Hello, everyone! Thank you so much for you votes! Because this is as much your victory as ours, and all of you came out to vote for us, we’d like to take a few minutes to share the results of this year’s Critters Readers’ Poll (formerly the Preditors & Editors Readers’ Poll).
We’d like to congratulate all of our authors, artists, and editors for their wins!
To celebrate, our Readers’ Poll winners will be 50% off in our store through this weekend.
This is your chance to read Gabriel’s Trumpet, Sockhops & Seances, and The Chromatic Court!
First Place Winners
Best Horror Novel – Gabriel’s Trumpet by Jon Black
“The Savoy Ballroom was jumping. Fess Williams led his Royal Flush Orchestra through a furious rendition of “Hot Town” as patrons Lindy hopped across the dancefloor.”
Check out Gabriel’s Trumpet here!
Best All Other Short Stories – Son of the Wolf by Kara Dennison (from Sockhops & Seances)
“Think back, if you will, to the Werewolf.”
Check out “Son of the Wolf” here!
Best Magical Realism Short STory – When Lavender is in Bloom by Christine Morgan (from The Chromatic COurt)
“It is a bad place for a stranger,” the old man told me. “You’d better take a guide.”
Check out “When Lavender is in Bloom” here!
Top Ten Winners
#2 Best Science-Fiction/Fantasy Short Story – A Single Wolf, Grey & Gaunt by Sophie Iles (from Sockhops & Seances)
“On the outskirts of Cornwall, a little boy and a giant dog played fetch on the beach.”
Check out “A Single Wolf, Grey and Gaunt” here!
#2 Best Book Editor – Nicole Petit
You can check out Nicole Petit’s anthologies here!
#2 Best Artwork – Johannes Chazot’s The Chromatic Court
You can check out The Chromatic Court, and all of Johannes Chazot’s artwork, here!
#3 Best Horror Short Story – The Songs of Burning Men by John Linwood Grant (from The Chromatic Court)
“Private Carter failed to die tonight.”
Check out “The Songs of Burning Men” here!
#4 Best Cover Art – Barbara Sobczyńska’s Gabriel’s Trumpet
Check out Gabriel’s Trumpet here!
#9 Best Anthology – Sockhops & Seances, curated by Nicole Petit
Last, but far from least, you can check out Sockhops & Seances here!
Elizabeth Duffy
I’m always mind blown by the artwork produced for the front cover of these books. Amazing team of artists…