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 nominace jako obvykle udělila Asociace hororových spisovatelů (Horror Writers Association). Vítězové v jednotlivých kategoriích budou vyhlášeni 16. června 2006 na konferenci HWA v Newarku (stát New Jersy, USA). Uvidíme, jestli některá nominovaná díla proniknou na náš trh...

Román

• Creepers, by David Morrell
• Dread in the Beast, by Charlee Jacob
• Keepers, by Gary Braunbeck
• November Mourns, by Tom Piccirilli

Prvotina

• The Hides, by Kealan Patrick Burke
• Scarecrow Gods, by Weston Ochse
• Siren Promised, by Alan M. Clark and Jeremy Robert Johnson

Novela

• "Best New Horror," by Joe Hill
• "In the Midnight Museum," by Gary Braunbeck
• "Some Zombie Contingency Plans," by Kelly Link
• "The Things They Left Behind," by Stephen King

Povídka

• "As Others See Us," by Mort Castle
• "Haeckel's Tale," by Clive Barker
• "Times of Atonement," by Yvonne Navarro
• "We Now Pause for Station Identification," by Gary Braunbeck
• "Invisible," by Steve Rasnic Tem

Antologie

• Corpse Blossoms, by Julia and RJ Sevin
• Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre, by Del Howison and Jeff Gelb
• Outsiders, by Nancy Holder and Nancy Kilpatrick
• Weird Shadows Over Innsmouth, by Stephen Jones

Sbírka povídek

• Haunted, by Chuck Palahniuk
• Looking for Jake, by China Miéville
• Magic for Beginners, by Kelly Link
• Twentieth Century Ghosts, by Joe Hill

Dílo mimo beletrii

• The Bradbury Chronicle, by Sam Weller
• Horror: Another 100 Best Books, by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman
• Morbid Curiosity #9, by Loren Rhoades
• More Giants of the Genre, by Michael McCarty
• Why Buffy Matters: The Art of 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer', by Rhonda Wilcox

Poezie

• "Freakcidents," by Michael A. Arnzen
• "Seasons: A Series of Poems Based on the Life and Death of Edgar Allan Poe," by Daniel Shields
• "The Shadow City," by Gary W. Crawford
• "Sineater," by Charlee Jacob

(podle SFsite.com)