Blog in Exile: British Fantasy Awards 2007 Longlist

The nominees for the 2007 British Fantasy Awards have been announced:

Best Novel (The August Derleth Fantasy Award)

• The Blade Itself: Book One Of The First Law, Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz)
• The Fledging Of Az Gabrielson: The Clouded World Series Book 1, Jay Amory (Gollancz)
• Broken, Kelley Armstrong (Orbit Books)
• Polity Agent, Neal Asher (Tor Books)
• Bridge Of Dreams, Chaz Brenchley (Ace Books)
• Scar Night: Volume One Of The Deepgate Codex, Alan Campbell (Tor Books)
• The Devil You Know: A Felix Castor Novel, Mike Carey (Orbit Books)
• Jack Of Ravens: Kingdom Of The Serpent Book 1, Mark Chadbourn (Gollancz)
• Death's Dominion, Simon Clark (Robert Hale)
• London Under Midnight, Simon Clark (Severn House)
• The Book of Lost Things, John Connolly (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Widdershins, Charles De Lint (Tor Books)
• The Bonehunters (A Tale Of Malazan Book Of The Fallen), Steven Erikson (Bantam Press)
• Ten-Second Staircase (Bryant & May 4), Christopher Fowler (Doubleday)
• Development Hell, Mick Garris (Cemetery Dance)
• Ilario: The Lion's Eye, Mary Gentle (Gollancz)
• Nova Swing, John M Harrison (Gollancz)
• The Secret Of Crickley Hall, James Herbert (Macmillan)
• World Of Hurt, Brian Hodge (Earthling Publications)
• Rainbow Bridge, Gwyneth Jones (Gollancz)
• This Forsaken Earth (Sea Beggars), Paul Kearney (Bantam Press)
• Cell, Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Lisey's Story, Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
• The Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner (Small Beer Press/Bantam)
• Dusk, Tim Lebbon (Spectra Books)
• The Stormcaller, Tom Lloyd (Gollancz)
• The Lies Of Locke Lamora, Scott Lynch (Gollancz)
• Eastern Tide, Juliet E. McKenna (Orbit Books)
• Quicksilver Twilight, Stan Nicholls (Voyager)
• The Righteous Blade: Book 2 Of The Dreamtime, Stan Nicholls (Eos)
• The Burning Girl, Holly Phillips (Prime Books)
• Breeding Ground, Sarah Pinborough (Leisure Books)
• The Toyminator, Robert Rankin (Gollancz)
• Keeping It Real: Quantum Gravity 1, Justina Robson (Gollancz)
• Mathematicians In Love, Rudy Rucker (Tor Books)
• Winterbirth, Brian Ruckley (Orbit Books)
• The Face of Twilight, Mark Samuels (PS Publishing)
• Streaking, Brian Stableford (PS Publishing)
• Pressure, Jeff Strand (Earthling Publications)
• Shriek: An Afterword, Jeff Vandermeer (Macmillan & Tor Books)
• The Demon And The City: A Detective Inspector Chen Novel, Liz Williams (Nightshade Books)
• The Unblemished, Conrad Williams (Earthling Publications)
• Jaarfindor Remade, Sean Wright (Crowswing Books)

Best Novella

• "The Interlopers," Allen Ashley, Triquorum 1, Pendragon Press
• "Fain the Sorcerer," Steve Aylett, PS Publishing
• "Practical Devil Worship (For All the Family)," James W. Bennett, Practical Devil Worship, Twisted Tongue
• "The Memory of Joy," Eric Brown, Choices, Pendragon Press
• "She Loves Monsters," Simon Clark, Necessary Evil Press
• "Kid," Paul Finch, Choices, Pendragon Press
• "To Walk on Thorny Paths," Paul Finch, The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits, Robinson
• "Hitch," Gary Fry, Choices, Pendragon Press
• "The Unmoored," Gary Fry, The Impelled and Other Head Trips, Crowswing Press
• "The Thirty-Million-Day Dance Card," John Grant, Triquorum 1, Pendragon Press
• "On the Overgrown Path," David Herter, PS Publishing
• "Last Song," Andrew Humphrey, Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, Elastic Press
• "The Last Kiss," Andrew Humphrey, Choices, Pendragon Press
• "Feasibility Study," Brian Lumley, Screaming Science Fiction: Horrors from Outer Space, Subterranean Press
• "Sundowner Sheila," Gwynplaine F MacIntyre, Interzone #202, TTA Press
• "Pretty Young Things," Dominic McDonagh, Pretty Young Things, Telos Publishing
• "The Djinn’s Wife," Ian McDonald, Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2006
• "Rough Cut," Gary McMahon, Rough Cut, Pendragon Press
• "The Story of April and Her Colours," Mark Morris, Night Visions 12, Subterranean Press
• "Fight Music," Tim Nickels, Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, Elastic Press
• "Mirror Mere," Marie O’Regan, Mirror Mere, Rainfall Books
• "In the Pines," Rosanne Rabinowitz, Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, Elastic Press
• "Days of Allison," Eric Shapiro, Days of Allison, Crowswing Books
• "In the Land of the Rainbow Snake," David A. Sutton, Clinically Dead & Other Tales of the Supernatural, Crowswing Books
• "Certain Faces," Stephen Volk, Choices, Pendragon Press
• "Julian: A Christmas Story," Robert Charles Wilson, PS Publishing
• "I Am The Bird," T. M. Wright, I Am The Bird, PS Publishing
• "Radio Trauma," Richard Wright, Pendragon Press

Best Small Press

• Crimewave, [Ed] Andy Cox
• TTA Press, [Ed] Andy Cox
• PS Publishing, [Ed] Peter Crowther
• Whispers of Wickedness, [Ed] D.
• Midnight Street, [Ed] Trevor Denyer
• Gray Friar Press, [Ed] Gary Fry
• Small Beer Press, [Ed] Gavin J Grant & Kelly Link
• Elastic Press, [Ed] Andrew Hook
• Telos Publishing, [Ed] David J Howe & Stephen James Walker
• Necessary Evil Press, [Ed] Don Koish
• Rainfall Books, [Ed] Steve Lines & John B Ford
• Earthling Publications, [Ed] Paul Miller
• Sarob Press, [Ed] Robert Morgan
• Cemetery Dance, [Ed] Bob Morrish & Richard Chizmar
• All Hallows, [Ed] Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden
• Tartarus Press, [Ed] Ray Russell
• Pendragon Press, [Ed] Christopher Teague
• Humdrumming, [Ed] Lee Thompson, Guy Adams & Stephen Newman
• Estronomicon (eZine), [Ed] Steve Upham, Screaming Dreams
• Crowswing Books, [Ed] Sean Wright

Best Non Fiction

• The Days Of The Dodo, Allen Ashley, Dodo Press
• Zombiemania: 80 Movies To Die For, Arnold T. Blumberg & Andrew Hershberger, Telos Publishing
• Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History Of Friday The 13th, Peter M. Bracke, Titan
• The Hellraiser Films And Their Legacy, Paul Kane, Macfarland & Co.
• The End Of Harry Potter? David Langford, Gollancz
• Lurker In The Lobby: The Guide To Lovecraftian Cinema, Andrew Migliore & John Strysik, Nightshade Books Cinema Macabre, Mark Morris, PS Publishing
• Into The Unknown: The Fantastic Life Of Nigel Kneale, Andy Murray, Headpress
• James Tiptree Jr: The Double Life Of Alice B. Sheldon, Julie Phillips, St. Martin's Press
• Ankh-Morpork Post Office Handbook Discworld Diary 2007, Terry Pratchett, Stephen Briggs & Paul Kidby, Gollancz
• Terry Pratchett's Hogfather: The Illustrated Screenplay, Terry Pratchett & Jean Vadim, Gollancz

Best Short Fiction

• "The Little Drummer Boy," Marion Arnott, Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, Elastic Press
• "Listen to the Lion," Allen Ashley, Urban Fantastic, Crowswing Books
• "Professor Clark and the Love Darts," Allen Ashley, Urban Fantastic, Crowsing Books
• "Amateur Pneumatics," James W. Bennett, Nocturne July 2006
• "Half Light House," James W. Bennett, Future Fire: Speculative Fiction & Fantasy #6, August 2006, Future Fire
• "Under the Scarecrow's Waychful Eye," James W. Bennett, Twisted Tongue #2, May 2006, Twisted Tongue
• "City of Reflections," John Paul Catton, Tiny Terrors volume 1, Hadesgate Publications
• "Whisper Lane," Mark Chadbourn, BFS A Celebration, British Fantasy Society
• "The Extraordinary Limits of Darkness," Simon Clark, Shrouded by Darkness, Telos Publishing
• "Going Bad," Alison L. R. Davies, Shrouded by Darkness, Telos Publishing
• "God's Madmen," Robert Devereaux, Farthing # 4, Sept 2006, Farthing
• "Bizarre Cubiques," Hal Duncan, Fantasy Magazine #4, Wildside Press
• "Elderly Lady, Lives Alone," Paul Finch, Bare Bone #9, Raw Dog Screaming
• "Press Of the Wild and Beserk Prince Dracula," Paul Finch, Shrouded by Darkness, Telos Publishing
• "Slayground," Paul Finch, TQR ezine
• "The Old North Road," Paul Finch, Alone On the Darkside, ROC
• "The Night Whiskey," Jeffrey Ford, Salon Fantastique, Thunder's Mouth
• "Bryant and May's Mystery Tour," Christopher Fowler, ABC, Independent on Sunday
• "The Luxury of Harm," Christopher Fowler, BFS A Celebration, British Fantasy Society
• "The Impelled," Gary Fry, The Impelled and Other Head Trips, Crowswing Books
• "Make Things Good," Barry J. House, Black Petals #36, Fossil Publications
• "The Dead Which Were in It," Barry J. House, Whispers of Wickedness #13, Summer 2006, Whispers of Wickedness
• "The Strange Disappearance of Liam Nichols," Barry J. House, Tiny Terrors volume 1, Hadesgate Publications
• "The Mermaid of Curitiba," Rhys Hughes, Postscripts #6, Spring 2006, PS Publishing
• "Fear of Rain," Robert T. Jeschonek, Postscripts # 8, October 2006, PS Publishing
• "Mary's Room," Andrew Jury, Dark Doorways, Prufrock Press
• "123, 123," Paul Kane, Estronomicon, Screaming Dreams
• "An Appropriate Pen," Dawn Knox, Shrouded by Darkness, Telos Publishing
• "The Point of Roses," Margo Lanagan, Black Juice, Gollancz
• "Puca Muc," Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis, Shrouded by Darkness, Telos Publishing
• "The Unsolvable Deathtrap," Jack Mangan, Interzone #202, TTA Press
• "What Nature Abhors," Mark Morris, Night Visions 12, Subterranean Press
• "4.44," Marie O'Regan, Mirror Mere, Rainfall Books
• "Cut to the Chase," Marie O'Regan, Mirror Mere, Rainfall Books
• "I'll Call You," Marie O'Regan, Mirror Mere, Rainfall Books
• "The Reef," Gareth Lyn Powell, Interzone #202, TTA Press
• "The Kreutzenberg Sonata," John Lewellyn Probert, The Faculty of Terror, Gray Friar Press
• "The Barrowlands' Last Night," Philip Raines & Harvey Welles, Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, Elastic Press
• "A Night in Tunisia," Tony Richards, Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music, Elastic Press
• "Hoody," David A. Riley, When Graveyards Yawn, Crowswing Books
• "The Disappeared," Sarah Singleton, Time Pieces, NewCon Press
• "The Fog Catcher," Jim Steel, Whispers of Wickedness #14, Winter 2006, Whispers of Wickedness
• "Connected," Alasdair Stuart, Hub Magazine Xmas 2006, The Right Hand
• "The Spark of Divinely Random Intervention," Maurice Suckling, Photocopies of Heaven, Elastic Press
• "Monkey Business," David A. Sutton, Clinically Dead & Other Tales of the Supernatural, Crowswing Books
• "The Holidaymakers," David A. Sutton, Clinically Dead & Other Tales of the Supernatural, Crowswing Books
• "Zulu's War," David A. Sutton, When Graveyards Yawn, Crowswing Books
• "The Bordello in Faerie," Michael Swanwick, Postscripts #8, PS Publishing
• "Sex Toy Story 2," Peter Tennant, Wicked Stories (webzine), Ookami
• "The Cheap Trick," Peter Tennant, Wicked Stories (webzine), Ookami
  
• "Leaves Of Glass," Lavie Tidhar, Triquorum One, Pendragon Press
• "31/10," Stephen Volk, Dark Corners, Gray Friar Press
• "101 Damnations," Liz Williams, Concussed, Eastercon 2006 Booklet
• "The Veteran," Conrad Williams, Postscripts #6, Spring 2006, PS Publishing
• "The Codsman and his Willing Shag," Neil Williamson, The Ephemera, Elastic Press
• "The Gubbins," Neil Williamson, Dark Horizons #49, Summer 2006, British Fantasy Society
• Journey's End, Sean Wright, When Graveyards Yawn, Crowsing Books

Best Collection

• Urban Fantastic, Allen Ashley, Crowswing Books
• The Gazing Ball, Kenneth James Crist,Fossil Publications
• Skinny Dipping In The Lake Of The Dead, Alan Deniro, Small Beer Press
• Fine Cuts, Dennis Etchison, PS Publishing
• The Empire Of Ice Cream, Jeffrey Ford, Golden Gryphon Press
• The Impelled & Other Head Trips, Gary Fry, Crowswing Books
• Fragile Things, Neil Gaiman, Headline
• Desperate Moon: Three Collections, Andrew R. Heidel, PS Publishing
• The Complete Chronicles Of Conan: Centenary Edition, Robert E. Howard, Gollancz
• At The Molehills Of Madness, Rhys Hughes, Pendragon Press
• In The Country Of Tattooed Men And Other Cyphers, Garry Kilworth, Humdrumming
• Moby Jack And Other Tall Tales, Garry Kilworth, PS Publishing
• Reassuring Tales, T.E.D Klein, Subterranean Press
• Black Juice, Margo Lanagan, Gollancz
• The Lost District And Other Stories, Joel Lane, Night Shade Books
• Teatro Grottesco, Thomas Ligotti, Durto Press
• Past Magic, Ian MacLeod, PS Publishing
• Dreamsongs A RRetrospective, George R.R.Martin, Gollancz
• The Man From The Diogenes Club, Kim Newman, Monkeybrain
• Unbecoming And Other Tales Of Horror, Mike O'Driscoll, Elastic Press
• Mirror Mere, Marie O'Regan, Rainfall Books
• The Faculty Of Terror, John Lewellyn Probert, Gray Friar Press
• The Riot Act, Stephen Romano, Arcaderetro Ink
• Mortality, Nicholas Royle, Serpents' Tail
• Photocopies Of Heaven, Maurice Suckling, Elastic Press
• Clinically Dead & Other Tales Of The Supernatural, David A. Sutton, Crowswing Books
• Dark Corners, Stephen Volk, Gray Friar Press
• The Butterflies Of Memory, Ian Watson, PS Publishing
• The Ephemera, Neil Williamson, Elastic Press
• Impossible Stories, Zoran Zivkovic, PS Publishing

Best Anthology

• Night Visions 12, [Ed] Kealan Patrick Burke, Subterranean Press
• Extended Play: The Elastic Book Of Music, [Ed] Gary Couzens, Elastic Press
• The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror: 20th Annual Collection, [Ed] Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, St. Martin's Press
• Shrouded By Darkness: Tales Of Terror, [Ed] Alison L. R. Davies, Telos Publishing
• The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 17, [Ed] Stephen Jones, Robinson
• BFS - A Celebration, [Ed] Marie O'Regan & Paul Kane, British Fantasy Society
• Alone On The Darkside: Echoes From Shadows Of Horror, [Ed] John Pelan, Roc
• Choices, [Ed] Christopher Teague, Pendragon Press
• Triquorum 1, [Ed] Christopher Teague, Pendragon Press
• Time Pieces, [Ed] Ian Whates, NewCon Press
• Tiny Terrors Volume 1, [Ed] Paula Wilson-Buckle, Hadesgate Publications
• When Graveyards Yawn, [Ed] Sean Wright, Crowswing Books

Best Artist

• Ben Baldwin, Cover of Dark Corners (Stephen Volk), Gray Friar Press
• Vincent Chong, Cover of Crack of Doom (Lisa Granville), Immanion Press
• Vincent Chong, Cover of Rough Cut (Gary McMahon), Pendragon Press
• Vincent Chong, Cover of Streaking (Brian Stableford), PS Publishing
• Vincent Chong, Cover of The Shand: Book of the Parallax (Eric Brown)
• Vincent Chong, Cover of The Butterflies of Memory (Ian Watson), PS Publishing
• Les Edwards, Cover of Development Hell (Mick Garris), Cemetery Dance
• Les Edwards, Cover of Dragonrider's Dawn (Anne McCaffrey) , SFBC USA
• Les Edwards, Cover of Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 17 (ed. Stephen Jones), Robinson
• Les Edwards, Frontispiece and b/w's for The Complete Chronicles of Conan (Robert E. Howard), Gollancz
• Velic Fahrija, Interzone #206 - Droid, TTA Press
• Dean Harkness, Cover of Extended Play: The Elastic Book of Music (ed. Gary Couzens), Elastic Press
• Dean Harkness, Cover of Days of the Dodo (Allen Ashley), Dodo London Press
• Dominic Harman, Cover of Dreamsongs (George R. R. Martin), Gollancz
• Dominic Harman, Cover of Broken (Kelley Armstrong), Orbit Books
• Matthew Laznika, Covers of Time Hunter series (various authors), Telos Publishing
• Zach McCain, Cover of The Faculty of Terror (John Llewellyn Probert), Gray Friar Press
• Edward Miller, Cover of No Present Like Time (Steph Swainston), Laser Books
• Edward Miller, Cover of and interior artwork The Lies of Locke Lamora (Scott Lynch), Subterranean Press
• Edward Miller, Cover of The Painted Bride (Stephen Gallagher), Subterranean Press
• Jackie Morris, Musicians Benevolent Christmas Cards
• Harry O. Morris, Cover of Clinically Dead & Other Tales of the Supernatural (David A. Sutton), Crowswing Books
• Harry O. Morris, Cover of Urban Fantastic (Allen Ashley), Crowswing Books
• Ted Naifeh, Cover of Alabaster (Caitlin R. Kiernan), Subterranean Press
• John Picacio, Cover Story: The Art of John Picacio, Monkeybrain Books
• Larry Rostant, Cover of The Stormcaller (Tom Lloyd), Gollancz

You know, when they say longlist, they're not kidding! So...what was published last year in the UK that isn't on this list, I wonder?

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