2008 World Fantasy Award winners

Courtesy of Science Fiction Awards Watch:

• Novel: Ysabel, Guy Gavriel Kay (Viking Canada/Penguin Roc)
• Novella: Illyria, Elizabeth Hand (PS Publishing)
• Short Story: “Singing of Mount Abora”, Theodora Goss (Logorrhea, Bantam Spectra)
• Anthology: Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural, Ellen Datlow, Editor (Tor)
• Collection: Tiny Deaths, Robert Shearman (Comma Press)
• Artist: Edward Miller
• Special Award, Professional: Peter Crowther for PS Publishing
• Special Award, Non-Professional: Midori Snyder and Terri Windling for Endicott Studios Website

Unlike the past couple of years, there just didn't seem to be many stories/books that interested me about this year's finalists. While I had read and thought Emma Bull's Territory was an excellent novel and Goss's short story certainly was enjoyable (although I thought Daniel Abraham's story was stronger), I just cannot help but feel there was something lacking for this year's award. Normally, I would have bought, read, and reviewed all of the finalists in most of the categories, but this year I didn't. Perhaps it's just a "me" thing more than anything else, but what did others think about the finalists and the winners of these awards?