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2018 NEW ENGLAND BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES “DOLPH THE UNICORN
KILLER” FOR TOP PRIZE
NEW ENGLAND_The first collection of short stories by an award-winning
novelist is the winner of the 2018 New England Book Festival.
Martin Lastrapes’s Dolph The Unicorn Killer & Other Stories (Cannibal Press)
is a collection that shifts from horror to comedy and fantasy to literary
fiction, bringing together a unique collection of characters bonded by themes of
loneliness, revenge, friendship and sex. The captivating collection is the fifth
book from Lastrapes.
Other winners in the competition:
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
WINNER: Empire of Skin – Darwin Porter/Danforth Prince
RUNNER-UP: Eagles and Evergreens – Robert B. Charles
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Malka’s French Soldier – Herburt Ausubel and Stephanie Ausubel
- Hatching Charlie: A Quest For Happiness and Meaning – Charles C.
McCormack
- Bad Choices Make Good Stories: My Life with Autism – Dylan Volk
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
WINNER: Charley’s Horse – Judith Shaw
RUNNER-UP: Dilby R. Dixon’s Time Dreamer – Tony J. Perri
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Lily and Kayden’s 1969 Woodstock Adventure
- Sophie The Skunk – Kathryn G. Evans and D.G. Stern
- Daisy, Bold & Beautiful – Ellie Collins
- In the Valley of the Dragons – Nancy M. Donovan
- Sam Fisherwomen, The Reel Story – Maggie Kemp
- Mona Lisa’s Ghost – Nancy Kunhardt Lodge
- Mylee in the Mirror – Ellie Collins
- Cheeky and Charlemagne – Donna Marie Seim
- T Sees An Island – Tani Lamb
GENERAL FICTON
WINNER: Dolph The Unicorn Killer and Other Stories – Martin Lastrapes
RUNNER-UP: Three Shoeboxes – Steven Manchester
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Rogue Waves – J.A. Anderson
- An Appointed Time – James Redfearn
- A Line Intersected – David Grant Urban
- Grandma’s BFF Does Coke – David A. Thyfault
- Pathfinder’s Passage – Frank B. Mitchell
- Something About The House – Jane Harvey Meade
- 49 Buddhas – Jim Ringel
- The Church At Farewell’s Corner – Patricia Hustus Banker
- Half The Child – William J. McGee
YOUNG ADULT
WINNER: Charley’s Horse – Judith Shaw
RUNNER-UP: Jurassic Earth: Renegades – Logan Stark
WILD CARD
WINNER: Hollywood Heyday: 75 Candid Interviews with Golden Age Legends – Tom
Johnson/David Fantle
RUNNER-UP: The King of Fu – Benjamin Davis
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- Eagles and Evergreens – Robert B. Charles
- Bloody Coffee – Michelle Dim-St. Pierre
GENERAL NON-FICTION
WINNER: September 1918: War, Plague and the World series – Skip Desjardin
RUNNER-UP: The Language Of Light, A History Of Silent Voices – Gerald Shea
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
- My Father’s War: Memories from Our Honored WWII Soldiers – Charley
Valera
- Chasing the Rabbit: A Dad’s Life Raising A Son on the Spectrum – Derek
Volk with Dylan Volk
- Ciao Italia My Lifelong Food Adventure in Italy – Mary Ann Esposito
- In Pursuit Of A Better Tomorrow – Blanca De La Rosa
- There is Lyfe After Death – Dr. Angela Woodard Walker
REGIONAL LITERATURE
WINNER: Eagles and Evergreens – Robert B. Charles
POETRY
WINNER: House of McQueen – Valerie Wallace
RUNNER-UP: Epigrams of Infinity – James Karis
COOKBOOKS
WINNER: Love, Laughter & Rhubarb – Tinky Weisblat
RUNNER-UP: Ciao Italia My Lifelong Food Adventure in Italy – Mary Ann Esposito
BUSINESS
WINNER: Big Things Have Small Beginnings – Wesley L. Berry
PHOTOGRAPHY/ART
WINNER: Understanding Hans Hofman – Sam Feinstein
RUNNER-UP: Athens Twice Seen – Richard W. Moore
SCIENCE FICTION
WINNER: Burnt Mountain: When Heroes Fall – Cheryl Campbell
RUNNER-UP: The Exigent Earth – Beverly Knauer & Murray Rosenthal
SPIRITUAL
WINNER: The Leper Messiah – R.M.L.
RUNNER-UP: Angelic Messenger: A Man’s Quest to Become an Angel of God – Shawn
Lange
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