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Winners of the 4th Annual Black Quill Awards
And the Black Quill Goes to...
Dark Genre Novel of the Year
(Novel-length work of horror, suspense, or thriller from mainstream publisher; awarded to the author)
Editors' Choice:
A DARK MATTER | by Peter Straub
Readers' Choice:
SPARROW ROCK | by Nate Kenyon
Dark Scribe Magazine
Best Small Press Chill
(Novel or novella published by small press publisher; awarded to the author)
Editors' Choice:
A BOOK OF TONGUES | by Gemma Files
Readers' Choice:
A BOOK OF TONGUES | by Gemma Files
Best Dark Genre Fiction Collection
(Single author collection, any publisher; awarded to the author)
Editors' Choice:
OCCULTATION | by Laird Barron
Readers' Choice:
BLOOD AND GRISTLE | by Michael Louis Calvillo
Best Dark Genre Anthology
(Multi-author collection, any publisher; awarded to the editor[s])
Editors' Choice:
HAUNTED LEGENDS
Edited by Ellen Datlow and Nick Mamatas
Readers' Choice:
HORROR LIBRARY IV
Edited by R.J. Cavender and Boyd E. Harris
Best Dark Genre Book of Non-Fiction
(Any dark genre non-fiction subject, any publisher; awarded to the author[s] or editor[s])
Editors' Choice:
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE
by Thomas Ligotti
Readers' Choice:
THRILLERS: 100 MUST READS
Edited by David Morrell and Hank Wagner
Best Dark Scribble
(Single work, non-anthology short fiction appearing in a print or virtual magazine; awarded to the author)
Editors' Choice:
"The Things" by Peter Watts
(from Clarkesworld Magazine, January 2010)
Readers' Choice:
"We" by Bentley Little
(from Cemetery Dance #64)
Best Dark Genre Book Trailer
(Book video promoting any work of genre fiction or non-fiction; awarded to the video producer)
Editors' Choice:
NEVERLAND / Video Production by Circle of Seven Productions
(for the book by Douglas Clegg)
Readers' Choice:
NEVERLAND / Video Production by Circle of Seven Productions
(for the book by Douglas Clegg)