Horror Yearbook was suppose to be there, but of course we couldn’t get off our lazy butts and make it. Hopefully all our friends like Greg Lamberson and John Everson had a great time. Here are the 2006 Bram Stoker Award Winners, congratulations to all!

Ten new bronze haunted-house statuettes were handed over to the writers responsible for creating superior works of horror last year. This year’s winners are:

Superior Achievement in a NOVEL
LISEY’S STORY by Stephen King (Scribner)

Superior Achievement in a FIRST NOVEL
GHOST ROAD BLUES by Jonathan Maberry (Pinnacle)

Superior Achievement in LONG FICTION
DARK HARVEST by Norman Partridge (Cemetery Dance)

Superior Achievement in SHORT FICTION
“Tested” by Lisa Morton (Cemetery Dance magazine #55)

Superior Achievement in an ANTHOLOGY
(Tie) RETRO PULP TALES by Joe R. Lansdale (Subterranean); and MONDO ZOMBIE by John Skipp (Cemetery Dance)

Superior Achievement in a COLLECTION
DESTINATIONS UNKNOWN by Gary A. Braunbeck (Cemetery Dance)

Superior Achievement in NONFICTION
(Tie) FINAL EXITS: THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HOW WE DIE by Michael Largo (Harper); and GOSPEL OF THE LIVING DEAD: GEORGE ROMERO’S VISIONS OF HELL ON EARTH by Kim Paffenroth (Baylor Press)

Superior Achievement in POETRY
SHADES FANTASTIC by Bruce Boston (Gromagon Press)