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 na World Horror Convention 29. března 2008 v Salt Lake City. Uvidíme, jestli některá nominovaná díla proniknou na náš trh...
Román
- The Guardener's Tale by Bruce Boston (Sam's Dot)
- Mr. Hands by Gary Braunbeck (Leisure)
- Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand (Small Beer Press)
- Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (William Morrow; č. Černá krabice, Beta 2007)
- Ghoul by Brian Keene (Leisure)
- The Missing by Sarah Langan (Harper)
- Dead Man's Song by Jonathan Maberry (Pinnacle)
- The Midnight Road by Tom Piccirilli (Bantam)
- The Terror by Dan Simmons (Little, Brown; č. Teror, Laser-books 2007)
- The Dust of Wonderland by Lee Thomas (Alyson Books)
Prvotina
- I Will Rise by Michael Calvillo (Lachesis Publishing)
- Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill (William Morrow)
- The Memory Tree by John R. Little (Nocturne Press)
- Dying to Live by Kim Paffenroth (Permuted Press)
- The Hollower by Mary SanGiovanni (Leisure Books)
- Vacation by Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
- Roses of Blood on Barbwire Vines by D. L. Snell (Permuted Press)
Novela
- "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)
- "Survival of the Fittest" by Scott Edelman (Summer Chills)
- "You Never Got Used to the Needle" by John Everson (Needles and Sins)
- Blood Coven by Angeline Hawkes & Christopher Fulbright (Dead Letter Press)
- General Slocum's Gold by Nicholas Kaufmann (Burning Effigy Press)
- Placeholders by John R. Little (Necessary Evil Press)
- Blood Wish by Michael McBride (Delirium Books)
- Frayed by Tom Piccirilli (Creeping Hemlock Press)
- Lost in Translation by Gord Rollo (NYX Books)
- "An Apiary of White Bees" by Lee Thomas (Inferno)
- "Trolling Lures" by Steve Vernon (Hard Roads)
Povídka
- "The Death Wagon Rolls On By" by C. Dean Andersson (Cemetery Dance #57)
- "The Heart Of The City" by Sandy DeLuca & Michael McCarty (Hungur #4)
- "Longtime Gone" by Kurt Dinan (Chizine #34) "Letting Go" by John Everson (Needles and Sins)
- "Hungry for the Flesh" by Lisa Manetti (Space and Time #100)
- "The Wizard of Ooze" by Michael McCarty & Linnea Quigley (Midnight Premiere)
- "Mr. Creator" by Joe McKinney (The Sound of Horror)
- "The Teacher” by Paul G. Tremblay (Chizine)
- "There's No Light Between Floors" by Paul G. Tremblay (Clarkesworld)
- "The Gentle Brush of Wings" by David Niall Wilson (Defining Moments)
Antologie
- Five Strokes to Midnight edited by Gary Braunbeck and Hank Schwaeble (Haunted Pelican Press)
- Horror Library Volume 2 edited by R. J. Cavender & Vincent VanAllen (Cutting Block Press)
- Inferno edited by Ellen Datlow (Tor)
- Dark Delicacies 2: Fear edited by Del Howison & Jeff Gelb (Carroll & Graf/Avalon)
- High Seas Cthulhu edited by William Jones (Elder Signs Press)
- Horrors Beyond 2 edited by William Jones (Elder Signs Press)
- Astounding Hero Tales edited by James Lowder (Hero)
- History is Dead edited by Kim Paffenroth (Permuted Press)
- Midnight Premiere edited by Tom Piccirilli (Cemetery Dance Publications)
- Gratia Placenti edited by Jason Sizemore & Gill Ainsworth (Apex Publications)
Povídková sbírka
- Proverbs for Monsters by Michael A. Arnzen (Dark Regions Press)
- The Imago Sequence by Laird Barron (Night Shade Books)
- Darker Loves by James Dorr (Dark Regions Press)
- Needles and Sins by John Everson (Necro Publications)
- When it Rains and Other Wreckage by Christopher Fulbright (Doorways Publication)
- Voyeurs of Death by Shaun Jeffrey (Doorways Publication)
- No Further Messages by Brett Alexander Savory (Delirium)
- Sparks and Shadows by Lucy Snyder (HW Press)
- 5 Stories by Peter Straub (Borderlands)
- Defining Moments by David Niall Wilson (Sarob Press)
Dílo mimo beletrii
- Encyclopedia Horrifica by Joshue Gee (Scholastic)
- The Science of Stephen King by Lois H. Gresh and Robert Weinberg (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.)
- The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died by Michael Largo (Harper)
- The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange & Downright Bizarre by Jonathan Maberry & David F. Kramer (Citadel Press / Kensington)
- Storytellers Unplugged by Joe Nassise and David Niall Wilson (Storytellers Unplugged/)
Poezie
- Being Full of Light, Insubstantial by Linda Addison (Space and Time)
- Mary Falls: Requiem for Mrs. Surratt by Christopher Conlon (The Word Works)
- Tango in the Ninth Circle by Corrine de Winter (Dark Regions Press)
- 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)
- Sometimes While Dreaming by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff (Sam's Dot)
- Your Cat & Other Space Aliens by Mary Turzillo (VanZeno Press)
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