Se ha hecho público los candidatos de este año de los Premios Bram Stoker. Los ganadores se darán a conocer en el Congreso Mundial de Terror (World Horror Convention) que se celebra en Brighton (Inglaterra), durante el fin de semana del 25 al 28 del  próximo més de marzo de 2010.

 

Novela

• Audrey's Door, Sarah Langan (Harper)

• Patient Zero, Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin's Griffin)

• Quarantined, Joe McKinney (Lachesis)

• Cursed, Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

 
Primera Novela

• Breathers, S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)

• Solomon’s Grave, Daniel G. Keohane (Dragon Moon Press)

• Damnable, Hank Schwaeble (Jove)

• The Little Sleep, Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)

Relato largo

• Dreaming Robot Monster, Mort Castle (Mighty Unclean)

• The Lucid Dreaming, Lisa Morton (Bad Moon)

• The Hunger of Empty Vessels, Scott Edelman (Bad Moon)

• Doc Good's Traveling Show, Gene O’Neill (Bad Moon)

Relato corto

• "Keeping Watch", Nate Kenyon (Monstrous: 20 Tales of Giant Creature Terror)

• "The Crossing of Aldo Ray", Weston Ochse (The Dead That Walk)

• "In the Porches of My Ears", Norman Prentiss (Postscripts 18)

• "The Night Nurse", Harry Shannon (Horror Drive-In 7/09)

 
Mejor antología

• He Is Legend: An Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson, Christopher Conlon, ed. (Gauntlet)

• Lovecraft Unbound, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Dark Horse)

• Poe, Ellen Datlow, ed. (Solaris)

• Midnight Walk, Lisa Morton, ed. (Dark House)

Mejor colección

• Martyrs and Monsters, Robert Dunbar (DarkHart)

• Got to Kill Them All and Other Stories, Dennis Etchison (Cemetery Dance)

• A Taste of Tenderloin, Gene O'Neill (Apex)

• In the Closet, Under the Bed, Lee Thomas (Dark Scribe)

 
Ensayo

• Writers Workshop of Horror, Michael Knost (Woodland)

• Cinema Knife Fight, L.L. Soares & Michael Arruda (Fearzone)

• The Stephen King Illustrated Companion, Bev Vincent (Fall River)

• Stephen King: The Non-Fiction, Rocky Wood & Justin Brook (Cemetery Dance)

Poesía

• Double Visions, Bruce Boston (Dark Regions)

• North Left of Earth, Bruce Boston (Sam's Dot)

• Barfodder, Rain Graves (Cemetery Dance)

• Chimeric Machines, Lucy A. Snyder (Creative Guy)