2025 AWARD ELIGIBLE WORKS

NOVEL (SERIES)
Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan
Published 9 April 2024
Minotaur Books (St Martin's Group)
Approx. ~95k words
A crackling mystery-horror novel with big-hearted characters and Southern charm with a bite, Bless Your Heart is a gasp-worthy delight from start to finish from debut author Lindy Ryan.

ANTHOLOGY
Mother Knows Best: A Women-in-Horror Anthology
Edited by Lindy Ryan
Published 7 May 2024
Black Spot Books
Approx. ~60k words
New and exclusive short stories and poems inspired by bad mothers from some of today’s fiercest women in horror. Featuring Rachel Harrison, Gwendolyn Kiste, Kristi DeMeester, and Kelsea Yu, edited by Lindy Ryan with a foreword by Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann.

SHORT FICTION
"Feast of Gray"
By Lindy Ryan & Christopher Brooks
Published 15 October 2024 in THE DARKEST NIGHT
Titan Books
Approx. ~2k words
The lines between the living and the departed are blurred when a man visiting his mother's grave gets a visit from an unexpected ghost of his past.

SHORT FICTION
"Feast of Gray"
By Lindy Ryan & Christopher Brooks
Published 15 October 2024 in THE DARKEST NIGHT
Titan Books
Approx. ~2k words
The lines between the living and the departed are blurred when a man visiting his mother's grave gets a visit from an unexpected ghost of his past.

SHORT FICTION
"Feast of Gray"
By Lindy Ryan & Christopher Brooks
Published 15 October 2024 in THE DARKEST NIGHT
Titan Books
Approx. ~2k words
The lines between the living and the departed are blurred when a man visiting his mother's grave gets a visit from an unexpected ghost of his past.