Do fantastiky zahrnujeme nejenom vědeckofantastickou a fantasy literaturu, ale také horory. A nebyl by to správný žánr, kdyby v anglofonním světě neměl šanci získat vysoce prestižní ocenění. Stejně jako SF má Huga a Nebulu, Fantasy WFA, tak nejlepší hororová díla vydaná v uplynulém roce mohou získat Cenu Brama Stokera.

Letošní vítěze jako obvykle zvolila Asociace hororových spisovatelů (Horror Writers Association). Vítězové v jednotlivých kategoriích byli vyhlášeni na World Horror Convention 29. března 2008 v Salt Lake City. Uvidíme, jestli se některá vítězná nebo nominovaná díla dostanou na náš trh (některým autorům se to již podařilo)...

Doplním jenom, že HWA pro letošní rok udělila ceny za celoživotní přínos hororu Johnu Carpenterovi a Robertu Weinbergovi.

• The Missing by Sarah Langan (Harper)
• The Guardener's Tale by Bruce Boston (Sam's Dot)
• Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (William Morrow; č. Černá krabice, Beta 2007)
• The Terror by Dan Simmons (Little, Brown; č. Teror, Laser-books 2007)

• Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (William Morrow, č. Černá krabice, Beta 2007)
• I Will Rise by Michael Calvillo (Lachesis Publishing)
• The Memory Tree by John R. Little (Nocturne Press)
• The Witch's Trinity by Erika Mailman
• The Hollower by Mary SanGiovanni (Leisure Books)

• "Afterward, There Will Be A Hallway" by Gary Braunbeck (Five Strokes to Midnight)
• "Almost the Last Story by Almost the Last Man" by Scott Edelman (Postscripts)
• General Slocum's Gold by Nicholas Kaufmann (Burning Effigy Press)
• The Tenth Muse by William Browning Spencer
• "An Apiary of White Bees" by Lee Thomas (Inferno)

Povídka

• "The Gentle Brush of Wings" by David Niall Wilson (Defining Moments)
• "The Death Wagon Rolls On By" by C. Dean Andersson (Cemetery Dance #57)
• "Letting Go" by John Everson
• "The Teacher” by Paul G. Tremblay (Chizine)
• "There's No Light Between Floors" by Paul G. Tremblay (Clarkesworld)  

Antologie

• Five Strokes to Midnight edited by Gary Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeble (Haunted Pelican Press)
• Inferno edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor)
• Dark Delicacies 2: Fear edited by Del Howison & Jeff Gelb (Carroll & Graf/Avalon)
• Midnight Premiere edited by Tom Piccirilli (Cemetery Dance Publications)
• At Ease With The Dead edited by Barbara & Christopher Roden

Povídková sbírka 

• Proverbs for Monsters by Michael A. Arnzen (Dark Regions Press)
• 5 Stories by Peter Straub (Borderlands)
• The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
• Old Devil Moon by Christopher Fowler
• Defining Moments by David Niall Wilson (Sarob Press)

Dílo mimo beletrii 

• The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre by Jonathan Maberry & David F. Kramer (Citadel Press / Kensington)
• Encyclopedia Horrifica by Joshue Gee (Scholastic)
• The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died by Michael Largo (Harper)
• Storytellers Unplugged by Joe Nassise and David Niall Wilson (Storytellers Unplugged/)

Poezie 

• Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by Linda Addison (Space and Time)
• Heresy by Charlee Jacob (Bedlam Press [Necro Publications])
• VECTORS: A Week in the Death of a Planet by Charlee Jacob & Marge Simon (Dark Regions Press)
• Phantasmapedia by Mark McLaughlin (Dead Letter Press)
• "Ossuary" by JoSelle Vanderhooft

Více informací o ceně a asociaci získáte na www.horror.org. Seznam nominací upraven podle SF Signals.