Le prix Shirley Jackson, qui récompense les réalisations exceptionnelles dans les domaines de l'horreur, du suspense psychologique et de la dark fantasy, vient d'annoncer les titres sélectionnés dans les catégories roman, novella, novelette, nouvelle, recueil de nouvelles et anthologie.
Roman
Jackal, Erin E. Adams (Bantam)
The Dead Friends Society, Paul Gandersman et Peter Hall (Encyclopocalypse)
The Devil Takes You Home, Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland)
Beulah, Christi Nogle (Cemetery Gates)
Unwieldly Creatures, Addie Tsai (Jaded Ibis)
Where I End, Sophie White (Tramp)
Novella
Catastrophe, Deirdre Danklin (Texas Review)
The Wehrwolf, Alma Katsu (Amazon Original Stories)
Lure, Tim McGregor (Tenebrous)
Pomegranates, Priya Sharma (PS)
The Bone Lantern, Angela Slatter (PS)
Bound Feet, Kelsea Yu (Cemetery Gates)
Novelette
“Sweetbaby”, Thomas Ha (Clarkesworld 10/22)
“Challawa”, Usman T. Malik (Dark Stars: New Tales of Darkest Horror)
Azeman or, the Testament of Quincey Morris, Lisa Moore (Black Shuck)
“This Place is Best Shunned”, David Erik Nelson (Tor.com)
What the Dead Know, Nghi Vo (Amazon Original Stories)
Nouvelle
“Brother Maternitas”, Viktor Athelstan (Your Body is Not Your Body)
“The Church of Divine Electricity”, Emily Mitchell (The Southern Review)
“Dick Pig”, Ian Muneshwar (Nightmare 1/22)
“Pre-Simulation Consultation XF007867”, Kim Fu (Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century)
“Halogen Sky”, Wendy N. Wagner (Vastarien 6/22)
Recueil de nouvelles
We Are Here to Hurt Each Other, Paula D. Ashe (Nictitating)
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century, Kim Fu (Tin House)
Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted, RJ Joseph (The Seventh Terrace)
Breakable Things, Cassandra Khaw (Undertow)
And At My Back I Always Hear, Scott Nicolay (Word Horde)
Splendid Anatomies, Allison Wyss (Veliz)
Anthologie
Chiral Mad 5, publié par Michael Bailey (Written Backwards)
Your Body is Not Your Body, publié par Matt Blairstone et Alex Woodroe (Tenebrous)
Screams From the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous, publié par Ellen Datlow (Tor Nightfire)
Other Terrors, publié par Vince A. Liaguno et Rena Mason (William Morrow)
The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors, publié par Doug Murano (Bad Hand)