1997 British Fantasy Awards – August Derleth Award – Horror Novel Winner and Nominees

The Tooth Fairy

Graham Joyce

Seven-year-old Sam Southall loses a tooth and that night he’s visited by a sinister, rank, foul-mouthed, mercurial Tooth Fairy, a demonic being that apparently only he can see, but whose malignant influence spills over onto his family and friends.The Tooth…

Assassin’s Apprentice

Robin Hobb

Excession

Iain M. Banks

Hogfather

Terry Pratchett

Sacrament

Clive Barker

Scenting Hallowed Blood

Storm Constantine

Spares

Michael Marshall Smith

The Hellfire Club

Peter Straub