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Bev Vincent Reviews Elevation by Stephen King

Bev VincentOctober 23, 2018October 23, 2018Reviews, Stephen King News from the Dead Zone19, castle rock, Christine, Elevation, Flight or Fright, Gwendy's Button Box, Hulu, Joe Hill, Needful Things, News from the Dead Zone, Pennywise, Richard Bachman, Richard Matheson, Sheriff Alan Pangborn, Sheriff George Bannerman, Stephen King, The Shrinking Man, The Turbulence Expert, Thinner2 Comments

“The Incredible Lightness of Being”

Stephen King’s most recent published work, “The Turbulence Expert” in the anthology Flight or Fright (which he co-edited with yours truly), suggests the existence of people who prevent airplanes from crashing. It’s an uncharacteristically encouraging notion.

His new novella, Elevation, has an even more positive outlook, despite its setting: Castle Rock, a small town in Maine where terrible things have been happening for decades.

That’s not to say bad things aren’t happening to protagonist Scott Carey, forty-two, recently divorced and dealing with the repercussions of that life change. He’s living alone (with a cat) in a too-large house on Castle View, and he’s having problems with his new neighbors.Continue Reading

Review: Scapegoat by James Newman and Adam Howe

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 22, 2018October 21, 2018Reviews- Frank Michaels Errington, Adam Howe, Honey Badger Press, James Newman, Reviews, ScapegoatLeave a comment

Scapegoat by James Newman and Adam Howe
Honey Badger Press (October 2018)
215 pages; $4.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

James Newman lives in North Carolina, USA, and Adam Howe makes his home across the Atlantic in England. Thanks to the power of the Internet, collaborations like this one are possible. The result is both wondrous and wonderful.

So what’s Scapegoat about? Well, I’m glad you asked…Continue Reading

Video Visions: Horrortober Essentials

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 19, 2018October 13, 2018Video VisionsColumns, Halloween, Hunter Shea, Movies, October, Video Visions1 Comment

About six years ago, as my partner Jack and I were waxing poetic about the Halloween season on our Monster Men podcast, I started calling the 31 days of spookiness Terrortober. For some reason, midway through the month, I changed it to Horrortober and it stuck. Now I’m not saying I was the first, but I don’t remember anyone else calling it that back then. Okay, maybe I am saying I was the first.Continue Reading

The Policy by Bentley Little: New Trade Paperback Edition Shipping Now!

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 18, 2018Breaking NewsLeave a comment

We’re very pleased to report our new trade paperback edition of Bentley Little’s classic novel The Policy is in-stock and shipping now!

After his divorce, Hunt Jackson decides to start over in Tucson, where an old buddy fixes him up with his wife’s friend, Beth. The attraction is immediate and they’re married a few months later. But Hunt’s happiness is marred by his bizarre encounter with an insurance agent whose insistence that Hunt increase his coverage sounds, incredibly, like a threat more terrifying than death…

Read more or place your order!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!

Review: Frankenstein in Baghdad

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 17, 2018October 14, 2018ReviewsAhmed Saadawi, Frankenstein in Baghdad, Joshua Gage, Penguin Books, ReviewsLeave a comment

Frankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi
Penguin Books (January 2018)
288 pages, $10.87 paperback; $11.99 e-book
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

Ahmed Saadawi is an Iraqi novelist, poet, screenwriter and documentary film maker. He won the 2014 International Prize for Arabic Fiction for Frankenstein in Baghdad, which was recently translated into English and published by Penguin.

Frankenstein in Baghdad is a Dickensian novel, focused on multiple characters. The titular character, also known as Whatsitsname, comes into being when Hadi, a junk dealer, collects the body parts of bombing victims throughout Baghdad and sews them together in order that there be a body to bury and perform holy rituals for. This piecemeal body gains consciousness and begins to take revenge on the people who are responsible for the death of its individual parts; however, once an individual part is avenged, it begins to disintegrate, requiring the body to constantly be updated with new parts. This starts a vicious cycle of finding parts quickly enough to replace the disappearing parts, and soon the bodies of terrorists and criminals are used, which causes a madness in the creature. Continue Reading

Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta: Another New Signed Limited Edition Announced Today!

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 16, 2018Breaking News1 Comment

What do Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Scott Smith, Dennis Lehane, and Dan Simmons all have in common? They’re huge fans of Michael Koryta! So are we, and we think our collectors will be, too! Don’t wait to place your order because this incredible Signed Limited Edition won’t last long!

Those Who Wish Me Dead by Michael Koryta is already rolling at the printer and they expect to be done in December, so this one will be in your hands before you know it! Also, 70% of the copies have already been reserved, so we do not expect these to last long! Please place your order ASAP or you might miss out!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!

Review: The House by the Cemetery by John Everson

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 16, 2018October 13, 2018Reviews- Frank Michaels Errington, Flame Tree Press, John Everson, Reviews, The House by the CemeteryLeave a comment

The House by the Cemetery by John Everson
Flame Tree Press (October 2018)
256 pages; $16.48 hardcover; $13.86 paperback; $6.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

John Everson writes some of the darkest horror imaginable, sprinkles it with a healthy dose of sex, and yet it’s easy to believe every word he puts to paper. His latest story, The House by the Cemetery, is the quintessential October release. It’s the tale of a purportedly haunted house by a cemetery being refurbished as a Halloween attraction.Continue Reading

10 Horror Authors — One Exquisite Corpse

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 15, 2018October 14, 2018Breaking NewsAlyssa Wong, Brian Keene, Cassandra Shaw, Christopher Golden, Exquisite Corpse, Nick Mamatas, Paul Cornell, Paul Tremblay, Richard Chizmar, Serial Box, Sisters of Slaughter, Stephen KozeniewskiLeave a comment

Exquisite Corpse: an old parlor game in which players take turns writing on a sheet of paper folded to conceal part of the writing, and then pass it to the next player for another contribution. The results of the first use of the technique was a sentence in French: “Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau,” meaning “the exquisite corpse will drink the young wine.” — Artopium

On Friday, October 19, Serial Box presents its latest literary experiment, a terrifying celebration of Halloween featuring 10 award-winning horror authors playing a game of Exquisite Corpse. This multimedia storytelling event will see a new, FREE episode released each hour between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. EST. Readers can sign up for this special email list which will not only let you know when the story begins, but will provide chances at all kinds of free horror goodness — think stickers, promo codes, signed books and more!Continue Reading

Review: Episodes of Violence by David Bernstein

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 12, 2018October 8, 2018ReviewsDavid Bernstein, Episodes of Violence, Jonathan Reitan, Reviews, Sinister Grin PressLeave a comment

Episodes of Violence by David Bernstein
Sinister Grin Press (October 2017)
276 pages; $16.99 hardcover; $5.99 e-book
Reviewed by Jonathan Reitan

If you think you’re ready for some of the most brutal, sadistic and in-your-face violent horror that you’ve ever read, then continue reading this review and go ahead and add Episodes of Violence to your shopping cart. Continue Reading

Review: Nightingale by Amy Lukavics

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 10, 2018October 8, 2018ReviewsAmy Lukavics, Dave Simms, Nightingale, ReviewsLeave a comment

Nightingale by Amy Lukavics
Harlequin Teen (September 2018)
352 pages; $12.91 hardcover; $9.99 e-book
Reviewed by Dave Simms

1951 isn’t the best time to be a teenage girl, especially if she doesn’t feel compelled to fit into the cookie-cutter demure housewife role that was the norm then. Talk about horror! Amy Lukavics follows up her frightening YA breakout The Wolves in the Walls with Nightingale, which readers may feel is on par with Sarah Pinborough with a plot that twists and turns until it constricts like a snake in the shadows.Continue Reading

Review: The Toy Thief by D.W. Gillespie

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 9, 2018October 8, 2018Reviews- Frank Michaels Errington, D.W. Gillespie, Flame Tree Press, Reviews, The Toy ThiefLeave a comment

The Toy Thief by D.W. Gilliespie
Flame Tree Press (October 18, 2018)
240 pages; $16.48 hardcover; $10.37 paperback; $6.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

To date, I’ve read all but one of the first nine offerings from Flame Tree Press and I’ve been quite impressed with everything thus far. I’ve actually raved about the first seven books, so to experience a hiccough here at book eight is no real surprise.

The Toy Thief is a creepy tale of two siblings and what they encounter over of the course of one summer in their young lives.Continue Reading

Review: Triple Axe by Scott Cole

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 5, 2018October 3, 2018ReviewsAnton Cancre, Grindhouse Press, Reviews, Scott Cole, Triple AxLeave a comment

Triple Axe by Scott Cole
Grindhouse Press (July 2018)
134 pages; $11.95 paperback; $2.99 e-book
Reviewed by Anton Cancre

Triple Axe is essentially a murder-revenge story involving the serial murder of porn actresses and the decision of a few to fight back. There isn’t much more to the plot itself than that and you likely already know whether or not you want it.Continue Reading

FANGORIA Has Risen from the Grave

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 4, 2018October 4, 2018EssaysBlu Gilliand, Cinestate, Dallas Sonnier, Fangoria, Phil Nobile Jr., Rebekah McKendry, Tony Timpone4 Comments

For a while there, it looked like we’d lost her.

After a rocky period of unfulfilled subscriptions and digital-only issues, Fangoria — a horror institution as venerable as Rick Baker, Jason Voorhees or Stephen King — appeared to be gone for good. Former editor-in-chief Ken Hanley threw the last shovelful of dirt on the coffin in early 2017 when he Tweeted, “For those wondering: there will likely never be another issue of Fangoria, especially in print, unless there’s new ownership.”

But we should have known, right?

We know what happens in horror movies. A beat after the monster is declared dead and the heroes turn their backs on it…there’s a sign of life.

Sooner or later, the monster always comes back.Continue Reading

Review: Silverwood: The Door

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 3, 2018October 2, 2018ReviewsBlu Gilliand, Brian Keene, Melissa Lason, Michelle Garza, Reviews, Richard Chizmar, Serial Box, Silverwood: The Door, Sisters of Slaughter, Stephen KozeniewskiLeave a comment

Review by Blu Gilliand

There’s collaboration, and then there’s art by committee.

Art by committee rarely works. The committee might have formed in order to pursue a common goal, but it’s typically made up of people with different agendas and different ideas on how to reach that goal. These individuals are often more interested in how this committee is going to elevate them to the next, more important committee than whether or not this committee achieves its goal.

Collaboration also involves individuals working together in pursuit of a common goal, but the difference lies in the approach. Collaborators blend their ideas and visions and voices in service of that goal. The idea isn’t to stand out, but to choose the right ingredients to achieve the best possible end result.

Silverwood: The Door is a collaboration…and a successful one, at that.Continue Reading

Review: Kill Hill Carnage by Tim Meyer

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 2, 2018September 26, 2018ReviewsKill Hill Carnage, Reviews, Sadie Hartmann, Sinister Grin Press, Tim MeyerLeave a comment

Kill Hill Carnage by Tim Meyer
Sinister Grin Press (July 2018)
288 pages; $12.59 paperback; $3.99 e-book
Reviewed by Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann

Kill Hill Carnage is the quintessential Halloween book for any seasoned horror fan or avid reader looking to make an October TBR (to be read) list. The story covers a lot of ground for the genre; easily shelved under several horror sub-genres, which makes it appealing for a wide audience. There’s a little bit of everything here: Teen Drama, Creature Feature, Disaster Horror and Comedy Horror. Continue Reading

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