**Edited to correct the Long List to the Final Ballot**<\/p>\n
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The 2021 Stoker ballot has been announced. Repeated below with links to the titles Monster Librarian has reviewed.<\/p>\n
The 2021 Bram Stoker Awards\u00ae Preliminary Ballot<\/strong>\u00a0Superior Achievement in a Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n Castro, V. \u2013\u00a0The Queen of the Cicadas<\/em> (Flame Tree Press) Superior Achievement in a First Novel<\/strong> Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n Ahmed, Saladin (author) and Kivel\u00e4, Sami (artist) \u2013\u00a0Abbott 1973<\/em>\u00a0(BOOM! Studios) Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel<\/strong><\/p>\n Blake, Kendare \u2013\u00a0All These Bodies<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Quill Tree Books) Superior Achievement in Long Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n Castro, V. \u2013\u00a0Goddess of Filth<\/em> (Creature Publishing, LLC) <\/p>\n Superior Achievement in Short Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n Gyzander, Carol \u2013 \u201cThe Yellow Crown\u201d (Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign<\/em>) (Hippocampus Press) Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n Files, Gemma \u2013\u00a0In That Endlessness, Our End<\/em>\u00a0(Grimscribe Press) Superior Achievement in a Screenplay<\/strong><\/p>\n Chaisson, C. Henry; Antosca, Nick; and Cooper, Scott \u2013\u00a0Antlers<\/em> (Searchlight Pictures) Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n Lansdale, Joe R. \u2013\u00a0Apache Witch and Other Poetic Observations<\/em> (Independent Legions Publishing) Superior Achievement in an Anthology<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHendrix, Grady \u2013\u00a0The Final Girl Support Group<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Berkley)
\nJones, Stephen Graham \u2013\u00a0My Heart Is a Chainsaw<\/em><\/a> (Gallery\/Saga Press)
\nPelayo, Cynthia \u2013\u00a0Children of Chicago<\/em><\/a> (Agora Books)
\nWendig, Chuck \u2013\u00a0The Book of Accidents<\/em>\u00a0(Del Rey)<\/p>\n
\nMartinez, S. Alessandro \u2013\u00a0Helminth<\/em>\u00a0(Omnium Gatherum)
\nMcQueen, LaTanya \u2013\u00a0When the Reckoning Comes<\/em>\u00a0(Harper Perennial)
\nMiles, Terry \u2013\u00a0Rabbits<\/em> (Del Rey)
\nPiper, Hailey \u2013\u00a0Queen of Teeth<\/em>\u00a0(Strangehouse Books)
\nQuigley, Lisa \u2013\u00a0The Forest<\/em>\u00a0(Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing)
\nWillson, Nicole \u2013\u00a0Tidepool<\/em>\u00a0(The Parliament House)<\/p>\n
\nGarcia, Kami (author); Suayan, Mico (artist); Badower, Jason (artist); and Mayhew, Mike (artist) \u2013\u00a0Joker\/Harley: Criminal Sanity<\/em> (DC Comics)
\nManzetti, Alessandro (author) and Cardoselli, Stefano (artist) \u2013\u00a0The Inhabitant of the Lake<\/em> (Independent Legions Publishing)
\nMorrison, Grant (author); Child, Alex (author); and Franquiz, Naomi (artist) \u2013\u00a0Proctor Valley Road<\/em> (BOOM! Studios)
\nPanosian, Dan (author) and Ignazzi, Marianna (artist) \u2013\u00a0An Unkindness of Ravens<\/em>\u00a0(BOOM! Studios)<\/p>\n
\nBoyle, R.L. \u2013\u00a0The Book of the Baku<\/em> (Titan Books)
\nLewis, Jessica \u2013\u00a0Bad Witch Burning<\/em> (Delacorte Press)
\nSutherland, Krystal \u2013\u00a0House of Hollow<\/em>\u00a0(G.P. Putnam\u2019s Sons)
\nWaters, Erica \u2013\u00a0The River Has Teeth<\/em>\u00a0(HarperTeen)<\/p>\n
\nKhaw, Cassandra \u2013\u00a0Nothing But Blackened Teeth<\/em>\u00a0(Tor Nightfire)
\nLaRocca, Eric \u2013\u00a0Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke<\/em> (Weirdpunk Books)
\nPiper, Hailey \u2013 \u201cRecitation of the First Feeding\u201d (Unfortunate Elements of My Anatom<\/em>y) (The Seventh Terrace)
\nStrand, Jeff \u2013 \u201cTwentieth Anniversary Screening\u201d (Slice and Dice<\/em>) (Independently published)<\/p>\n
\nMurray, Lee \u2013 \u201cPermanent Damage\u201d (Attack From the \u201980s<\/em>) (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
\nO\u2019Quinn, Cindy \u2013 \u201cA Gathering at the Mountain\u201d (The Bad Book<\/em>) (Bleeding Edge Books)
\nTaborska, Anna -\u201cTwo Shakes Of A Dead Lamb\u2019s Tail\u201d(Terror Tales of the Scottish Lowlands<\/em>) (Telos Publishing)
\nWard, Kyla Lee \u2013 \u201cA Whisper in the Death Pit\u201d (Weirdbook #44) (Wildside Press)<\/p>\n
\nFracassi, Philip \u2013\u00a0Beneath a Pale Sky<\/em> (Lethe Press)
\nMaberry, Jonathan \u2013\u00a0Empty Graves: Tales of the Living Dead<\/em> (WordFire Press LLC)
\nTuttle, Lisa \u2013\u00a0The Dead Hours of Night<\/em>\u00a0(Valancourt Books)
\nWise, A.C. \u2013\u00a0The Ghost Sequences<\/em> (Undertow Publications)<\/p>\n
\nDong-hyuk, Hwang \u2013\u00a0Squid Game<\/em>, Season 1, Episode 1: \u201cRed Light, Green Light\u201d (Siren Pictures)
\nFlanagan, Mike; Flanagan, James; and Howard, Jeff \u2013\u00a0Midnight Mass<\/em>, Season 1, Episode 6: \u201cBook VI: Acts of the Apostles\u201d (Intrepid Pictures)
\nGraziadei, Phil and Janiak, Leigh \u2013\u00a0Fear Street: Part One \u2013 1994<\/em>\u00a0(Chernin Entertainment)
\nPeele, Jordan; Rosenfeld, Win; and DaCosta, Nia \u2013\u00a0Candyman<\/em> (Universal Pictures)<\/p>\n
\nMcHugh, Jessica \u2013\u00a0Strange Nests<\/em> (Apokrupha)
\nSimon, Marge and Turzillo, Mary \u2013\u00a0Victims<\/em>\u00a0(Weasel Press)
\nSng, Christina; Yuriko Smith, Angela; Murray, Lee; and Flynn, Geneve \u2013\u00a0Tortured Willows: Bent. Bowed. Unbroken.<\/em>\u00a0<\/a>(Yuriko Publishing)
\nSnyder, Lucy A. \u2013\u00a0Exposed Nerves<\/em>\u00a0(Raw Dog Screaming Press)<\/p>\n