INDIE HORROR BOOK AWARDS

Best Anthology David James Keaton & Max Booth III – TALES FROM THE CRUST (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing) John Brhel & Joe Sullivan – OTHER VOICES, OTHER TOMBS (Independently Published) Kenneth W. Cain – MIDNIGHT IN THE GRAVEYARD (Silver Shamrock Publishing) Robert S. Wilson – NOX PAREIDOLIA (Nightscape Press) Andrew Lennon & Evans Light – IN DARKNESS, DELIGHT: MASTERS OF MIDNIGHT (Corpus Press) Patrick Beltran & D. Alexander Ward – THE SEVEN DEADLIEST (Cutting Block Books)

Best Creature Feature Greig Beck – THE SIBERIAN INCIDENT (Severed Press) Max Booth III – CARNIVOROUS LUNAR ACTIVITIES (Cinestate/Fangoria) Patrick Lacey & Tim Meyer – LORDS OF THE DEEP (Severed Press) Hunter Shea – ANTARCTIC ICE BEASTS (Severed Press) Melissa Lason & Michelle Garza – TAPETUM LUCIDUM (Independently Published) Jackson R. Thomas – PARADISE, MAINE (Alien Agenda Publishing)

Best Splatterpunk W. D. Gagliani & David Benton – KILLER LAKE (Deadite Press) Kenzie Jennings – RECEPTION (Death's Head Press) Christine Morgan – LAKEHOUSE INFERNAL ( Deadite Press) Edward Lee – WHITE TRASH GOTHIC PART TWO (Section 31 Productions) Lucas Mangum – SAINT SADIST (Grindhouse Press) Kristopher Triana – TOXIC LOVE (Blood Bound Books)

Best Poetry Collection Linda Addison & Alessandro Manzetti – THE PLACE OF BROKEN THINGS (Crystal Lake Publishing) Stephanie Wytovich – THE APOCALYPTIC MANNEQUIN (Raw Dog Screaming Press) Donna Lynch – CHOKING BACK THE DEVIL (Raw Dog Screaming Press) Amanda Crum – TALL GRASS (Independently Published) Michelle Scalise – DRAGONFLY AND OTHER SONGS OF MOURNING (LVP Publications) Marge Simon & Bryan D. Dietrich – THE DEMETER DIARIES (Independent Legions Publishing)

Best Long Fiction James Newman & Mark Steensland – IN THE SCRAPE (Silver Shamrock Publishing) Stephen Kozeniewski – SKINWRAPPER (Sinister Grin Press) Sara Tantlinger – TO BE DEVOURED (Unnerving) Hailey Piper – THE POSSESSION OF NATALIE GLASGOW (Independently Published) Matt Serafini – RITES OF EXTINCTION (Grindhouse Press) Wesley Southard  – ONE FOR THE ROAD (Deadite Press)

Best Collection Kate Jonez – LADY BITS (Trepidatio Publishing) James Chambers – ON THE NIGHT BORDER (Raw Dog Screaming Press) Richard Chizmar – THE LONG WAY HOME (Cemetery Dance Publication) Gemma Amor – CRUEL WORKS OF NATURE (Independently Published) Kealan Patrick Burke – WE LIVE INSIDE YOUR EYES (Elderlemon Press) Bryan Smith – DIRTY ROTTEN HIPPIES (Grindhouse Press)

Best Novel S.P. Miskowski – THE WORST IS YET TO COME (Trepidatio Publishing) Catherine Cavendish – THE HAUNTING OF HENDERSON CLOSE (Flame Tree Press) John F.D. Taff – THE FEARING (Grey Matter Press) Karen Runge – DOLL CRIMES (Crystal Lake Publishing) Mary SanGiovanni – BEYOND THE GATE (Lyrical Underground Press) Jonathan Janz – THE DARK GAME (Flame Tree Press)

Best First Novel Gemma Amor – DEAR LAURA (Independently Published) Michelle Renee Lane – INVISIBLE CHAINS (Haverhill House Publishing)   Sarah Read  – THE BONE WEAVER'S ORCHARD (Trepidatio Publishing) Andrew Cull – REMAINS (IFWG Publishing International) Nicholas Day – GRIND YOUR BONES TO DUST (Excession Press) Cody T. Luff – RATION (Apex Book Company)