Awards Summary
Career and Special Awards: 1
Major Awards: 5
Total Number of Award Wins and Nominations: 19
Bram Stoker Awards
for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
lifetime achievement winner
Nebula Awards
for SF/F works, voted by SF & Fantasy Writers of America professional membership
(2 nominations)
“Camera Obscura ” (Cosmos #2 Jul 1977; The Arts and Beyond)
short story nomination
“Breath's a Ware That Will Not Keep” (Dystopian Visions)
short story nomination
(1 nomination)
Borderlands (Maclay; Avon)
anthology nomination
Bram Stoker Awards
for Horror works, voted by Horror Writer's Association professional membership
(8 nominations; 6 wins)
Fearful Symmetries (Cemetery Dance Publications)
fiction collection winner
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing a Novel (Alpha Books)
nonfiction nomination
The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association (Borderlands Press)
nonfiction winner
“Looking for Mr. Flip ” (Peter Straub's Ghosts)
novelette nomination
The Blood of the Lamb (Tor)
novel winner
British Fantasy Awards
for fantasy works published in the UK, voted by British Fantasy Society members, juried since 2012
(2 nominations)
Borderlands 2 (Borderlands Press)
anthology/collection nomination
Borderlands (Borderlands Press)
anthology/collection nomination
Locus Awards
for SF/F/H works, polled by readers of Locus Magazine
(3 nominations)
Borderlands (Maclay)
anthology 6th place
“The Dancer in the Darkness ” (New Voices II)
novella 14th place
“Camera Obscura ” (Cosmos #2 Jul 1977)
short fiction 17th place
(1 nomination)
“Dragonstar” (by
David Bischoff & TFM) (
Analog 14 Sep,12 Oct,9 Nov,7 Dec 1981)
serial 3rd place