HOW TO VOTE: Voting is by email to taraco@aol.com only. Simply copy this ballot onto an email (cut-and-paste works fine), and mark your choices with an X, or use bold or a highlight color. We know that can be awkward so you can also just type your picks into an email.Send the email to me, David Colton, at taraco@aol.com not later than Friday night at midnight, May 1, 2026. The ballot is posted below, and also at the Classic Horror Film Board.
11) BOOK OF THE YEAR (non-fiction)
Note: List prices are often discounted.
— BLUTO, BUSTER AND THE BLOB: Conversations with Actors and Writers from Hollywood and Radio’s Golden Age, by Leonard J. Kohl (BearManor Media, softcover, 524 pages, $38). Interviews range from serials to sci-fi, Our Gang and more.
— CINEMA BIZARRO: The Weird Kid’s Guide to Particularly Odd Horror and Sci-Fi Movies, edited by Steven Peros and Mark Bailey with Steven B. Orkin (BearManor Media, softcover, 182 pages, $25). Essays from pros and monster enthusiasts examine 38 movies.
— DOUBLE SHOCK HORROR! Horror/SF/Fantasy in British Cinema 1958-1970, by Barry Atkinson (BearManor Media, softcover, 628 pages, $52). Looking back at Britain’s Golden Age of weekly double-bills.
— FINATICS: 50 Years of Jaws, by Michael A. Smith, introduction. By Richard Dreyfuss (BearManor Media, hardcover, 278 pages, $52). A look at the film, the spinoffs, impact on culture, and the fans.— FROM PAGE TO SILVER SCREEN; 21 Novels That Became Horror and Sci-Fi Movie Favorites, by Tom Weaver (BearManor Media, softcover, 308 pages, $35). The unexpected origins of some of the genre’s famous films.
— SCRIPTS FROM THE CRYPT No. 17: A Trip to Mars, by Stephen Jacobs and Tom Weaver (BearManor Media, softcover, 246 pages, $23.62). The lost screenplay of the never-produced 1930s Universal project.
13) BEST CLASSIC MONSTER FICTION
(Fiction that uses classic horror as jumping off points)— BECOMING NOSFERATU: Stories Inspired by Silent German Horror, edited by Matthew Sorrento, Gary D. Rhodes (BearManor Media, softcover, 324 pages, $29). Numerous contributors offer stories, essays and more.
