Horror Writer’s Association verkündet »Lebenswerk«-Preisträger

Die ame­ri­ka­ni­sche Hor­ror Writer’s As­so­cia­tion, die vom 12.- 14. Juni in Bur­bank die dies­jäh­ri­gen Bram Sto­ker Awards ver­gibt, hat ei­nen Vor­gu­cker ver­öf­fent­licht.

Für ihr Le­bens­werk wer­den Chel­sea Quinn Yar­bro und F. Paul Wil­son aus­ge­zeich­net. Yarbo wurde be­kannt durch ih­ren Vampir-Helden Graf Saint-Germain. Sie ist die erste Frau, die den »Li­ving Le­gend Award« der In­ter­na­tio­nal Hor­ror Guild er­hielt, wei­ter­hin war sie der erste weib­li­che Prä­si­dent der Hor­ror Writer’s As­so­cia­tion. Yar­bros Ro­ma­nen schreibt man zu, den Grund­stein für die der­zei­tige Welle an »Pa­ranor­mal Romance«-Romanen (im Deut­schen »Ro­man­tasy« ge­nannt) und für gen­re­über­grei­fende Fik­tion ge­legt zu ha­ben.
Wil­son kennt man haupt­säch­lich durch seine RE­PAIR­MAN JACK-Erzählungen, die aber nur ei­nen Teil sei­nes Buch­port­fo­lios dar­stel­len, die­ses be­trägt über 40 Ro­mane. Auch er hat be­reits meh­rere Gen­re­preise ge­won­nen.

Der »Life­time Achie­ve­ment Award« ist der pres­ti­ge­träch­tigste der Preise beim Bram Sto­ker Award, zu den Peis­trä­gern ge­hör­ten un­ter an­de­rem Ste­phen King, Anne Rice, Joyce Ca­rol Oa­tes, Ray Brad­bury und Pe­ter Straub. Sie wer­den als An­er­ken­nung für über­ra­gende Er­folge nicht ein­zel­ner Werke son­dern ei­ner ge­sam­ten Kar­riere ver­ge­ben. Preis­trä­ger müs­sen ei­nen pro­fun­den po­si­ti­ven Ein­fluß auf die Gen­res Hor­ror und Dark Fan­tasy ge­habt ha­ben und ent­we­der min­des­tens 60 Jahre alt sein, oder seit we­nigs­tens 35 Jah­ren im Genre pu­bli­zie­ren.

Die rest­li­chen No­mi­nie­run­gen im er­wei­ter­ten Ar­ti­kel.

Bild: Bram Sto­ker Award, Co­py­right Hor­ror Writer’s As­so­cia­tion

Su­pe­rior Achie­ve­ment in a NO­VEL

COFFIN COUNTY by Gary Braun­beck (Lei­sure)
THE SHADOW YEAR by Jef­frey Ford (Wil­liam Mor­row)
GHOST WALK by Brian Keene (Lei­sure)
THE RE­ACH by Nate Ke­n­yon (Lei­sure)
DUMA KEY by Ste­phen King (Scrib­ner)
JOHNNY GRU­E­SOME by Gre­gory Lam­ber­son (Bad Moon/Medallion)
WA­TER WITCH by De­bo­rah Leblanc (Dorchester/Leisure)
BAD MOON RI­SING by Jo­na­than Ma­b­erry (Pin­na­cle)
DEAD AND GONE by Harry Shan­non (De­li­rium Books)
THE PRICE by Alex­an­dra So­ko­loff (St. Mar­tins)
THE MAN ON THE CEI­LING by Steve Ras­nic Tem and Me­la­nie Tem (Wi­zards of the Coast)

Su­pe­rior Achie­ve­ment in a FIRST NO­VEL

BES­TIAL: WER­E­WOLF APO­CA­LYPSE by Wil­liam D. Carl (Per­mu­ted Press)
APRI­COT BRANDY by Lynn Cé­sar (Juno Books)
MID­NIGHT ON MOURN STREET by Chris­to­pher Con­lon (Earth­ling Pu­bli­ca­ti­ons)
VEINS by La­w­rence C. Con­nolly (Fan­ta­sist En­ter­pri­ses)
ETER­NAL VI­GI­LANCE by Ga­bri­elle S. Faust (Im­ma­nion Press)
THE GENT­LING BOX by Lisa Man­netti (Dark Hart Press)
MONS­TER BE­HIND THE WHEEL by Mi­chael Mc­Carty and Mark McLaugh­lin (De­li­rium Books)
FRO­ZEN BLOOD by Joel A. Su­ther­land (La­che­sis Publis­hing)
CRIM­SON ORGY by Aus­tin Wil­liams (Bor­der­lands Press)

Su­pe­rior Achie­ve­ment in LONG FIC­TION

THE LA­GER­STATTE by Laird Bar­ron (The Del Rey Book of Sci­ence Fic­tion and Fan­tasy)
THE SHAL­LOW END OF THE POOL by Adam-Troy Cas­tro (Creeping Hem­lock)
MI­RANDA by John R. Little (Bad Moon Books)
REDEMP­TION ROAD­SHOW by Wes­ton Ochse (Burning Ef­figy)
THE CON­FES­SI­ONS OF ST. ZACH by Gene O’Neill (Bad Moon Books)
OR­PHEUS AND THE PEARL by Kim Paf­fen­roth (Ma­gus Press)
BE­HOLD THE CHILD by Harry Shan­non (Brims­tone Turn­pike)
JUST LIKE HELL by Nate Southard (Thun­der­storm Books)
PO­PU­LA­TION ZERO by Wrath Ja­mes White (Cargo Cult Press)
ORGY OF SOULS by Wrath Ja­mes White, and Mau­rice Broad­dus (Apex Book Com­pany)

Su­pe­rior Achie­ve­ment in SHORT FIC­TION

THE LAST WORD by Ma­ria Alex­an­der (Sins of the Si­rens)
MAMA STRANGELOVE’S RE­ME­DIES FOR AFTER­LIFE DIS­OR­DERS or HOW I LEAR­NED TO STOP WORRY­ING AND LOVE MO­THER DE­ATH by C. Dean An­ders­son (Bru­ta­rian)
CON­SU­MED by Mi­chael Louis Cal­villo (Hor­ror Li­brary Vo­lume 3)
PE­TRI­FIED by Scott Edel­man (De­so­late Souls)
ME­CHA­NIX by Chris­to­pher Fulb­right (Bound for Evil)
THE LOST by Sa­rah Lan­gan (Ce­me­tery Dance Pu­bli­ca­ti­ons)
THE DUDE WHO COLLEC­TED LOVE­CRAFT by Nick Ma­ma­tas, and Tim Pratt (Chi­zine)
THE HA­VEN by John Pa­li­sano (Hor­ror Li­brary Vol. 3)
TURTLE by Lee Tho­mas (Door­ways)
THE BLOG AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Paul Trem­blay (Chi­zine)
THOSE EYES by Mark W. Wort­hen (Thin­ner Than Mist)

Su­pe­rior Achie­ve­ment in an AN­THO­LOGY

THE UN­DEAD: HEAD­SHOT QUAR­TET edi­ted by Chris­tina Bi­vins and Lane Adam­son (Per­mu­ted Press)
LIKE A CHI­NESE TAT­TOO edi­ted by Bill Breedlove (Dark Arts Books)
HOR­ROR LI­BRARY VOL. 3 edi­ted by R. J. Ca­ven­der (Cut­ting Block Press)
ABOMI­NA­TI­ONS edi­ted by Tim Deal (Shroud Publis­hing)
BE­NE­ATH THE SUR­FACE edi­ted by Tim Deal (Shroud Publis­hing)
UN­SPEAKA­BLE HOR­ROR edi­ted by Vince A. Lia­guno and Chad Hel­der (Dark Scribe Press)

Su­pe­rior Achie­ve­ment in a COLLEC­TION

THE NUM­BER 121 TO PENN­SYL­VA­NIA by Kealan Pa­trick Burke (Ce­me­tery Dance Pu­bli­ca­ti­ons)
MAMA’S BOY AND OTHER DARK TA­LES by Fran Friel (Apex Pu­bli­ca­ti­ons)
JUST AF­TER SUN­SET by Ste­phen King (Scrib­ner)
LITTLE CREA­TURES by Mi­chael Mc­Carty (Sam’s Dot Publis­hing)
OTHER GODS by Ste­phen Mark Rai­ney (Dark Re­gi­ons Press)
THE AUTO­PSY AND OTHER TA­LES by Mi­chael Shea (Cen­ti­pede)
SHEEP AND WOL­VES by Je­remy C. Shipp (Raw Dog Screa­ming Press)
FOUR­TOLD by Mi­chael Stone (Bays­garth Pu­bli­ca­ti­ons)
GLEE­FULLY MACABRE TA­LES by Jeff Strand (De­li­rium)
EN­NUI AND OTHER STA­TES OF MAD­NESS by Da­vid Ni­all Wil­son (Dark Re­gi­ons Press)

Su­pe­rior Achie­ve­ment in NON­FIC­TION

SHADOWS OVER NEW ENG­LAND by Da­vid Gouds­ward, and Scott T. Gouds­ward (Be­ar­Ma­nor Me­dia)
BRAM STOKER’S NO­TES FOR DRA­CULA by Ro­bert Eighteen-Bisang and Eliza­beth Mil­ler (Mc­Far­land)
SPI­RITS AND DE­ATH IN NIA­GARA by Marcy Ita­liano (Schif­fer Publis­hing)
THE NEW AN­NO­TA­TED DRA­CULA by Les­lie S. Klin­ger (W. W. Nor­ton)
BE­AUTY AND DY­NA­MITE by Al­ethea Kon­tis (Apex Pu­bli­ca­ti­ons)
CHEAP SCA­RES by Gre­gory Lam­ber­son (Mc­Far­land)
ZOM­BIE CSU by Jo­na­than Ma­b­erry (Ci­ta­del)
MO­DERN MYTH­MA­KERS by Mi­chael Mc­Carty (Mc­Far­land)
A HALLOWE’EN AN­THO­LOGY by Lisa Mor­ton (Mc­Far­land)
THE BOOK OF LISTS: HOR­ROR by Amy Wal­lace, Del Howi­son, and Scott Brad­ley (Har­per)

Su­pe­rior Achie­ve­ment in POE­TRY

THE NIGHT­MARE COLLEC­TION by Bruce Bos­ton (Dark Re­gi­ons Press)
THE PHAN­TOM WORLD by Gary Wil­liam Cra­w­ford (Sam’s Dot)
VIR­GIN OF THE APO­CA­LYPSE by Cor­rine De Win­ter (Sam’s Dot Publis­hing)
THE FLAYED MAN AND OTHER PO­EMS by Phil­lip A. El­lis (Gothic Press)
AT­TACK OF THE TWO-HEADED POE­TRY MONS­TER by Mark McLaugh­lin and Mi­chael Mc­Carty (Skull­vi­nes Press)
GHOSTS OF THE FU­TURE by Dar­rell Schweit­zer (Borgo)