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Edition 2 (2008)

NovelNovellaNoveletteShort StorySingle-Author CollectionEdited AnthologyBoard of Directors Award

Winners

6 people
226 pages
Yōko Ogawa おがわ ようこ Winner

A Yoko Ogawa story collection in which enclosed daily life, warped desire, and emotional distance build a quiet but deeply unsettling atmosphere.

A Yoko Ogawa story collection in which enclosed daily life, warped desire, and emotional distance build a quiet but deeply unsettling atmosphere.

176 pages
short story collectionpsychological horroralienationeveryday unease
Jeffrey Ford Winner

A novel where fantasy and reality blur as family, memory, and the town's hidden history surface through strange events.

A novel where fantasy and reality blur as family, memory, and the town's hidden history surface through strange events.

304 pages
fantasyfamilymemoryuncanny mystery
John Kessel Winner

A witty reimagining of Jane Austen and Frankenstein in which Mary Bennet meets Victor Frankenstein and the novel turns into a gothic thought experiment.

A witty reimagining of Jane Austen and Frankenstein in which Mary Bennet meets Victor Frankenstein and the novel turns into a gothic thought experiment.

320 pages
pastichegothicJane AustenFrankenstein
Julia Leigh Winner

A spare novel about people living under pressure in a closed environment, where unease, silence, and desire slowly harden into something dangerous.

A spare novel about people living under pressure in a closed environment, where unease, silence, and desire slowly harden into something dangerous.

128 pages
isolationanxietydesirerepression

A compact short story in which an ordinary pile of discarded junk becomes the center of a strange, eerie disturbance.

A compact short story in which an ordinary pile of discarded junk becomes the center of a strange, eerie disturbance.

528 pages
short storyuncannygriefgrotesque