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The Reformatory by Tananarive Due

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How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix
Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Black River Orchard by Chuck Wendig
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The Devil Takes You Home by Gabino Iglesias

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The Fervor by Alma Katsu
Reluctant Immortals by Gwendolyn Kiste
Daphne by Josh Malerman
Sundial by Catriona Ward
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My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones

Finalists
The Queen of the Cicadas by V Castro
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Children of Chicago by Cynthia Pelayo
The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig
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The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

Finalists
The Deep by Alma Katsu
Devil’s Creek by Todd Keisling
Malorie by Josh Malerman
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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Coyote Rage by Owl Goingback

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Inspection by Josh Malerman
The Worst is Yet to Come by SP Miskowski
Into the Ashes by Lee Murray
Wanderers by Chuck Wendig
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The Cabin at the End of the World by Paul Tremblay

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Dracul by JD Barker & Dacre Stoker
The Hunger by Alma Katsu
Glimpse by Jonathan Maberry
Unbury Carol by Josh Malerman
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Ararat by Christopher Golden

Finalists
Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King & Owen King
Black Mad Wheel by Josh Malerman
I Wish I Was Like You by SP Miskowski
Ubo by Steve Rasnic Tem
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The Fisherman by John Langan

Finalists
Hard Light: A Cass Neary Crime Novel by Elizabeth Hand
Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones
Stranded: A Novel by Bracken MacLeod
Disappearance at Devil's Rock by Paul Tremblay
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A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

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The Scarlet Gospels by Clive Barker
The Deep by Michaelbrent Collings
The Cure by JG Faherty
Black Tide by Patrick Freivald
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Blood Kin by Steve Rasnic Tem

Finalists
Suffer the Children by Craig DiLouie
Jade Sky by Patrick Freivald
Bird Box by Josh Malerman
Beautiful You by Chuck Palahniuk
The Vines by Christopher Rice
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Doctor Sleep by Stephen King

Finalists
NOS4A2 by Joe Hill
Malediction by Lisa Morton
A Necessary End by Sarah Pinborough & F Paul Wilson
The Heavens Rise by Christopher Rice
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The Drowning Girl by Caitlin R Kiernan

Finalists
Bottled Abyss by Benjamin Kane Ethridge
NightWhere by John Everson
The Haunted by Bentley Little
Inheritance by Joe McKinney
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Flesh Eaters by Joe McKinney

Finalists
A Matrix Of Angels by Christopher Conlon
Cosmic Forces by Gregory Lamberson
Floating Staircase by Ronald Malfi
Not Fade Away by Gene O'Neill
The German by Lee Thomas
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A Dark Matter by Peter Straub

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Horns by Joe Hill
Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
Apocalypse of the Dead by Joe McKinney
Dweller by Jeff Strand
Dead Love by Linda Watanabe McFerrin
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Audrey’s Door by Sarah Langan

Finalists
Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry
Quarantined by Joe McKinney
Cursed by Jeremy Shipp
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Duma Key by Stephen King

Finalists
Coffin by Gary A Braunbeck
The Reach by Nate Kenyon
Johnny Gruesome by Gregory Lamberson
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The Missing by Sarah Langan

Finalists
The Guardener’s Tale by Bruce Boston
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Witch’s Trinity by Erika Mailman
The Terror by Dan Simmons
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Lisey's Story by Stephen King

Finalists
Prodigal Blues by Gary A Braunbeck
Ghost Road Blues by Jonathan Maberry
Headstone City by Tom Piccirilli
Pressure by Jeff Strand
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Dread in the Beast by Charlee Jacob
Creepers by David Morrell

Finalists
Keepers by Gary A Braunbeck
November Mourns by Tom Piccirilli
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In the Night Room by Peter Straub

Finalists
The Wind Caller by PD Cacek
The Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower by Stephen King
Deep in the Darkness by Michael Laimo
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lost boy lost girl by Peter Straub

Finalists
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla by Stephen King
Serenity Falls by James A Moore
The Night Country by Stewart O'Nan
A Choir of Ill Children by Tom Piccirilli
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Winner
The Night Class by Tom Piccirilli

Finalists
The Hour Before Dark by Douglas Clegg
From a Buick 8 by Stephen King
Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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Winner
American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Finalists
From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury
The Lost by Jack Ketchum
Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub
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Winner
The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon

Finalists
The Indifference of Heaven by Gary A Braunbeck
Silent Children by Ramsey Campbell
The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club by Brian A Hopkins
The Deceased by Tom Piccirilli
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Mr. X by Peter Straub

Finalists
Darker than Night by Owl Goingback
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
Low Men in Yellow Coats by Stephen King
Hexes by Tom Piccirilli
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Bag of Bones by Stephen King

Finalists
Fear Nothing by Dean Koontz
Darker Angels by SP Somtow
Fog Heart by Thomas Tessier
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Winner
Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner & George Guthridge

Finalists
The Church of Dead Girls by Stephen Dobyns
My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due
Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers
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Winner
The Green Mile by Stephen King

Finalists
Exquisite Corpse by Poppy Z Brite
Crota by Owl Goingback
The Hellfire Club by Peter Straub
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Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates

Finalists
Widow by Billie Sue Mosiman
Deadrush by Yvonne Navarro
Bone Music by Alan Rodgers
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Winner
Dead in the Water by Nancy Holder

Finalists
The Alienist by Caleb Carr
From the Teeth of Angels by Jonathan Carroll
Insomnia by Stephen King
The Butcher Boy by Patrick McCabe
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Winner
The Throat by Peter Straub

Finalists
Drawing Blood by Poppy Z Brite
Blackburn by Bradley Denton
The Summoning by Bentley Little
Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
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Winner
Blood of the Lamb by Thomas F Monteleone

Finalists
Homecoming by Matthew Costello
Deathgrip by Brian Hodge
Hideaway by Dean Koontz
Children of the Night by Dan Simmons
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Winner
Boy's Life by Robert R McCammon

Finalists
The M.D. by Thomas M Disch
Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands by Stephen King
Needful Things by Stephen King
Summer of Night by Dan Simmons
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Mine by Robert R McCammon

Finalists
Savage Season by Joe R Lansdale
Funland by Richard Laymon
Reign by Chet Williamson
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Winner
Carrion Comfort by Dan Simmons

Finalists
Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
In a Dark Dream by Charles L Grant
Midnight by Dean Koontz
The Wolf’s Hour by Robert R McCammon
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Winner
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris

Finalists
The Drive-In by Joe R Lansdale
Flesh by Richard Laymon
Stinger by Robert R McCammon
Queen of the Damned by Ann Rice
Black Wind by F Paul Wilson
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Winners
Misery by Stephen King
Swan Song by Robert R McCammon

Finalists
Live Girls by Ray Garton
Unassigned Territory by Kem Nunn
Ash Wednesday by Chet Williamson
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