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This award for superior achievement has been presented each year since 1987 by the Horror Writer's Association. There are twelve categories including First Novel, Young Adult, Graphic Novel, and Fiction Collection.

Growing things and other stories
by Paul Tremblay

An anthology of psychological suspense tales by the award-winning author of A Head Full of Ghosts includes such entries as "The Teacher," "The Getaway" and "Swim Wants to Know If It's as Bad as Swim Thinks."

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The dark descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein
by Kiersten White

The events of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein unfold from the perspective of Elizabeth Lavenza, who is taken in by the Frankensteins as a companion for their son Victor and whose survival depends on managing his temper and entertaining his every whim.

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The cabin at the end of the world : a novel
by Paul Tremblay

A twist on the home-invasion horror story follows the experiences of a 7-year-old girl whose family is taken hostage in a remote cabin by men who are either the world’s defenders or deranged apocalypse fanatics.

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Strange Weather : Four Short Novels
by Joe Hill

A collection of four chilling novels, ingeniously wrought gems of terror from the brilliantly imaginative, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Fireman, Joe Hill. Masterfully exploring classic literary themes through the prism of the supernatural, Strange Weather is a stellar collection from an artist who has been called the best horror writer of our generation.

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The doll-master : and other tales of terror
by Joyce Carol Oates

A collection of six psychologically daring stories by the National Book Award-winning author of them includes the tale of a boy's obsession with a doll in the aftermath of a cousin's leukemia-related death and a teen's confrontation with an intruder while housesitting for her teacher.

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A head full of ghosts
by Paul Tremblay

The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when 14-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of what at first seems to be acute schizophrenia, a condition which only gets worse, leading them to believe it's actually demonic possession, as they become the center of a reality TV show.

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Fearful Symmetries
by Ellen Datlow

From Ellen Datlow, award-winning and genre-shaping editor of more than fifty anthologies, and twenty of horror's established masters and rising stars, comes an all-original look into the beautiful, terrible, tragic, and terrifying.

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Doctor Sleep
by Stephen King

Years ago, the haunting of the Overlook Hotel nearly broke young Dan Torrance's sanity, as his paranormal gift known as "the shining" opened a door straight into hell. And even though Dan is all grown up, the ghosts of the Overlook--and his father's legacy of alcoholism and violence--kept him drifting aimlessly for most of his life. Now, Dan has finally found some order in the chaos by working in a local hospice, earning the nickname "Doctor Sleep" by secretly using his special abilities to comfort the dying and prepare them for the afterlife. But when he unexpectedly meets twelve-year-old Abra Stone--who possesses an even more powerful manifestation of the shining--the two find their lives in sudden jeopardy at the hands of the ageless and murderous nomadic tribe known as the True Knot, reigniting Dan's own demons and summoning him to battle for this young girl's soul and survival.

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Graphic Novels

Snow, glass, apples
by Neil Gaiman

A graphic-novel rendering of Gaiman’s dark reimagining of the Snow White story depicts a not-so-evil queen who resolves to save her realm from a monstrous stepdaughter. By the award-winning author of the Sandman comics series. Illustrations.

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Octavia Butler's Kindred : A Graphic Novel Adaptation
by Damian Duffy

Inexplicably pulled back in time to the antebellum South, a contemporary Black woman, raised in the age of Civil Rights and Black Power, must confront the harsh realities of Black history in America.

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