Congratulations to the 2020 Splatterpunk Award Winners!

Now that the 2020 Splatterpunk Awards have been handed out at Killercon Austin, here’s a complete list of winners and finalists and a round-up of my reviews…

(I considered calling this post “Consplatulations” but soon realised that absolutely nobody would have been better off for it)

Best Novel

• • • Winner: Lakehouse Infernal, Christine Morgan (Deadite)
    • Carnivorous Lunar Activities, Max Booth III (Cinestate/Fangoria)
    • Reception, Kenzie Jennings (Death’s Head)
    • Merciless, Bryan Smith (Grindhouse)
    • Killer Lake, W.D. Gagliani & David Benton (Deadite)
    • Toxic Love, Kristopher Triana (Blood Bound)
    • They Kill, Tim Waggoner (Flame Tree)

Best Novella

• • • Winner: One For the Road, Wesley Southard (Deadite)
    • White Trash Gothic Part Two, Edward Lee (Section 31)
    • Saint Sadist, Lucas Mangum (Grindhouse)
    • Weeping Season, Seán O’Connor (Uafas)
    • How Much To..?, Matt Shaw (self-published)
    • Paradise, Maine, Jackson R. Thomas (Alien Agenda)

Best Short Story

• • • Winner: “Angelbait”, Ryan Harding (The Big Book of Blasphemy)
    • “Breaking the Waters”, Donyae Coles (Pseudopod 9/19)
    • “Censered”, Christine Morgan (And Hell Followed)
    • “Shoulder Pain”, Chandler Morrison (The Macabre Museum 10/19)
    • “Param”, Susan Snyder (Trigger Warning: Body Horror)
    • “Norwegian Woods”, Jeremy Wagner (The Big Book of Blasphemy)

Best Collection

• • • Winner: Dirty Rotten Hippies and Other Stories, Bryan Smith (Grindhouse)
    • Dead Sea Chronicles, Tim Curran (Bloodshot)
    • Various States of Decay, Matt Hayward (Poltergeist)
    • Dawn of the Living Impaired, and Other Messed-Up Zombie Stories, Christine Morgan (Death’s Head)
    • This Is a Horror Book, Charles Austin Muir (Clash)
    • Resisting Madness, Wesley Southard (Death’s Head)

Best Anthology

• • • Winner: And Hell Followed, Jarod Barbee & Patrick C. Harrison III, eds. (Death’s Head)
    • Dig Two Graves, Jarod Barbee & Patrick C. Harrison III, eds. (Death’s Head)
    • Midnight In The Graveyard, Kenneth W. Cain, ed. (Silver Shamrock)
    • Polish Extreme, Edward Lee & Karolina Kaczkowska, eds. (Necro)
    • The Big Book of Blasphemy, Regina Mitchell & David G. Barnett, eds. (Necro)
    • The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg, Sam Richard & Brendan Vidito, eds. (Weirdpunk)

J.F. Gonzalez Lifetime Achievement Award: Edward Lee