Douglas E. Winter

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Douglas E. Winter

• 2001 Anthony-1st Novel nominee
• 2000 IHG–1st Novel nominee
• 2000 Stoker–1st Novel nominee
• Score: 18.51

Burdon Lane is a businessman living out the American Dream in a shiny suburb of Washington, D.C. His business card lists him as Executive VP of UniArms, Inc., a legitimate arms dealer that’s a front for a gunrunning empire. His girlfriend thinks he’s a salesman. His best friend thinks he’s a role model. His boss thinks he’s a good soldier.

This weekend’s run should be business as usual—guns for money, money for guns—moving the product north on the Iron Highway from Dirty City to Manhattan. But this is the story of the last run, the run where no one—criminal, cop, or civilian—is who or what they seem.

Clive Barker: The Dark Fantastic

Douglas E. Winter

• 2002 IHG–Nonfiction nominee
• Score: 6.52

Clive Barker: a modern myth-maker, explorer of our darkest instincts and ultimate fears, the writer who—more than any other contemporary figure—has shaped our nightmares through diverse media. Novelist, playwright, scriptwriter, artist and director, he is a master at twisting the mundane to make it fantastic, frightening and ultimately meaningful.

Douglas E. Winter’s detailed and highly literate biography, made possible by unprecedented access to Barker and his closest friends and family, offers readers a privileged insight into Barker’s own story: his…