McKinney and at least one other Texan get Stoker nominationsMcKinney’s “Quarantined” gets a Stoker nomination

Joe McKinney's Stoker-nominated "Quarantined"

We recently told you about San Antonio’s JOE MCKINNEY landing two works on the Bram Stoker Awards Preliminary Ballot.

Now, after a preliminary vote by members of the HORROR WRITERS ASSOCIATION, the SAPD detective-turned-scare scribe has even more reason to celebrate. His second novel, QUARANTINED, was selected as one of the final four nominees for the Stoker for Superior Achievement in a Novel.

HWA will announce its membership’s final Stoker votes at the World Horror Convention, March 25-28 2010, in Brighton, England.

Although McKinney’s short story “The Plague Dogs” didn’t make the jump from the “long list” to an official nomination, landing a novel among the final four is a major coup.

Also of note to Missions readers, Houston’s HANK SCHWAEBLE got a nomination for Superior Achievement in a First Novel for his book DAMNABLE.

The full list of Stoker nominees follows:

Superior Achievement in a Novel

• AUDREY’S DOOR by Sarah Langan (Harper)
• PATIENT ZERO by Jonathan Maberry (St. Martin’s Griffin)
• QUARANTINED by Joe McKinney (Lachesis Publishing)
• CURSED by Jeremy Shipp (Raw Dog Screaming Press)

Superior Achievement in a First Novel

• BREATHERS by S. G. Browne (Broadway Books)
• SOLOMON’S GRAVE by Daniel G. Keohane (Dragon Moon Press)
• DAMNABLE by Hank Schwaeble (Jove)
• THE LITTLE SLEEP by Paul Tremblay (Henry Holt)

Check after the jump for the rest of the list…

Superior Achievement in Long Fiction

• DREAMING ROBOT MONSTER by Mort Castle (MIGHTY UNCLEAN)
• THE HUNGER OF EMPTY VESSELS by Scott Edelman (Bad Moon Books)
• THE LUCID DREAMING by Lisa Morton (Bad Moon Books)
• DOC GOOD’S TRAVELING SHOW by Gene O’Neill (Bad Moon Books)

Superior Achievement in Short Fiction

• KEEPING WATCH by Nate Kenyon (MONSTROUS: 20 TALES OF GIANT CREATURE TERROR)
• THE CROSSING OF ALDO RAY by Weston Ochse (THE DEAD THAT WALK)
• IN THE PORCHES OF MY EARS by Norman Prentiss (PS Publishing)
• THE NIGHT NURSE by Harry Shannon (Horror Drive-in)

Superior Achievement in an Anthology

• HE IS LEGEND: AN ANTHOLOGY CELEBRATING RICHARD MATHESON edited by Christopher Conlon (Gauntlet Press)
• LOVECRAFT UNBOUND edited by Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse Books)
• POE edited by Ellen Datlow (Solaris)
• MIDNIGHT WALK edited by Lisa Morton (Dark House)

Superior Achievement in a Collection

• MARTYRS AND MONSTERS by Robert Dunbar (DarkHart Press)
• GOT TO KILL THEM ALL AND OTHER STORIES by Dennis Etchison (Cemetery Dance)
• A TASTE OF TENDERLOIN by Gene O’Neill (Apex Book Company)
• IN THE CLOSET, UNDER THE BED by Lee Thomas (Dark Scribe Press)

Superior Achievement in Nonfiction

• WRITERS WORKSHOP OF HORROR by Michael Knost (Woodland Press)
• CINEMA KNIFE FIGHT by L. L. Soares and Michael Arruda (Fearzone)
• THE STEPHEN KING ILLUSTRATED COMPANION by Bev Vincent (Fall River Press)
• STEPHEN KING: THE NON-FICTION by Rocky Wood and Justin Brook (Cemetery Dance)

Superior Achievement in Poetry

• DOUBLE VISIONS by Bruce Boston (Dark Regions)
• NORTH LEFT OF EARTH by Bruce Boston (Sam’s Dot)
• BARFODDER by Rain Graves (Cemetery Dance)
• CHIMERIC MACHINES by Lucy A. Snyder (Creative Guy Publishing)