3: Bound (Oni Press)
Moore, Terry – Rachel Rising Vol. 1: The Shadow of Death (Abstract Studio)
Thornton, Ravi – The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno Marylebone (Jonathan Cape)
Wacks, Peter J., and Guy Anthony De Marco – Behind These Eyes (Villainous Press)
Wood, Rocky, and Lisa Morton – Witch Hunts: A Graphic History of the Burning Times (McFarland)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FICTION

Burke, Kealan Patrick – Thirty Miles South of Dry County (Delirium Books)
Ketchum, Jack, and Lucky McKee – I’m Not Sam (Sinister Grin Press)
McKinney, Joe, and Michael McCarty – Lost Girl of the Lake (Bad Moon Books)
O’Neill, Gene – The Blue Heron (Dark Regions Press)
Prentiss, Norman – The Fleshless Man (Delirium Books)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SHORT FICTION

Boston, Bruce – Surrounded by the Mutant Rain Forest (Daily Science Fiction)
McKinney, Joe – Bury My Heart at Marvin Gardens (Best of Dark Moon Digest, Dark Moon Books)
Ochse, Weston – Righteous (Psychos, Black Dog and Leventhall Publication)
Palisano, John – Available Light (Lovecraft eZine, March 2012)
Snyder, Lucy – Magdala Amygdala (Dark Faith: Invocations, Apex Book Company)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN SCREENPLAY

Goldman, Jane – The Woman in Black (Cross Creek Pictures)
Kim, Sang Kyu – The Walking Dead, “Killer Within” (AMC TV)
Minear, Tim – American Horror Story: Asylum, “Dark Cousin” (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
Ross, Gary, Suzanne Collins, and Billy Ray – The Hunger Games (Lionsgate, Color Force)
Whedon, Joss, and Drew Goddard – The Cabin in the Woods (Mutant Enemy Productions, Lionsgate)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN ANTHOLOGY

Castle, Mort, and Sam Weller – Shadow Show (HarperCollins)
Guignard, Eric J. – Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations (Dark Moon Books)
Miller, Eric – Hell Comes to Hollywood (Big Time Books)
Scioneaux, Mark C., R.J. Cavender, and Robert S. Wilson – Horror for Good: A Charitable Anthology (Cutting Block Press)
Swanson, Stan – Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN FICTION COLLECTION

Carroll, Jonathan – Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected Stories (Subterranean Press)
Castle, Mort – New Moon on the Water (Dark Regions)
Hand, Elizabeth – Errantry: Strange Stories (Small Beer Press)
Hirshberg, Glen – The Janus Tree (Subterranean Press)
Oates, Joyce Carol – Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories (Ecco)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN NON-FICTION

Collings, Michael – Writing Darkness (CreateSpace)
Klinger, Les – The Annotated Sandman, Volume 1 (Vertigo)
Morton, Lisa – Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween (Reaktion Books)
Paffenroth, Kim, and John W. Morehead – The Undead and Theology (Pickwick Publications)
Phillips, Kendall R. – Dark Directions: Romero, Craven, Carpenter, and the Modern Horror Film (Southern Illinois University Press)

SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN POETRY

Addison, Linda, and Stephen M. Wilson – Dark Duet (NECON eBooks)
Boston, Bruce, and Gary William Crawford – Notes from the Shadow City (Dark Regions Press)
Collings, Michael – A Verse to Horrors (Amazon Digital Services)
Simon, Marge – Vampires, Zombies & Wanton Souls (Elektrik Milk Bath Press)
Turzillo, Mary A. – Lovers & Killers (Dark Regions)

Wonderful thanks so much Tiffany! Currently reading The Haunted by Bentley Little

We should have a poll before they announce the winner just to compare our picks with the winners.

Good idea...can we create polls in goodreads? I am somewhat new here? :/

I never have but yes you can. Top right - click polls, then again on top right - click 'create a poll.'. I'm assuming that's all there is to it but I could be wrong.

That's a fun idea :) This year's ceremony is June 16th I think, so maybe we could start the poll June 1st. That would give us time to read quite a few nominees and over two weeks to vote before the actual winners are mentioned.

Sounds like a fun idea. HA members: Rfeel free to create polls, add books to HA bookshelves, and post photos and videos.

I'm reading Joe McKinney's Inheritance right now. Be lucky if I finish just that before June 16th.

For those participating in the challenge, which books do you plan to read? I'm shooting for the main five unless someone recommends something from the First Novel category.

Ethridge, Benjamin Kane – Bottled Abyss (Redrum Horror)
Everson, John – NightWhere (Samhain Publishing)
Kiernan, Caitlin R. – The Drowning Girl (Roc)
Little, Bentley – The Haunted (Signet)
McKinney, Joe – Inheritance (Evil Jester Press)

Hey, everyone! Inheritance is free at Amazon today. My group is going to read it next week.

http://www.amazon.com/Inheritance-ebo...

Thanks Char, I'll probably make that next on my list.

I'm aiming for 3 or 4,

1. The Bottled Abyss
2. The Haunted
3. The Drowning Girl
4. Inheritance

Last got thrown in for being a free book. :)

I already read The Haunted and its gonna be a tough one to beat. I hope you get the opportunity to squeeze that one in.

I'm almost finished with The Haunted and do not like it.

Tressa wrote: "I'm almost finished with The Haunted and do not like it."

Is there an emote for shock, sadness, and denial? I really thought you would like this one. :'(

Eleven, I'm sorry it had to come to this. We must part ways on this book. Perhaps if this was his first, I would love it as much as you did. But it's not and I know he's got it in him to write more compelling horror.

I think Little has been a tad overrated for a long time.

I still like and appreciate his books.

I plan on reading the five novel nominees and two of the poetry collections. I haven't heard much about the nominees for debut novel or YA novel, so I probably won't delve into them unless someone here mentions one that is fantastic.

It's all good. I thought The Cannibal Within was a 3-4 star book but I rounded up to four because I was afraid Tressa would have me banned from the group and possibly lynched.

And yes, Jon, he is overrated. The Haunting was my favorite and I enjoyed The Store but the couple others I've read were disappointing. The only reason I picked up The Haunted was because of Jason's 5 star review and I had to read it to believe it.

Tressa wrote: "I still like and appreciate his books."

No harm there.
I like some of his books, too.

11811 (Eleven) wrote: "It's all good. I thought The Cannibal Within was a 3-4 star book but I rounded up to four because I was afraid Tressa would have me banned from the group and possibly lynched. And yes, Jon, he is..."

Lynched. That's killing two birds with one stone. I'm frugal with my time, what can I say. Do not EVER change a rating because you're afraid I'm going to bury you in my backyard.

I'm going to try to read one from each nominated category.

Heh. I just saw that I'm planning to read 4 out of the 5 novel nominations - I wouldn't want a book to feel left out - yeah, I'm going to read all 5 too. :)

I'll read whatever wanders into my path.

Twilight? Roseanne: My Life as a Woman?

I don't look under rocks, Tressa...

Hi there!
I'll be participating in the challenge (i'm new on goodreads, so this one is my first) and try to read 4 or 5 novels.
Haven't yet decided which ones, it will depend on what I can't get my hands on.
I'm starting with "Inheritance", thanks Charlene for the link!

You're welcome, Estelle. Good luck with the challenge! :)

Tiffany wrote: "That's a fun idea :) This year's ceremony is June 16th I think, so maybe we could start the poll June 1st. That would give us time to read quite a few nominees and over two weeks to vote before the..."

Tiffany you sound like a natural leader for setting this up ;) do you mind?