British Fantasy Award shortlists

[realthog]

 
Courtesy of Chris Teague, of Pendragon Press:

British Fantasy Award

Alphabetical List of top five nominees in all categories:

(Note: Where the list has more than 5 nominations, this is due to voting ties for one or more runner-up places)

Novel: The August Derleth Award

Ramsey Campbell, THE GRIN OF THE DARK, PS Publishing

Joe Hill, HEART SHAPED BOX, Gollancz

Michael Marshall, THE INTRUDERS, HarperCollins Publishers

Sarah Pinborough, THE TAKEN, Dorchester Publishing Co

Dan Simmons, THE TERROR, Little Brown & Co

Michael Marshall Smith, THE SERVANTS, Earthling Publications 

 

Novella

Eric Brown, STARSHIP SUMMER, PS Publishing

Tim Lebbon, AFTER THE WAR (DOUBLE NOVELLA), Subterranean Press

Gary McMahon, ALL YOUR GODS ARE DEAD, Humdrumming

Del Stone jr., BLACK TIDE, Telos Publishing

Conrad Williams, RAIN, Gray Friar Press

Conrad Williams, THE SCALDING ROOMS, PS Publishing

 

Short Fiction

Ramsey Campbell, DIGGING DEEP, Phobic: Modern Horror Stories, Comma Press

Christopher Fowler, THE SPIDER KISS, The Mammoth Book of Monsters, Robinson

Joe Hill, THUMBPRINT, Postscripts # 10, PS Publishing

Joel Lane, MY STONE DESIRE, Black Static # 1, TTA Press

Tim Lebbon, DISCOVERING GHOSTS, Post Scripts # 10 Spring 2007, PS Publishing

 

Collection

Simon Clark, MIDNIGHT BAZAAR: A SECRET ARCADE OF STRANGE AND EERIE TALES, Robert Hale

Paul Finch, STAINS, Gray Friar Press

Christopher Fowler, OLD DEVIL MOON, Serpent's Tail

Stephen Gallagher, PLOTS AND MISADVENTURES, Subterranean Press

Gary McMahon, DIRTY PRAYERS, Gray Friar Press

Tony Richards, GOING BACK, Elastic Press

 

Anthology

Charles Black, THE BLACK BOOK OF HORROR, Mortbury Press

John Grant, NEW WRITINGS IN THE FANTASTIC, Pendragon

Stephen Jones, THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR 18, Robinson

D. F. Lewis, ZENCORE!, Meganthus

Ian Alexander Martin, THE FIRST HUMDRUMMING BOOK OF HORROR STORIES, Humdrumming

 

Small Press

Andy Cox, Black Static

Peter Crowther, PS Publishing

Peter Crowther, Postscripts

Andrew Hook, Elastic Press

Steve Upham, Screaming Dreams

 

Artist

Vincent Chong

Les Edwards (Edward Miller)

Dave McKean

Bryan Talbot

Steve Upham

 

Non-Fiction

Allen Ashley, PLANET DODO COLUMN, Midnight Street

Peter Tennant, WHISPERS OF WICKEDNESS WEBSITE REVIEWS

Stephen Thrower, NIGHTMARE USA: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE EXPLOITATION INDEPENDENTS, FAB Press

Darren Turpin, UKSF BOOKNEWS

Mark Valentine, WORMWOOD, Tartarus Press

  

Comments

[coppervale.livejournal.com]

Excellent!

Those British folks obviously have great taste.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks, James!

[ogre-san.livejournal.com]

Congratulations.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

The best of British luck to you.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

I'll probably need it . . .

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Don't we all?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

True.

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

A huge congratulations to you, my friend. And the best of luck! :)

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Jodester!

[nick-kaufmann.livejournal.com]

Yippee!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

You bet that "Yippee!" has been said here, along with much else (like "Jolly good show, what?").

[douglascohen.livejournal.com]

Congrats and good luck!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Doug!

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Yay {{{{{realthog}}}}}! Major cheers and congratulations on the nomination and crossed fingers for the win. Hugs and Snoopy dances, Jean Marie

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, JM! Not sure what a Snoopy dance actually is, but . . .

[tamaranth.livejournal.com]

congratulations!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, T!

xx

[quietselkie.livejournal.com]

Whee! Congrats!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks, oh mighty Selkster!

[imago1.livejournal.com]

congrats, Paul!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Laird! You'll note I beat out Inferno . . .

[eglady.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your nomination!

I do wonder that of all those nominations that only one female appears to be respresented. Ah well.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"I do wonder that of all those nominations that only one female appears to be respresented."

How very true. I'm sure it can't be a matter of deliberate policy, since the BFS membership seems to be pretty evenly split between the genders and, insofar as I know any of their names, the society's officers seem to be if anything tilted towards a female majority.

Maybe it's just coincidence that this year the shortlist's so predominantly male. If I get the urge I'll see if I can dig out the shortlists for previous years.

And thanks for the congrats, even if I am male!

[hutch0.livejournal.com]

Why's one of these titles in black...? Oh, right...
Many congratulations. Not too shabby for a little orphan anthology, eh? I hope He Who Must Not Be Mentioned is paying attention.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"Many congratulations."

Thanks, Dad!

"I hope He Who Must Not Be Mentioned is paying attention."

I've had a couple of suggestions I should do a blog post about the origins of the book. Still thinking about this.

The annoying part of these ruminations is that I *did* a long and impassioned blog post for the old The Third Alternative site, 'way back when the Prime/Strange Pleasures shit hit the fan, and of course I have no record of it now.

[desayunoencama.livejournal.com]

Mazel tov!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!

[charlesatan.livejournal.com]

Congrats!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, Charles!

[foresthouse.livejournal.com]

Hey hey! GOOD LUCK! :)

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks!

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the nomination!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, E!

[norilana.livejournal.com]

Mega-YAAAY! :-)

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks, V!

[randeroo.livejournal.com]

Fan-freekin'-tastic!!! Best of luck to you, chumly. Hope you return with another piece of well-deserved hardware.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

You hadn't heard 'til now? I thought everyone had been thoroughly bored by my constant repetition of this datum . . .

[randeroo.livejournal.com]

I've kind of been away from my emails lately...

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"I've kind of been away from my emails lately..."

Is all well?

[randeroo.livejournal.com]

Adjusting to having Keith's pooch with us has been taxing. I'm too old for this stuff!

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Don't you enjoy taking him for long, heart-friendly walks?

[randeroo.livejournal.com]

If that were the all of it, he would be a terrific little visitor. However, there's the cleaning up of the bathroom whenever we're forced to leave him at home (which is virtually some part of every day), his deviated septum which causes him to snore at night, his shaking and panting in the middle of the night during thunderstorms, his insistence on protecting us from Harry...
It's like he and Harry were each meant to be "only children".