BRAM STOKER AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL

Nominees are listed below the winner(s) for each year.

★ 1987: ''The Manse'' by Lisa Cantrell

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★ ''The Damnation Game'' by Clive Barker

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★ ''Slob'' by Rex Miller

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★ ''The Harvest Bride'' by Tony Richards

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★ ''Excavation'' by Steve Rasnic Tem

★ 1988: ''The Suiting'' by Kelley Wilde

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★ ''Cities of the Dead'' by Michael Paine

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★ ''Resurrection, Inc.'' by Kevin J. Anderson

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★ ''Deliver Us From Evil'' by Alan Lee Harris

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★ ''Demon Night'' by J. Michael Straczynski

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★ ''Fear Book'' by John L. Byrne

★ 1989: ''Sunglasses After Dark'' by Nancy A. Collins

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★ ''The Dwelling'' by Tom Elliot

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★ ''Goat Dance'' by Douglas Clegg

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★ ''Laying The Music To Rest'' by Dean Wesley Smith

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★ ''The Lilith Factor'' by Jean Paiva

★ 1990: ''The Revelation'' by Bentley Little

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★ ''Blood of the Children'' by Alan Rodgers

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★ ''Dark Father'' by Tom Piccirilli

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★ ''Nightblood'' by T. Chris Martindale

★ 1991: ''The Cipher'' by Kathe Koja (tie)

★ 1991: ''Prodigal'' by Melanie Tem (tie)

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★ ''Winter Scream'' by Chris Curry & L. Dean James

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★ ''Wilderness'' by Dennis Danvers

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★ ''Unearthed'' by Ashley McConnell

★ 1992: ''Sineater'' by Elizabeth Massie

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★ ''Lost Souls'' by Poppy Z. Brite

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★ ''Beauty'' by Brian D'Amato

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★ ''Less Than Human'' by Gary Raisor

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★ ''The Holy Terror'' by Wayne Allen Salee

★ 1993: ''The Thread that Binds the Bones'' by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

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★ ''Afterage'' by Yvonne Navarro

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★ ''Created By'' by Richard Christian Matheson

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★ ''Suckers'' by Anne Billson

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★ ''Wet Work'' by Philip Nutman

★ 1994: ''Grave Markings'' by Michael Arnzen

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★ ''The Black Mariah'' by Jay R. Bonansinga

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★ ''Deadweight'' by Robert Devereaux

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★ ''Near Death'' by Nancy Kilpatrick

★ 1995: ''The Safety of Unknown Cities'' by Lucy Taylor

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★ ''Diary of a Vampire'' by Gary Bowen

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★ ''The Between'' by Tananarive Due

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★ ''Madeleine's Ghost'' by Robert Girardi

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★ ''Wyrm Wolf'' by Edo van Belkom

★ 1996: ''Crota'' by Owl Goingback

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★ ''Flute Song'' by Donald Burleson

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★ ''Horror Show'' by Greg Kihn

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★ ''Dead Heat'' by Del Stone

★ 1997: ''Lives of the Monster Dogs'' by Kirsten Bakis

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★ ''The Art of Arrow Cutting'' by Stephen Dedman

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★ ''Hungry Eyes'' by Barry Hoffman

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★ ''Drawn to the Grave'' by Mary Ann Mitchell

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★ ''The Inquisitor'' by Mary Murrey

★ 1998: ''Dawn Song'' by Michael Marano

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★ ''Night Prayers'' by P.D. Cacek

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★ ''This Symbiotic Fascination'' by Charlee Jacob

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★ ''Silk'' by Caitlin R. Kiernan

★ 1999: ''Wither'' by J.G. Passarella

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★ ''Widow's Walk'' by Steve Beai

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★ ''Every Dead Thing'' by John Connolly

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★ ''King Rat'' by China Miéville

★ 2000: ''The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club'' by Brian A. Hopkins

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★ ''Nailed by the Heart'' by Simon Clark

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★ ''House of Leaves'' by Mark Z. Danielewski

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★ ''Run'' by Douglas E. Winter

★ 2001: ''Deadliest of the Species'' by Michael Oliveri

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★ ''Phantom Feast'' by Diana Barron

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★ ''Skating on the Edge'' by d.g.k. goldberg

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★ ''Riverwatch'' by Joe Nassise

★ 2002: ''The Lovely Bones'' by Alice Sebold

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★ ''The Blues Ain't Nothing'' by Tina Jens

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★ ''Atmosphere'' by Michael Laimo

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★ ''The Red Church'' by Scott Nicholson

★ 2003: ''The Rising'' by Brian Keene

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★ ''Wolf's Trap'' by William D. Gagliani

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★ ''Monstrocity'' by Jeffrey Thomas

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★ ''Veniss Underground'' by Jeff Vandermeer

★ 2004: ''Covenant'' by John Everson (tie)

★ 2004: ''Stained'' by Lee Thomas (tie)

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★ ''Black Fire'' by James Kidman

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★ ''Move Under Ground'' by Nick Mamatas

★ 2005: ''Scarecrow Gods'' by Weston Ochse

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★ ''The Hides'' by Kealan Patrick Burke

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★ ''Siren Promised'' by Alan M. Clark and Jeremy Robert Johnson

★ 2006: ''Ghost Road Blues'' by Jonathan Maberry

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★ ''The Keeper'' by Sarah Langan

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★ ''Bloodstone'' by Nate Kenyon

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★ ''The Harrowing'' by Alexandra Sokoloff

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See also

See also

★ Bram Stoker Award