Yatterings

UKSFBookNews has the shortlist for the British Fantasy Society awards. Its odd seeing the awesome Nova Swing on the list but if I were a betting guy, I’d go for one of the horror titles to win.
Novel: The August Derleth Award

• Chaz Brenchley, BRIDGE OF DREAMS, Ace Books
• Mike Carey, THE DEVIL YOU KNOW, Orbit Books
• Mark Chadbourn, JACK OF RAVENS: KINGDOM OF THE SERPENT BOOK 1, Gollancz
• M. John Harrison, NOVA SWING, Gollancz
• Tim Lebbon, DUSK, Spectra
• Scott Lynch, THE LIES OF LOCKE LAMORA, Gollancz
• Sarah Pinborough, BREEDING GROUND, Leisure Books
• Mark Samuels, THE FACE OF TWILIGHT, PS Publishing
• Conrad Williams, THE UNBLEMISHED, Earthling Publications

Novella

• Eric Brown, THE MEMORY OF JOY, Choices, Pendragon Press
• Simon Clark, SHE LOVES MONSTERS, Necessary Evil Press
• Paul Finch, KID, Choices, Pendragon Press
• Ian McDonald, THE DJINN’S WIFE, Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2006
• Gary McMahon, ROUGH CUT, Rough Cut, Pendragon Press

Short Fiction

• Marion Arnott, THE LITTLE DRUMMER BOY, Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, Elastic Press
• Mark Chadbourn, WHISPER LANE, BFS: A Celebration, British Fantasy Society
• Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis, PUCA MUC, Shrouded By Darkness, Telos Publishing
• Sarah Singleton, THE DISAPPEARED, Time Pieces, NewCon Press
• Stephen Volk, 31/10, Dark Corners, Gray Friar Press
• Conrad Williams, THE VETERAN, Postscripts #6, PS Publishing

Collection

• Neil Gaiman, FRAGILE THINGS, Headline
• Joel Lane, THE LOST DISTRICT AND OTHER STORIES, Night Shade Books
• Kim Newman, THE MAN FROM THE DIOGENES CLUB, Monkeybrain
• Mike O’Driscoll, UNBECOMING AND OTHER TALES OF HORROR, Elastic Press
• Neil Williamson, THE EPHEMERA, Elastic Press

Anthology

• Gary Couzens, EXTENDED PLAY: THE ELASTIC BOOK OF MUSIC, Elastic Press
• Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, THE YEAR’S BEST FANTASY & HORROR: 19TH ANNUAL COLLECTION, St. Martin’s Press
• Alison L. R. Davies, SHROUDED BY DARKNESS: TALES OF TERROR, Telos Publishing
• Stephen Jones, THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF BEST NEW HORROR 17, Robinson Publishing
• Christopher Teague, CHOICES, Pendragon Press

Small Press

• Andy Cox, TTA PRESS,
• Peter Crowther, PS PUBLISHING,
• Andrew Hook, ELASTIC PRESS,
• David J. Howe & Stephen James Walker, TELOS PUBLISHING,
• Christopher Teague, PENDRAGON PRESS,

Artist

• Vincent Chong
• Les Edwards
• Dean Harkness
• Edward Miller
• John Picacio

Non-Fiction

• Allen Ashley, THE DAYS OF THE DODO, Dodo Press
• Paul Kane, THE HELLRAISER FILMS AND THEIR LEGACY, Macfarland & Co.
• Mark Morris, CINEMA MACABRE, PS Publishing
• Andy Murray, INTO THE UNKNOWN: THE FANTASTIC LIFE OF NIGEL KNEALE, Headpress
• Julie Phillips, JAMES TIPTREE JR: THE DOUBLE LIFE OF ALICE B. SHELDON, St. Martin’s Press