A Associação de Escritores de Terror (Horror Writers Association) anunciou os finalistas do Prêmio Bram Stoker 2015. Os vencedores serão conhecidos no dia 14 de maio, durante o encontro de literatura de terror StokerCon, que acontece entre os dias 12 e 15 de maio, em Las Vegas (EUA).
O prêmio é um dos mais importantes do gênero no mundo. Entre os finalistas estão o mestre Clive Barker, que concorre com The Scarlet Gospels, uma sequência do livro Hellraiser, na categoria Romance.
Outro nome conhecido é o de Scott Snyder, que roteirizou a HQ American Vampire junto com Stephen King. Ele concorre na categoria melhor graphic novel, com a HQ Wytches Vol.1.
Guillermo del Toro concorre na categoria melhor roteiro cinematográfico, pela história de A Colina Escarlate (Crimson Peak), cujo roteiro foi escrito em parceria com Matthew Robbins. O criador da série de TV Penny Dreadful, John Logan, concorre com os roteiros de dois episódios da segunda temporada da série: The Nightcomers (terceiro episódio) e And Hell Itself my only Foe (nono episódio).
Outro nome conhecido é o de Scott Snyder, que roteirizou a HQ American Vampire junto com Stephen King. Ele concorre na categoria melhor graphic novel, com a HQ Wytches Vol.1.
Guillermo del Toro concorre na categoria melhor roteiro cinematográfico, pela história de A Colina Escarlate (Crimson Peak), cujo roteiro foi escrito em parceria com Matthew Robbins. O criador da série de TV Penny Dreadful, John Logan, concorre com os roteiros de dois episódios da segunda temporada da série: The Nightcomers (terceiro episódio) e And Hell Itself my only Foe (nono episódio).
Confira abaixo a lista completa dos indicados para o prêmio:
Melhor Romance:
Clive Barker – The Scarlet Gospels (Ed. St. Martin’s Press)
Michaelbrent Collings – The Deep (edição do autor)
JG Faherty – The Cure (Ed. Samhain Publishing)
Patrick Freivald – Black Tide (Ed. JournalStone Publishing)
Paul Tremblay – A Head Full of Ghosts (Ed. William Morrow)
Clive Barker – The Scarlet Gospels (Ed. St. Martin’s Press)
Michaelbrent Collings – The Deep (edição do autor)
JG Faherty – The Cure (Ed. Samhain Publishing)
Patrick Freivald – Black Tide (Ed. JournalStone Publishing)
Paul Tremblay – A Head Full of Ghosts (Ed. William Morrow)
Melhor Romance de Estreia:
Courtney Alameda – Shutter (Ed. Feiwel & Friends)
Nicole Cushing – Mr. Suicide (Ed. Word Horde)
Brian Kirk – We are Monsters (Ed. Samhain Publishing)
John McIlveen – Hannahwhere (Ed. Crossroad Press)
John Claude Smith – Riding the Centipede (Omnium Gatherum)
Courtney Alameda – Shutter (Ed. Feiwel & Friends)
Nicole Cushing – Mr. Suicide (Ed. Word Horde)
Brian Kirk – We are Monsters (Ed. Samhain Publishing)
John McIlveen – Hannahwhere (Ed. Crossroad Press)
John Claude Smith – Riding the Centipede (Omnium Gatherum)
Melhor Romance para Jovens:
Jennifer Brozek – Never Let Me Sleep (Ed. Permuted Press)
Michaelbrent Collings – The Ridealong (edição do autor)
John Dixon – Devil’s Pocket (Ed. Simon & Schuster)
Tonya Hurley – Hallowed (Ed. Simon & Schuster)
Maureen Johnson – The Shadow Cabinet (Ed. Penguin)
Ian Welke – End Times at Ridgemont High (Ed. Omnium Gatherum)
Jennifer Brozek – Never Let Me Sleep (Ed. Permuted Press)
Michaelbrent Collings – The Ridealong (edição do autor)
John Dixon – Devil’s Pocket (Ed. Simon & Schuster)
Tonya Hurley – Hallowed (Ed. Simon & Schuster)
Maureen Johnson – The Shadow Cabinet (Ed. Penguin)
Ian Welke – End Times at Ridgemont High (Ed. Omnium Gatherum)
Melhor Graphic Novel:
Cullen Bunn – Harrow County, Vol. 1: Countless Haints (Dark Horse Comics)
Victor Gischler – Hellbound (Dark Horse Books)
Robert Kirkman – Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him (Image Comics)
Scott Snyder – Wytches, Vol. 1 (Image Comics)
Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Chris Ryall, & Carlos Guzman (editores) – Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (IDW Publishing)
Cullen Bunn – Harrow County, Vol. 1: Countless Haints (Dark Horse Comics)
Victor Gischler – Hellbound (Dark Horse Books)
Robert Kirkman – Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him (Image Comics)
Scott Snyder – Wytches, Vol. 1 (Image Comics)
Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Chris Ryall, & Carlos Guzman (editores) – Shadow Show: Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury (IDW Publishing)
Melhor Ficção Longa (ou seja, contos mais longos):
Gary A. Braunbeck – Paper Cuts (publicado em Seize the Night) (Ed. Gallery Books)
Lisa Mannetti – The Box Jumper (Ed. Smart Rhino Publications)
Norman Partridge – Special Collections (publicado em The Library of the Dead) (Ed.Written Backwards)
Mercedes M. Yardley – Little Dead Red (publicado em Grimm Mistresses) (Ed. Ragnarok Publications)
Scott Edelman – Becoming Invisible, Becoming Seen (publicado em Dark Discoveries #30)
Gary A. Braunbeck – Paper Cuts (publicado em Seize the Night) (Ed. Gallery Books)
Lisa Mannetti – The Box Jumper (Ed. Smart Rhino Publications)
Norman Partridge – Special Collections (publicado em The Library of the Dead) (Ed.Written Backwards)
Mercedes M. Yardley – Little Dead Red (publicado em Grimm Mistresses) (Ed. Ragnarok Publications)
Scott Edelman – Becoming Invisible, Becoming Seen (publicado em Dark Discoveries #30)
Melhor Conto:
Kate Jonez – All the Day You’ll Have Good Luck (publicado em Black Static #47)
Gene O’Neill – The Algernon Effect (White Noise Press)
John Palisano – Happy Joe’s Rest Stop (publicado em 18 Wheels of Horror) (Ed. Big Time Books)
Damien Angelica Walters – Sing Me Your Scars (publicado em Sing Me Your Scars) (Ed. Apex Publications)
Alyssa Wong – Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers (publicado em Nightmare Magazine #37)
Kate Jonez – All the Day You’ll Have Good Luck (publicado em Black Static #47)
Gene O’Neill – The Algernon Effect (White Noise Press)
John Palisano – Happy Joe’s Rest Stop (publicado em 18 Wheels of Horror) (Ed. Big Time Books)
Damien Angelica Walters – Sing Me Your Scars (publicado em Sing Me Your Scars) (Ed. Apex Publications)
Alyssa Wong – Hungry Daughters of Starving Mothers (publicado em Nightmare Magazine #37)
Melhor Roteiro:
Guillermo del Toro e Matthew Robbins – Crimson Peak (Legendary Pictures)
John Logan – Penny Dreadful: And Hell Itself My Only Foe (Showtime)
John Logan – Penny Dreadful: Nightcomers (Showtime)
David Robert Mitchell – It Follows (Northern Lights Films)
Taika Waititi & Jemaine Clement – What We Do in the Shadows (Unison Films)
Guillermo del Toro e Matthew Robbins – Crimson Peak (Legendary Pictures)
John Logan – Penny Dreadful: And Hell Itself My Only Foe (Showtime)
John Logan – Penny Dreadful: Nightcomers (Showtime)
David Robert Mitchell – It Follows (Northern Lights Films)
Taika Waititi & Jemaine Clement – What We Do in the Shadows (Unison Films)
Melhor Organização de Antologia (vários autores):
Michael Bailey – The Library of the Dead (Ed. Written Backwards)
Ellen Datlow – The Doll Collection: Seventeen Brand-New Tales of Dolls (Ed. Tor Books)
Christopher Golden – Seize the Night (Ed. Gallery Books)
Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles – nEvermore! (Ed. Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing)
Jonathan Maberry – The X-Files: Trust No One (Ed. IDW Publishing)
Joseph Nassise and Del Howison – Midian Unmade (Ed. Tor Books)
Ellen Datlow – The Doll Collection: Seventeen Brand-New Tales of Dolls (Ed. Tor Books)
Christopher Golden – Seize the Night (Ed. Gallery Books)
Nancy Kilpatrick and Caro Soles – nEvermore! (Ed. Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing)
Jonathan Maberry – The X-Files: Trust No One (Ed. IDW Publishing)
Joseph Nassise and Del Howison – Midian Unmade (Ed. Tor Books)
Melhor Coletânea de Contos:
Gary A. Braunbeck – Halfway Down the Stairs (Ed. JournalStone Publishing)
Nicole Cushing – The Mirrors (Ed. Cycatrix Press)
Taylor Grant – The Dark at the End of the Tunnel (Ed. Cemetery Dance Publications)
Gene O’Neill – The Hitchhiking Effect (Ed. Dark Renaissance Books)
Lucy A. Snyder – While the Black Stars Burn (Ed. Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Gary A. Braunbeck – Halfway Down the Stairs (Ed. JournalStone Publishing)
Nicole Cushing – The Mirrors (Ed. Cycatrix Press)
Taylor Grant – The Dark at the End of the Tunnel (Ed. Cemetery Dance Publications)
Gene O’Neill – The Hitchhiking Effect (Ed. Dark Renaissance Books)
Lucy A. Snyder – While the Black Stars Burn (Ed. Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Melhor Obra de Não-Ficção:
Justin Everett and Jeffrey H. Shanks (editores) – The Unique Legacy of Weird Tales: The Evolution of Modern Fantasy and Horror (Ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
Stephen Jones – The Art of Horror (Ed. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books)
Michael Knost – Author’s Guide to Marketing with Teeth (Ed. Seventh Star Press)
Joe Mynhardt & Emma Audsley (editores) – Horror 201: The Silver Scream (Ed. Crystal Lake Publishing)
Danel Olson – Studies in the Horror Film: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (Ed. Centipede Press)
Justin Everett and Jeffrey H. Shanks (editores) – The Unique Legacy of Weird Tales: The Evolution of Modern Fantasy and Horror (Ed. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers)
Stephen Jones – The Art of Horror (Ed. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books)
Michael Knost – Author’s Guide to Marketing with Teeth (Ed. Seventh Star Press)
Joe Mynhardt & Emma Audsley (editores) – Horror 201: The Silver Scream (Ed. Crystal Lake Publishing)
Danel Olson – Studies in the Horror Film: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining (Ed. Centipede Press)
Melhor Coletânea de Poesia:
Bruce Boston – Resonance Dark and Light (Ed. Eldritch Press)
Alessandro Manzetti – Eden Underground (Ed. Crystal Lake Publishing)
Ann Schwader – Dark Energies (Ed. P’rea Press)
Marge Simon – Naughty Ladies (Ed. Eldritch Press)
Stephanie M. Wytovich – An Exorcism of Angels (Ed. Raw Dog Screaming Press)
Bruce Boston – Resonance Dark and Light (Ed. Eldritch Press)
Alessandro Manzetti – Eden Underground (Ed. Crystal Lake Publishing)
Ann Schwader – Dark Energies (Ed. P’rea Press)
Marge Simon – Naughty Ladies (Ed. Eldritch Press)
Stephanie M. Wytovich – An Exorcism of Angels (Ed. Raw Dog Screaming Press)