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2008 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerThe Grin of the DarkRamsey CampbellOnce upon a time Tubby Thackeray's silent comedies were hailed as the equal of Chaplin's and Keaton's, but now his name has been deleted from the history of the cinema. Some of his music-hall performances before he went to Hollywood were riotously controve...Amazon2008 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel ShortlistHeart-Shaped BoxJoe HillAmazonThe IntrudersMichael MarshallAmazonThe ServantsMichael Marshall SmithAmazonThe TakenSarah PinboroughAmazonThe TerrorDan SimmonsAmazon

2007 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerDuskTim LebbonThree centuries after a tragic war ravages the land and destroys the harmony between magic and nature, an old witch recalls an ancient prophecy about a special child who is destined to restore the magic, only to discover that she may be the boy's only hope...Amazon2007 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel ShortlistBreeding GroundSarah PinboroughAmazonBridge of DreamsChaz BrenchleyAmazonJack of RavensMark ChadbournAmazonNova SwingM. John HarrisonAmazonThe Devil You KnowMike CareyAmazonThe Face of TwilightMark SamuelsAmazonThe Lies of Locke LamoraScott LynchAmazonThe UnblemishedConrad WilliamsAmazon

2006 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerAnansi BoysNeil GaimanA kaleidoscopic journey deep into myth from bestselling storytelling legend Neil Gaiman, bestselling author of American Gods and Norse Mythology....Amazon2006 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel ShortlistA Feast for CrowsGeorge R. R. MartinAmazonNowhere Near an AngelMark MorrisAmazonSecret StoriesRamsey CampbellAmazonThe Hounds of AvalonMark ChadbournAmazonVellumHal DuncanAmazon

2005 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerThe Dark Tower VII: The Dark TowerStephen KingThe final installment in the epic series completes the quest of Roland Deschain, who works to outmaneuver the increasingly desperate acts of his adversaries and confronts losses within his circle of companions....Amazon2005 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel ShortlistAbarat: Days of Magic, Nights of WarClive BarkerAmazonJonathan Strange & Mr NorrellSusanna ClarkeAmazonThe Queen of SinisterMark ChadbournAmazonThe Water RoomChristopher FowlerAmazon

2004 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerFull Dark HouseChristopher FowlerWhen a bomb devastates the office of London's most unusual police unit and claims the life of its oldest detective, Arthur Bryant, his surviving partner John May searches for clues to the bomber's identity. His search takes him back to the day the detectiv...Amazon2004 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel ShortlistFelaheen: The Third ArabeskJon Courtenay GrimwoodAmazonlost boy lost girlPeter StraubAmazonNobody TrueJames HerbertAmazonThe Poison MasterLiz WilliamsAmazonVampyrrhic RitesSimon ClarkAmazon

2003 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerThe ScarChina MiévilleWinner of the British Fantasy Award, The Scar by China Miéville is a colossal fantasy of incredible diversity and spellbinding imagination, set in the richly visualized world of Bas-Lag. A human cargo bound for servitude in exile . . . A pirate city hauled...Amazon2003 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel ShortlistThe Darkest Part of the WoodsRamsey CampbellAmazonThe Devil in GreenMark ChadbournAmazonThe Facts of LifeGraham JoyceAmazonWhite ApplesJonathan CarrollAmazon

2002 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerThe Night of the TriffidsSimon ClarkA sequel to John Wyndham’s post-apocalyptic horror classic The Day of the Triffids: “An action-filled tale that captures the spirit of the original story” (Library Journal). Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Novel In The Day of the Triffids, Bil...Amazon2002 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel ShortlistAlways ForeverMark ChadbournAmazonAmerican GodsNeil GaimanAmazonBold as LoveGwyneth JonesAmazonSmoking PoppyGraham JoyceAmazon

2001 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerPerdido Street StationChina MiévilleWinner of the August Derleth award, Perdido Street Station is an imaginative fantasy thriller, and the first of China Miéville's novels set in the world of Bas-Lag. The metropolis of New Crobuzon sprawls at the centre of its own bewildering world. Humans a...Amazon2001 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel ShortlistHushTim Lebbon & Gavin WilliamsAmazonMr. XPeter StraubAmazonSilent ChildrenRamsey CampbellAmazonThe RagchildSteve Lockley & Paul LewisAmazon

2000 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerIndigoGraham JoyceIn his first novel of literary suspense, award-winning author Joyce explores the far reaches of human passions and madness. "Indigo" is a thriller which finds believing is not always seeing....Amazon2000 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel ShortlistShelterChaz BrenchleyAmazonThe Amber CitadelFreda WarringtonAmazonThe Marriage of SticksJonathan CarrollAmazonWorld's EndMark ChadbournAmazon

1999 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel WinnerBag of BonesStephen KingSet in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, a powerful tale of grief, of love's enduring bonds, and the haunting secrets of the past. Set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, Bag of Bones ...Amazon1999 British Fantasy Awards - August Derleth Award - Horror Novel ShortlistChasmStephen LawsAmazonGate of IvoryRobert HoldstockAmazonKissing the BeehiveJonathan CarrollAmazonOne of UsMichael Marshall SmithAmazonSomeplace to Be FlyingCharles de LintAmazonThe StormwatcherGraham JoyceAmazonVampyrrhicSimon ClarkAmazon