Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection

Template:Short description The Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection is an award presented by the Horror Writers Association (HWA). It is given for "superior achievement" in horror writing for best fiction collection.

Winners and nominees

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Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection winners and nominees

Year Published	Recipient	Nominated work	Result	Ref
1987	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Midnight Pleasures	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":2102" />
	Template:Sortname	Scared Stiff	Template:Nom
	Template:Sortname	Why Not You and I?	Template:Nom
	Template:Sortname	All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past	Template:Nom
1988	Template:Sortname	Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":35" />
	Template:Sortname	Angry Candy	Template:Nom
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	Template:Sortname	Scare Tactics	Template:Nom
	Template:Sortname	Blood and Water and Other Tales
1989	Template:Sortname	Richard Matheson: Collected Stories	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Patterns	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":42" />
	Template:Sortname	By Bizarre Hands	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Blue World	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Soft and Others	Template:Nominated
1990	Template:Sortname	Four Past Midnight	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":52" />
	Template:Sortname	Prayers To Broken Stones	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Houses Without Doors	Template:Nominated
1991	Template:Sortname	Prayers to Broken Stones	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Waking Nightmares	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":62" />
	Template:Sortname	Sex Punks & Savage Sagas	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Naked Flesh of Feeling	Template:Nominated
1992	Template:Sortname	Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Nightmare Flower	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":72" />
	Template:Sortname	Fantastic Tales	Template:Nominated
1993	Template:Sortname	Alone With The Horrors	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Nightmares & Dreamscapes	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":82" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Lovedeath	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Close to the Bone	Template:Nominated
1994	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Writer of the Purple Rage	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":92" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Born Bad	Template:Nominated
1995	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Cages	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":102" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Strange Highways	Template:Nominated
1996	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":112" />
	Template:Sortname	Shadow Dreams	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	With Wounds Still Wet	Template:Nominated
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1997	Template:Sortname	Exorcisms and Ecstasies	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Things Left Behind	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":122" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Painted in Blood	Template:Nominated
1998	Template:Sortname	Black Butterflies	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Leavings	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":13" />
	Template:Sortname	Smoke and Mirrors	Template:Nominated
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1999	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Death Drives a Semi	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":142" />
	Template:Sortname	Hearts in Atlantis	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Deep into that Darkness Peering	Template:Nominated
2000	Template:Sortname	Magic Terror	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Up, Out of Cities That Blow Hot and Cold	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":152" />
	Template:Sortname	Wind Over Heaven and Other Dark Tales	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	City Fishing	Template:Nominated
2001	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":162" />
	Template:Sortname	As the Sun Goes Down	Template:Nominated
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2002	Template:Sortname	One More for the Road	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Nations of the Living, Nations of the Dead	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":172" />
	Template:Sortname	Knuckles and Tales	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Everything's Eventual	Template:Nominated
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2003	Template:Sortname	Peaceable Kingdom	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Graveyard People: The Collected Cedar Hill Stories Vol 1	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":182" />
	Template:Sortname	Told by the Dead	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Bibliomancy	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Fangs and Angel Wings	Template:Nominated
2004	Template:Sortname	Fearful Symmetries	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":192" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Demonized	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Fears Unnamed	Template:Nominated
2005	Template:Sortname	20th Century Ghosts	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Magic for Beginners	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":202" />
	Template:Sortname	Looking for Jake	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Haunted	Template:Nominated
2006	Template:Sortname	Destinations Unknown	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":212" />
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Nominated
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	Template:Sortname	American Morons	Template:Nominated
2007	Template:Sortname	Proverbs for Monsters	Template:Won (Tie)	<ref name=":222">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	5 Stories	Template:Won (Tie)
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":222" />
	Template:Sortname	Old Devil Moon	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Defining Moments	Template:Nominated
2008	Template:Sortname	Just After Sunset	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":232" />
	Template:Sortname	Mama's Boy and Other Dark Tales	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Mr. Gaunt and Other Uneasy Encounters	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Gleefully Macabre Tales	Template:Nominated
2009	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Martyrs and Monsters	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":242" />
	Template:Sortname	Got to Kill Them All and Other Stories	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	In the Closet, Under the Bed	Template:Nominated
2010	Template:Sortname	Full Dark, No Stars	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Occultation	Template:Nominated	<ref name=":252" />
	Template:Sortname	Blood and Gristle	Template:Nominated
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2011	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Won	<ref name=":02">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":103">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Voices: Tales of Horror	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Red Gloves	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan (Volume One)	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Monsters of L.A.	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Multiplex Fandango	Template:Nominated
2012	Template:Sortname	New Moon on the Water	Template:Won (Tie)	<ref name=":1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":11">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":12">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Black Dahlia and White Rose: Stories	Template:Won (Tie)
	Template:Sortname	Woman Who Married a Cloud: Collected Stories	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Errantry: Strange Stories	Template:Nominated
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2013	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Won	<ref name=":110">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":1322">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":143">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	North American Lake Monsters: Stories	Template:Nominated
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	Template:Sortname	Dance of the Blue Lady	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Bible Stories for Secular Humanists	Template:Nominated
2014	Template:Sortname	Soft Apocalypses	Template:Won	<ref name=":3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":15">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":16">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	After the People Lights Have Gone Off	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Little by Little	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Gifts for the One Who Comes After	Template:Nominated
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2015	Template:Sortname	While the Black Stars Burn	Template:Won	<ref name=":210">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":173">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":183">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Halfway Down the Stairs	Template:Nominated
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2016	Template:Sortname	Template:Sort	Template:Won	<ref name=":32">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":193">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":203">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Swift to Chase	Template:Nominated
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	Template:Sortname	Lethal Birds	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	American Nocturne	Template:Nominated
2017	Template:Sortname	Strange Weather	Template:Won	<ref name=":6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":21">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":22">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Goblin	Template:Nominated
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	Template:Sortname	Writing Madness	Template:Nominated
2018	Template:Sortname	That Which Grows Wild	Template:Won	<ref name=":7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":23">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":24">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Spectral Evidence	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Coyote Songs	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Garden of Eldritch Delights	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Dark and Distant Voices: A Story Collection	Template:Nominated
2019	Template:Sortname	Growing Things and Other Stories	Template:Won	<ref name=":8">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":25">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":26">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Exhalation: Stories	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Lady Bits	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Sefira and Other Betrayals	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Out of Water	Template:Nominated
2020	Template:Sortname	Grotesque: Monster Stories	Template:Won	<ref name=":27">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":28">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":29">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Velocities: Stories	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Children of the Fang and Other Genealogies	Template:Nominated
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	Template:Sortname	Bloody Britain	Template:Nominated
2021	Template:Sortname	In That Endlessness, Our End	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Beneath a Pale Sky	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Empty Graves: Tales of the Living Dead	Template:Nominated
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2022	Template:Sortname	Breakable Things	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	We Are Here to Hurt Each Other	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Hell Hath No Sorrow Like a Woman Haunted	Template:Nominated
	Template:Sortname	Spontaneous Human Combustion	Template:Nominated
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2023
	Template:Sortname	Blood from the Air	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Cold, Black, & Infinite	Nominated	<ref name=Stoker23/>
	Template:Sortname	Spin a Black Yarn
	Template:Sortname	The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future
	Template:Sortname	Root Rot & Other Grim Tales
2024
	Template:Sortname	Love is a Crematorium and Other Tales	Template:Won	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sortname	Not a Speck of Light	Nominated	<ref name=Stoker24/>
	Template:Sortname	A Sunny Place for Shady People
	Template:Sortname	The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls
	Template:Sortname	Old Monsters Never Die

External links

• Stoker Award on the HWA web page
• Graphical listing of all Bram Stoker award winners and nominees