British Fantasy Awards 2010: The Long List

Here’s the British Fantasy Awards 2010 long list. Everything here has been recommended by a BFS or FantasyCon member. Members now vote for their top three choices in each category, and the top-scoring five items in each category will make up the short list for this year’s awards.

Best Novel

• A Madness Of Angels, Kate Griffin (Orbit)
• And God Created Zombies, Andrew Hook (Newcon)
• Audrey’s Door, Sarah Langan (Harpercollins)
• Avilion, Robert Holdstock (Gollancz)
• Bad Things, Michael Marshall (Harpercollins)
• Best Served Cold, Joe Abercrombie (Gollancz)
• Bone Crossed, Patricia Briggs (Orbit)
• Boneshaker, Cherie Priest (Tor)
• Bryant And May On The Loose, Christopher Fowler (Doubleday)
• Chronic City, Jonathan Lethem (Faber & Faber)
• Consorts Of Heaven, J.N. Fenn (Gollancz)
• Crack’d Pot Trail, Steven Erikson (Ps)
• Creatures Of The Pool, Ramsey Campbell (Ps)
• Deathwish, Rob Thurman (Roc)
• Death’s Daughter, Amber Benson (Ace)
• Destroyer Of Worlds, Mark Chadbourn (Gollancz)
• Dragon In Chains, Daniel Fox (Del Rey)
• Drood, Dan Simmons (Quercus)
• Elfland, Freda Warrington (Tor)
• Finch, Jeff Vandermeer (Underland)
• Fire, Kristin Cashore (Gollancz)
• Flesh And Fire, Laura Anne Gilman (Pocket)
• Forever Richard, Sue Dent (Writer’s Cafe)
• Frostbitten, Kelley Armstrong (Orbit)
• Futile Flame, Sam Stone (House Of Murky Depths)
• Galileo’s Dream, Kim Stanley Robinson (Harpervoyager)
• Ghost Monster, Simon Clark (Leisure/Robert Hale)
• Gullstruck Island (Us Title: The Lost Conspiracy), Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s)
• Half World, Hiromi Goto (Puffin)
• Hand Of Isis, Jo Graham (Orbit)
• Heart’s Blood, Juliet Marillier (Tor)
• Hellboy: The Ice Wolves, Mark Chadbourn (Dark Horse)
• Ilfayne’s Bane, Julia Knight (Samhain Publishing)
• In Ashes Lie, Marie Brennan (Orbit)
• Irons In The Fire, Juliet Mckenna (Solaris)
• Jasmyn, Alex Bell (Gollancz)
• Living With Ghosts, Kari Sperring (Daw)
• Lord Of Silence, Mark Chadbourn (Solaris)
• Makers, Cory Doctorow (Harpervoyager)
• Marcher, Chris Beckett (Dorchester)
• Mister Gum, Rhys Hughes (Dog Horn)
• One, Conrad Williams (Virgin)
• Orcs, Bad Blood Two: Army Of Shadows, Stan Nicholls (Gollancz)
• Palimpsest, Catherynne Valente (Spectra)
• Red Headed Stepchild, Jaye Wells (Orbit)
• Retribution Falls: Tales Of The Ketty Jay, Chris Wooding (Gollancz)
• Rogue Angel: Paradox, Alex Archer (Gold Eagle)
• Rogue Angel: Seeker’s Curse, Alex Archer (Gold Eagle)
• Shiver, Maggie Stiefvater (Scholastic)
• Sixty-One Nails, Mike Shevdon (Angry Robot)
• Skin Trade, Laurell K. Hamilton (Headline)
• Slights, Kaaron Warren (Angry Robot)
• Snakeskin Road, James Braziel (Bantam)
• Sphinx’s Princess, Esther Friesner (Random House)
• Storm Glass, Maria V. Snyder (Mira)
• The Accord, Keith Brooke (Solaris)
• The Afterblight Chronicles: Broken Arrow, Paul Kane (Abaddon)
• The Afterblight Chronicles: Operation Motherland, Scott Andrews (Abaddon)
• The Ask And The Answer, Patrick Ness (Walker)
• The Awakening, Kelley Armstrong (Harpercollins)
• The City & The City, China Miéville (Macmillan)
• The Cold Kiss Of Death, Suzanne Mcleod (Gollancz)
• The Demon’s Lexicon, Sarah Rees Brennan (Simon & Schuster Children’s)
• The Devil’s Alphabet, Daryl Gregory (Del Rey)
• The Forest Of Hands And Teeth, Carrie Ryan (Gollancz)
• The Girl With Glass Feet, Ali Shaw (Atlantic)
• The Iron Khan, Liz Williams (Night Shade)
• The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters (Virago)
• The Map Of Moments, Tim Lebbon & Christopher Golden (Bantam)
• The Mermaid’s Madness, Jim C. Hines (Daw)
• The Mystery Of Grace, Charles De Lint (Tor)
• The Naming Of The Beasts, Mike Carey (Orbit)
• The Pain Merchants, Janice Hardy (Harpercollins)
• The Painting And The City, Robert Freeman Wexler (Ps)
• The Prodigal Mage, Karen Miller (Orbit)
• The Red Tree, Caitlin R. Kiernan (Roc)
• The Sad Tale Of The Brothers Grossbart, Jesse Bullington (Orbit)
• The Shadow Pavilion, Liz Williams (Night Shade)
• The Silver Skull, Mark Chadbourn (Pyr)
• The Spy Who Haunted Me, Simon R. Green (Gollancz)
• The Windup Girl, Paolo Bacigalupi (Night Shade)
• Thicker Than Water, Mike Carey (Orbit)
• Tomes Of The Dead: Tide Of Souls, Simon Bestwick (Abaddon)
• Topavzian, P.L. Lambrou (Raider)
• Total Oblivion, More Or Less, Alan Deniro (Spectra)
• Transition, Iain Banks (Little Brown)
• Transitions Iii: The Ghost King, R.A. Salvatore (Wizards Of The Coast)
• Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero, Dan Abnett (Angry Robot)
• Turn Coat, Jim Butcher (Orbit)
• Ultrameta, Douglas Thompson (Eibonvale)
• Under The Dome, Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton)
• Vanilla Ride, Joe R. Lansdale (Knopf)
• White Is For Witching, Helen Oyeyemi (Picador)
• Witches Incorporated, K.E. Mills (Orbit)
• Yellow Blue Tibia, Adam Roberts (Gollancz)

Best Novella

• Abrizonde, Walter Jon Williams
• An Unwise Purchase, Dr H.S. Grace
• Cabaret At The World’s End, David Gullen
• De Profundis, Al Robertson
• Gilbert And Edgar On Mars, Eric Brown
• Grolion Of Almery, Matthew Hughes
• In The Skin, Gary Mcmahon
• Melting, A.J. Mcintosh
• Old Man Scratch, Rio Youers
• Roadkill, Rob Shearman
• Sailors Of The Skies, Mike Chinn
• Starky’s Town, Simon Bestwick
• Sublimation Angels, Jason Sanford
• The Kill Crew, Joseph D’lacey
• The Language Of Dying, Sarah Pinborough
• The Push, Dave Hutchinson
• The Sundered Flesh, Paul Finch
• The Witnesses Are Gone, Joel Lane
• Their Bones Picked Clean, Paul Finch
• This Ghosting Tide, Simon Clark
• Vardoger, Stephen Volk
• We Are The Shadows, Paul Finch

Best Short Story

• “A Gigantic Leap”, Nik Morton
• “Another End Of The Empire,” Tim Pratt
• “At First Sight,” John Llewellyn Probert
• “Bryson Feeds Families,” T.F. Davenport
• “Careful What You Wish For,” Justin Carroll
• “Cat And Mouse,” Marie O’regan
• “Certain Death For A Known Person,” Steve Duffy
• “Charms,” Shweta Narayan
• “Clockatrice,” Tanith Lee
• “Deadhouse Steps,” Mark Chadbourn
• “Edison’s Frankenstein,” Chris Roberson
• “Finisterre,” Maria Deira
• “Fishermen,” Al Robertson
• “Future Cities,” Allen Ashley
• “George Clooney’s Moustache,” Rob Shearman
• “Golden Lilies,” Aliette De Bodard
• “Granny’s Grinning,” Robert Shearman
• “Growing Pains,” Ian Whates
• “Here We Are Falling Through Shadows,”
• “If Wishes Were Horses,” Tiffani Angus-Bodie
• “Images Of Anna,” Nancy Kress
• “In The Garden,” Rosalie Parker
• “In The Porches Of My Ears,” Norman Prentiss
• “Jolly Roger,” Robert Shearman
• “Life After Death,” Mark Butler
• “Life-O-Matic,” Paul Kane, Estronomicon
• “Lily Glass,” Veronica Schanoes
• “Love Among The Lobelias,” Robert Shearman
• “Marley’s Haunting,” Simon Kurt Unsworth
• “Masques,” Paul Kane
• “Microcosmos,” Nina Allan
• “Mother Sponge,” Mur Lafferty
• “My Brother’s Keeper,” Nina Allan
• “My Secret Children,” James Cooper
• “Ninja Rats On Harleys,” Elizabeth A. Vaughan
• “Non-Zero Probabilities,” N.K. Jemisin
• “Notes Toward A Comparative Mythology,” Nicole Kornher-Stace
• “Of Melei, Of Ulthar,” Gord Sellar
• “Offerings,” Stephanie Burgis
• “On Consideration Of The Muses,” Eric Stener Carlson
• “One Last Love Song,” Rob Shearman
• “Pelican Bar,” Karen Joy Fowler
• “Playing With Spades,” Mari Ness
• “Proof,” Gary Mcmahon
• “Red Christmas,” Jim Steel
• “Salt’s Father,” Eric Gregory
• “Sanctuary Run,” Daniel Mills
• “Servitor,” Paul Kane
• “Shucked,” Adrian Joyce
• “Silence And Roses,” Suzanne Palmer
• “Survivor’s Guilt,” Rosanne Rabinowitz
• “The Beloved Time Of Their Lives,”
• “The Black Flowers Of Sevan,” James Lecky
• “The Chymical Wedding Of Des Esseintes,”
• “The Confessor’s Tale,” Sarah Pinborough
• “The Convent At Bazzano,” Allyson Bird
• “The Devonshire Arms,” Alex Dally Macfarlane
• “The Eleventh Day,” Christopher Fowler
• “The Ghost Of Onions,” Marcie Lynn Tentchoff
• “The Killing Streets,” Colin Harvey
• “The Last Gallery,” Joel Lane
• “The Mystery,” Peter Atkins
• “The Picture,” Rosalie Parker
• “The Rulebook,” Christopher Fowler
• “The Stretch,” Christopher Fowler
• “The True Vintage Of Erzine Thale,” Robert Silverberg
• “The Wager,” Daniel Mcgachey
• “The White Bull Of Tara,” Fiona Patton
• “The World Entire,” Ron Weighell
• “Twain,” James Barclay
• “Venetian Paperweight,”
• “Vic,” Maura Mchugh
• “Walking With A Ghost,” Nick Mamatas
• “Welcome To The Hotel Marianas,” Mike Chinn
• “What Happens When You Wake Up In The Night,”
• “White Charles,” Sarah Monette
• “World Without End,” Marie O’regan

Best Anthology

• Apparitions, Ed. Michael Kelly (Undertow)
• Cern Zoo: Nemonymous 9, Ed. D.F. Lewis (Megazanthus)
• Cinnabar’s Gnosis: A Homage To Gustav Meyrink, Ed. Dan T. Ghetu (Ex Occidente)
• Dragontales: Short Stories Of Flame, Tooth And Scale, Ed. Holly Stacey (Wyvern)
• Eclipse Three, Ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade)
• Edison’s Frankenstein (Postscripts #20/21), Ed. Peter Crowther And Nick Gevers (Ps)
• Enemy Of The Good (Postscripts #19), Ed. Peter Crowther And Nick Gevers (Ps)
• Escape Clause, Ed. Clélie Rich (Ink Oink Art)
• Hellbound Hearts, Ed. Marie O’regan And Paul Kane (Pocket)
• Interfictions 2: An Anthology Of Interstitial Writing, Ed. Delia Sherman/Christopher Barzak (Small Beer)
• Nebula Awards Showcase 2009, Ed. Ellen Datlow (Roc)
• Origins: Tales Of Human Evolution, Ed. Eric T. Reynolds (Hadley Rille)
• Poe, Ed. Ellen Datlow (Solaris)
• Return Of The Raven, Ed. Maria Grazia Cavicchioli (Horrorbound)
• Songs Of The Dying Earth: Stories In Honour Of Jack Vance, Ed. George R.R. Martin And Gardner Dozois (Harpervoyager)
• Spook City, Ed. Angus Mckenzie (Ps)
• Strange Tales, Volume III, Ed. Rosalie Parker (Tartarus)
• Strip Mauled: Supernatural Suburbia, Ed. Esther Friesner (Baen)
• Terribly Twisted Tales, Ed. Jean Rabe/Martin H. Greenberg (Daw)
• The 4th Book Of Terror Tales, Ed. John B. Ford And Paul Kane (Rainfall)
• The Best Horror Of The Year, Volume One, Ed. Ellen Datlow (Night Shade)
• The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year, Volume Three, Ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade)
• The British Invasion, Ed. Tim Lebbon, Christopher Golden And James A. Moore (Cemetery Dance)
• The Dead That Walk, Ed. Stephen Jones (Ulysses)
• The Dragon Book, Ed. Jack Dann And Gardner Dozois (Andersen)
• The Mammoth Book Of Best New Horror 20, Ed. Stephen Jones (Constable And Robinson)
• The New Space Opera 2, Ed. Gardner Dozois And Jonathan Strahan (Eos)
• The Secret History Of Science Fiction, Ed. James Patrick Kelly And John Kessel (Tachyon)
• The Solaris Book Of New Science Fiction, Volume Three, Ed. George Mann (Solaris)
• The Very Best Of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology, Ed. Gordon Van Gelder (Tachyon)
• The Year’s Best SF: 26th Annual Collection, Aka The Mammoth Book Of Best New SF 22, Ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s/Robinson)
• This Is The Summer Of Love (Postscripts #18), Ed. Peter Crowther And Nick Gevers (Ps)
• Thoughtcrime Experiments, Ed. Sumana Harihareswara/Leonard Richardson (Create Space)
• We Think, Therefore We Are, Ed. Peter Crowther (Daw)
• When It Changed: Science Into Fiction, Ed. Geoff Ryman (Comma)
• Witch Way To The Mall, Ed. Esther Friesner (Baen)
• Year’s Best SF 14, Ed. David G. Hartwell And Kathryn Cramer (Eos)

Best Collection

• Are You There And Other Stories, Jack Skillingstead (Golden Gryphon)
• Broken Symmetries, Steve Redwood (Dog Horn)
• Collected Stories, Lewis Shiner (Subterranean)
• Cyberabad Days, Ian Mcdonald (Gollancz)
• Groaning Shadows, Paul Finch (Gray Friar)
• Just Behind You, Ramsey Campbell (Ps)
• Love Songs For The Shy And Cynical, Robert Shearman (Big Finish)
• Mostly Monochrome Stories, John Travis (Exaggerated)
• Muse And Reverie, Charles De Lint (Tor)
• Once & Future Cities, Allen Ashley (Eibonvale)
• Pictures Of The Dark, Simon Bestwick (Gray Friar)
• Remove The Eyes, Ralph Robert Moore (Ralph Robert Moore)
• The Beloved Of My Beloved, Ian Watson And Roberto Quaglia (Newcon)
• The Black Heart, Patrick O’leary (Ps)
• The Catacombs Of Fear, John Llewellyn Probert (Gray Friar)
• The Edge Of The Country, Trevor Denyer (Immediate Direction)
• The Gift Of Joy, Ian Whates (Newcon)
• The Nightfarers, Mark Valentine (Ex Occidente)
• The Terrible Changes, Joel Lane (Ex Occidente)
• They That Dwell In Dark Places, Daniel Mcgachey (Dark Regions)
• We Never Talk About My Brother, Peter S. Beagle (Tachyon)
• Wireless, Charles Stross (Ace)

The PS Publishing Best Small Press Award

• Aqueduct Press (Timmi Duchamp)
• Bad Moon Books (Roy Robbins)
• Dark Regions Press (Joe Morey)
• Eibonvale Press (David Rix)
• Ex Occidente Press (Dan Ghetu)
• Gray Friar Press (Gary Fry)
• Horrorbound (Maria Grazia)
• Newcon Press (Ian Whates)
• Night Shade Books (Jason Williams/Jeremy Lassen)
• Nightjar Press (Nicholas Royle)
• Screaming Dreams (Steve Upham)
• Small Beer Press (Kelly Link/Gavin J. Grant)
• Subterranean Press (William Schafer)
• Tachyon Publications (Jacob Weisman)
• Tartarus Press (Raymond Russell And Rosalie Parker)
• Telos Publishing (David Howe)
• Tta Press (Andy Cox)
• It Lives Again! Horror Movies In The New Millennium, Axelle Carolyn (Telos)

There are additional entries for Comic/Graphic Novel, Best Artist, Best Nonfiction, Best Magazine, Best Television and Best Film, but we wanted to wrap this up before the award ceremony. If you’d like to check out the long list for these two addtional categories, here’s the complete list: British Fantasy Awards 2010