2020 Splatterpunk Award Nominations

Hey, everybody!

As I mentioned a few weeks ago it's awards season around the horror community (and the arts world in general.)  I don't anticipate getting a National Book Award or a Pulitzer Prize any time soon, but for those of us in the indie horror world there are, fortunately, a few honors with popular nominations processes.

If it strikes your fancy, I do have one work up for this year's Splatterpunk Awards.  One of my greatest achievements to date was seeing THE HEMATOPHAGES nominated for best novel in 2017 and I still look forward to bringing home a Bernie of my very own.  

You can nominate my short and the anthology it was included in by e-mailing splatterpunkawards@gmail.com and include the category, title, and author/editor.  (All of this information is helpfully included below.)  More rules and information can be found here.

So, without further ado, here are my eligible works for 2020:

Best Short Story

"Braineaters in the Mist" by Stephen Kozeniewski

Best Anthology

BREWTALITY edited by K. Trap Jones

Other recommendations:

To help you round out your ballot, here are some of my recommendations for the other categories:

Best Novel

    THE MAGPIE COFFIN by Wile E. Young

    GONE TO SEE THE RIVERMAN by Kristopher Triana

   

(Oh, and if you want to recommend THE PERFECTLY FINE HOUSE by Stephen Kozeniewski and Wile E. Young I guess you can, but I'm hard-pressed to call it splatterpunk or extreme horror so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ but maybe it's better not to take the space from someone more deserving.)

Best Novella

    RED STATION by Kenzie Jennings

    THE NIGHT SILVER RIVER RUN RED by Christine Morgan

Best Collection

    BLOOD RELATIONS by Kristopher Triana

    THE ESSENTIAL SICK STUFF by Ronald Kelly

Solving All the World's Problems With a Single Blogpost (Redirect)

Hey, everybody!

It's time for everyone's favorite kind of post: a redirect!  About all the horrible things going on in the world!  Enjoy!

Publish Like a Motherfucker Course 8: Fans, Friends, and Fuckers

Hey, everybody!

Hope all's going well with you.  I'm delighted to announce the second "Publish Like a Motherfucker (With Stephen Kozeniewski)" of 2021, and boy is it a doozy.

I'm pleased to welcome World Horror Grand Master Brian Keene, winner of a multitude of awards and author of a plethora of books, including THE RISING, NEMESAI, and END OF THE ROAD.

Stop by my business page Wednesday, February 3, at 8:00 pm EST.  I will, of course, be recording for posterity, but if you have questions, you'll want to be there live to participate.  And, as always, if you're interested in future PLAM courses, let me know in the comments below, on social media, or during the course.

Course 8:  Fans, Friends, and Fuckers

Date:  Wednesday, February 3

Time:  8:00 pm EST

Syllabus:  Now that you've published you've started hitting social media and the convention trail hard.  With special guest World Horror Grand Master Brian Keene we'll discuss:

- to what extent should you welcome fans into your life?  when do you go from drinks at the hotel bar to inviting them into your home?  how do you tell merely eager fans from truly dangerous ones?

- how do you distinguish between genuine friends and climbers?  what do you do when people ask you to wave your magic wand and make them famous?

- do the lifelong friendships outweigh dealing with jackasses?  is it safer to be more guarded online and in person?

BRAINEATER JONES is on sale!

Hey, everybody!  BRAINEATER JONES is on sale for $0.99, across the world, on multiple platforms.  The sale ends January 13, so strike now while the iron's hot.  

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