Kristopher Triana
Kristopher Triana (born 1977) is an American writer of horror, southern gothic, and crime fiction.[1][2] He is a three-time winner of the Splatterpunk Award for Best Novel, winning for Full Brutal (2019),[3] The Night Stockers (with Ryan Harding, 2022),[4] and The Old Lady (2025).[5]
Career
Triana has published novels, collections, novellas, and short fiction.[2] His work is exclusively horror and is associated with the splatterpunk movement,[6] and is also in the genres of crime, noir, and western.[6] He has also been a columnist for Backwoods Survival Guide magazine.[6]
Personal life
According to ISFDB, Triana was born in New York in 1977.[1] As of 2024, he lived in Connecticut.[6]
Bibliography
The following bibliography is listed by Fantastic Fiction.[2]
Series
Gone to See the River Man
- Gone to See the River Man (2021)
- Along the River of Flesh (2023)
Novels
- The Ruin Season (2016)
- Body Art (2016)
- Shepherd of the Black Sheep (2018)
- Full Brutal (2018)
- Toxic Love (2019)
- The Long Shadows of October (2019)
- Blood Relations (2020)
- They All Died Screaming (2020)
- The Night Stockers (with Ryan Harding) (2021)
- And the Devil Cried (2021)
- A Fine Evening in Hell (2022)
- Ex-Boogeyman (2022)
- The Prettiest Girl in the Grave (2023)
- That Night in the Woods (2023)
- The Old Lady (2024)
- Because You're Mine (2024)
- I Don't Recognize This World Anymore (2025)
- Music to Sacrifice Virgins To (2025)
Collections
- Growing Dark (2015)
Novellas and short stories
- The Bone Orchard (2017)
- From the Storms, A Daughter (2017)
- Giving From the Bottom (2017)
- The Detained (2018)
- A Cold Place for Dying (2022)
Series contributions
- The Thirteenth Koyote (2020) — Splatter Western No. 8
- Ballad of the Werevixens (2022) — Splatter Western No. 14
Awards and honors
Speculative fiction
| Award | Year | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splatterpunk Award | 2019 | Best Novel | Full Brutal | Won | [3] |
| 2020 | Best Novel | Toxic Love | Nominated | [7] | |
| 2021 | Best Novel | Gone to See the River Man | Nominated | [8] | |
| Best Novel | They All Died Screaming | Nominated | [8] | ||
| Best Collection | Blood Relations | Nominated | [8] | ||
| 2022 | Best Novel | The Night Stockers (with Ryan Harding) | Won | [4] | |
| 2023 | Best Novel | Ex-Boogeyman | Nominated | [9] | |
| 2024 | Best Novel | Along the River of Flesh | Nominated | [10] | |
| 2025 | Best Novel | The Old Lady | Won | [5] | |
| Best Short Story | "Baby, I'd Die 4 U" | Nominated | [5] | ||
| Best Anthology | The Obituaries #6: Red Romance (with Aron Beauregard, C. V. Hunt, and Daniel J. Volpe) | Nominated | [5] | ||
| 2026 | Best Novel | Music to Sacrifice Virgins To | Nominated | [11] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Author Record #178427: Kristopher Triana". The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Kristopher Triana". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "2019 Splatterpunk Awards Winners". Locus Online. August 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "2022 Splatterpunk Awards Winners". Locus Online. August 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "2025 Splatterpunk Awards Winners". Locus Online. August 2025. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Interview: Kristopher Triana". Cemetery Dance. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
- ↑ "2020 Splatterpunk Awards Winners". Locus Online. August 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "2021 Splatterpunk Awards Winners". Locus Online. August 2021. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
- ↑ "2023 Splatterpunk Awards Winners". Locus Online. August 2023. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
- ↑ "2024 Splatterpunk Awards Nominees". Locus Online. February 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
- ↑ "2026 Splatterpunk Awards Nominees". Locus Online. January 2026. Retrieved March 27, 2026.
External links
- Official website
- Personal website
- Kristopher Triana at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Kristopher Triana at Fantastic Fiction
- Interview with Kristopher Triana at Cemetery Dance
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