Horror Comics: 2022 Bram Stoker Awards Nominees

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Find out more about the nominations for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel in horror fiction.

The Horror Writer’s Association (HWA) has announced the nominees for the 2022 Bram Stoker Awards. Below, find out the nominees in the Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel category—with info about the nominated books from James Aquilone, Sarah Gailey, Pius Bak, Alessandro Manzetti, Stefano Cardoselli, James Tynion IV, Werther Dell’Edera, Skottie Young, Jorge Corona, David Avallone, Jonathan Maberry, Peter David, R.C. Matheson, Kim Newman, Gabriel Hardman, Steve Niles, Rodney Barnes, Tim Waggoner, James Aquilone, Nancy A. Collins, James Chambers, Julius Ohta, Zac Atkinson, Marco Finnegan, J.K. Woodward, Paul McCaffrey, Szymon Kudranski, Jonathan Marks Barravecchia, Clara Meath, Colton Worley, Warwick Cadwell-Johnson, Jerry Ordway, and Tom Napolitano.

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Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel

Kolchak: The Night Stalker: 50th Anniversary by James Aquilone, editor (Moonstone Books)

NOMINATED FOR BEST GRAPHIC PRESENTATION AT THE 2023 RONDO HATTON CLASSIC HORROR AWARDS

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of The Night Stalker, Moonstone Books presents this special 188-page graphic novel anthology of 12 all-new stories featuring TV’s greatest monster-hunting reporter, Carl Kolchak. Spanning his entire career, Kolchak: The Night Stalker—50th Anniversary chronicles the adventures of the intrepid investigator from the 1930s to the early 2000s.

Writers include David Avallone, Jonathan Maberry, Peter David, R.C. Matheson, Kim Newman, Gabriel Hardman, Steve Niles, Rodney Barnes, Tim Waggoner, James Aquilone, Nancy A. Collins, and James Chambers.

Artists include Julius Ohta, Zac Atkinson, Marco Finnegan, J.K. Woodward, Paul McCaffrey, Szymon Kudranski, Jonathan Marks Barravecchia, Clara Meath, Colton Worley, Warwick Cadwell-Johnson, Jerry Ordway, and Tom Napolitano.

Edited by James Aquilone.

Intros by R.C. Matheson and James Rice.

Cover by Colton Worley.

PAPERBACK EDITION

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Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey (author) and Pius Bak (artist) (Boom! Studios)

When the rich and powerful are literal cannibals, how can regular people avoid being on the menu?

WELCOME TO CRESTFALL BLUFFS! With law school and her whole life ahead of her, Joey plans to spend the summer with her boyfriend Astor at his seemingly perfect family home. But beneath all the affluent perfection lies a dark, deadly rot—something all the locals live in quiet fear of.

As summer lingers, Joey uncovers the macabre history of Crestfall Bluffs, and the ruthlessness and secrecy lying in wait behind the idyllic lives of the one percent. Who can Joey save? Who wants to be saved? And can she even survive to tell the tale?

The bold, horrifying psychological thriller from Hugo Award-winning author Sarah Gailey (The Echo Wife, Magic For Liars) and artist Pius Bak (Firefly, The Magicians) with colorist Roman Titov and letterer Cardinal Rae. Collects Eat the Rich #1-5.

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Kraken Inferno: The Last Hunt by Alessandro Manzetti (author) and Stefano Cardoselli (artist/author) (Independent Legions Publishing)

In a world ravaged by man’s bottomless greed, the high seas roll with oil rigs dredging the last of nature’s most remote resources, and the oceans bleed with tar and pollution. Their peaceful lives disturbed by man’s plunder, the mighty kraken rise from the depths to defend their homes and attack the oil ships—swallowing filth and spreading carnage.

But the captain of the kraken-fighting ship, Inferno, is not the kind of man to fear this ocean monster. In fact, he might not even fear death at all—because once a man has lost the thing he once lived for, there is nothing left in him but heartbreak… and the deepest, coldest need for revenge.

In this tale of lost love, man’s destructive nature meets nature’s most destructive force. For there are dark promises in the sweet songs of the mermaids… and for a man to satisfy a desire for vengeance, it may first be necessary to surrender his soul.

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Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 4 by James Tynion IV (author) and Werther Dell’Edera (artist) (Boom! Studios)

Erica Slaughter went to hell and back in Archer's Peak, but that may be nothing compared to the events that forged her at the House of Slaughter.

What events brought Erica to the House of Slaughter? And what did she have to do to join the Order of St. George?

Erica Slaughter's origins are finally revealed in this volume of the Eisner Award-nominated series from GLAAD Award-winning author James Tynion IV (The Woods, Batman) and artist Werther Dell’Edera (Razorblades). Collects Something is Killing the Children #16-20.

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The Me You Love in the Dark by Skottie Young (author) and Jorge Corona (artist) (Image Comics)

Writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND, Deadpool, Strange Academy) and artist JORGE CORONA (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, Super Sons, Feathers) follow up their critically acclaimed series MIDDLEWEST with a haunting new tale.

An artist named Ro retreats from the grind of the city to an old house in a small town, hoping to find solace and inspiration—only to realize that the muse she finds within may not be what she expected. Fans of STEPHEN KING and NEIL GAIMAN will enjoy this beautiful, dark, and disturbing story of discovery, love, and terror. Collects The Me You Love in the Dark #1-5.

Select praise for The Me You Love in the Dark:

“A fantastic start to what promises to be a rich, dark, and vibrant tale.”
—ComicBook.com

“For a book about an artist, this comic lives up to the quality of an expert painter through color and linework.”
—AIPT

“A brilliant and balanced beginning.”
—The GWW

“A classic haunted house story with a modern twist.”
—Geek’d Out

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The rest of the 2022 Bram Stoker Awards nominations

The HWA organization presents the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula. Winners will be announced June 17 during the Annual Bram Stoker Awards at StokerCon™ 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bookings and information at: http://stokercon.com.

Superior Achievement in a Novel

The Devil Takes You Home
Gabino Iglesias
(Mullholland Press)

The Fervor
Alma Katsu
(G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

Reluctant Immortals
Gwendolyn Kiste
(Saga Press)

Daphne
Josh Malerman
(Del Rey)

Sundial
Catriona Ward
(Tor Nightfire)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

Jackal Erin Adams (Bantam Books)

The Hacienda Isabel Cañas (Berkley)

Black Tide KC Jones (Tor Nightfire)

Beulah Christi Nogle (Cemetery Gates Media)

All the White Spaces Ally Wilkes (Emily Bestler Books/Atria/Titan Books)

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Superior Achievement in a Middle Grade Novel

Camp Scare
Delilah S. Dawson
(Delacorte Press)

They Stole Our Hearts
Daniel Kraus
(Henry Holt and Co.)

This Appearing House
Ally Malinenko
(Katherine Tegen Books)

The Clackity
Lora Senf
(Atheneum Books for Young Readers)

A Comb of Wishes
Lisa Stringfellow
(Quill Tree Books)

Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel

What We Harvest
Ann Fraistat
(Delacorte Press)

The Weight of Blood
Tiffany D. Jackson
(Katherine Tegen Books)

These Fleeting Shadows
Kate Alice Marshall
(Viking)

The Triangle
Robert P. Ottone
(Raven Tale Publishing)

Gallant
V.E. Schwab
(Greenwillow Books)

Burn Down, Rise Up
Vincent Tirado
(Sourcebooks Fire)

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

And in Her Smile, the World
Rebecca J. Allred and Gordon B. White
(Trepidatio Publishing)

“Through the Looking Glass and Straight into Hell” 
Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror
Christa Carmen
(Wicked Run Press)

Below
Laurel Hightower
(Ghoulish Books)

The Wehrwolf: A Short Story
Alma Katsu
(Amazon Original Stories)

Three Days in the Pink Tower
EV Knight
(Creature Publishing)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

“Nona Doesn’t Dance”
Cut to Care: A Collection of Little Hurts
Aaron Dries
(IFWG Australia, IFWG International)

“Poppy’s Poppy”
Douglas Gwilym
(Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine, Vol. V, No. 6)

“The Only Thing Different Will Be the Body”
A Woman Built by Man
J.A.W. McCarthy
(Cemetery Gates Media)

“A Song for Barnaby Jones”
Anna Taborska
(Zagava)

“The Star”
Great British Horror 7: Major Arcane
Anna Taborska
(Black Shuck Books)

“Fracture”
Mother: Tales of Love and Terror
Mercedes M. Yardley
(Weird Little Worlds)

Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection

We Are Here to Hurt Each Other
Paula D. Ashe
(Nictitating Books)

Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted
RJ Joseph
(The Seventh Terrace)

Breakable Things
Cassandra Khaw
(Undertow Publications)

Spontaneous Human Combustion
Richard Thomas
(Keylight Books)

The Black Maybe
Attila Veres
(Valancourt Books)

Superior Achievement in a Screenplay

The Pale Blue Eye
Scott Cooper
(Cross Creek Pictures, Grisbi Productions, Streamline Global Group)

The Black Phone
Scott Derrickson and C. Robert Cargill
(Blumhouse Productions, Crooked Highway, Universal Pictures)

Stranger Things: Episode 04.01 “Chapter One: The Hellfire Club”
The Duffer Brothers
(21 Laps Entertainment, Monkey Massacre, Netflix, Upside Down Pictures)

Men
Alex Garland
(DNA Films)

Pearl
Mia Goth and Ti West
(A24, Bron Creative, Little Lamb, New Zealand Film Commission)

Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection

Sifting the Ashes
Michael Bailey and Marge Simon
(Crystal Lake Publishing)

Girls from the County
Donna Lynch
(Raw Dog Screaming Press)

Crime Scene
Cynthia Pelayo
(Raw Dog Screaming Press)

The Rat King: A Book of Dark Poetry
Sumiko Saulson
(Dooky Zines)

The Gravity of Existence
Christina Sng
(Interstellar Flight Press)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous
Ellen Datlow
(Tor Nightfire)

Human Monsters: A Horror Anthology
Sadie Hartmann and Ashley Saywers
(Dark Matter Ink)

Mother: Tales of Love and Terror
Christi Nogle and Willow Becker
(Weird Little Worlds)

Into the Forest: Tales of the Baba Yaga
Lindy Ryan
(Black Spot Books)

Chromophobia: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women in Horror
Sara Tantlinger
(Strangehouse Books)

Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction

Weird Fiction: A Genre Study
Michael Cisco
(Palgrave Macmillan)

A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America's Ghosts
Leanna Renee Hieber and Andrea Janes
(Citadel Press)

Toil and Trouble: A Women’s History of the Occult
Lisa Kröger and Melanie R. Anderson
(Quirk Books)

Writing in the Dark: The Workbook
Tim Waggoner
(Guide Dog Books)

Writing Poetry in the Dark
Stephanie M. Wytovich
(Raw Dog Screaming Press)

Superior Achievement in Short Non-Fiction

“I Don’t Read Horror (& Other Weird Tales)” by Lee Murray
(Interstellar Flight Magazine) (Interstellar Flight Press)

“This is Not a Poem” by Cynthia Pelayo
(Writing Poetry in the Dark) (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

“A Clown in the Living Room: The Sinister Clown on Television” by Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr.
(The Many Lives of Scary Clowns: Essays on Pennywise, Twisty, the Joker, Krusty and More) (McFarland and Company)

“African American Horror Authors and Their Craft: The Evolution of Horror Fiction from African Folklore” by L. Marie Wood
(Conjuring Worlds: An Afrofuturist Textbook for Middle and High School Students) (Conjure World)

“The H Word: The Horror of Hair” by L. Marie Wood
(Nightmare Magazine, No. 118) (Adamant Press)

Chris Well

Chris Well been a writer pretty much his entire life. (Well, since his childhood.) Over the years, he has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio, and books. He now is the chief of the website Monster Complex, celebrating monster stories in lit and pop culture. He also writes horror comedy fiction that embraces Universal Monsters, 1960s sitcoms, 1980s action movies, and the X-Files.

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