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BAD HAND BOOKS RACKS UP 2024 BRAM STOKER AWARDS NOMINATIONS

We are thrilled to share that Bad Hand Books authors and editors have earned four Bram Stoker Awards nominations this year. Congratulations to our nominees: 

• Clay McLeod Chapman for Kill Your Darling (Long Fiction)

• Laird Barron for "Versus Versus" (Short Fiction)

• Doug Murano and Michael Bailey for Long Division: Stories of Social Decay, Societal Collapse, and Bad Manners (Anthology)

• Laird Barron for Not a Speck of Light (Collection)

NEW YORK TIMES NAMES NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT ONE OF THE BEST HORROR BOOKS OF 2024

Laird Barron racks up even more acclaim for his latest collection of horror stories.

NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT IS ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2024

Laird Barron’s Latest Collection is Lauded by The New York Times, Esquire and now National Public Radio

ABC NEWS FEATURES MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST

Zoje Stage’s illustrated children’s book goes global.

ASSOCIATED PRESS FEATURES MY UNDERSLUMBERBUMBLEBEAST IN 2024 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE

Zoje Stage’s book for children appears alongside The Wild Robot and other favorites.

ESQUIRE FEATURES NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT

Laird Barron’s acclaimed collection makes Best Horror Books of 2024 list.

THE NEW YORK TIMES REVIEWS NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT

“Powerful. Brutal. Bursting at the seams with cosmic horror, ennui, violence and self-annihilation. There are many ways to describe Laird Barron’s latest collection, NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT: Stories, but superb works just fine.”

NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT makes LITHUB’S MOST ANTICIPATED OF 2024

Laird Barron’s collection joins work by Chuck Tingle, Brian Evenson and more.

BAD HAND TITLE MAKES FINAL BRAM STOKER AWARDS BALLOT

Root Rot & Other Grim Tales represents Bad Hand Books in the Superior Achievement in a Collection Category.

TWO BAD HAND TITLES MAKE THE PRELIMINARY BRAM STOKER AWARDS BALLOT

Root Rot & Other Grim Tales and The Inconsolables represent Bad Hand Books in the Superior Achievement in a Collection Category.

LAIRD BARRON’S NOT A SPECK OF LIGHT MAKES PASTE MAGAZINE’S LIST OF MOST ANTICIPATED HORROR BOOKS OF 2024

Laird joins other genre greats Stephen King, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones and Josh Malerman on the list.

BAD HAND AUTHOR LAIRD BARRON MAKES PRESTIGIOUS 2023 YEAR’S BEST LIST

TOR names THE WIND BEGAN TO HOWL as one of the best books they read in 2023. Check out the entire list.

LISTEN: BAD HAND BOOKS ON PUBLIC RADIO

Step into the world of chills and thrills with Doug Murano. Murano is a Bram Stoker Award winning editor and founder and CEO of Bad Hand Books. He discusses his publishing company and what draws him to horror, dark fantasy and crime fiction.

BAD HAND BRINGS HOME A SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD

Our anthology, The Hideous Book of Hidden Horrors, wins one of horror fiction’s most prestigious awards.

BAD HAND MAKES PASTE MAGAZINE’S BEST HORROR of 2022

Eric LaRocca’s novella in pieces appears on one of the year’s biggest best-of lists.