Monster Librarian has been reviewing the nominees on the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Award and they have been coming in steadily! Here’s a list of the nominees for each category with links to our reviews so far. I’ll be updating this as new ones come in, so check back regularly!

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5/22: Grotesque: Monster Stories by Lee Murray has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection.

5/20: Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies by John Langan has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection.

5/19: The Return by Rachel Harrison has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in a First Novel! We’ve reviewed all the first novels now, scroll down to the links and see what we had to say!

5/19: True Story by Kate Reed Petty has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in a First Novel.

5/19: Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel! We’ve got all the books in this category reviewed now!

5/17: The Taxidermist’s Lover by Polly Hall has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in a First Novel.

5/16: Tome by Ross Jeffrey has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in a First Novel.

5/15: Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre edited by Alison Peirse has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction.

5/12: Devil’s Creek by Todd Keisling has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in a Novel.

5/11: Bent Heavens by Daniel Kraus has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel.

5/9: End of the Road by Brian Keene has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction.

5/7: The Bone Carver (Night Weaver #2) by Monique Snyman has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in Young Adult Fiction.

5/4: Cradleland of Parasites by Sara Tantlinger has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in Poetry.

5/4:  Spectre Deep 6 by Jennifer Brody and Jules Rivera has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.

5/3: Road of Bones by Rich Douek, art by Alex Cormack has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.

4/22: The Masque of the Red Death  by Steven Archer has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.

4/22:  Worst Laid Plans: An Anthology of Vacation Horror  has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in an Anthology

4/5:  Two Truths and a Lie by Sarah Pinsker has a link added in the category of Superior Achievement in Long Fiction.

Superior Achievement in a Novel

• The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones
• The Deep by Alma Katsu
• Devil’s Creek by Todd Keisling
• Malorie by Josh Malerman
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

• The Taxidermist’s Lover by Polly Hall
• The Return by Rachel Harrison
• Tome by Ross Jeffrey
• The Fourth Whore by EV Knight
• True Story by Kate Reed Petty

Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel

• The Masque of the Red Death by Steven Archer
• Spectre Deep 6 by Jennifer Brody and Jules Rivera
• Road of Bones by Rich Douek and Alex Cormack
• Mary Shelley Presents by Nancy Holder, Chiara Di Francia, and Amelia Woo
• Her Life Matters: (Or Brooklyn Frankenstein) by Alessandro Manzetti and Stefano Cardoselli
• Lonesome Days, Savage Nights by Steve Niles, Salvatore Simeone, and Szymon Kudranski

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

• Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
• Kraus, Daniel – Bent Heavens (Henry Holt and Company/Macmillan)
•  The Bone Carver  by Monique Snyman (Vesuvian Books)
• Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
• Ghost Wood Song by Erica Waters

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

• Beyond the Reef by Gabino Iglesias in Lullabies for Suffering: Tales of Addiction Horror
• Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones
• The Invention of Ghosts by Gwendolyn Kiste
• I Will Find You, Even in the Dark by Jess Landry in Dim Shores Presents Volume 1
• Two Truths and a Lie by Sarah Pinsker

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

• Velocities: Stories by Kathe Koja
• Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies by John Langan
• The Cuckoo Girls by Patricia Lillie
• Grotesque: Monster Stories by Lee Murray
• Bloody Britain by Anna Taborska

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

• Whitechapel Rhapsody: Dark Poems by Alessandro Manzetti
• A Complex Accident of Life by Jessica McHugh
• Into the Forest and All the Way Through by Cynthia Pelayo
• A Collection of Dreamscapes by Christina Sng
• Cradleland of Parasites by Sara Tantlinger

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

• Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities & Other Horrors edited by Michael Bailey and Doug Murano
• Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women edited by Lee Murray and Geneve Flynn
• Worst Laid Plans: An Anthology of Vacation Horror edited by Samantha Kolesnik
• Not All Monsters: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women of Horror edited by Sara Tantlinger
• Arterial Bloom edited by Mercedes M. Yardley

Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction

• The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films by Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl
• 1000 Women in Horror by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• End of the Road by Brian Keene
• Women Make Horror: Filmmaking, Feminism, Genre by Alison Peirse
• Writing in the Dark by Tim Waggoner
• The Streaming of Hill House: Essays on the Haunting Netflix Adaption by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.