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Robin Furth and the Comic Side of The Dark Tower

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 2, 2017August 2, 2017InterviewsComics, Danica Davidson, Dark Tower Week, Interviews, Marvel Comics, Robin Furth, Stephen King, The Dark Tower2 Comments

Robin Furth doesn’t live in Mid-World, but it could be argued she knows it better than the characters themselves. After working as Stephen King’s research assistant, Furth published Stephen King’s The Dark Tower Concordance, has written the graphic novel adaptations of The Dark Tower series for Marvel Comics, and is a consultant for the new film The Dark Tower and the TV series that will follow. As an avid folklorist, a fan of comics and King’s own go-to expert on all things Roland Deschain, Furth is the perfect person for all these jobs. She spoke to Cemetery Dance Online about her books, graphic fiction as a medium, and what she thinks about the upcoming movie and Idris Elba as the lead.Continue Reading

Headhunter Reimagined by Michael Slade: New Signed Limited Edition Coming Later This Year!

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 1, 2017August 1, 2017Breaking NewsLeave a comment

We’re thrilled to announce our brand new signed Limited Edition hardcover of HEADHUNTER Reimagined, a brand new signed Limited Edition hardcover by Michael Slade, which we’ll be publishing later this year!

HEADHUNTER Reimagined is a revised and updated version of his first Special X thriller (originally published in 1984) about the psycho-hunters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police!

In related news, D Films Corp. announced earlier today that it will launch a new production division in partnership with veteran producer Rob Merilees (“Motive,” Capote, Brain on Fire, Stone of Destiny). The new partnership is actively developing both feature film and television content in Canada, launching with the series “Headhunter,” and will leverage the company’s established platform and international distribution relationships. The eight part series “Headhunter” is based on the bestselling Mountie Noir thrillers about the Special X psycho-hunters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Vancouver criminal lawyer Michael Slade, who specialized in murder cases involving insanity.

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

An Interview with ‘The Dark Tower’ Screenwriter Akiva Goldsman

Bev VincentAugust 1, 2017July 31, 2017InterviewsAkiva Goldsman, Bev Vincent, Damon Lindelof, Dark Tower Week, JJ Abrams, marvel, Mejis, Ron Howard, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, The Dark Tower Companion, The Gunslinger, The Road to the Dark Tower, Wizard and Glass, Wolves of the Calla1 Comment

In March, 2012, while I was writing The Dark Tower Companion, I spoke with Akiva Goldsman about his plans to adapt the Dark Tower series with Ron Howard. Clearly things have changed significantly in the past five years, but his thoughts at the time show where he was coming from and might indicate where the adaptations could be headed. As we anticipate this week’s release of The Dark Tower, enjoy this excerpt from that interview.Continue Reading

Ka Like a Wheel, Time Like a Circle

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 31, 2017July 31, 2017EssaysDark Tower Week, Essays, Kevin Quigley, Stephen King, The Dark TowerLeave a comment

Ka Like a Wheel, Time Like a Circle
by Kevin Quigley

The notion of circular time is ancient. Hebrew interpretation of the Bible forwards the concept of “cycles,” of time moving in a loop like the orbits of the planets or the sweep of the hands of a clock. The Rolling Stones mention the concept in their song “Sway,” from the album Sticky Fingers: “Did you ever wake up to find / A day that broke up your mind / Destroyed your notion of circular time / It’s just that demon life has got you in its sway.”Continue Reading

Where Have all the Freak Shows Gone?

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 28, 2017July 24, 2017Video VisionsColumns, Hunter Shea, The Funhouse, Video Visions1 Comment

Growing up, humid days and warm nights meant the Westchester County Fair was rolling into town. The fair took over Yonkers Raceway for a couple of weeks, a real hoedown for us city folk. Along with shaky, suspect rides, there were carnival games, artery clogging fried foods, livestock shows, performing monkeys, a demolition derby and my favorite, the freak show. Continue Reading

Review: ‘Boy’s Night: An Extreme Horror’ by Wrath James White and Matt Shaw

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 26, 2017July 24, 2017ReviewsAnton Cancre, Boy's Night, Matt Shaw, Reviews, Wrath James WhiteLeave a comment

Boy’s Night: An Extreme Horror by Wrath James White and Matt Shaw
CreateSpace (June 2017)
91 pages, $7.99 paperback; $2.99 e-book
Reviewed by Anton Cancre

I generally dig Wrath James White. Both The Ressurectionist and 400 Days of Oppression held sly, unique takes on what usually qualifies as “Hardcore” or “Extreme” horror. I don’t really know anything about Matt Shaw, but this is the book Amazon dumped from their catalog until the cover was redesigned, so I had to buy it, though it has been returned with a different cover.

Unfortunately, it failed to live up to my expectations. Continue Reading

Review: ‘Bone White’ by Ronald Malfi

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 25, 2017July 24, 2017ReviewsBone White, Kevin Lucia, Reviews, Ronald MalfiLeave a comment

Bone White by Ronald Malfi
Kensington (July 2017)
384 pages; $10.17 paperback; $7.99 e-book
Reviewed by Kevin Lucia

Seven years ago I was sent an ARC (Advance Reader Copy) for a novel called Snow by some author named Ronald Malfi. I’d not read anything by him then, and at first the novel looked pretty pedestrian. Monsters devastate a town during a blizzard. The initial setup seemed to point in that direction: a flight is cancelled because of the snowstorm, so several folks set out in a rental car to try for home the long way, and come upon a town cut off by the storm. It looked like a fairly simple paint-by-the-numbers affair, albeit written very well.Continue Reading

The Handyman by Bentley Little: Trade Hardcover Coming This October!

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 21, 2017Breaking NewsLeave a comment

We’re pleased to report that The Handyman, a never-before-published novel that only Bentley could write, will be published this October as a trade hardcover! The signed Limited Edition of this book sold out within 48 hours of being announced, so this is your chance to read what might be Bentley’s best novel to date!

About the Book:
Daniel Martin has never forgotten his childhood encounters with Frank Watkins, the man who built his family a summer home out of cardboard and plywood.

Frank’s gaze was oddly confusing, as if he was attempting to discern the proper way to behave because he didn’t know how to respond in a human manner, almost like an alien trying to pretend to be human.

Since Frank obviously wasn’t an alien, Daniel thought maybe the man was crazy.

In the end, young Daniel would learn the terrifying truth about Frank Watkins…

And as an adult, Daniel is about to discover there are more of them out there…

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

“Save the Last Dance for Me” and “Slippin’ Into Darkness”

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 21, 2017ExhumedCemetery Dance #17/18, Cemetery Dance #2, Exhumed, K. Edwin Fritz, Norman Partridge, Save the Last Dance for Me, Slippin' Into Darkness2 Comments

In its illustrious 29*-year print run, Cemetery Dance magazine has published no less than 560 short stories and novel excerpts in 73** individual issues. As the super fan that I am, Exhumed is my humble attempt to read and review them all in monthly double reviews.

*and counting!

**there were also two ‘double issues (#17/18 in 1993 and #74/75 in 2016), each of which squeezed twice as much content into a single magazine.

Last time I reviewed:

David A. Lindschmidt’s “The Hounds of Hell to Pay” from Cemetery Dance #1 (1988), and
Jonathan Lethem’s “Martyr and Pesty” from Cemetery Dance #36 (2001).

There was also an Exhumed-first BONUS review of the overall issue of Cemetery Dance #1. If for no other reason you should go check the article out for that.

This month is the ninth installment of Exhumed and, as promised, I present to you two Norman Partridge stories.

Let’s get to it…Continue Reading

LAST CHANCE! We Only Have a Few More Copies of the SLIPCASED GIFT EDITION of GWENDY’S BUTTON BOX!

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 20, 2017Breaking NewsLeave a comment

We’re down to our last few available copies of the World’s First UK Slipcased Gift Edition of Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar, which will be published this fall by SST Publications in the UK, so please don’t wait to place your order because these will be gone today!

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

Review: ‘Blood Sacrifice’ by Barry Hoffman

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 19, 2017July 16, 2017ReviewsBarry Hoffman, Blood Sacrifice, Dave Simms, Next Century Publishing, ReviewsLeave a comment

Blood Sacrifice by Barry Hoffman
Next Century Publishing (March 2017)
408 pages; $12.95 paperback; $7.95 e-book
Reviewed by Dave Simms

Barry Hoffman is back with a kick-ass thriller that is also a horror novel, crime novel, supernatural novel and more, all wrapped up in a story which races by in what can easily be called his best effort since his “Eyes” series. Blood Sacrifice brings into the fold a set of new characters which hopefully will be returning in future entries. Continue Reading

Stephen King and Richard Chizmar’s Acclaimed CASTLE ROCK Novella Will Be Published As a SLIPCASED GIFT EDITION From UK Publisher SST Publications!

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 18, 2017July 18, 2017Breaking NewsLeave a comment

We’re extremely excited to report we will be getting copies of the World’s First UK Slipcased Gift Edition of Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar, which will be published this fall by SST Publications in the UK!

Featuring an oversized trim size and 7 NEVER BEFORE seen illustrations by Vincent Sammy, this special edition is limited to just one printing of 600 copies, which is insanely low for a Stephen King Gift Edition. We think this volume will be a must-have for collectors in the years to come, so please don’t wait to place your order because our limited supplies won’t last long!

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

Review: ‘The Damned Vol. 1: Three Days Dead’ by Cullen Bunn, Brian Hurtt and Bill Crabtree

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 17, 2017July 16, 2017ReviewsBill Crabtree, Brian Hurtt, Cullen Bunn, Joshua Gage, Oni Press, Reviews, The Damned Volume 1Leave a comment

The Damned Vol. 1: Three Days Dead by Cullenn Bunn, Brian Hurtt and Bill Crabtree
Oni Press (March 2017)
152 pages, $9.99 paperback; $1.99 e-book
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

The Damned Volume 1: Three Days Dead can only be described as horror noir. It’s set during prohibition, when mobsters and criminal organizations build fortune peddling vice to the citizens of the city. However, those sins are controlled not by human gangsters, but by rival families of demons. The long-standing feud between two of the families is about the come to an end thanks to a brokered deal to consolidate power. But before things can be finalized, the bookkeeper tasked to brokering the deal is kidnapped along with a ledger that could spell doom for all the families.Continue Reading

Bird Box by Josh Malerman: Dark Regions Press Signed Special Limited Edition!

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 14, 2017Breaking News1 Comment

We’re thrilled to report we will be receiving copies of the special signed Limited Edition of Bird Box by Josh Malerman from Dark Regions Press, which features original wraparound color dust jacket artwork by Vincent Chong, ten interior illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, a new 9,000 word Bird Box story entitled “Bobby Knocks,” and a new afterword from author Josh Malerman. Limited to just 526 copies total, there will only be one printing and we do not expect our copies to last long!

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

Discovering Alan Peter Ryan

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 14, 2017July 10, 2017RevelationsAlan Peter Ryan, Columns, Kevin Lucia, Revelations5 Comments

I can’t remember where I read it—one of his blog posts, or in one of his now out-of-print blog collections—but Brian Keene once recounted the story of how he and some fellow writers, early in their career, visited a used bookstore while at a convention (maybe World Horror; I can’t remember). Excited at their own writing futures, while browsing the stacks, looking for their favorite classic authors, they discovered, with a rising sense of unease, a number of authors they had never heard of before. Writers who had at least ascended to paperback fame (of a kind) only to descend once again beneath the waters of obscurity, with barely a ripple. Continue Reading

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