WINNER
BORN TO DARKNESS by Jonathan Chappell & Christian J. Raymond
A brilliant but crippled American blood researcher is coerced by Nazis into helping unlock the secrets of an authentic vampire held in captivity.
RUNNERS UP
GIANT STEPS by Michael North
In the 1960s, a jazz pianist who hasn't played in twenty years must overcome the demons of his past to help launch his son's guitar career.
DIE TRYING by Thomas Bilyeu & Ron Jansen
A doctor prides himself on saving lives, but to save his wife he must learn to take them.
FINALISTS
THE GIANTS OF OHIO by James W. Miller
Two women trying to escape their violent pasts find courage in the secrets they share, but betrayal in the secrets they keep.
THE ROAD TO RAVENSCAR by J. Elizabeth Martin
A highwayman stalks the Yorkshire moors but under the mask is an honorable man with a troubled past who fights injustice the only way he can’Äîwith flintlock and steel.
TAPPERS by Kevin Coleman
A newly discovered cure for a deadly virus becomes deadlier than the virus itself.
PRYMEA, THE LEGEND OF IYKON by Khurram Mozaffar
A P.O.W. presumed dead returns home to find his home planet in the midst of dark times, fighting an ancient evil.
DALTON'S HARVEST by Jim Mather
A man faces a critical harvest that can save his vineyard, but his wayward son’Äôs return forces him to also harvest the fruit of a lifetime of mistakes.
VOICES by Susan Klos
A free-spirited woman struggles to balance a business and a new romance with family life when her daughter's increasingly strange behavior is diagnosed as schizophrenia.
SEMI-FINALISTS
DOG DIRTY MEAN by David Poulshock
Two young men return to their backwoods hometown on the opening day of hunting season, 1968. One is a draft dodger, the other is an escaped convict. Both are on a collision course with murder.
BLINDSPOT by Barbara Shapiro
A mother must confront the possibility of the supernatural and the realities of her upscale Boston suburb in effort to save her daughter from a murder conviction.
HAPPY ENDING by Trish Cole
A heartbroken screenwriter cannot produce a happy ending to his script until his agent hires an actress to make him believe in love again.
COMMON WALLS by Michael Raymond
A man is tormented by and obsessed with the late night noise in his apartment building, and becomes convinced he's accidentally eavesdropped on a neighbor's murder
A WORKING CLASS HERO by Howard Kingkade
An African-American man returns from the Korean War only to fight another battle against racism in the workplace.
DIVIDED HIGHWAYS by Phillip A. Boland
Four unconnected, culturally diverse people in L.A. correct their wrong turns in life through their relationship with the same mysterious 1968 VW-Bug.
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