2024 Award Eligibility Post

FIRST NOVEL
Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan
Published 9 April 2024
Minotaur Books (St Martin's Group)
Approx. ~98k 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.

LONG FICTION
Cold Snap by Lindy Ryan
Published 15 October 2024
Titan Books
Approx. ~26k words
A grieving mother and son hope to survive Christmas in a remote mountain cabin in Pennsylvania, in this chilling novella of dread, isolation and sinister spirits lurking in the frozen woods. Perfect for fans of The Only Good Indians, The Shining and The Babadook.

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.

ANTHOLOGY
The Darkest Night
Edited by Lindy Ryan
Published 25 September 2024
Crooked Lane Books
Approx. ~90k words
From some of the biggest names in horror comes an Advent calendar of short holiday horror stories perfect for the darkest nights of the year.
Edited by award-winning author and anthologist Lindy Ryan and with contributions from masters of horror like Josh Malerman, Eric LaRocca, and Clay McLeod Chapman, this horrific anthology will chill you to the bone.

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.