 Hello everybody, E here. Welcome back to the Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards 2021. I did this last year for 2020. Jen from Ladies of Horror Fiction was kind enough to reach out to me, asked me if I want to do the announcements again, and so here we are. Let's jump right into the nominees and the winners. So up first we have Best Collection. The nominees are Blue Beards First Wife by Ha Sung Nan, Halloween Season by Lucy A. Snyder, All That's Fair by S.H. Cooper, Lucid Screams by Red Lago, and Said the Sangre, I hope I said that right, by V Castro. And the winner is All That's Fair by S.H. Cooper. Congratulations on your win. And next up we have Best Debut. There's some really, really good books on this list. One of them that I've read, two that are on my TBR already. And all of this stuff is going on my TBR. Just to let you know because the Ladies of Horror Fiction pick some fantastic, fantastic books. So Best Debut, here are the nominees. Beneath the Rising by Prenie Muhammad, The Year of Witching by Alexis Henderson, Catherine House by Elizabeth Thomas, which is on my TBR, Ferris Flesh by K.P. Kulski, Lakewood by Megan Giddings, which I've already read and reviewed on the channel and on Goodreads, I believe, and The Return by Rachel Harrison. And the winner is The Year of Witching by Alexis Henderson. Congratulations on your win. Next up we have Best Graphic Novel. Starting with the nominees Devil Within by Stephanie Phillips, Art by Mann House, The Low Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado, Art by Danny, Dracula, Motherfucker. I'm sorry I'm laughing. I've read this list three times every time I read this title. I laugh. Dracula, Motherfucker by Alex DeCampi, Art by Erica Henderson, Monstrous Volume 5 by Marjorie M. Liu, Art by Sana Tequita. I hope I said that name right. If I didn't, I apologize. So the Best Graphic Novel goes to The Low Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado. Congratulations. I'm definitely going to check this one out. This one, The Low Low Woods, and it's going to be soon too. Like I said, I plan on getting to all these things, but this one especially looks good. Next up we have The Best Poetry Collection. And here are your nominees. A Complex Accident of Life by Jessica McHugh, Burials by Jessica Drake Thomas, A Collection of Dreamscapes by Christina Singh, Cradle Land of Parasites by Sarah Tantlinger. I'm not sure. I need to check into that because me and Sarah are friends on Twitter. Or at least we follow each other. Into the Forest and All the Way Through by Cynthia Pelleo. And the winner is A Complex Accident of Life by Jessica McHugh. Congratulations on your win. Next up we have Best Middle Grade. And your nominees are Crater Lake by Jennifer Killick, Ghost Squad by Clara Bell A. Ortega, The Girl and the Ghost by Hannah Alcalf, Hide and Seeker by Daka Herman, The Stitchers by Lorian Lawrence. I've never heard of The Stitchers, but just that title won't compete to my interest. Thirteens by Kate Alice Marshall. And the winner is Hide and Seeker by Daka Herman. Congratulations on your win. Now we're going to skip around a little bit because I want to say best novel for the end. So now we're going to talk about Best Novella. And your nominees are The Bell Chime by Mona Cabani, Beneath a Bethel, April Jane Rowan, Cirque Berserk by Jessica Gess, Crossroads by Laurel Hightower. Hi Laurel. He's a bunch of people I know. The Invention of Ghost by Gwendolyn Kist. And The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper. So many good books. So many good books up for this one. But your winner, there can be only one. And the winner is The Bell Chime by Mona Cabani. Congratulations. And next up, we have Best Short Fiction. This one's going to take a hot minute. There's a lot to read here. There's quite a few nominees. And also I talk about the winner. So let's see here. We have The Story Carragh Samson by Catherine McCarthy, Diabolica Britannica, A Dark Isle's Horror Compendium. The next nominee is The Clockmaker by Sonora Taylor. Hi Sonora, another friend of mine. Graveyard Smash, Women of Horror Anthology Volume 2. The QQ of Cancun, I believe that's how it's pronounced. I probably still got it wrong. I looked up the pronunciation, but my brain, my memory is bad. I'm sorry. By V Castro, Worst Late Plans and Anthology of Vacation Horror. Let's see here. The Curse of She, Part 6. That's a very interesting title. By Hailey Piper. Heart Music by Lee Murray, Grotesque Monster Stories. Holes by R.A. Busby, Graveyard Smash, Women of Horror Anthology Volume 2. A Key for Any Lock by S.H. Cooper in We Are Wolves. Did I say that the Curse of She, Part 6 by Hailey Piper was We Are Wolves? If not, apologize. And then Unkindly Girls by Hailey Piper. Hailey's on here twice. Unkindly Girls, Hailey Piper. She serves to be Worst Late Plans and Anthology of Vacation Horror. And your winner is Hailey Piper for Unkindly Girls. Congratulations, Hailey. And finally, Drumroll, Please. I hope he adds that after post. Your nominees for Best Novel Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards 2021 are Betty by Tiffany McDaniels. I am so glad that this book is on this list because 100% it should be in the horror category. Yes, even with the colorful color cover and everything, I know it just looks like contemporary fiction. It's a horror novel. The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher, which is on my TBR. Mexican Gothic by Sylvia Marino Garcia. Saltblood by TC Parker. I've reviewed that on the channel already. It's absolutely fantastic. In fact, the book is so good that I went out and asked TC if they would write with me. And we have currently finished one collab and plan to be working on more in the future. And then The Sundown Motel by Simone St. James. Yet another one on my TBR. And then Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Basterica. Basterica. I'm sorry. If I'm getting this wrong, I apologize. I have a problem with a lot of pronunciations. And my buddy Max Stark even told me how to pronounce it last time. And I still, I don't think I'm saying it right. So like I said, I apologize. But the winner is Tender is the Flesh by Augustina Basterica. I fully believe that this one should have won. And yes, one of my friends is on the nominees list. And I still fully agree with that being the winner. It was one of the more disturbing pieces of the year. And I'm so glad that not only was it nominated, but that it won. So that's it for the 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards. Again, I highly recommend you, if you're looking for good books, especially a good horror books, especially good horror books written by women, or if you just want to expand and read more women, I highly suggest you do. I have good reasons for this. I plan on doing a video about it coming up here shortly. So that's it. That's the 2021 Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards. Thank you for joining me. Congratulations to every single one of the winners. So, so happy to see so many great books nominated and winning. It was an absolute joy to do this video. So many thanks to Ladies of Horror Fiction and Jen, Tracy, all of you. There, there's so many of you. You're doing great work. And I can't wait until next year to see what you guys pick. You're doing great work. But also, if you guys are looking to broaden your horizons, definitely check out Ladies of Horror Fiction down there in the doobly-doo, in the description, and check out all of their links, follow them on Twitter, check out their website, all that good stuff. But until next time, I have been E, you have been U. This has been another awards announcement. I'll talk to you guys later. Bye-bye.