Congrats to Jeremy Shipp whose novel, Vacation, has made it onto the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker award in he category of first novel. Jeremy’s book has caused such a stir from so many different quarters that it’s a bit bewildering. In fact I just got an email from a reviewer who was very impressed and did an excellent, in-depth review: http://www.cclapcenter.com/2008/01/book_review_vacation_by_jeremy.html
I was also glad to see that Mike Arnzen made it onto the ballot with his collection Proverbs for Monsters. Even though we didn’t put it out it’s an excellent collection.