Hey, hey. My horror novel, The Girl in the Corn, has not only been awarded two Independent Book Publishers Association awards for being the best horror novel of 2022, and the best audio recording of a horror novel of 2022, it was a finalist for Killer Nashville’s Silver Falchion Award, and has now been nominated for the SOVAS Voice Arts Award in the category of Best Voiceover for Thrillers. The winners are announced Dec. 10 in Hollywood. Stay tuned.
Hey. Whose novel is a finalist for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award?
Mine. It’s mine.
THE GIRL IN THE CORN (winner of a 2022 and ’23 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Gold Award) is also up for Killer Nashville’s Reader’s Choice Award. Readers, please vote here.
Publisher CamCat Books hosted a horror booth chat during the recent Library Journal’s Day of Dialog. Appearing on the panel were Jason Offutt, author of the IBPA’s Benjamin Franklin Gold Award-winning horror novel The Girl in the Corn, Jo Kaplan, author of When the Night Bells Ring, and David Oppegaard, author of Claw Heart Mountain. The panel was moderated by Helga Schier, editorial director at CamCat Publishing.
For the second time in two years, Jason Offutt’s horror novel, “The Girl in the Corn,” received an Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Gold Award. The 2022 award celebrated the audiobook version of the novel; the 2023 award honors Offutt for writing the best independently-published horror novel of 2022.
The IBPA awards ceremony took place May 5 in San Diego. Publisher of “The Girl in the Corn,”(and of Offutt’s 2020 sci-fi comedy “So You Had to Build a Time Machine”), CamCat Books, earned four gold awards and three silver. This marks the second year in a row CamCat Books was the biggest winner in the awards contest for the best independently published books.
“The Girl in the Corn” is available at CamCat Books.
For a list of this year’s Gold and Silver Benjamin Franklin awards, go to: https://www.ibpabenjaminfranklinaward.com/2023-winners.
The 2023 awards ceremony also marked the Independent Book Publishers Association’s 40th anniversary.
Hey, folks. My horror novel, the Benjamin Franklin Award-winning “The Girl in the Corn,” is on sale over Mother’s Day weekend for $2.99. Take advantage while it’s cheap.
“You would think that after years of rural horror we would know that corn is bad and yet… This book was creepy and tense and fantastic!” –Jaime Melville, San Diego
“[An] unholy mash-up of creepy, high-body-count paranormal thrills… Readers will find themselves well sated before the end.” –Publisher’s Weekly
Would you like to win an Advanced Review Copy of Jason Offutt’s upcoming rural horror novel, “The Girl in the Corn”? Just ask. All we ask in return is a fair review. A drawing for the three available ARCs will take place Dec. 25, so for three of you, Merry Christmas. Please include a mailing address in the below form.
When young Thomas Cavanaugh follows a strange girl into a cornfield, he doesn’t realize that moment will haunt him the rest of his life. After a troubled childhood, a mental hospital, and a series of dead-end jobs, he’s lost. When he’s visited by the Girl in the Corn, he discovers she seeks his help to destroy a dark entity. What Thomas doesn’t understand is why she needs him. What new mistake in a life full of mistakes will this mysterious person lure Thomas to make next?
Bobby Garrett is a strange young man who barely survived a strange childhood. He’s lived as a victim, but that’s going to change. With the help of the Girl in the Corn’s dark entity, Bobby vows to never be a victim again.
What happens when Thomas, Bobby and the Girl in the Corn’s entity meet? Can the universe survive?
My horror novel, “The Girl in the Corn,” comes out Jan. 11 from CamCat Books. I’d like to thank author Bryan Johnston for this sweet trailer.
