So my little haunted house novel, HOLLOW HOUSE has made the preliminary ballot of the Bram Stoker Awards®.

While this is just the first hurdle in a long and detailed process, it’s humbling to have my debut novel on this list amongst some of the best writers in the horror genre.

Each year, the Horror Writer’s Association presents the Bram Stoker Awards® for Superior Achievement, named in honor of Bram Stoker, author of the seminal horror work, Dracula. The Bram Stoker Awards were instituted immediately after the organization’s incorporation in 1987.

The response to my novel has been very gratifying, with many reviewers and readers taking the time to share their thoughts about the book online, for which I am most grateful. HOLLOW HOUSE even made The Horror Fiction Review’s Top 10 Books of 2016!

Here are just some of the reviews HOLLOW HOUSE has received since it was released last July:

http://www.glamadelaide.com.au/main/book-review-hollow-house-by-greg-chapman/

http://www.tabula-rasa.info/AusHorror/HollowHouse.html

Greg Chapman ‘Hollow House’ Review

http://michaelrcollings.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/greg-chapman-hollow-house-read-book-but.html

http://andreya.booklikes.com/post/1445305/review-hollow-house-by-greg-chapman

http://frankmichaelserrington.blogspot.com.au/2016/08/hollow-house-by-greg-chapman-much-more.html

http://lindawatkins.biz/2016/09/

http://thehorrorfictionreview.blogspot.com.au/2016/12/reviews-for-week-of-december-5-2016.html

At the very least, having HOLLOW HOUSE on the preliminary ballot is a huge encouragement to keep writing. I don’t write full-time (yet), but this will certainly spur me on to keep striving for that goal. Even if I don’t make the final ballot, it’s a pretty big achievement for me, something that’s only just starting to sink in. I’d like to thank Omnium Gatherum publisher Kate Jonez and my editor Janet J Holden for helping me bring my horror novel to life. 🙂

For the full list of authors on the preliminary ballot follow this LINK. I’d like to congratulate everyone on the preliminary ballot and wish them the very best of luck (make sure you go out and buy a copy of their works!) The final ballot is expected to be announced in late February with the winners announced at StokerCon 2017 in April.

Here’s a video interview I did with my local newspaper about HOLLOW HOUSE