The finalists for the 2019 Imadjinn Awards were announced August 7. They are a series of literary awards for small presses and self-published authors that will be presented at the Imaginarium Convention, which will be held October 11-13, in Louisville, KY.

Best Anthology

• Whispers Anthology – written by The Vincennes Writers
• Fantastic Tales of Terror – written by Christopher Golden, Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Maberry, and Tony todd, etc…

Best Children’s Book

• Sigmund Stanley Spider Squared – written by Kimberly Hoffman
• You Are You! – written by Jen Selinsky
• Frog and the Flower – written by Lily J. Erickson

Best Historical Fiction Novel

• Sweet Love at Honey Landing – written by Linda Ellen
• Heart of Sherwood – written by Edale Lane (aka Melodie Romeo)

Best Horror Novel

• The Mourner’s Cradle: A Widow’s Journey – written by Tommy B. Smith

Best Fantasy Novel

• Winter’s Heir – written by Sarah Joy Adams & Emily Lavin Leverett
• Terra Australis – written by Cody Higgins
• Fey West – written by Michael J. Allen

Best Literary Fiction Novel

• She’s Not Broken – written by Kelsey Day

Best Mystery Novel

• DARK HORSE: A Folly Beach Mystery – written by Bill Noel
• The Storm – written by Dan Jolley
• Newberry Sin – written by C. Hope Clark

Best Non-Fiction Book

• It’s Alive: Bringing Your Nightmares To Life – written by Eugene Johnson and Joe Mynhardt
• Light at the End of the Tunnel, A Memoir – written by SALLYANNE MONTI
• Indiana’s Strange and Unusual Haunts – written by Jacob & Jenny Floyd

Best Paranormal Romance Novel

• Her Immortal Guardian – written by Mara Dane
• A Shift in Destiny – written by Carma Haley Shoemaker
• Quinn – written by D.B. Reynolds

Best Romance Novel

• Protecting Peyton – written by Becky Muth
• All Jacked Up – written by Mysti Parker
• Cowboy On Her Porch – written by Pam Mantovani

Best Science Fiction Novel

• Storm Forged – written by Patrick Dugan
• The Shadow Beneath the Waves – written by Matt Betts
• Jurassic Jail, The Time Wars Book 1 – written by William Alan Webb

Best Short Story

• The Hairy Man – written by William Alan Webb
• “Beyond Human Measure” – written by Dave Creek
• “The Price of Admission” – written by Maxwell I Gold

Best Short Story Collection (single author)

• Now You Sea God: A Josh Katzen Collection – written T. Lee Harris
• Dead Reckoning and Other Stories – written by Dino Parenti
• Lonnie, Me, and…: A Short Story Collection – written Marian Allen

Best Thriller Novel

• Exodus – written by Mick Williams
• His Personal Reich – written by L.Salt
• No Return – written by Rob Sangster

Best Urban Fantasy Novel

• Spells, Salt, & Steel Season One – written by Gail Z. & Larry N. Martin
• The Corpse Whisperer – written by HR Boldwood
• Blood Ghast Blues – written by Jake Bible

Best Young Adult Novel

• We Can’t Let You In: a diary from the PyreDees Plague of 2016 – written Sandy Lender
• Just One Summer – written by Lynn Stevens

[Via Locus Online.]