INTERNATIONAL HORROR GUILD AWARD FINALISTS ANNOUNCED

My wife has, under her professional moniker of Ann Kennedy, been serving as one of the judges for the IHG Awards. The finalists for which have just been announced:

NOMINEES ANNOUNCED; GAHAN WILSON HONORED


Nominations in recognition of achievement in the field of horror/dark fantasy during 2004 are:

NOVEL

Ramsey Campbell. THE OVERNIGHT (PS Publishing, UK)
Elizabeth Hand. MORTAL LOVE (William Morrow)
James Hynes. THE KINGS OF INFINITE SPACE (St. Martin's Press)
Lucius Shepard. A HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN PRAYER (Thunder's Mouth Press)
Peter Straub. IN THE NIGHT ROOM (Random House, US; Harper Collins, UK)

FIRST NOVEL

Susanna Clarke. JONATHAN STRANGE AND MR. MORRELL (Bloomsbury)
John Harwood. THE GHOST WRITER (Harcourt, US; Jonathan Cape UK)
Nick Mamatas. MOVE UNDER GROUND (Night Shade)
Dan Vining. THE QUICK (Jove)
Carlos Ruis Zafon (Translated by Lucia Graves). THE SHADOW OF THE WIND (Penguin, US; Weidenfeld & Nicolson, UK; Text Publishing, Australia)

LONG FICTION

John Connolly. THE REFLECTING EYE: A CHARLIE PARKER NOVELLA (Hodder & Stoughton, UK; Atria, US)
Leena Krohn. TAINARON (Prime)
Lucius Shepard. VIATOR (Night Shade)
Lisa Tuttle. MY DEATH (PS Publishing)

MID-LENGTH FICTION

Daniel Abraham. "Flat Diane" (The Magazine of Fantasy and & Science Fiction, Oct/Nov 04)
Laird Barron. "Bulldozer" (SciFiction, Scifi.com, 25 Aug 04)
Stephen Gallagher. "Restraint" (Postscripts 1)
Barbara Roden. "Northwest Passage" (ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT)
Michael Shea. "The Growlimb"(The Magazine of Fantasy and & Science Fiction, Jan 04)

SHORT FICTION

Dale Bailey. "The End of the World as We Know It" (The Magazine of Fantasy and & Science Fiction, Oct/Nov 04)
Margot Lanagan. "Singing My Sister Down" (BLACK JUICE)
Holly Phillips. "In the Palace of Repose" (HP Lovecraft's Magazine of Horror #1)
Kit Reed. "Family Bed" (SciFiction, Scifi.com, 12 May 04)
Don Tumasonis. "A Pace of Change" (ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT)

COLLECTION

John Connolly. NOCTURNES (Atria, US; Hodder & Stoughton, UK)
Brian Evenson. THE WAVERING KNIFE (Fiction Collective Two)
Stephen Gallagher. OUT OF HIS MIND (PS Publishing)
Francis Oliver. DANCING ON AIR (Ash-Tree Press)
Conrad Williams. USE ONCE THEN DESTROY (Night Shade)

ANTHOLOGY

ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT, edited by Barbara and Christopher Roden (Ash-Tree Press)
NIGHT VISIONS 11, edited by William Sheehan (Subterranean)
QUIETLY NOW: A TRIBUTE TO CHARLES L. GRANT, edited by Kealan-Patrick Burke (Borderlands)
A WALK ON THE DARKSIDE: VISIONS OF HORROR, edited by John Pelan (Roc)

NON-FICTION

Alan Clark. THE PAINT IN MY BLOOD (IFD Publishing) Joel McCabe.
Joel McCabe. HANGING OUT WITH THE DREAM KING: INTERVIEWS WITH NEIL GAIMAN AND HIS COLLABORATORS (Fantagraphics)
DM Mitchell. A SERIOUS LIFE (Savoy, UK)
Milt Thomas. CAVE OF A THOUSAND STORIES (Arkham House)

ART

Darrel Anderson
Rick Berry
Alan Clark
Lisa Desimini
Michael Whelan

FILM

HELLBOY. Directed and screenplay by Guillermo del Toro, story by Guillermo del Toro and Peter Briggs, based on comics and the character created by Mike Mignola
THE MACHINIST. Directed by Brad Anderson, written by Scott Kosay
THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST. Directed by Mel Gibson, screenplay by Benedict Fitzgerald and Mel Gibson
SHAUN OF THE DEAD. Directed by Edgar Wright, written by Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright
A TALE OF TWO SISTERS. Directed and written by Van Elder, story by Paulara Hawkins

TELEVISION

CARNIVALE, created by Daniel Knauf (Home Box Office)
CHARMED, created by Constance M Burge (WB)
KINGDOM HOSPITAL, created by Stephen King based on film by Lars van Trier (ABC)
THE LOST, created by J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof (ABC)

ILLUSTRATED NARRATIVE

ALEISTER ARCANE # 1-3 by Steve Niles (writer) & Breehn Burns (illustrator) (IDW Publishing)
THE BUG BOY by Hideshi Hino (DH Publishing)
THE DARK HORSE BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT edited by Scott Allie (Dark Horse)
THE GOON #6: "Ilagarto Hombre!" by Eric Powell (Dark Horse)
GRAPHIC CLASSICS: ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON edited by Tom Pomplun (Eureka Productions)

PERIODICAL

Cemetery Dance (Cemetery Dance Publications)
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (Spilogale, Inc.)
SciFiction (Scifi.com)
The Third Alternative (TTA Press)
Wormwood (Tartarus Press)

This will be the eleventh annual International Horror Guild Awards. Based on public recommendations, the juried awards recognize outstanding achievements in the field of Horror and Dark Fantasy. Nominations are derived from recommendations made by the public and the judges' knowledge of the field. Edward Bryant, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Ann Kennedy, and Hank Wagner adjudicated this year's awards.

Along with the nominees for its 2005 awards, the INTERNATIONAL HORROR GUILD has named GAHAN WILSON as recipient of its annual Living Legend Award. "Gahan Wilson has enriched our lives with his ability to see through the world that everybody else takes as reality and show us, with his wonderfully weird art, wit, and writing, what he sees," said Paula Guran, award administrator. The eleventh annual awards will be presented during World Fantasy Convention, November 3-6 in Madison, Wisconsin.