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The Horror Writers Association has announced the preliminary ballot for the 2016 Bram Stoker Awards. I was delighted to learn that Sylvan Dread: Tales of Pastoral Darkness has been selected as one of the books in the Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection category.
The final ballot will be announced later this year and the awards themselves will be given out at StokerCon 2017 in Long Beach, CA. I want to express my appreciation to the HWA for this recognition and also extend my congratulations to the many fine talents with whom I share this ballot.