Comments on: Short-List Love Times Six for Old House

By: I.A.M.

I.A.M. — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:46:49 +0000

I predict the same thing: Anthology Award for the Mackem Bastard.

By: Christopher Teague

Christopher Teague — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:33:27 +0000

I agree: “Reach” is quite possibly a nigh-on perfect novella.

Of course, you won’t win Best Anthology — the ginger-one will be netting that award!

By: I.A.M.

I.A.M. — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:21:38 +0000

Thank you everyone. It seems unlikely that the one award which would come to me, the Best Anthology award, will actually be awarded to oneself (the rest of the categories are awarded to the writers named) given the other five anthologies which can be voted for. Not only has there not been much discussion of this my anthology, the sheer total number of copies of …Horror Stories distributed can't be more than 100 total of both editions. Typically at this point copies of the book in PDF would be made available, but no-one is in in a position to distribute the book in toto as the copyrights to the individual stories have all reverted to the authors responsible. This is the problem at any time: the votes for books rely on people having read them, and if you don't shift enough copies you can't expect to see much in awards as well. Sadly, I suspect that Mr. Lebbon's novella will suffer the ignominious fate of anonymity; but I pray I'm wrong as it's the finest thing I've read in quite some time.

By: Helen Martin

Helen Martin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:51:26 +0000

Congrats! That’s great news. Do you need someone to pick up the tons of loot & give the speech ‘on behalf of’ ?

By: A very frightened reader

A very frightened reader — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:30:14 +0000

Congratulamations!! Win, my man, win!!