Prémios Bram Stoker 2013: Os finalistas

Foi ontem divulgada a lista das obras finalistas do Prémio Bram Stoker 2013, atribuídos pela Horror Writers Association desde 1987 para distinguir com periodicidade anual alguma da melhor literatura de Horror publicada. O prémio distingue trabalhos publicados em várias categorias de prosa, poesia e banda desenhada; o anúncio dos vencedores terá lugar no 27º Bram Stoker Awards Banquet, durate a World Horror Convention 2014 em Portland, Oregon. Os nomeados são (por categoria):

Superior Achievement in a Novel:

• NOS4A2, de Joe Hill (William Morrow)
• Doctor Sleep, de Stephen King (Scribner)
• Malediction, de Lisa Morton (Evil Jester Press)
• A Necessary End, de Sarah Pinborough e F. Paul Wilson (Thunderstorm/Maelstrom Press)
• The Heavens Rise, de Christopher Rice (Gallery Books)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel:

• Candy House, de Kate Jonez (Evil Jester Press)
• The Year of the Storm, de John Mantooth (Berkley Trade)
• The Evolutionist, de Rena Mason (Nightscape Press)
• Redheads, de Jonathan Moore (Samhain Publishing)
• Stoker’s Manuscript, de Royce Prouty (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel:

• Special Dead, de Patrick Freivald (JournalStone)
• Unbreakable, de Kami Garcia (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
• Project Cain, de Georffrey Girard (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)
• Dog Days, de Joe McKinney (JournalStone)
• In the Shadow of Blackbirds, de Cat Winters (Harry N. Abrams)

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel:

• Fatale Book Three: West of Hell, de Ed Brubaker (Image Comics)
• Alabaster: Wolves, de Caitlin R. Kiernan (Dark Horse Comics)
• Witch Doctor, Vol. 2: Mal Practice, de Brandon Seifert (Image Comics)
• Sin Titulo, de Cameron Stewart (Dark Horse Comics)
• Colder, de Paul Tobin (Dark Horse Comics)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction:

• “The Bluehole”, de Dale Bayley (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Maio/Junho de 2013)
• “The Great Pity”, de Gary Braunbeck (Chiral Mad 2, Written Backwards)
• “The Slaughter Man”, de Benjamin K. Ethridge (Limbus, Inc., JournalStone)
• “No Others Are Genuine”, de Gregory Frost (Asimov’s Science Fiction, Outubro/Novembro de 2013)
• House of Rain, de Greg F. Gifune (DarkFuse)
• East End Girls, de Rena Mason (JournalStone)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction:

• “Primal Tongue”, de Michael Bailey (Zippered Flesh 2, Smart Rhino Publications)
• “Snapshot”, de Patrick Freivald (Blood & Roses, Scarlett River Press)
• “Night Train to Paris”, de David Gerrold (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Janeiro/Fevereiro de 2013)
• “The Hunger Artist”, de Lisa Mannetti (Zippered Flesh 2, Smart Rhino Publications)
• “The Geminis”, de John Palisano (Chiral Mad 2, Written Backwards)
• “Code 666”, de Michael Reaves (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Março/Abril de 2013)

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay:

• The Returned: “The Horde”, de Fabien Adda e Fabrice Gobert (Ramaco Media I, Castelao Pictures)
• American Horror Story: Asylum: “Spilt Milk”, de Brad Falchuk (Brad Falchuk Teley-Vision, Ryan Murphy Productions)
• Hannibal: “Apéritif”, de Bryan Fuller (Dino De Laurentiis Company, Living Dead Guy Productions, AXN: Original X Production, Gaumont International Television)
• Dracula: “A Whiff of Sulfur”, de Daniel Knauf (Flame Ventures, Playground, Universal Television, Carnival Films)
• The Walking Dead: “Welcome to the Tombs”, de Glen Mazzara (AMC TV)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology:

• Horror Library: Volume 5, ed. R. J. Cavender e Boyd E. Harris (Cutting Block Press)
• After Death…, ed. Eric J. Guignard (Dark Moon Books)
• Barbers & Beauties, ed. Michael Knost e Nancy Eden Siegel (Hummingbird House Press)
• The Grimscribe’s Puppets, ed. Joseph S. Pulver (Miskatonic River Press)
• Dark Visions: A Collection of Modern Horror, Volume One, ed. Anthony Rivera e Sharon Lawson (Grey Matter Press)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection:

• North American Lake Monsters: Stories, de Nathan Ballingrund (Small Beer Press)
• The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All and Other Stories, de Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
• The Tears of Isis, de James Dorr (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing)
• The Ape’s Wife and Other Stories, de Caitlin R. Kiernan (Subterranean)
• Dance of the Blue Lady, de Gene O'Neill (Bad Moon Books)
• Bible Stories for Secular Humanists, de S. P. Somtow (Diplodocus Press)

Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction:

• Images of the Modern Vampire: The Hip and the Atavistic, ed. Barbara Brodman e James E. Doan (Fairleigh Dickinson)
• Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Modern Master of Horror, de Gary William (Scarecrow Press)
• Nolan on Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction, de William F. Nolan (Hippocampus Press)
• The Intermedial Experience of Horror: Suspended Failures, de Jarkko Toikkanen (Palgrave Macmillan)
• Lovecraft and Influence: His Predecessors and Successors, ed. Robert H. Waugh  (Scarecrow Press)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection:

• Dark Roads: Selected Long Poems 1971-2012, de Bruce Boston (Dark Renaissance Books)
• The Sex Lives of Monsters, de Helen Marshall (Kelp Queen Press)
• Dangerous Dreams, de Marge Simon e Sandy DeLuca (Elektrik Milk Bath Press)
• Four Elements, de Marge Simon, Rain Graves, Charlee Jacob e Linda Addison (Bad Moon Books/Evil Jester Press)
• Hysteria: A Collection of Madness, de Stephanie M. Wytovich (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

Fonte: SF Signal / Horror.org