The Third Annual Black Quill Awards

One of the newest awards for horror books is the Black Quill Awards. This year saw the Third Annual Black Quill Awards held by Dark Scribe Magazine.

The awards focus on horror fiction and are unique in that there are two awards presented for each category. One is the Editor's Choice Award and the other is the Reader's Choice Award which was determined by open voting by the magazine subscribers.

Below is a list of posts that appeared on my blog. The first eight lists the nominations in each category and the last lists the award winners.

The books in these lists have links to online bookstores in case any of them peak your interest.

The 2009 Black Quill Award Nominations Series:

Part 1 -- Dark Genre Novel of the Year
Part 2 -- Best Small Press Chill
Part 3 -- Best Dark Genre Fiction Collection
Part 4 -- Best Dark Genre Anthology
Part 5 -- Best Dark Genre Book Of Non-Fiction
Part 6 -- Best Dark Scribble
Part 7 -- Best Cover Art and Design
Part 8 -- Best Dark Genre Book Trailer
Part 9 -- The 2009 Black Quill Award Winners

Introducing Horror Mall

Not long ago on my website about horror books I ran a series of articles exploring the online book store called Horror Mall.

Horror Mall caters to the horror fiction book collector and the avid reader who is looking for that ever elusive next-great-scare.

If you love horror fiction then Horror Mall should be prominently bookmarked on your web browser. Drop in frequently and check out what's new.

These entries were linked to an online bookstore in case a reader wanted more information or to purchase the book.

Below are the links to the entire series:

Introduction to Horror Mall Series:

Part 1 -- What is Horror Mall, Anyway?
Part 2 -- How Can I Find Stuff at Horror Mall?
Part 3 -- How Do I Purchase Stuff at Horror Mall?
Part 4 -- The Digital Download from Horror Mall
Part 5 -- What if I Have Problems at Horror Mall?
Part 6 -- Some Final Words about Horror Mall

Keeping a Reading Journal Series

One of my most successful series of articles is not directly about Horror Books. Rather it is the three article series I ran about keeping a reading journal.

Why keep a journal, what should be in a journal, what kind of journal should I use? All these and more are discussed in this series.

Part 1 -- Keep a Reading Journal for Your Horror Fiction Books
Part 2 -- A Reading Journal Information Gathering System
Part 3 -- Designer Reading Journals