NOVEL

• The Throat, Peter Straub (Dutton)
• Anno Dracula, Kim Newman (Carroll & Graf)
• Blackburn, Bradley Denton (St. Martin's)
• Drawing Blood, Poppy Z. Brite (Delacorte Abyss)
• The Summoning, Bentley Little (Zebra)

FIRST NOVEL

• The Thread That Binds the Bones, Nina Kiriki Hoffman (AvoNova)
• Afterage, Yvonne Navarro (Bantam)
• Created By, Richard Christian Matheson (Bantam)
• Suckers, Anne Billson (Atheneum)
• Wet Work, Philip Nutman (Jove)

NOVELLA (tie)

• Mefisto in Onyx, Harlan Ellison (Omni Oct 1993; Mark V. Ziesing)
• "The Night We Buried Road Dog", Jack Cady (F&SF Jan 1993)
• "Caroline and Caleb", Richard Gilliam (Confederacy of the Dead)
• "Flashback", Dan Simmons (Lovedeath)

NOVELETTE

• "Death in Bangkok", Dan Simmons (Playboy Jun 1993)
• "Colour", Michael Moorcock (Confederacy of the Dead)
• "Darker Angels", S. P. Somtow (Confederacy of the Dead)
• "Death on the Nile", Connie Willis (Asimov's Mar 1993)

SHORT STORY

• "I Hear the Mermaids Singing", Nancy Holder (Hottest Blood)
• "Death Fiend Guerrillas", William S. Burroughs (Confederacy of the Dead)
• "Distances", Sherman Alexie (The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven)
• "The Dog Park", Dennis Etchison (Dark Voices 5)
• "Pain Grin", Wayne Allen Sallee (TAL Publications)

COLLECTION

• Alone with the Horrors, Ramsey Campbell (Arkham House)
• Close to the Bone, Lucy Taylor (Silver Salamander Press)
• A Good, Secret Place, Richard Laymon (Deadline Press)
• Lovedeath, Dan Simmons (Warner)
• Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Stephen King (Viking)

NONFICTION BOOK

• Once Around the Bloch: An Unauthorized Autobiography, Robert Bloch (Tor)
• The Diary of Jack the Ripper, Shirley Harrison & Michael Barrett (Hyperion)
• The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror, David J. Skal (Norton)

OTHER MEDIA

• Jonah Hex: Two Gun Mojo, Joe R. Lansdale (DC/Vertigo)
• Hellblazer, Garth Ennis (DC/Vertigo)
• Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton & David Koepp (screenplay)
• Sandman, Neil Gaiman (DC/Vertigo)
• The Seventh Guest, Matthew J. Costello (Virgin CD-ROM)

LIFE ACHIEVEMENT

• Joyce Carol Oates

SPECIAL TRUSTEE AWARD

• Vincent Price