Annal:2007 Bram Stoker Award for Nonfiction

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Results of the Bram Stoker Award in the year 2007. There was a tie for first place. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:

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The Cryptopedia: A Dictionary of the Weird, Strange, and Downright Bizarre

Jonathan Maberry, David F. Kramer

2007 Stoker–Nonfiction winner
Score: 10.57

At the edge of the known world, demons, monsters, and baffling phenomena abound. To help you navigate this mystery-shrouded realm where the supernatural mingles with the paranormal, fright-guides Jonathan Maberry and David Kramer present their indispensable follow-up to Vampire Universe. Witty and comprehensive, The Cryptopedia divides the otherworldly into chapters that explain the inexplicable, from angels to poltergeists to UFOs and more. Leaving no Philosopher’s Stone unturned, the authors decode occult symbols, demystify the art of fortune-telling, and discuss the myriad strange and bizarre forces at work in the universe. Illustrated throughout, this is an invaluable guide to the Larger World. Don’t leave this plane of existence without it.

Encyclopedia Horrifica: The Terrifying Truth! About Vampires, Ghosts, Monsters, and More

Joshua Gee

2007 Stoker–Nonfiction nominee
Score: 6.57

This deluxe paper-over-board fact- and photofilled compendium features the true stories behind real-life nightmaresvampires, aliens, werewolves, ghosts, and more! With exclusive horrific content such as original interviews, obscure photographic evidence, and chilling eyewitness accounts, heres proof that truth is not just stranger than fiction…its also scarier!

The Portable Obituary: How the Famous, Rich, and Powerful Really Died

Michael Largo

2007 Stoker–Nonfiction nominee
Score: 6.57

Michael Largo, the man who illuminated readers on the myriad ways of death in Final Exits, has compiled a fascinating, off-beat, and darkly humorous necrology that provides the grim, often outrageous details about the passing of influential persons. Meticulously researched—employing archaeological records, published obituaries, official documents, and forensic evidence—this authoritative, one-of-a-kind reference presents the unabashed truth about a multitude of celebrity deaths, while examining the various deeds, misdeeds, and lifestyle quirks that hastened the demise and determined the departed’s role in history and popular myth. The Portable Obituary has the skinny on what made our late icons—whether through overindulgence or neglect: on the john, in the sack, or in some spectacular accident—what they are today: dead!