Well, fellow B'con attendees, the time is upon us to make our nominations for this year's Anthony ballot. And while I can't speak to whether anything I've penned is deserving, I can at least tell you what I've written that's eligible, and for what category.
Best First Novel
DEAD HARVEST (Angry Robot Books, February 2012)
Best Paperback Original
THE WRONG GOODBYE (Angry Robot Books, September 2012)
Best Short Story
"The Putdown" (Grift Magazine, March 2012)
"Not Forgotten" (SHOTGUN HONEY PRESENTS: BOTH BARRELS, October 2012)
"The Great Plains" (MURDER AND MAYHEM IN MUSKEGO, November 2012)
But it's a whole big world out there, folks, and I'm far from the only game in town. Those of you with ballots are allowed to nominate up to five works each in a variety of categories, provided those works came out in 2012. And since it's tough to keep track of what books/stories/whatever are eligible for a given category, I'm throwing open the comments section for fans and writers to put their recommendations (and/or their own stuff) out there. Just be sure to include the category for which the work is eligible. The complete list of categories is as follows:
Best Novel (hardcover book)
Best First Novel (debut book, either hardcover or paperback original)
Best Paperback Original (first published as trade or mass market paperback)
Best Short Story
Best Critical Nonfiction Work
So have at it! Toss out some suggestions!
5 comments:
I'll start:
Hilary Davidson's THE NEXT ONE TO FALL would make a fine nominee for Best Novel.
Ditto Joelle Charbonneau's MURDER FOR CHOIR for Best Paperback Original.
Todd Robinson's "Peaches" from Grift Magazine is on my ballot for Best Short Story.
BOOKS TO DIE FOR, edited by John Connolly, Declan Burke, and Ellen Clair Lamb would make a mighty fine Best Critical Nonfiction.
Also, Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy for Best Paperback Original. And The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen for Best Novel.
THE PROFESSIONALS by Owen Laukkanen certainly deserves considreation.
Last Kind Words by Tom Piccirilli was excellent for Hardback and Lou Berney's Whiplash River for paperback original
Thanks, Anon! The Berney's on my TBR pile -- I'd best get to it quick!
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