The winners for the 2024 August Derleth and Robert Holdstock awards have been introduced at FantasyCon.

August Derleth Award for Finest Horror Novel:

WINNER:

• Don’t Worry the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones (Titan)

SHORTLIST:

• Boys within the Valley by Philip Fracassi (Orbit)
• One Life Left by David Inexperienced (Eerie River)
• Easy methods to Promote a Haunted Home by Grady Hendrix (Titan)
• A Home with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher (Titan)
• Trying Glass Sound by Catriona Ward (Viper)

Robert Holdstock Award for Finest Fantasy Novel:

WINNER:

• Talonsister by Jen Williams (Titan)

SHORTLIST:

• At Eternity’s Gates by David Inexperienced (Eerie River)
• Past Sundered Seas by David Inexperienced (Eerie River)
• A Day of Fallen Evening by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury)
• Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon by Wole Talabi (DAW)

Our congrats to Stephen Graham Jones and Jen Williams and all of the shortlisted authors.

Locus has the outcomes from all classes.

Posted in August Derleth Award, Awards, Robert Holdstock Award