The Locus Award for Best Horror Novel is a literary award given annually by Locus Magazine as part of their Locus Awards. It has also been known as both the Locus Award for Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel and Locus Award for Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel.
Full list of category winners at sfadb. [1]
Year | Novel | Author | Ref. |
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1989 | Those Who Hunt the Night | Barbara Hambly | [2] |
1990 | Carrion Comfort | Dan Simmons | [3] |
1991 | The Witching Hour | Anne Rice | [4] |
1992 | Summer of Night | Dan Simmons | [5] |
1993 | Children of the Night | Dan Simmons | [6] |
1994 | The Golden | Lucius Shepard | [7] |
1995 | Fires of Eden | Dan Simmons | [8] |
1996 | Expiration Date | Tim Powers | [9] |
1997 | Desperation | Stephen King | [10] |
1998 | No award | [11] | |
1999 | Bag of Bones | Stephen King | [12] |
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