Lambda Literary Awards
Science Fiction / Fantasy / Horror (As presented by the LAMBDA LITERARY FOUNDATION.)
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2008 (Finalists/Nominations) Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Finalists Nicole Kimberling (Winner) Turnskin Nominees 2007 (Finalists/Nominations) Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Finalists Lee Thomas (Winner) The Dust of Wonderland   Brian Francis Slattery  Spaceman Blues: A Love Song Ginn Hale Wicked Gentlemen Jo Walton Ha'penny Elizabeth Bear with Sarah Sarah Monette A Companion to Wolves Nominees Caro Soles The Danger Dance Cate Culpepper Queens of Tristaine Douglas Ferguson The Forgotten Ones Fiona Zedde Every Dark Desire Gunn Brooke Rebel's Quest Jane Fletcher Dynasty of Rogues Jeanne G'Fellers Sister's Flight Kate Sweeney Away from the Dawn Laura Baumbach Blood Desires Laurie Marks  Water Logic M. Christian The Very Bloody Marys Nene Adams  Water Witch Pat Nelson Childs Orphan's Quest Perry Brass Carnal Sacraments Rick R. Reed In the Blood Sandra Barrett  Face of the Enemy Shaylynn Rose  Banshee's Honor Steve Berman So Fey: Queer Fairy Fiction Steve Berman Vintage: A Ghost Story Steve Pierce  World Without Winter Tom Bacchus  Q-FAQ Tyree Campbell A Nice Girl Like You 2006 (Finalists/Nominations) Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Finalists Neal Drinnan (Winner) Izzy and Eve: An Erotic Thriller   Chris Moriarty Spin Control Douglas Clegg Mordred, Bastard Son Elizabeth Bear Carnival R.W. Day A Strong and Sudden Thaw Nominees Alex Marcoux A Matter of Degrees Cate Culpepper Tristaine Rises David Thomas Lord Bound in Flesh Ellen Kushner The Privilege of the Sword Gerald Libonati The Adjuster Helen Ruth Schwartz The Meadowlark Sings Jane Fletcher The Empress & the Acolyte Jeanne G’Fellers Sister Lost Sister Found Jim Grimsley The Last Green Tree Joshua Dagon The Fallen LJ Baker Broken Wings Merry Shannon Sword of the Guardian Midori Master Han's Daughter Misc Stake Through the Heart Perry Wynn Blown Away Richard Labonte and Lawrence Schimel, eds. The Future is Queer Susan Wright To Serve & Submit Suzanne Beck and Okasha Skat'si The Growing Vince Liaguno The Literary Six 2005 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Katherine Forrest (Winner) Daughters of an Emerald Dusk   David B. Coe Shapers of Darkness Jane Fletcher The Temple at Landfall Jeanne G'Fellers No Sister Of Mine Octavia Butler Fledgling 2004 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Jim Grimsley (Winner) The Ordinary   Greg Herren, ed. Shadows of the Night: Queer Tales of the Uncanny and Unusual Jean Stewart Wizard of Isis Michael Jensen Firelands: A Novel Nicola Griffith With Her Body: Conversation Pieces 2003 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Helen Sandler, ed. (winner) Necrologue: The Diva Book of the Dead and the Undead   David M. Pierce Elf Child Diana Rivers The Red Line of Yarmald Michael Schiefelbein Vampire Thrall Perry Brass The Substance of God: A Spiritual Thriller 2002 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Michael Rowe, ed. (winner) Queer Fear II   Randy Boyd The Devil Inside Katherine V. Forrest Daughters of an Amber Noon Karin Kallmaker writing as Laura Adams Seeds of Fire Cecilia Tan, ed. Wired Hard 3 2001 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Melissa Scott and Lisa A. Barnett (winner) Point of Dreams   Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel, eds. Bending the Landscape: Horror - Original Gay and Lesbian Writing Keith Hartman Gumshoe Gorilla David Thomas Lord Bound in Blood: The Erotic Journey of a Vampire Michael Schiefelbein Vampire Vow 2000 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Jim Grimsley (winner) Kirith Kirin A young boy fulfills his destiny by entering the service of Kirith Kirin, who seeks to reclaim his rightful throne.   Perry Brass Angel Lust : An Erotic Novel of Time Travel David Gerrold Jumping Off the Planet Anne Rice Merrick (Vampire/Witches Chronicles) Michael Rowe, ed. Queer Fear 1999 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Richard Bowes (winner) Minions of the Moon (A successful middle-aged antiques dealer's past exacts a price.)   Victoria Brownworth & Judith Redding, eds. Night Shade: Gothic Tales by Women Keith Hartman The Gumshoe, the Witch, and the Virtual Corpse Severna Park The Annunciate Delia Sherman Through a Brazen Mirror: The Famous Flower of Servingmen (The Ultra Violet Library , No 3) 1998 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel, eds. (winner) Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction   Clive Barker Galilee Elizabeth Brownrigg Falling to Earth: A Novel Ulysses G. Dietz Desmond: A Novel of Love and the Modern Vampire Lawrence Schimel, ed. Things Invisible to See: Gay and Lesbian Tales of Magic Realism 1997 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel, eds. (winner) Bending the Landscape: Fantasy   Harry M. Benshoff Monsters in the Closet: Homosexuality and the Horror Film (Inside Popular Film) Perry Brass The Harvest: A Novel William J. Mann, ed. Grave Passions Lawrence Schimel The Drag Queen of Elfland: Short Stories 1996 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Clive Barker (winner) Sacrament A boy has an encounter with a man who causes extinctions of other species.   Eric Garber and Jewelle Gomez, eds. Swords of the Rainbow Pam Keesey, ed. Women Who Run With the Werewolves: Tales of Blood, Lust and Metamorphosis Rachel Pollack Godmother Night: A Novel Michael Rowe and Thomas Roche, eds. Sons of Darkness: Tales of Men, Blood and Immortality 1995 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Melissa Scott (co-winner) Shadow Man In the future, humanity has developed five distinct sexes due to the effects of a drug that allows faster-than-light travel.) Nicola Griffith (co-winner) Slow River Lore van de Oest must learn to trust by facing her demons, one by one, until she can begin again.   Samuel R. Delany Atlantis: Three Tales Pam Keesey, ed. Dark Angels: Lesbian Vampire Stories Felice Picano Dryland's End 1994 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Melissa Scott (winner) Trouble and Her Friends (India Carless, alias "Trouble," decides to go straight, leaving behind her reputation as a master security breaker for an innocuous system-monitoring job with an art co-op.)   Suzy McKee Charnas The Furies (The Holdfast Chronicles, Book 3 Mercedes Lackey Storm Warning (The Mage Storms, Book 1) Jean Stewart Warriors of Isis Nancy Springer Metal Angel 1993 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Starhawk (winner) The Fifth Sacred Thing by  (A fantasy about a great war taking place during the 21st century.)   Melissa Scott Burning Bright Poppy Z. Brite Drawing Blood Sybil Claiborne In the Garden of Dead Cars Jay B. Laws The Unfinished 1992 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Maureen F. McHugh (winner gay men) China Mountain Zhang Also won the Hugo and  the Tiptree awards.) Set in a 22nd century dominated by Communist China and the protagonist is a gay man. Nicola Griffith (winner lesbian) Ammonite (Also won Tiptree award.) Attempts to colonize the planet Jeep have uncovered a selective virus that kills all men and all but a few women.) (Gay Men's) Poppy Z. Brite Lost Souls Lewis Gannett The Living One Anne Rice The Tale of the Body Thief Thomas T. Thomas Crygender (Lesbian) Judith Katz Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound: A Novel Severna Park Speaking Dreams Melissa Scott Dreamships Jean Stewart Return to Isis 1991 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Frank M. Robinson (winner gay men) The Dark Beyond the Stars An epic of interstellar travel, alternate sexuality, and overpowering obsession. Jewelle Gomez  (winner lesbian) The Gilda Stories: A Novel Elegant, sensual, and natural vampire fantasy. (Gay Men's) Perry Brass Mirage, 10th Anniversary Edition Eric Garber, ed. Embracing the Dark Jay B. Laws Steam Jeffrey N. McMahan Vampires Anonymous (Lesbian) Judith Alguire Zeta Base Camarin Grae Stranded B. L. Holmes Mega Chris Anne Wolfe Shadows of Aggar 1990 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Mercedes Lackey  (co-winner gay men) Magic's Price (The Last Herald-Mage Series, Book 3)  The final chapter in Lackey's spellbinding fantasy trilogy. Toby Johnson  (co-winner gay men) Secret Matter Coming-out story set in 1996! Gael Baudino  (winner lesbian) Gossamer Axe A Celtic harper from the land of Faerie forms a heavy-metal rock & roll band to try to blast a hole thru reality. (Gay Men's) Marsh Cassady Alternate Casts Storm Constantine The Enchantments of Flesh and Spirit (Wraeththu, No 1) Scott Edelman The Gift (Lesbian) Pat Califia Doc and Fluff: The Distopian Tale of a Girl and Her Biker Camarin Grae Slick Lynda Lyons Priorities (The Controllers Series) Melissa Scott Mighty Good Road 1989 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Jeffrey N. McMahan  (winner gay men) Somewhere in the Night: Eight Gay Tales of the Supernatural Jessica Amanda Salmonson ed.  (winner lesbian) What Did Miss Darrington See?: An Anthology of Feminist Supernatural Fiction (Gay Men's) William K. Eakins Key West 2720 A.D. Mercedes Lackey Magic's Pawn (The Last Herald-Mage Series, Book 1) Geoff Mains Gentle Warriors Thom Nickels Walking Water/After All This/2 Novellas (Lesbian) Lauren Wright Douglas In the Blood Nancy Tyler Glenn Clicking Stones Lee Lynch Sue Slate: Private Eye Susanna Sturgis, ed. Memories and Vision 1988 Click on author's name to see DREAMWalker Group profile. Click on book title to purchase from Amazon.com or use store banners at right to purchase from other vendors. Michael Nava (winner gay men's mystery/scifi) Goldenboy: A Mystery A gay teenager is arrested for the murder of a co-worker, who threatened to expose his homosexuality. Antoinette Azolakov (winner lesbian mystery/scifi) Skiptrace (Gay Men's) George Baxt (Gay Men's Mystery/SciFi) Who's Next: A Novel of Suspense Michael Bishop  (Gay Men's Mystery/SciFi) Unicorn Mountain Joseph Hansen (Gay Men's Mystery/SciFi) Obedience (A Dave Brandstetter Mystery) Donald Ward (Gay Men's Mystery/SciFi) Death Takes the Stage (Lesbian) Sandy Bayer (Lesbian Mystery/SciFi) The Crystal Curtain Judy Grahn (Lesbian Mystery/SciFi) Mundane's World: A Novel Dolores Klaich (Lesbian Mystery/SciFi) Heavy Gilt Claire McNab (Lesbian Mystery/SciFi) Lessons in Murder