The Babadook a Stoker�� Took (A Preview of Sorts of World Horror Con 2015)
Back from World Horror Convention on a flight leaving Atlanta from Gate 13C and seated in the plane���s 13th row (or actually closer to row 13.5) but, despite the omen, on a smooth flight that got in early.�� In fact the only bit of real bad luck was, when I checked the mail the catsitter had collected while I was gone, my authors��� copies of AIRSHIPS & AUTOMATONS and MONK PUNK AND SHADOW OF THE UNKNOWN OMNIBUS still had not yet arrived.
On the other hand, the cave cat Wednesday was happy and healthy when I returned home, greeting me when I opened the door and, especially cute (or disgusting depending on one’s perspective), had caught a mouse while I was gone and left its little corpse in the hall entryway where I would find it.�� Also on the plus side, I had gotten a chance to at least touch a copy of MONK PUNK. . . . (it actually exists!) in the convention Dealer���s Room as well as receiving in my own hands my authors��� copies of REEL DARK with my story ���Marcie and Her Sisters��� (cf. May 4, et al.) in the number three spot in the contents.�� Also the Indiana University Cinema���s prescience was confirmed by screenwriter/director Jennifer Kent���s winning the Superior Achievement in a Screenplay Stoker�� for THE BABADOOK (for my review, see January 23).�� More of WHC shall appear in the coming days, which is to say after I���ve rested a bit, but here for now is a complete list, courtesy of Tom Calen via the Horror Writers Association Facebook page, of 2015 Stoker Award�� winners:
Full list of Bram Stoker Award 2015 Winners:
Superior Achievement in a NOVEL
Blood Kin by Steve Rasnic Tem (Solaris Books)
Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL
Mr. Wicker by Maria Alexander (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Superior Achievement in a YOUNG ADULT NOVEL
Phoenix Island by John Dixon (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books)
Superior Achievement in a GRAPHIC NOVEL
Bad Blood by Jonathan Maberry (Dark Horse Books)
Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION
���Fishing for Dinosaurs��� by Joe R. Lansdale (Limbus, Inc., Book II, JournalStone)
Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION (tie)
���The Vaporization Enthalpy of a Peculiar Pakistani Family��� by Usman T. Malik (Qualia Nous, Written Backwards)
“Ruminations” by Rena Mason (Qualia Nous, Written Backwards)
Superior Achievement in a SCREENPLAY
The Babadook by Jennifer Kent (Causeway Films)
Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY
Fearful Symmetries edited by Ellen Datlow (ChiZine Publications)
Superior Achievement in a FICTION COLLECTION
Soft Apocalypses by Lucy A. Snyder (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Superior Achievement in NON-FICTION
Shooting Yourself in the Head For Fun and Profit: A Writer���s Survival Guide by Lucy A. Snyder (Post Mortem Press)
Superior Achievement in a POETRY COLLECTION
Forgiving Judas by Tom Piccirilli (Crossroad Press)
