The first James Herbert Award for horror fiction now has a shortlist:
- The Girl With All the Gifts – MR Carey
- The Troop – Nick Cutter
- Cuckoo Song – Frances Hardinge
- The Loney – Andrew Michael Hurley
- Bird Box – Josh Malerman
- An English Ghost Story – Kim Newman
I have half of the shortlist. Cuckoo Song and An English Ghost Story are on my TBR pile, and I read (and loved) The Girl With All the Gifts (my review is here). The others are unknown to me but I’ve gone off to have a look. I will be very interested to see what will win.
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January 31, 2015 at 11:33 pm
lynnsbooks
I’ll be interested to see how this goes as well. I’ve also only read the Carey book but I read some incredibly creepy reviews for Bird Box!
Lynn 😀
February 1, 2015 at 12:04 am
brideofthebookgod
I must admit the three I don’t have all look interesting and are now on my wish list. Looking at these things is dangerous 😀
February 1, 2015 at 10:08 pm
Jenny @ Reading the End
I was a little surprised Cuckoo Song qualified as horror! It’s creepy, certainly, but I’ve had called it fantasy, not horror. Though of course I am happy it’s nominated for an award — I read it in January and thought it was terrific.
February 1, 2015 at 10:16 pm
brideofthebookgod
Yes, I thought she was more of a fantasy author but horror is becoming a very loose term these days (not that I’m complaining about that!)
March 8, 2015 at 11:24 am
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