Cemetery Dance Publications is an American specialty press publisher of
horror
Horror may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Genres
*Horror fiction, a genre of fiction
** Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction
**Korean horror, Korean horror fiction
* Horror film, a film genre
*Horror comics, comic books focusing o ...
and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by
Richard Chizmar
Richard Thomas Chizmar (born 1965) is an American writer, the publisher and editor of '' Cemetery Dance'' magazine, and the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications. He also edits anthologies, produces films, writes screenplays, and teaches writin ...
, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with ''Cemetery Dance'' magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992. They later expanded to encompass a magazine and website featuring news, interviews, and reviews related to horror literature.
Cemetery Dance Publications is best known for their high quality hardcover releases. These are usually available as collectible autographed
limited edition
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s and
lettered editions.
Awards
*
Richard Chizmar
Richard Thomas Chizmar (born 1965) is an American writer, the publisher and editor of '' Cemetery Dance'' magazine, and the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications. He also edits anthologies, produces films, writes screenplays, and teaches writin ...
won the 1999
World Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Awards are a set of awards given each year for the best fantasy fiction published during the previous calendar year. Organized and overseen by the World Fantasy Convention, the awards are given each year at the eponymous ann ...
for Cemetery Dance Publications (the magazine won in 1990 and 1992). It was also nominated for the same award in 1993 and again in 1998.
* ''Dark Harvest'' by
Norman Partridge won the 2006
Bram Stoker Award
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.
History
The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since ...
for
Best Long Fiction, has been nominated for the 2007
World Fantasy Award
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, and it was named one of the 2006 "Best Books of the Year" by
Publishers Weekly
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.
*''
Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear'' by
Terry Dowling was an Honourable Mention for the 2006
Australian Shadows Award (hosted by the
Australian Horror Writers Association).
Bram Stoker Award nominations and wins
*2006
Bram Stoker Award
The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented annually by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) for "superior achievement" in dark fantasy and horror writing.
History
The Awards were established in 1987 and have been presented annually since ...
Winners:
:
Long Fiction: ''Dark Harvest'' by
Norman Partridge
:
Short Fiction: "Tested" by
Lisa Morton, in CD #55
:
Fiction Collection: ''Destinations Unknown'' by
Gary A. Braunbeck
Gary A. Braunbeck (born 1 July 1960) is an American science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror author.
Biography
Braunbeck was born in Newark, Ohio (the city that serves as the model for the fictitious Cedar Hill in many of his stories). He w ...
:
Anthology: ''Mondo Zombie'' edited by
John Skipp
John Skipp is a splatterpunk horror and fantasy author and anthology editor, as well as a songwriter, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. He collaborated with Craig Spector on multiple novels, and has also collaborated with Marc Lev ...
*2004 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:
:
First Novel
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: ''Black Fire'' by
James Kidman
:Short Fiction: "A Madness of Starlings" by
Douglas Clegg in CD #50
:Fiction Collection: ''The Machinery of Night'' by
Douglas Clegg
:Anthology: ''Shivers III'' edited by Richard Chizmar
:
Non-Fiction
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: ''The Road to the Dark Tower'' by
Bev Vincent
*2004 Bram Stoker Award Winner:
:Fiction Collection: ''Fearful Symmetries'' by
Thomas F. Monteleone
*2003 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:
:Long Fiction: ''The Necromancer'' by
Douglas Clegg
:Long Fiction: ''Roll Them Bones'' by
David Niall Wilson
David Niall Wilson (born 1959 in Clay County, Illinois) is an American writer primarily known for his works of horror, science fiction, and fantasy fiction.
The Academic Study of Wilson's Novels
Scholars such as A. Asbjørn Jøn, at the Univer ...
*2002 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:
:Novel: ''
From a Buick 8'' by
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high ...
:Fiction Collection: ''Knuckles and Tales'' by
Nancy A. Collins
:Anthology: ''Shivers'' edited by
Richard Chizmar
Richard Thomas Chizmar (born 1965) is an American writer, the publisher and editor of '' Cemetery Dance'' magazine, and the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications. He also edits anthologies, produces films, writes screenplays, and teaches writin ...
*2001 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:
:Anthology: ''Trick or Treat: A Collection of Halloween Novellas'' edited by
Richard Chizmar
Richard Thomas Chizmar (born 1965) is an American writer, the publisher and editor of '' Cemetery Dance'' magazine, and the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications. He also edits anthologies, produces films, writes screenplays, and teaches writin ...
*2001 Bram Stoker Award Winner:
:
Alternative Forms: ''Dark Dreamers: Facing the Masters of Fear'' by
Beth Gwinn
Beth may refer to:
Letter and number
*Bet (letter)
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&
Stanley Wiater
*2000 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:
:Anthology: ''Bad News'' edited by
Richard Laymon
Richard Carl Laymon (January 14, 1947 – February 14, 2001) was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre.
Life and career
Laymon was born and raised outside of Chicago, Illinois, then li ...
:Short Fiction:
Jack Ketchum
Dallas William Mayr (November 10, 1946 – January 24, 2018), better known by his pen name Jack Ketchum, was an American horror fiction author. He was the recipient of four Bram Stoker Awards and three further nominations. His novels incl ...
's "Gone" (published in the anthology ''
October Dreams
''October Dreams'' (also titled ''October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween'') is an anthology of Halloween-themed memories and short stories edited by Richard Chizmar and Robert Morrish. Jack Ketchum's "Gone" (first published in this anthology ...
'')
*2000 Bram Stoker Award Winner:
:Novel: ''The Traveling Vampire Show'' by
Richard Laymon
Richard Carl Laymon (January 14, 1947 – February 14, 2001) was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre.
Life and career
Laymon was born and raised outside of Chicago, Illinois, then li ...
*1999 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:
:Long Fiction: ''Right to Life'' by
Jack Ketchum
Dallas William Mayr (November 10, 1946 – January 24, 2018), better known by his pen name Jack Ketchum, was an American horror fiction author. He was the recipient of four Bram Stoker Awards and three further nominations. His novels incl ...
*1999 Bram Stoker Award Winner:
:Anthology: ''999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense'' edited by
Al Sarrantonio
*1998 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:
:Anthology: ''
Robert Bloch's Psychos'' edited by
Robert Bloch
Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...
and
Martin H. Greenberg
:Anthology: ''Best of Cemetery Dance'' edited by
Richard Chizmar
Richard Thomas Chizmar (born 1965) is an American writer, the publisher and editor of '' Cemetery Dance'' magazine, and the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications. He also edits anthologies, produces films, writes screenplays, and teaches writin ...
*1997 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:
:Fiction Collection: ''Things Left Behind'' by
Gary A. Braunbeck
Gary A. Braunbeck (born 1 July 1960) is an American science fiction, fantasy, mystery and horror author.
Biography
Braunbeck was born in Newark, Ohio (the city that serves as the model for the fictitious Cedar Hill in many of his stories). He w ...
*1994 Bram Stoker Award Winners:
:Short Fiction: "The Box" by
Jack Ketchum
Dallas William Mayr (November 10, 1946 – January 24, 2018), better known by his pen name Jack Ketchum, was an American horror fiction author. He was the recipient of four Bram Stoker Awards and three further nominations. His novels incl ...
in CD #20
:Fiction Collection: ''Writer of the Purple Rage'' by
Joe R. Lansdale
Joe Richard Lansdale (born October 28, 1951) is an American writer and martial arts instructor.
A prose writer in a variety of genres - Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense - he's also written comic books and screenplays. Se ...
Selected list of books published by Cemetery Dance Publications
*''
It: The 25th Anniversary Edition'' (signed limited edition) by
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high ...
(December, 2011)
*
Gwendy's Button Box by
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high ...
and
Richard Chizmar
Richard Thomas Chizmar (born 1965) is an American writer, the publisher and editor of '' Cemetery Dance'' magazine, and the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications. He also edits anthologies, produces films, writes screenplays, and teaches writin ...
( novella first published by Cemetery Dance Publications) (May, 2017)
*''
Full Dark, No Stars
''Full Dark, No Stars'', published in November 2010, is a collection of four novellas by American author Stephen King, all dealing with the theme of retribution. One of the novellas, ''1922'', is set in Hemingford Home, Nebraska, which is the h ...
'' (signed limited edition) by
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high ...
(December, 2010)
*''
Blockade Billy'' by
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high ...
(an original novella first printed by Cemetery Dance Publications) (April, 2010)
*''
The Secretary of Dreams: Volume 1'' (and ''Volume 2'') by
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high ...
and illustrated by
Glenn Chadbourne (2006) (''Volume IIs )
*''
From a Buick 8'' (signed limited edition) by Stephen King (2002)
*''
The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem'' by
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high ...
and illustrated by
Glenn Chadbourne (2013)
*''
Robert Bloch's Psychos'', edited by
Robert Bloch
Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...
&
Martin H. Greenberg (1997)
*''
October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween'', edited by Richard Chizmar with Robert Morrish (2000)
*''Blue November Storms'', by
Brian Freeman (2005)
*''
Strange Highways'', by
Dean Koontz
Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Many of his books have appeared on ''The New ...
(1995)
*''
Fear Nothing'', by Dean Koontz (1997)
*''
Seize the Night'', by Dean Koontz (1998)
*''
False Memory
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'', by Dean Koontz (1999)
*''
Mucho Mojo
''Mucho Mojo'' Is a mystery/crime novel by American author Joe R. Lansdale. This is the second in Lansdale's ''Hap and Leonard'' series of crime novels.
Plot summary
This story revolves around the death of Leonard Pine's Uncle Chester who happen ...
'' signed limited edition by
Joe R. Lansdale
Joe Richard Lansdale (born October 28, 1951) is an American writer and martial arts instructor.
A prose writer in a variety of genres - Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense - he's also written comic books and screenplays. Se ...
(1994)
*''
Act of love'' signed limited edition by Joe R. Lansdale (1981)
*''
Writer of the Purple Rage
''Writer of the Purple Rage'' is a collection of short works by American author Joe R. Lansdale, published in 1994. It was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in the "Fiction Collection" category. The title is a play on the Philip José Farmer no ...
'' short story collection by Joe R. Lansdale (1994)
*''
Nothing Lasting''
E-book
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by
Glen Krisch
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Selected list of published authors
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Clive Barker
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Charles Beaumont
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*
William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer, director and producer. He is best known for his 1971 novel, '' The Exorcist'', and for his 1974 screenplay for the film adaptation of the same name. Blatty won ...
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Max Booth III
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Ray Bradbury
Ray Douglas Bradbury (; August 22, 1920June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers, he worked in a variety of modes, including fantasy, science fiction, horror, mystery fictio ...
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Kealan Patrick Burke
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Poppy Z. Brite
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Lincoln Child
Lincoln Child (13 October 1957) is an American author of techno-thriller and horror novels. Though he is most well known for his collaborations with Douglas Preston (including the Agent Pendergast series and the Gideon Crew series, among other ...
*
Richard Chizmar
Richard Thomas Chizmar (born 1965) is an American writer, the publisher and editor of '' Cemetery Dance'' magazine, and the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications. He also edits anthologies, produces films, writes screenplays, and teaches writin ...
*
Simon Clark
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Douglas Clegg
*
Justin Cronin
Justin Cronin (born 1962) is an American author. He has written five novels: ''Mary and O'Neil'' and ''The Summer Guest'', as well as a vampire trilogy consisting of '' The Passage,'' '' The Twelve'' and '' City of Mirrors''. He has won the Hemi ...
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Frank Darabont
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Dennis Etchison
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Gillian Flynn
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*
Brian Freeman
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Mick Garris
Mick Garris (born December 4, 1951) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, as well as making Stephen King adaptations.
Early life
Garris was born in Sant ...
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Ray Garton
Ray Garton (born December 2, 1962 in Redding, California) is an American author, well known for his work in horror fiction. He has written over sixty books, and, in 2006, he was presented with the World Horror Convention Grand Master Award.
Pe ...
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Christopher Golden
Christopher Golden (born July 15, 1967) is an American author of horror, fantasy, and suspense novels for adults and teens.
Early life
Golden was born and raised in Massachusetts, where he still lives with his family. He graduated from Tufts ...
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J. F. Gonzalez
Jesus F. Gonzalez was an American author, primarily of horror fiction (writing under the pseudonym J. F. Gonzalez). He has written many notable novels and has done collaborations with Bram Stoker Award winners Mike Oliveri and Brian Keene. H ...
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Ed Gorman
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Rick Hautala
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Joe Hill (writer)
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Brian Hodge
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Brian Keene
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Ronald Kelly
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Jack Ketchum
Dallas William Mayr (November 10, 1946 – January 24, 2018), better known by his pen name Jack Ketchum, was an American horror fiction author. He was the recipient of four Bram Stoker Awards and three further nominations. His novels incl ...
*
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high ...
*
Dean Koontz
Dean Ray Koontz (born July 9, 1945) is an American author. His novels are billed as suspense thrillers, but frequently incorporate elements of horror, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and satire. Many of his books have appeared on ''The New ...
*
Michael Koryta
*
Joe R. Lansdale
Joe Richard Lansdale (born October 28, 1951) is an American writer and martial arts instructor.
A prose writer in a variety of genres - Western, horror, science fiction, mystery, and suspense - he's also written comic books and screenplays. Se ...
*
Richard Laymon
Richard Carl Laymon (January 14, 1947 – February 14, 2001) was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre.
Life and career
Laymon was born and raised outside of Chicago, Illinois, then li ...
*
Tim Lebbon
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Edward Lee
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Bentley Little
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John R. Little
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*
Graham Masterton
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Richard Matheson
Richard Burton Matheson (February 20, 1926 – June 23, 2013) was an American author and screenwriter, primarily in the fantasy, horror, and science fiction genres.
He is best known as the author of '' I Am Legend'', a 1954 science fictio ...
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Brett McBean
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Robert McCammon
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Thomas F. Monteleone
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William F. Nolan
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*
James A. Moore
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Norman Partridge
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John Pelan
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Douglas Preston
Douglas Jerome Preston (born May 31, 1956) is an American journalist and author. Although he is best known for his thrillers in collaboration with Lincoln Child (including the '' Agent Pendergast'' series and ''Gideon Crew'' series), he has als ...
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Bill Pronzini
Bill Pronzini (born April 13, 1943) is an American writer of detective fiction. He is also an active anthologist, having compiled more than 100 collections, most of which focus on mystery, western, and science fiction short stories. Pronzini is k ...
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Anne Rice
Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 – December 11, 2021) was an American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature.
She was best known for her series of novels ''The Vampire Chronicles''. B ...
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Al Sarrantonio
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Michael Slade
Michael Slade (born 1947, in Lethbridge, Alberta) is the pen name of Canadian novelist Jay Clarke, a lawyer who has participated in more than 100 criminal cases and who specializes in criminal insanity.
Background
Before Clarke entered law schoo ...
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Peter Straub
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
*
Thomas Tessier
Thomas may refer to:
People
* List of people with given name Thomas
* Thomas (name)
* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the A ...
*Bill Walker
*
F. Paul Wilson
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T. M. Wright
Terrance Michael "T. M." Wright (September 9, 1947 – October 31, 2015) was an American author best known as a writer of horror fiction, speculative fiction, and poetry. He wrote more than 25 novels as well as novellas and short stories, ...
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.cemeterydance.com
Small press publishing companies
Horror book publishing companies
Publishing companies established in 1988