Bram Stoker Awards 2005
science fiction awards database
Where and When:
Burbank CA :
June 25, 2005
Eligibility Year: 2004
Eligibility Year: 2004
Novel
- Winner: In the Night Room, Peter Straub (Random House)
- The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower, Stephen King (Donald M. Grant/Scribner)
- Deep in the Darkness, Michael Laimo (Leisure/Flesh & Blood Press)
- The Wind Caller, P. D. Cacek (Leisure)
First Novel
- Winner (tie): Covenant, John Everson (Delirium Books)
- Winner (tie): Stained, Lee Thomas (Wildside Press)
- Black Fire, James Kidman (Leisure)
- Move Under Ground, Nick Mamatas (Night Shade Books)
Long Fiction
- Winner: “The Turtle Boy”, Kealan-Patrick Burke (Necessary Evil Press)
- Dead Man's Hand, Tim Lebbon (Necessary Evil Press)
- “Lisey and the Madman”, Stephen King (McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories)
- “Northwest Passage”, Barbara Roden (Acquainted with the Night)
- “Zora and the Zombie”, Andy Duncan (Sci Fiction 4 Feb 2004)
Short Fiction
- Winner: “Nimitseahpah”, Nancy Etchemendy (F&SF Jan 2004)
- “Guts”, Chuck Palahniuk (Playboy Mar 2004)
- “Hunting Meth Zombies in the Great Nebraskan Wasteland”, John Farris (Elvisland)
- “Just Out of Reach”, Gary Braunbeck (Cemetery Dance #50)
- “A Madness of Starlings”, Douglas Clegg (Cemetery Dance #50)
- “Singing My Sister Down”, Margo Lanagan (Black Juice)
Fiction Collection
- Winner: Fearful Symmetries, Thomas F. Monteleone (Cemetery Dance Publications)
- 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories, Michael Arnzen (Raw Dog Screaming Press)
- Demonized, Christopher Fowler (Serpent's Tail)
- Fears Unnamed, Tim Lebbon (Leisure/Borderlands Press)
- The Machinery of Night, Douglas Clegg (Cemetery Dance Publications)
Anthology
- Winner: The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection, Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, eds. (St. Martin's)
- Acquainted with the Night, Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden, eds. (Ash-Tree Press)
- The Many Faces of Van Helsing, Jeanne Cavelos, ed. (Ace)
- Quietly Now: A Tribute to Charles L. Grant, Kealan-Patrick Burke, ed. (Borderlands Press)
- Shivers III, Richard Chizmar, ed. (Cemetery Dance Publications)
Nonfiction
- Winner: Hellnotes, Judi Rohrig (Wolf Moon Publications)
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel, Thomas F. Monteleone (Alpha Books)
- Hanging Out with the Dream King: Conversations with Neil Gaiman and His Collaborators, Joseph McCabe (Fantagraphic Books)
- Ralan.com, Ralan Conley (RalanConley.com)
- The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus, Bev Vincent (New American Library)
Illustrated Narrative
- Winner: Heaven's Devils, Jai Nitz (Image Comics)
- Aleister Arcane, Steve Niles (IDW Publishing)
- Graphic Classics: Robert Louis Stevenson, Tom Pomplun, ed. (Eureka Productions)
- Lost Loves, James Lowder (Moonstone Monsters: Demons)
Screenplay
- Winner (tie): Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth (Blue Ruin)
- Winner (tie): Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright (Canal/Universal)
- Dawn of the Dead, James Gunn (Strike Entertainment)
- Hellboy, Guillermo Del Toro (Revolution)
Work For Younger Readers
- Winner (tie): Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War, Clive Barker (HarperCollins)
- Winner (tie): Oddest Yet, Steve Burt (Burt Creations)
- Robot Santa: The Further Adventures of Santa's Twin, Dean Koontz (HarperCollins)
- Witch Season: Fall, Jeff Mariotte (Simon Pulse)
Poetry Collection
- Winner: The Women at the Funeral, Corrine de Winter (Space & Time)
- The Desert, Charlee Jacob (Dark Regions Press)
- Men Are From Hell, Women Are From The Galaxy Of Death, Mark McLaughlin (Kelp Queen Press)
- Waiting My Turn to Go Under the Knife, Tom Piccirilli (Fairwood Press)
Alternative Forms
- Winner: The Devil's Wine, Tom Piccirilli (Cemetery Dance Publications)
- ChiZine, Brett Savory (Brett Savory)
- Flesh & Blood (magazine), Jack Fisher (Flesh & Blood Press)
- The Goreletter, Michael Arnzen (gorelets.com)
Specialty Press Award
- Winner: Delirium Books, Shane Ryan Staley
Lifetime Achievement
- Winner: Michael Moorcock
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