Miscellany

By Cheryl Morgan

Being a few days late, I figured I might as well wait for the weekend’s awards to come out. Here they are:

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World Fantasy Awards

Novel: Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore (Harvill; Knopf);

Novella: Joe Hill, Voluntary Committal (Subterranean Press);

Short Fiction: George Saunders, "CommComm" (The New Yorker, 08/01, 2005);

Anthology: The Fair Folk ed. Marvin Kaye (Science Fiction Book Club);

Collection: Bruce Holland Rogers, The Keyhole Opera (Wheatland Press);

Artist: James Jean;

Special Award, Professional: Sean Wallace (for Prime Books);

Special Award, Non-Professional: David Howe and Stephen Walker (for Telos Books);

Lifetime Achievement: Stephen Fabian & John Crowley.

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International Horror Guild Awards

Novel: Lunar Park by Brett Easton Ellis (US: Knopf, UK:Macmillan/Picador);

Short Fiction: "There's a Hole in the City" by Rick Bowes (SciFiction 15 June 2005);

Mid-Length Fiction: "La Peau Verte" by Caitlín Kiernan (To Charles Fort, with Love, Subterranean Press);

Long Fiction: "Kiss of the Mudman" by Gary Braunbeck (Home Before Dark, Earthling Publications);

Collection: 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill (PS Publishing);

Periodical: Postscripts (Peter Crowther, Editor/Publisher, PS Publishing);

Illustrated Narrative: Memories by Enki Bilal (Humanoid/DC);

Non-Fiction: Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia (Three Volumes) by S.T. Joshi and Stefan Dziemianowicz, eds. (Greenwood Press);

Art: Exhibition: Visions of Heaven and Hell (and Then Some) by Clive Barker, Bert Green Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA;

Living Legend: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.