Hello and welcome! This is your host KaraCarreira.

In honour of Halloween, The Peacock Awards is celebrating the works of our horror/paranormal nominees! If you're looking for some spooky reads, we've got you covered!

Firstly, let's have a round of applause for our brilliant judge, without whom this would not have been possible:
lunasidereal 

*applause*

Feel free to check out her work on our reading list 'By The Judges of The Peacock Awards'.

Now, let's put our hands together for the nominees:
Lily Lamar and the Dim-witted Druids by EvelynHail.
Dance Till You're Dead by phattimaddi.
Terra Firma by A_K_Villanueva.
The Lone Home by GoldenUnseen.
Bugs Bite by RaghavBhatia7.
Demonic Chattel by AvAlon-X.
Innocent Ghost by Marmara100.
Skeleton Beats the Clock by Amaboo.
A Book of Dust and Breath by eacomiskey.
A Diary's Essence by ifana8.

*more applause*

Without further ado, here are the results:

BEST BOOK
We have a tie with a perfect 10!
Bugs Bite by RaghavBhatia7
Lily Lamar and the Dim-witted Druids by EvelynHail

BEST CHARACTERS
We have a four-way tie with 10/10!
Bugs Bite by RaghavBhatia7
Lily Lamar and the Dim-witted Druids by EvelynHail
A Book of Dust and Breath by eacomiskey
A Diary's Essence by ifana8

BEST SHIP (or relationships)
Scoring 10/10, we have
Bugs Bite by RaghavBhatia7
A Book of Dust and Breath by eacomiskey

BEST GRAPHICS
The Lonely Home by GoldenUnseen with a perfect score!

CROWD FAVOURITE
Another four-way tie, this time with 8/10!
Lily Lamar and the Dim-witted Druids by EvelynHail
A Book of Dust and Breath by eacomiskey
Innocent Ghost by Marmara100
Demonic Chattel by AvAlon-X

And last, but not least, the OVERALL WINNER for the genre is
Bugs Bite by RaghavBhatia7 scoring 43/50!

*applause*

Congratulations to all nominees! All the best with your future writing endeavours. May you continue to write stories that we enjoy even though they may terrify or unsettle us!

Please PM this account with your email address for winners' stickers and certificates. Scores and reviews will be PMed to each nominee soon.

A quick note before you go: we are hoping to bring back our monthly publication The Peacock Show soon, but to do that, we need a crew! If you're interested in getting involved in our community, please head over to 'The Peacock Show' book and check out the posts that are available.

Thank you for joining us, and I hope that you'll stick around!