Cemetery Dance Breaking News

Thanks to our extra helpers in the warehouse, we were able to ship ALL of the domestic preorders for The Big Book of Necon

trade edition yesterday, and we'll start on the Non-US orders today. There are a lot of orders headed overseas, but we'll be sending them out as quickly as we can. In the meantime, if you still haven't placed your order, you might want to read the newest review for this acclaimed anthology!

"Necon is an annual, rather informal get together for horror professionals and fans, held annually in Rhode Island. The program pamphlets and other materials have contained a number of original stories, poems, essays, artwork, and other material by some of the biggest names in the genre. I’ve seen some of these listed on Ebay for really incredible amounts of money. Now editor Booth has collected all of these and more into this rather large collection of material from such names as Stephen King, Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman, Brian Keene, Jack Ketchum, and many many others, over fifty contributors in all. Most of this material is not available anywhere else and it is all of professional quality. A genuinely rare and unusual as well as entertaining anthology."
—Don D'Amassa, Critical Mass

So what are you waiting for? Why miss out on the anthology everyone's talking about? Place your order today!

Just a heads-up for those of you haven't ordered Moonbane by Al Sarrantonio, Halloweenland by Al Sarrantonio, or Mind the Gap: A Novel of the Hidden Cities by Golden and Lebbon yet, but they're flying out the door and we're going to wait to fill the Amazon and other distributor orders until next week, just to make sure we have enough copies for everyone. Place your order today!

Acclaimed Author Ronald Kelly Is Selling Some Very Rare Issues of Cemetery Dance!

Acclaimed author (and a personal favorite of the CD staff) Ronald Kelly is selling some copies of several very rare issues of Cemetery Dance magazine on eBay. Check out his great auctions, which include some other very cool items, here:

With The Big Book of Necon trade edition and the Limited Edition of Mind the Gap: A Novel of the Hidden Cities shipping this week, we've now published five great new books in the last two weeks alone! There are ten more titles (both announced and unannounced) currently at our printers and another ten titles ready to go as soon as the printers catch up, so 2009 is set to be one of our biggest years yet!

In addition, Cemetery Dance magazine has reached another milestone with the publication of the last two issues of our great friend Bob Morrish's tenure as editor. Cemetery Dance #60 just finished shipping two weeks ago and Cemetery Dance #61, the Peter Straub special issue and the first to feature our new designer and staff members, is currently about 10 days away from shipping to subscribers. As you've already seen on the website, this issue will feature a totally new look and feel, but the same great content you've expect from Cemetery Dance over the last twenty years. Watch for the new issue in your mailbox in July.

Cemetery Dance #62, the William Peter Blatty special issue, is currently being proofread and will be ready for the printer at the end of July, right on schedule for the September release date. We haven't posted the contents on our website just yet, but if you look to the right, you'll see a small preview of the amazing Les Edwards cover artwork for the issue. And if you subscribe today, you won't have to worry about picking up the issue on your local newsstand when it comes out!

So far, we're off to a great start with our plan to get caught-up on our schedule in 2009, and some of our biggest releases of the year are still to come... including a few surprises (both new announcements and older preorders) that should make a lot of our collectors very, very happy.

The Big Book of Necon
Trade Edition Shipping Now!

Featuring contributions by Stephen King, Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman, Jack Ketchum, Rick Hautala, Thomas Tessier, Chet Williamson, Douglas Clegg, Brian Keene, Ramsey Campbell, Douglas Winter, Thomas Monteleone, Gahan Wilson, Jonathan Carroll, John Coyne, Alan Ryan, Lucius Shepard, Graham Joyce, Tim Lebbon, and over 30 other artists and authors who have made Necon the most popular convention of the horror genre over the last three decades!

Last month we sent the trade edition of The Big Book of Necon edited by Bob Booth to the printer earlier than planned. The signature sheets for the signed editions weren't ready yet, but we saw we had a chance to get the trade edition done early and out in time for this year's convention. The rest of the signature sheets will hopefully be finished next month, and then we'll get the signed editions going to the printer, too. But for those readers who ordered the trade edition, we're very pleased to announce the book has arrived at our warehouse and is beginning to ship right now. If you haven't placed your order, now is the time!

The Big Book of Necon edited by Bob Booth is a gathering of over 50 short stories, essays, poems, and pieces of artwork created by the incredible authors and artists who have attended this world famous convention over the last three decades!

Many of these pieces originally appeared in the annual program booklet, which is exclusively printed for the attendees each year—and in the case of the Necon XX volume, with its rare appearance of Stephen King's "The Old Dude's Ticker," now sells for as much as $250-$500 on eBay!

As eclectic and entertaining as the convention itself, The Big Book of Necon gathers together horror's finest authors in a rare celebration of what's unique and exciting about the genre. A once-in-a-lifetime event, this massive anthology is certain to be one of the most talked about books of the year!

Featuring over 130,000 words and works from over 50 contributors, just a few of the highlights include:

• fiction by writers from horror's golden age (Stephen King, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson, Alan Ryan, Jack Ketchum), by the genre's newer stars (Christopher Golden, Brian Keene, and many more), and by visitors from the British Isles (Neil Gaiman, Ramsey Campbell, Tim Lebbon)

• essays by Charles L. Grant and Thomas F. Monteleone, defining the Necon experience for the uninitiated

• artwork by Gahan Wilson, Glenn Chadbourne, Richard Sardina, and Courtney Skinner

Click here to visit the product page on our website to see the amazing Table of Contents!

Bob Booth and his wife Mary are best known for founding Necon, which, according to Stephen King, "has been the best horror convention since its inception—folksy, laid-back, and an all-around good time." Bob likes to bring people and stories together, and although he has published both horror fiction and non-fiction relating to the horror genre, his main contribution to the larger horror community has been behind the scenes. A "friend to the stars," the number of horror novels in which he is a character or which have been dedicated to him approaches twenty. Friend Les Daniels likes to refer to Bob as one of the "nine unknown," a shadow government that brokers deals in the horror/dark fantasy community. Dave Hartwell once referred to Bob as one of the "secret masters of fantasy."

Click here to read more about this amazing book or to place your order!

Mind the Gap: A Novel of the Hidden Cities
by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon

We're pleased to announce the publication of Mind the Gap: A Novel of the Hidden Cities, an exciting new collaboration by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon! This signed Limited Edition hardcover is a must-have for fans of these two incredible authors. And you never know where they might go with this amazing new series -- grab the first signed Limited Edition while you still can!

About the Novel:
You never know when you'll find yourself falling through one of the cracks in the world...

Jazz Hide Forever.

They were her mother's last words, and they were written in her own blood.

Now, suddenly on her own, Jasmine Towne is going to need every skill she's ever been taught to survive. For a cabal of enigmatic, black-clad strangers is after Jazz for reasons she can't fathom, and her only escape is to slip into the forgotten tunnels of London's vast underground.

Here she will meet a tribe of survivors calling themselves the United Kingdom and begin an adventure that links her to a destiny she fears only slightly less than those who'd commit any crime under heaven or earth to stop her.

Two of today's brightest stars of dark fantasy combine their award-winning, critically acclaimed talents in this spellbinding new tale of magic, terror, and adventure that begins when a young woman slips through the space between our everyday world and the one hiding just beneath it.

Praise for the novel:
"Super-fast pacing and creepy touches."
—Publishers Weekly

Click here to read more or to place your order!

Halloweenland by Al Sarrantonio!
Limited Edition Just Announced & Shipping TODAY!

A full-length Orangefield Halloween novel from Al Sarrantonio!

On a fallow pumpkin patch a carnival springs to life, bringing Death in its wake...

In Orangefield, Halloween is never normal, and this year is no exception. For this year, Orangefield, already the pumpkin capital of the world, is the new home to Halloweenland, a holiday carnival extraordinaire run by the mysterious Mr. Dickens.

Orangefield is also the home of Detective Bill Grant, who has seen it all, and who is on the track of a strange little girl who holds the fate of the Universe in her hands.

The trail will lead from Orangefield to Ireland, the ancient home of Samhain, Lord of the Dead, and back to Halloweenland—where, on what may be the last Halloween ever, the ultimate confrontation between Death and Life will take place.

And where Detective Grant, in the end, will find the strangest of allies...

Praise for the Author:
"No wordsmith since Ray Bradbury has crafted vivid pictures of the autumnal season quite like Al Sarrantonio."
—Horror Reader Exclusive Review

Click here to read more or to place your order!

After twenty years, the classic novel of lycanthropy by horror master Al Sarrantonio is back in print, in a beautiful new limited signed edition.

A fast-paced horror-thriller in the tradition of Richard Matheson's I am Legend, Moonbane explodes with a riveting opening reminiscent of H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds, and never let's up for a moment.

Moonbane has been hailed as "A great fast read with a super ending." (Rocky Mountain News; also one of their top book choices of the year); "Unabashedly violent...a raw power...that holds the reader's interest until the final pages." (Mystery Scene); "A great evening's read" (Charles de Lint); "A stylish B-movie of a novel. Fast-paced and poetic." (Joe R. Lansdale).

With a new Preface by the author, and with a cover by Alan M. Clark and beautiful interior artwork by Keith Minnion, Moonbane is published here for the first time in hardcover — in an edition that is bound to become a treasured collectible.

Praise and Reviews:
"A novel with real style, informed by a wry and sometimes chilling point of view. Moonbane is not quite like anything you've read before!"
— Ed Gorman, author of Rough Cut

"Al Sarrantonio's Moonbane is a stylish B-movie of a novel. Fast paced and poetic, and scary in the old-fashioned sense of such fine B-chillers as The Cat People and I Walked With a Zombie."
— Joe R. Lansdale

The last copies of Night Cage by Andrew Harper (Douglas Clegg) are shipping out the door today to our Cemetery Dance Book Club members. As promised, there are NO extra copies available for sale and only members of the Book Club will be receiving the signed Limited Edition of this book!

Earlier this month, we decided to send the trade edition of The Big Book of Necon edited by Bob Booth to the printer, even though the signature sheets for the signed editions weren't ready yet. Those sheets will hopefully be finished next month, and then we'll get the signed editions going to the printer, too. For those of you who ordered the trade edition, we're working hard with our printer to have the unsigned edition ready a little earlier than originally planned!

In other news, Publishers Weekly just ran a great review, and we also have a terrific review from Green Man Review that we definitely wanted to highlight:

"A major horror anthology calls for a 'killer' lineup, and this 30th anniversary tribute to the Northeast Horror and Fantasy Convention features more than 50 works of fiction and nonfiction by past attendees and guests who represent the best and darkest of the genre's practitioners. Among the highlights are Stephen King's "The Old Dude's Ticker," a retelling of Poe's "The Tell-tale Heart" as the rant of a homicidal Vietnam vet, and Peter Straub's "Response from a Surprised but Pleased Recipient," which takes the form of creepy answers to a marketing survey. Essays and illustrations by numerous horror and dark fantasy notables round out the volume. Though mostly not convention-themed, these works easily showcase the impressive array of talents that have helped make Necon an annual highlight for horror's pros and semipros."
— Publishers Weekly

"There are two ways to read The Big Book of NECON, the lovingly crafted tribute to this small New England convention. One is simply as an anthology of short fiction and artwork by those affiliated with the con, whether they be one-time guests or long-time regulars. To read the book this way is to enjoy work by luminaries ranging from Stephen King (with a previously unpublished story) to Gahan Wilson to Neil Gaiman to Jack Ketchum to Peter Straub to Christopher Golden to, well, let's just say there are a lot of names in there. It's also to thumb past a few NECON travelogues and reports from folks like Stanley Wiater, Charles L. Grant, Thomas Monteleone and others, and to completely skip the alternately informative, amusing and terrifying NECON glossary helpfully provided by Douglas E. Winter. Doing so yields an entirely satisfying, highly enjoyable read of some wonderful fiction and poetry, spiced up with art by Wilson, Glen Chadbourne, Jill Bauman and others. Of course, reading the book this way completely misses the point... it's to celebrate the fact that so many people, of such talent, have come together at NECON to have a good time, and to share the joy that has resulted."
— Richard Dansky, Green Man Review

Stephen King: The Non-Fiction
600+ Oversized Pages of the Most Comprehensive Review of Stephen King's Non-Fiction Works Ever!
Signed and Slipcased Deluxe Limited Edition Shipping NOW!
Includes The Complete Text of a Rare Stephen King Essay!

Stephen King: The Non-Fiction is over 600 PAGES in length, easily making it the most comprehensive review of Stephen King's non-fiction works, many of which you've never read or even heard of before -- and it even includes the complete text of a very rare essay written by Stephen King! This signed & slipcased oversized Limited Edition is Rocky Wood's official companion volume to the fan acclaimed Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished so make sure you order a copy today to complete the set!

Stephen King: The Non-Fiction is the first significant review of King's Non-Fiction. Most fans and readers know King has written three non-fiction books and may havenoticed his introductions and Author's Notes to his own works, but few know of his hundreds of columns, articles, book reviews and criticism.

In fact, the Authors review over 560 published works of non-fiction (more than a dozen are revealed here for the first time) and a further nine unpublished non-fiction pieces. Full details of these unpublished pieces are revealed for the first time.

Stephen King: The Non-Fiction fills all the gaps, providing significant detail on each of the most significant of these non-fiction works, and a review of every other piece!

In addition, Stephen King granted permission for "My Little Serrated Security Blanket" to appear in FULL in this already collectible volume! It's a very rare essay King wrote over a decade ago, and most fans have never had a chance to read it... until now!

Authors Rocky Wood and Justin Brooks spent five years compiling this outstanding reference work, with the assistance of many of the leading King researchers, collectors and 'super-collectors'; and access to Restricted Non-Fiction Works in King's papers at the University of Maine, Orono.

Stephen King: The Non-Fiction reveals for the first time dozens of pieces of non-fiction and their appearances that were previously unknown to King researchers.

Featuring special appearances by Stephen King, Peter Straub, Ridley Pearson, Mick Garris, Marsha DeFilippo, Michael Whelan, Stewart O’Nan, Glenn Chadbourne, Robin Furth, Steven Weber, Mark Stutzman, Frank Darabont, Jae Lee, Tyson Blue, and many others!

Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King is now almost ready to go to the printer. All it needs is one last proofread and then Lilja is going to look over everything one last time. Expect this one to ship in the fall, but you can place your order now for FREE SHIPPING TO US ADDRESSES!

For those who are new to the list, we've been working hard with Lilja to craft the book as a companion volume for fans of his Stephen King website AND new readers who haven't ever been there. There is A LOT of material in this book that has never seen print before -- interviews and reviews!

Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King is a brand new massive collection of over 150 of those reviews, over 40 of those interviews, and other special features of interest to King readers everywhere. If you've never been to the website, you're in for a real treat as you catch-up with over 500 pages of articles and features that are sure to please any kind of Stephen King fan, from the general reader to the die-hard collector. And for Lilja's constant readers, there's original material in this special volume that has never appeared anywhere on his website before, and every article and review has been updated and revised for this release.

You have to see the table of contents to understand just how much great material is in this massive book, but just a few of the interviews include: Stephen King (twice!), Frank Darabont, Marsha DeFilippo, Mick Garris, Peter Straub, and many other people who have been involved in King's prolific career. The reviews include detailed commentary on well-known works by and about Stephen King, along with details about the rare works you might not have heard of, including the original scripts for Hearts in Atlantis, Stud City, and dozens of others; the original pilot for The Dead Zone that never aired on TV; Walking The Mile: The Making Of (a book that has never been released); the Pet Sematary and Secret Window, Secret Garden UK dramatizations; the dozens of Dollar Babies, and more!

There are also dozens of brand new features written exclusively for this volume, including interviews with Lilja himself and Glenn Chadbourne; reviews of short films such as "Here There Be Tygers," "Boogeyman," "Walking Ghost," "The Secret Transit Codes of America's Highways," "Night Surf," "Stephen King's Gotham Café," "Sorry, Right Number," "Night of the Living Dead," and others; reviews of the script for "The Mist" and scripts that are currently in development (including Black House and From a Buick 8); reviews of books such as Stephen King: A Primary Bibliography, Stephen King: The Non-Fiction, and others; and much, much more!

If you're new to the world of Lilja's Library or already a constant reader, this special volume is a must-have for your collection! An exclusive Cemetery Dance Publications release, there are no other editions planned anywhere in the world for this incredible book.

Screamplays
edited by Richard Chizmar and Martin H. Greenberg
Introduction by Dean Koontz
cover artwork by Les Edwards

Our copyeditor has finished up work on the text for Screamplays edited by Richard Chizmar and the book has now been handed off to our designer. This is the world's first deluxe hardcover edition of this acclaimed anthology, and in addition to being a beautiful and collectible hardcover, this editon will feature interior artwork from some of the top artists working in the genre today.

You don't need a movie theater or a DVD player to savor the best in cinematic terror and suspense. All you need is your own imagination and this collection of spine-tingling scripts by the titans of shock storytelling.

Whether you're a movie buff or a thriller freak, you'll savor these seven full-length film and TV scenarios, including Stephen King's "General," Richard Matheson's "The Legend of Hell House," and Richard Laymon's "The Hunted," plus chilling works by Harlan Ellison, Joe R. Lansdale, and Ed Gorman.

Includes a fascinating introduction on fright films by #1 bestselling author Dean Koontz.

Table of Contents:
• INTRODUCTION by Dean Koontz
• GENERAL by Stephen King
• THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE by Richard Matheson
• MOONLIGHTING by Harlan Ellison
• KILLING BERNSTEIN by Harlan Ellison
• DEAD IN THE WEST by Joe R. Lansdale
• TRACK DOWN by Ed Gorman
• THE HUNTED by Richard Laymon

About the Editors:
Richard Chizmar is the founder and publisher/editor of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. He has edited more than a dozen anthologies, including The Best of Cemetery Dance, The Earth Strikes Back, Night Visions 10, October Dreams (with Robert Morrish), and the Shivers series. Together Chizmar and Johnathon Schaech founded production company Chesapeake Films, and they've written screenplays and teleplays for United Artists, Showtime, Sony Screen Gems, Lions Gate, NBC, and many other companies. Their first projects include adaptations of Stephen King's From A Buick 8, Douglas Clegg's The Hour Before Dark, Stephen King's and Peter Straub's Black House, Ed Gorman's The Poker Club, as well as episodes of Showtime's Masters of Horror and NBC's Fear Itself.

Martin H. Greenberg is the genre's premiere anthologist. He lives with his wife and young daughter in Green Bay, Wisconsin, where he is a college professor. He has several grown children. Over the years he has collected stories for more than 100 books.

As we reported last time, all of the artwork is in place, the book is undergoing one more proofread, and the signature sheets are almost done. This book is now officially set for an end of year publication, just like Volume One was. We found that schedule worked very well considering how many extra warehouse employees we have to hire for the month this book ships. Keep watching your in-box for updates because we plan on doing one more special preview of some new artwork!

Meet eight secondary characters from The Dark Tower series who didn't make it into Bev Vincent's acclaimed The Road to the Dark Tower, the world's most in-depth look into Stephen King's epic series! (This is a supplemental update to Bev's book and does not contain the complete text of The Road to the Dark Tower.)

From Bev Vincent's introduction:
"My contract with NAL (New American Library) for The Road to the Dark Tower stipulated that I would deliver to them a 70,000-word manuscript. Ron Martirano, my editor, said I could probably go as high as 80,000, but my publisher wanted to keep the book from appearing too thick and daunting on the shelf.

Early on, I had an idea I was going to have a hard time keeping it under 100,000 words. What I ultimately submitted ran slightly over 130,000 words, including footnotes and appendices. I fully expected to be told I'd have to cut some -- or a lot -- of material, a process I did not relish.

Fortunately, my editor is as big a fan of the Dark Tower series as I am and he made no mention of the fact that I'd delivered nearly double what my contract specified, concentrating instead on the content.

However, I had already removed some material before I submitted the manuscript. The Dramatis Personae chapter was by far the longest in the book and my first draft featured not only the principle characters but subsidiary characters who either made repeat appearances throughout the series or who I considered pivotal for other reasons.

Rather than reduce the space devoted to the major characters, I decided, after much soul-searching and regret, to delete some of the lesser players. Now, thanks to Cemetery Dance, I have the opportunity to reintroduce readers to eight characters worthy of scrutiny.

While you're at the Amazon site, don't forget that these other Cemetery Dance eBooks are still available:

Elsewhere by William Peter Blatty
Important 1st Edition News & Exciting Announcement!

As you know, the trade hardcover edition of Elsewhere by William Peter Blatty has been shipping for about three weeks now, and thanks to another surge in purchase orders from distributors, we're almost out of 1st Edition copies of the trade hardcover.

As long-time collectors know, it is very rare that we reprint any book -- even trade editions that could be printed for as long as the contract allows -- but as the great reviews for Elsewhere continue to pile up, we're discovering that a lot of people just now realized what they were going to miss out on if they didn't order a copy of this incredible haunted house story by one of our favorite authors.

So today we're officially announcing that we WILL be printing 2nd Edition copies of the Trade Edition of Elsewhere. These will be clearly marked as 2nd Editions so there is no confusion among collectors down the road, and we will start shipping them as soon as the 1st Edition copies are all gone. 1st Editions will go to DIRECT CUSTOMERS first. (And, of course, there won't be any sort of additional Limited Edition copies printed. You're never going to see a "surprise" second printing of a signed Limited Edition from us. That kind of defeats the purpose of doing a signed Limited Edition!)

If you want a 1st Edition of this beautiful trade hardcover, NOW is the time to order! Because we're now seeing signs of customers hoarding copies, we must limit each household to just 5 copies of the 1st Edition.

In addition, we have a VERY exciting announcement that is somewhat unprecedented! Book of the Month Club will be carrying Elsewhere as an alternate selection for nearly TEN of their Book Clubs this August. We cannot think of the last time a horror small press had a book selected by Book of the Month Club, so this is HUGE news. This selection will expose the book to millions of new readers who don't even know it exists, making those 1st Editions and the signed Limited Edition (which is just waiting on the slipcase and will ship next month) even more valuable!

And finally, if you're a big William Peter Blatty fan like we are, keep watching your inbox for the Cemetery Dance newsletter because we have a surprise project to announce later this summer -- and it's going to sellout VERY quickly once the news gets around!

Today we received copies of Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance from our printer and we have to say, this is even bigger than we expected! At over 950 oversized pages in length, it weighs in at at amazing FIVE POUNDS! THE BOOK IS MASSIVE AND VERY BEAUTIFUL -- easily the largest book we've ever published! In fact, our warehouse manager made us very aware that we're going to need to charge extra for shipping on this title once it is in-stock, so make sure you preorder your copy for FREE SHIPPING to US addresses! Now that the books are done at the printer, the slipcases have been started. Our slipcase maker needed a finished book to get the sizing just right, but he's excited about this project and he's rolling right into production.

Because of the message length restrictions, we'll simply send out a message letting you know of new updates on the website where you can read complete details of the news. But if you want to make sure you don't miss our big Stephen King announcements coming later this year and other important updates, this is a great way to be notified that the news has been sent out!

Also, don't forget to visit us on MySpace, where we repost most of our important news and some exclusive content:

That's all for today, but we have more news coming soon. Thanks, as always, for your continuing support!

3 New Signed & Traycased Lettered Editions!
Keene, Garton, Hautala, Burke, Sarrantonio, and more!

The Girl on the Glider is Brian Keene's take on the traditional, old-fashioned ghost story. Early glimpses of this exciting new novella lead us to believe this might be Keene's most personal--and powerful--work to date. This book is going to be a must-have for every Keene fan, along with fans of classic horror tales told with a new twist. Keene's signed Limited Editions have been among the most valuable published in the last ten years, so this is an exciting opportunity for any horror collector! (click here to place your order!)

Vespix
by Ray Garton

We're still searching for words to describe this new novella by Ray Garton. We've read the first draft several times now and it's unlike anything he's ever written before. We're certain his fans are going to be stunned by what he's done here because, as always, Garton keeps you on the edge of your seat. He's working on the final draft now and no collection will be complete without a signed Limited Edition copy of Vespix! (click here to place your order!)

The Crane House: A Halloween Story
Featuring Brian Keene, Kealan Patrick Burke, Al Sarrantonio, Rick Hautala, Bev Vincent, Brian Freeman, James A. Moore, James Newman, Ronald Kelly, Norman Prentiss, and Ray Garton

Cemetery Dance has gathered together a group of the genre's most talented authors to attempt the impossible: tell a coherent and scary Halloween round robin story! This experiment was inspired by the hundreds of encouraging emails we received after we published our first round robin, the Signature Series book Looking Glass, which we've since seen sell for over $200 on the second-hand market.

And we have to be honest: having read The Crane House novella several times now, we're still shocked at how well the story came together! You would think the authors had a plan when they started, but no one had any idea where the story was going when Brian Keene first wrote, "Halloween? Big f---ing deal."

Each author brought his own unique voice to this terrifying tale set inside and around Bethany Crane's house, yet together they've crafted a unified story. And now the characters are in there, just waiting for you to join them. In fact, right now Gary, Bodie, Rachel, and the others are approaching the woods near Bethany Crane's house, and although they don't know it yet, they're not alone in the dark... (click here to place your order!)

Now that Cemetery Dance #60 has shipped out the door to subscribers (watch for your copy over the next couple of weeks!), we're very pleased to officially announce Cemetery Dance #61, the Peter Straub Special Issue, which is already at the printer. Brian Freeman posted on the Apex blog about this issue the other day and also gave some details about the upcoming special issues, the new columnists, and the changes we're working on right now. Some highlights include:

"Cemetery Dance #61 is going to be our first "Special Issue" for an author in a very long time. Peter Straub is the focus of this issue and he contributed some incredible material: a short story, a long excerpt from his next novel (A Dark Matter, which isn't due out until next year), and an insightful interview.

In addition, Hank Wagner wrote a wonderful essay called "The Peter Principles, Or Nearly Two Dozen Things You Need To Know About Peter Straub" and Bev Vincent contributed a long feature review of A Dark Matter. The stunning cover artwork for the issue is by Alan M. Clark and it represents a key scene in Peter's new novel.

Other fiction in the issue includes "Monsters" by Stewart O’Nan (a beautiful novelette that was originally published as a 226-copy signed Limited Edition chapbook by Lonely Road Books), "The Innocents at the Museum of Antiquities" by Douglas Clegg (part one of an original serial novella), and "Johnny" by Bruce McAllister."

You can read a lot more on the Apex blog and you can view the complete table of contents below!

Fiction

"Monsters" a novelette by Stewart O'Nan

"The Innocents at the Museum of Antiquities" by Douglas Clegg (Part One of an original novella)

"Variations on a Theme From Seinfeld" by Peter Straub

"A Long Excerpt From A Dark Matter" by Peter Straub

"Johnny" by Bruce McAllister

Features

"A Long Interview with Peter Straub" by Mathias Clasen

"The Peter Principles, Or Nearly Two Dozen Things You Need To Know About Peter Straub" by Hank Wagner

"A Dark Matter by Peter Straub Feature Review" by Bev Vincent

The Usual Suspects

"Words from the Editor" by Richard Chizmar

"The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association" by Thomas F. Monteleone

"Stephen King News: From The Dead Zone" by Bev Vincent

"MediaDrome" by Michael Marano

"Editorial Perspectives" by Don D'Auria

"The Last Ten Things I've Read" by Ellen Datlow

"Spotlight on Publishing" by Robert Morrish

"Fine Points" by Ed Gorman

"Horror Drive-In" by Mark Sieber

"Cemetery Dance Reviews" edited by Nanci Kalanta

"The Final Question" by Brian Freeman (featuring Kealan Patrick Burke, Simon Clark, Ray Garton, Ed Gorman, Rick Hautala, Brian Keene, Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, Elizabeth Massie, Norman Partridge, and Peter Straub)

IMPORTANT STEPHEN KING LIMITED EDITION ANNOUNCEMENT!
Signed Editions Sold Out! Limited Gift Edition Still Available!

On Monday, Lonely Road Books announced their next book, a deluxe special edition of RIDING THE BULLET by Stephen King and Mick Garris, which will be published later this year as a Slipcased Gift Edition, a Traycased Limited Edition signed by Mick Garris and Bernie Wrightson, and a Traycased Lettered Edition signed by King, Wrightson, and Garris!

This oversized collectible hardcover will feature the complete original novella and screenplay, full-color and B&W artwork by Bernie Wrightson, and a unique design with two color printing throughout, plus exclusive storyboards, photos from the set, production notes, hand-corrected script pages, and more from the Top Secret "Director's Notebook" kept during the movie's production!

This will be Stephen King's FIRST EVER "DOUBLE" style Limited Edition, and we expect collectors are really going to blown away by what Lonely Road Books has planned. Just imagine the special edition of DARK FORCES, then cross it with the special edition of THE ARTHUR DARKNELL DOUBLE, and you'll get some idea of what they're going to do.

The trade hardcover edition of Elsewhere by William Peter Blatty is now in-stock and shipping to everyone who pre-ordered it! Now is the time to place your order so you don't miss out on one of the most acclaimed stories of the last decade:

"Horror old-timer Blatty (The Exorcist) takes a new route down an old road in this disorienting tale."
— Publishers Weekly

"William Peter Blatty's excellent haunted house/ghost story, Elsewhere, certainly brings into question Stephen King's recent assertion... that the traditional ghost story is dead."
— Michael Revel Reviews

"Innovatively constructed and skillfully written, the short novel is witty, scary, touching and thought-provoking."
— Chicago Tribune

"...may be the first truly original haunted house story in decades."
— Denver Rocky Mountain News

"William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist, returns to the horror genre with a story that is more subtle than that classic novel, but by no means less powerful."
— Tim Janson, Mania.com

"Blatty proves that a good haunted house story can still be written. Elsewhere is haunting and genuinely eerie."
— Peter David Schwotzer, Famous Monsters of Filmland

"Possession is the indisputable peanut butter to William Peter Blatty’s chocolate. The writer who gave us the landmark The Exorcist returns with Elsewhere, a short work from Cemetery Dance that represents his first novel since 1996."
— Rod Lott, Bookgasm.com

"William Peter Blatty's novella Elsewhere proves that the man who terrified us with The Exorcist still has the power to captivate and to scare the reader."
— Denise Dumars in Mania

"In many ways this excellent haunted house tale is a psychological suspense thriller as much of the story line (except for the climax) follows the quartet as the house coaxes them to reveal their secrets... Fans of Blatty will welcome his fresh approach of psychological paranormal paradigm twist to the haunted house horror sub-genre."
— Alternative Worlds

"...the author of one of history's most popular horror novels, subsequent made into a blockbuster film, The Exorcist, is back to scare you all over again with Elsewhere, a chilling haunted house tale... Disturbing full-page interior illustrations leap out at the reader like bogeymen, and the evocative cover photograph by award-winning photographer Bruce Haley exudes a sense of the dread awaiting the reader within."
— J. L. Comeau, Count Gore De Vol's Tomb of Dark Delights

If you check the online version of Bev Vincent's "News From the Dead Zone" frequently, you've already read this news! If not, be sure to bookmark his page on our website so you don't miss future news and updates!

* The Stand came up often in discussions of the recent flu outbreak, so GQ tracked King down for a timely interview

* The May 10th episode of Family Guy was a tribute to and parody of three film adaptations: Stand By Me, Misery and The Shawshank Redemption. The episode can be viewed online

* King's office has confirmed that there will be an author tour for Under the Dome

* Richard Isanove will be handling all the artwork for the fourth series, Fall of Gilead. Jae Lee is expected to return for the finale, Battle of Jericho Hill

* New illustrations from the upcoming Talisman graphic novel adaptation are available at King's official website

* John Mellencamp is casting performers for a CD/book package of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County

* Swedish film company Noble Entertainment plans to release the DVD of Dolan’s Cadillac on July 1st

* 25 years since the film version of Firestarter was released and Wilmington, NC, is commemorating the event

One More New Kindle eBook Experiment!
"The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly" by Bev Vincent

We had a lot of people ask if we'd consider reprinting our old chapbooks for the Kindle, and while that isn't in the plans right now, we did receive so many requests for The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly: 8 Secondary Characters from The Dark Tower Series by Bev Vincent that we decided to go ahead and get it formatted and listed right now!

About the eBook:
Meet eight secondary characters from The Dark Tower series who didn't make it into Bev Vincent's acclaimed The Road to the Dark Tower, the world's most in-depth look into Stephen King's epic series! (This is a supplemental update to Bev's book and does not contain the complete text of The Road to the Dark Tower.)

While you're at the Amazon site, don't forget that these three Cemetery Dance eBooks are still available:

The great reviews for Shivers V edited by Richard Chizmar just keep on coming! If you haven't ordered your copy yet, now is the time!

"Boasting stories from a wide range of big names (Stewart O'Nan, among others), rising stars (Stoker-winner Sarah Langan, Nick Mamatas) and old favorites (Rick Hautala, John Skipp, and more), and edited by Cemetery Dance head honcho Richard Chizmar, one would expect great things from the collection... On the whole, the book is a worthwhile read, and there's more than enough in here to keep horror fans of various tastes satisfied... For an anthology with this diverse a base and author list, that's a real win."
— Richard Dansky, Green Man Review

"Shivers, edited by Richard Chizmar, now at its fifth installment, is a fortunate, consistently good series offering, at (ir)regular intervals, a tour of what the current horror scene produces, in terms of short stories, from both sides of the ocean. "
— Mario Guslandi, The Agony Column

"John Skipp and Cody Goodfellow team up for “Hazel (Reduxed),” a brief tale involving the torture of someone with Alzheimer’s. With its slightly experimental structure and fill-in-the-holes situation, one wishes for a tad more lucidity. Its fever-dream machinations are put to better use in Brian Freeman’s “One More Day,” with children at the mercy of horrific, repeated punishment from someone called “the Big Man.” The collection really picks up steam in the middle, starting with “Dog Days,” an odd love triangle — or make that quadrangle — between two doctors, the woman they both love, and one of the docs’ canine companion. Graham Masterton’s twists here are more unexpected and demented than any novel of his I’ve read."
— Rod Lott, Bookgasm.com

Cemetery Dance #60 has started shipping to subscribers and we expect the process to be completed next week! If you haven't ordered a copy of Bob Morrish's last issue, now is the time! There's a lot of great material packed into these 128 pages!

Cover Artist: Stacy Drum
Interior Artists: Zach McCain, Tom Moran, Will Renfro, Nicola Robinson, Chad Savage, Shane Smith
Page Count: 128

Fiction

"The Woman in the Club Car" by Thomas Tessier

"Living by the Highway" by Daniel G. Keohane

"The Devil Came to Mamie's on Hallowe'en" by Lisa Morton

"Faded into Impalpability" by Bruce Holland Rogers & Jeremy Robert Johnson

"My Knife Collection" by Jeff Strand

"Case White" by Thomas Sullivan

"Some of These Cons go way Back" by Simon R. Green

"Conversations Kill" by Tim Waggoner

"Taipusan" by Eric Brown

Non-Fiction

"A Conversation with Thomas Tessier" by Sam W. Anderson

"A Conversation with Ray Garton" by Michael McCarty & Pamela Briggs

"New Voices: A Conversation with Jeff Strand" by Steve Vernon

"A Conversation with Tananarive Due" by Michael Lohr

"A Conversation with Jeff Long" by Cristopher DeRose & Michael McCarty

"A Conversation with Glenn Chadbourne" by Rick Hautala

The Usual Suspects

"Words from the Editors" by Robert Morrish & Richard Chizmar

"The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association" by Thomas F. Monteleone

"Stephen King News: From The Dead Zone" by Bev Vincent

"MediaDrome" by Michael Marano

"Collecting Modern Horror" by John Pelan

"CD Reviews" by Various

To say the feedback from our customers about our Kindle experiment was overwhelmingly positive would be an understatement. In fact, we heard from so many happy customers that we decided to quickly put together another eBook to celebrate Earth Day. (Think of it as a "Save a Tree, Read an eBook" promotion!)

"Cages" by Ed Gorman originally appeared in The Earth Strikes Back edited by Richard Chizmar, and we're pleased to be bringing this story back to the masses in electronic form.

About the Story:
This classic Ed Gorman short story is a terrifying look into a possible future that might just be right around the corner. It's a bleak tale and should not be read by those with sensitive tastes. As the author notes, "I submitted it to an editor I really admire and she really liked it and battled for months with the publisher to let her run it. But he said, 'This story will cost us subscribers.' And you know, I think he was probably right." Cemetery Dance Publications is very pleased to be making this gritty tale available again to the masses.

While you're at the Amazon site, don't forget that these three Cemetery Dance eBooks are still available:

This morning we received the final manuscript from Brian and it's every bit as chilling and thrilling as we expected from the earlier drafts. The manuscript is headed to our best copyeditor and then it'll be rushed to the designer. After two rounds of proofreading, plus Brian's approval of the final design, we'll have it ready for the printer.

We're doing everything we can to speed this title through the process. Keith Minnion started working on the interior artwork using a rough draft of the manuscript, and today we want to show off one of the pieces he already turned in on the product page. There's a small version to the right, but be sure to visit The Cage page to really see all of the detail.

Copies of this title are running very low, and we're now right on track to publish the book later this year (along with 3 other surprise additions to the Novella Series that haven't been announced yet) so now is the time to place your order!

Booklist will be reviewing Shivers V edited by Richard Chizmar in an upcoming issue, and they've given us a sneak peek. But beware, there may be some SPOILERS in here! We'll bold the key points below in case you don't want to risk reading the full review:

"As the editor of horror fiction’s flagship periodical, Cemetery Dance, Chizmar has developed such a keen eye for talent that each new Shivers anthology is an event worth celebrating. As in previous editions, Chizmar avoids a single-theme approach in favor of casting the widest possible net over the genre’s many thematic and stylistic offerings. The best of the bunch here take common fantasy and horror motifs and morph them into fascinating new variations. For David Lynch-style horror, there’s Norman Prentiss’ “The Albright Sextuplets,” recounting a deliveryman’s discovery of a monstrously deformed baby hidden from the limelight in a celebrity sextuplet family. For edge-of-the-seat suspense, there’s Robert Morrish’s “Each Step I Take Is in Darkness,” about a spelunker’s encounter with the malevolent creatures inhabiting a Mexican cave. Scott Nicholson’s darkly humorous “Good Fences” puts two neighbors’ feud over fences into the category of subtle murder mystery. The volume’s 24 entries also include poetry, fractured fairy tales, and a serial killer’s reminiscences. Once again, Shivers serves as a showcase for the horror genre’s best craftsmen."
— Carl Hays, Booklist

"The title of INVASION suggests a new or recent influx of Brits, where in reality, as Stephen Volk notes in his introduction, they were there first. The UK invented horror. Witness Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, H.G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, M.R. James and so on — British one and all. This collection focuses on the current crop, however, and while its member may not achieve the heights of their forefathers, there’s no mistaking there’s talent here... In my opinion, the best story is right up front, with Gord Rollo’s 'Lost in a Field of Paper Flowers,' in which a teenage boy is abused so roughly by his father that it puts him in a coma. With the help of someone the kid meets in his catatonic state, revenge on not-so-dear old Dad is rightly achieved, in a twist end that chills."
-- Rod Lott, bookgasm.com

Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King
2 Pieces of Original Color Artwork Up For Bidding -- ENDS TODAY!
Stephen King and Glenn Chadbourne Fans Take Note! RARE Collectibles!

Sorry, both of these sold! Customer Allen J bought the front cover for $650 and the back cover for $670! Thanks to everyone who made an offer!

After much discussion, we went to one of our favorite authors, James A. Moore, with an idea: releasing his two recent (and out of print) Cemetery Dance short story eBooks and his full-length novel Harvest Moon on the Kindle, just to see how readers responded.

Jim was very enthusiastic about trying something new, so today we're pleased to announce you can purchase "Home For the Holidays" and "The Walker Place" and Harvest Moon by James A. Moore for your Kindle, iPhone, or iPod Touch! Amazon is even discounting all three of these eBooks by 20%, although we don't know how long that offer is going to last since we have no control over their promotional discount. Click on the appropriate cover below to visit the Amazon purchase page for each of these titles:

These are not available through any other website, and as we said, this is just an experiment to test the Kindle market. We have no plans at this time to release any other eBooks at this time, but we welcome feedback from our customers and collectors on their experience with these three eBooks and their thoughts on future releases. Please feel free to send your comments to Brian Freeman: brianfreeman@cemeterydance.com

And as always, thanks for your continuing support!will alter the course of the novel, setting in motion a series of astonishing, ultimately catastrophic events.

Mister Slaughter is at once a classic portrait of an archetypal serial killer and an exquisitely detailed account of a fledgling nation still in the process of inventing itself. Suspenseful, illuminating, never less than compulsively readable, it is, by any measure, an extraordinary achievement, the largest accomplishment to date from one of our most gifted--and necessary--writers.

The Subterranean Press edition of Mister Slaughter is the only version currently under contract.

(Since this is another publisher's book, we have to charge our regular shipping fees. No coupons, discounts, Gift Certificates, Savings Certificates, or store credit of any kind can be used on this special offer due to the low discount we'll be receiving.)

Mark Sieber has been running the Horror Drive-In website for a couple of years now and the message board there quickly became one of our favorite places to hang out and discuss books and movies. Recently Mark and Andrew Monge started adding original fiction to the website, and if you go to the new fiction section right now, you'll find Brian Freeman's brand new short story, "Where Sunlight Sleeps," along with an interview where Brian discusses his new (unannounced) novella and how he found himself working at Cemetery Dance Publications, among other topics.

Lilja's Library: The World of Stephen King
a massive book about Stephen King and his works by Hans-Ake Lilja
illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne

For over a decade now, Lilja has been one of the leading voices on the Internet when it comes to covering and reporting on Stephen King's books and movies. His website, Lilja's Library, is the die-hard fan's source for information about new King projects and breaking news, but Lilja has also featured his own in-depth reviews and interviews with many of the most important people in King's world, including Stephen King himself.

The Poker Club (DVD)
Based on the acclaimed novel by Ed Gorman!
screenplay written by Richard Chizmar and Johnathon Schaech
SPECIAL SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY FROM CEMETERY DANCE!

For years, Aaron Tyler (Johnathon Schaech, Quarantine, Prom Night) has been getting together with his three best friends on Monday nights to play poker. But tonight, everything is about to change forever when the men accidentally kill a burglar who's broken into Aaron's house. Fearing the consequences, Aaron and his friends dispose of the corpse and agree to take the secret to their graves. However, they soon discover that someone knows what they've done and is now playing a murderous game of revenge with them in this horrifying new thriller based on the novel by Ed Gorman.

CEMETERY DANCE EXCLUSIVE OFFER:
For a LIMITED TIME ONLY, copies pre-ordered from Cemetery Dance will be signed by Richard Chizmar, Johnathon Schaech, and author Ed Gorman!

(Since this is another company's item, we have to charge our normal shipping rates. No coupons or discounts or credit of any kind can be used on this special offer due to the low discount we'll be receiving. These are sold on a first come, first served basis. Because these will be opened and signed, we cannot accept returns for this item.)

All US Orders for
Got to Kill Them All and Stephen King: The Non-Fiction
Shipped Last Week!

All of the domestic orders for Got to Kill Them All by Dennis Etchison and Stephen King: The Non-Fiction by Rocky Wood and Justin Brooks shipped last week, and the non-US orders are working their way to the post office.

Now would be an excellent time to place your order if you didn't reserve your copy already. We haven't filled our distributor orders for either title yet because we had so many pre-orders to ship last week, so place your order now if you don't want to miss out on what everyone else is reading!

Cemetery Dance #60 is cruising along at the printer and is right on schedule to ship this month as planned. As you may already know, this is Bob Morrish's last issue as editor and designer, but he won't be leaving the CD family. His acclaimed Spotlight on Publishing column is still going strong, with the next installment to appear in Cemetery Dance #61.

Speaking of that issue, it is also moving along right on schedule. We've now seen the new design and it's really incredible. In fact, we were so impressed that we showed the new look for the cover and the interior to our newsstand distributors, and they've all bumped their orders by as many as 1,000 additional copies starting with #61! We'll be posting the amazing cover artwork and table of contents for #61 after #60 has started to ship. Stay tuned for details!

Cover Artist: Stacy Drum
Interior Artists: Zach McCain, Tom Moran, Will Renfro, Nicola Robinson, Chad Savage, Shane Smith
Page Count: 128

Fiction

"The Woman in the Club Car" by Thomas Tessier

"Living by the Highway" by Daniel G. Keohane

"The Devil Came to Mamie's on Hallowe'en" by Lisa Morton

"Faded into Impalpability" by Bruce Holland Rogers & Jeremy Robert Johnson

"My Knife Collection" by Jeff Strand

"Case White" by Thomas Sullivan

"Some of These Cons go way Back" by Simon R. Green

"Conversations Kill" by Tim Waggoner

"Taipusan" by Eric Brown

Non-Fiction

"A Conversation with Thomas Tessier" by Sam W. Anderson

"A Conversation with Ray Garton" by Michael McCarty & Pamela Briggs

"New Voices: A Conversation with Jeff Strand" by Steve Vernon

"A Conversation with Tananarive Due" by Michael Lohr

"A Conversation with Jeff Long" by Cristopher DeRose & Michael McCarty

"A Conversation with Glenn Chadbourne" by Rick Hautala

The Usual Suspects

"Words from the Editors" by Robert Morrish & Richard Chizmar

"The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association" by Thomas F. Monteleone

"Stephen King News: From The Dead Zone" by Bev Vincent

"MediaDrome" by Michael Marano

"Collecting Modern Horror" by John Pelan

"CD Reviews" by Various

Booklist and The Green Man Review on
Midnight Grinding & Other Twilight Terrors
by Ronald Kelly

"Every seasoned horror fan is familiar with the genre's stylistic extremes, from cerebral suspense to in-your-face mayhem. With several novels featuring demons, werewolves, and plenty of gore to his credit, Kelly has proven himself a stalwart disciple of the latter category. In his first collection of stories, the titles 'Blood Suede Shoes,' and 'Depravity Road' introduce gruesome tales about serial killers, flesh-eating caterpillars, and snakelike newborn children. Since Kelly's specialty is 'southern-fried' horror, many of the tales take place in and around Kentucky and Tennessee, amid swamplands and tobacco farms. An entomologist tours a remote bayou, becoming entangled in the web of a giant, flesh-eating spider. A corn-shucking ceremony in the rural South turns deadly for a young farmer who kisses the wrong dance partner. The dystopian 'Bookmarks' describes a future America run by a Bible belt fundamentalist preacher, in which a horror writer (Kelly's alter ego, no doubt) is imprisoned for his novels. Kelly's flair for imaginatively macabre scenarios yields a juicy compendium of nightmare-inducing gems."
— Booklist

"Ronald Kelly is a storyteller, plain and simple, and with Midnight Grinding, he proves that plain and simple is just plain old good. Here's hoping that he jumps back in to writing horror fiction with both feet. He'll need to, once horror fans get a sample of his work and start clamoring for more."
—Denise Dutton, The Green Man Review

Brand New Announcement:
Smoke and Mirrors edited by Richard Chizmar
featuring Neil Gaiman, William Peter Blatty, Stewart O'Nan, Frank Darabont, William F. Nolan, Joe Hill, Brian Keene & Michael Oliveri, Poppy Z. Brite, Kealan Patrick Burke, Mick Garris, Ray Garton, and Joe R. Lansdale!
The Signed Editions Won't Last Long!

Cemetery Dance Publications is proud to announce Smoke and Mirrors, a collection of screenplays, teleplays, stage plays, comic scripts, and treatments by thirteen masters of horror and fantasy. This deluxe oversized book reproduces the scripts exactly as they were written in the author's own formatting.

Just a few of the highlights include a never before seen comic script from Joe Hill; two rare teleplays from Frank Darabont; an original, never filmed full-length screenplay by Mick Garris; a rare teleplay and treatment by William Peter Blatty; Neil Gaiman's original take on an H.G. Wells' short story; Joe R. Lansdale's stage adaptation of one of his legendary short stories; and much, much more!

This Cemetery Dance Publications special edition is a World's First and there are no other editions planned at this time, so place your order today if you don't want to miss out!

About the Book:
Tales of horror and the fantastic have been told in many ways over the centuries -- around the campfire, in books and movies, and even on television -- but no form is quite so visceral and direct as the script.

Whether it's a stage play, a feature film screenplay, or the script for a classic horror comic, these fourteen acclaimed authors aren't just putting black text on a white page. The writing may seem clean and simple at first, but the authors are actually creating worlds; they're luring you into their creations and before you know it, there's no way out. You're part of the story and you have to keep turning the pages until you reach "The End" or "Fade Out." The big question is: will you survive to see the final curtain call?

Come now, take your seat, and let the show begin. You have nothing to fear but your own imagination.

Featuring:
Neil Gaiman
William Peter Blatty
Stewart O'Nan
Frank Darabont
William F. Nolan
Joe Hill
Brian Keene & Michael Oliveri
Poppy Z. Brite
Kealan Patrick Burke
Mick Garris
Ray Garton
Joe R. Lansdale

"Chizmar's fifth Shivers compilation, the best to date, features 24 stories and poems notable for their thematic breadth. In Steve Vernon's lyrical "The Forever Long Snake of Olan Walker," a superbly creepy period gothic, an imprisoned conjure man gets his nasty revenge against an Alabama chain-gang work farm boss. Dark suspense offerings range from Sarah Langan's gritty and gruesome "The Burn Victim" to Scott Nicholson's wryly macabre "Good Fences." Other standouts include a fractured fairy tale from Al Sarrantonio ("The Cookie Man"), a dark riff on Dickens from Chet Williamson ("Marley's Cat") and a disturbing look into a murderously unhinged mind by Stewart O'Nan ("Summer of '77"). The variety of the contents ensures that there is something for every horror lover, and for the most part these tales deliver the shivers they promise."

"William Peter Blatty, author of “The Exorcist”, returns to the horror genre with a story that is more subtle than that classic novel, but by no means less powerful. This is a story in the vein of Shirley Jackson’s “The Haunting” or Richard Matheson’s “Hell House” in that the horror and atmosphere build slowly as psychological stress builds upon the inhabitants... It’s a classic haunted house mood with strange sounds and apparitions. Blatty is so skillful at working his spell upon the characters that you are not sure whether they are really seeing and hearing ghosts, or if their sanity is breaking down... Blatty throws numerous curveballs at the reader and saves his best pitch for the book’s shocking climax that every good horror book should have. A quick read but one that is perfect for a dark and stormy night…or a bright sunny day, whichever you prefer!"

"...the author of one of history's most popular horror novels, subsequent made into a blockbuster film, The Exorcist, is back to scare you all over again with Elsewhere, a chilling haunted house tale... Dark humor suffuses this tale of terror and misdirection where the only thing that can be believed is that 'Dead people lie. They're just people'. Disturbing full-page interior illustrations leap out at the reader like bogeymen, and the evocative cover photograph by award-winning photographer Bruce Haley exudes a sense of the dread awaiting the reader within."

Got To Kill Them All
by Dennis Etchison
Signed Limited Edition Shipping This Week!

We just heard from our printer that Got to Kill Them All by Dennis Etchison will be shipping this week, so place your order now so you don't miss out! This is a collection of the darkest and nastiest Etchison stories, so if you love horrific tales of terror, you need this book in your personal library!

Table of Contents:
Foreword
Introduction by George Clayton Johnson
Sitting In The Corner, Whimpering Quietly
The Walking Man
The Pitch
You Can Go Now
Today's Special
Call Home
The Machine Demands A Sacrifice
On The Pike
White Moon Rising
The Scar
The Detailer
Home Call
Red Dog Down
One Of Us
In a Silent Way
My Present Wife
No One You Know
Got to Kill Them All

Reviews & Praise:
"This bare-bones collection of 18 reprints, spanning 40 years of World Fantasy Award–winner Etchison's career, delves deep into personal terrors. Starting off with "Sitting in the Corner, Whimpering Quietly," a stark account of an unpleasant encounter in a Laundromat, Etchison uses quick strokes of prose, at times overly sparse, to paint eerie scenes of sharp violence and deep unease. There are moments when a controlled burst of staccato sentences serves the story perfectly, as in "The Walking Man," where desultory bar chitchat takes an abrupt turn for the macabre. Etchison writes a loudmouthed salesman in "The Pitch" as easily as a lost little girl in "Call Home," though at times his desire to focus only on the moment can loosen his grasp on the individual settings he wants to create. The title story caps off the collection with a brutally exquisite showing of what Etchison does best: creating a tone and wielding it like an edged weapon."
— Publishers Weekly

When CD approached me about doing this piece on how-to writing books, I first asked, "Why?" Their response was "Why not? We'll pay you." After the quick dismissal of all that philosophical baggage, I then asked, "Are you sure you want someone who doesn't write fiction?" Again, they soothed me: "That's exactly what we want, just do a survey, and throw in a bit of opinion, and viola!" So, first understand that fact: I don't write fiction, I write about fiction, and so read this type of book primarily for biographical info on the writers I enjoy, and then to see what I can learn about writing that might inform my reviews and interviews (ok, and maybe a little to see if I could actually do it some day, a temptation I've so far happily resisted—like Helen Holm of The World According to Garp, I seem to be a reader by inclination). That said, here comes the first pronouncement. It is my firmly held belief that:

YOU CAN'T LEARN TO WRITE BY READING A HOW-TO BOOK ON WRITING, YOU CAN ONLY LEARN WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING.

That's the skinny, the unvarnished truth. Any published writer worth his or her salt will confirm this: it's like diet pills, or get-rich-quick schemes, or playing Beethoven to your baby to insure he becomes a genius, and all that other mystical, magical, pseudo-scientific hogwash that we all instinctually long to believe in: nothing comes for free, especially publishable prose. Most agree that becoming a proficient writer comes only through hard work, determination, and, perhaps most important of all, persistence. No magic wands, no magic bullets, just good old, mundane, endurance.

Stephen King: The Non-Fiction
600+ Oversized Pages of the Most Comprehensive Review of Stephen King's Non-Fiction Works Ever!
Signed and Slipcased Deluxe Limited Edition Shipping Next Week!
Includes The Complete Text of a Rare Stephen King Essay!

PLEASE NOTE: We have hundreds and hundreds of retailer and distributor orders due to the inclusion of the complete text of a very rare Stephen King essay in the book, but we will ship to our DIRECT customers before we fill those orders, so if you want to make sure you don't miss out, place your order today! It's possible Amazon and some of the other big chains will not be sent copies.

Stephen King: The Non-Fiction is the first significant review of King's Non-Fiction. Most fans and readers know King has written three non-fiction books and may have noticed his introductions and Author's Notes to his own works, but few know of his hundreds of columns, articles, book reviews and criticism.

Stephen King: The Non-Fiction fills all the gaps, providing significant detail on each of the most significant of these non-fiction works, and a review of every other piece!

Stephen King: The Non-Fiction reveals for the first time dozens of pieces of non-fiction and their appearances that were previously unknown to King researchers.

Among new pieces reviewed in the book are:
* Two previously unknown King pieces from his high school days - sports reporting in the Lisbon Enterprise (these are not the articles King describes in On Writing); and a King non-fiction piece from his high school newspaper The Drum; along with the fascinating story of their rediscovery by the authors

* Previously unknown pieces from The Maine Campus, such as a review of the Spring 1969 issue of Ubris (in which King published the first version of Night Surf, the precursor to The Stand); an amazing movie review; and letters to the editor (many highly amusing)

* Nine unpublished pieces of non-fiction reviewed in detail, including pieces held in the Restricted Boxes of King's papers at the University of Maine - for the first time anywhere the authors describe these works in detail

* Introductions to the work of other authors; and book reviews published in unusual venues

* Comprehensive reviews of King's non-fiction in the Bangor Daily News and other Maine newspapers, some of it controversial

* Working from the original sources Wood and Brooks also identified and corrected numerous errors in the previous reporting of material - incorrect titles, dates, pagination and even publication information

Stephen King: The Non-Fiction is going to be a must-have for every Stephen King collector, and we expect it to sell very quickly! Don't miss your chance to grab a copy at the regular retail price!

Douglas Clegg is hard at work on Mr. Darkness, his sold out entry in the Cemetery Dance Signature Series, and this week he sent us an updated description and the first excerpt from the opening of the book:

About the Book:
Mina and her brother Leo live with their ailing father beneath the Excelsior Hotel on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, down in a bunker near the subway tunnels. To survive, they rob from the rich and give to the poor -- themselves. One winter's day, on a foray through the subway platforms to find a "Sherwood" for their Robin Hood game, Mina meets the mysterious man she calls Mr. Darkness.

He lives far beneath Manhattan's subway, in an area of absolute wonder -- and terror -- called Deep City. And she finds herself drawn to him, and to the well-like entrance of a forbidden underworld populated by creatures unseen in the light.

Free Excerpt:

When you're older, you draw the map, retrace the steps, and find the cliff's edge again and wonder: would anyone ever jump if they knew how far down it went?

If she could talk, she'd tell you all. I bet she knows the Throat of Manhattan -- that cavernous well that drops to the pitch black boulevards of Deep City. I bet she knows the inhabitants of the lightless world -- who exist below the squalid tunnels of the city -- those people who are less than human (some say) because they've lived for generations in the dark.

There she is now -- see her? Sitting in her wheelchair, far from the subway platform, half in shadow, half in light. Old beyond years. Shriveled. Her eyes, clouded. Her lips curled slightly in an unintended snarl.

What does she think when she watches that girl -- does she remember being young?

Haversham is all white hair and translucent wrinkled skin; her hands, scored with the lines and veins of old age; she makes strange movements with her hands when the arthritis doesn't knot them up as if they're snakes wriggling in mid-air.

But who is she, really? -- when the lights go out and her whisper is against your cheek. Do you smell her sour milk breath? Do you feel her curled hand reaching toward you as if she wants you to listen?

Do you really want to know what's inside that plain shoebox, what secret she's keeping? Does it hold photos of her youth -- or wads of dollar bills -- or even the brown shoes she once went dancing in when she could walk?

Haversham, with her little knit blanket and flower-print dress and scrawny bird-head and the way she tries to speak, but can't seem to form the words she wants to say -- almost as if she doesn't know language anymore.

My name is Mina, and my brother's name is Leo. Leo mostly raised me -- even though he's just a year older than me, he managed to be cook, thief, nurse and even my protector. Our father could do none of this.

Our father is Howard and he's blind and prone to fevers and muscle pains. Our mother -- Marguerite -- died when I was young.

In those days, we lived under Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, but not so far down that we are in Deep City. That's important to know, because it means we're still above the darkest part of the underworld that opens beneath Macy's and Saks and Bloomingdales and, yes, even the Excelsior Hotel off of Sixth Avenue.

We fell through some cracks, once upon a time. My father feels we jumped, but I think we were shoved.

Under the Dome
the epic new novel by Stephen King!
1,100+ Pages In Hardcover

As our newsletter subscribers already know, Scribner has added the new Stephen King novel, Under the Dome, to their 2009 publication list, and we've just received the sales copy for this huge new novel:

"On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s Mills, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as 'the dome' comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when—or if—it will go away.

Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens—town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician’s assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing—even murder—to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out."

Obviously this is going to be the kind of epic King novel we haven't seen in a long time, so use the link below to place your preorder today!

Click here to place your order for this epic new Stephen King novel!

(Since this is another publisher's book and we expect it to have a higher than normal shipping charge, we have to charge $8 for US shipping. No coupons, discounts, Gift Certificates, Savings Certificates, or store credit of any kind can be used on this special offer due to the low discount we'll be receiving.)

And the winners of the Screamplays edited by Richard Chizmar and Martin H. Greenberg raffle are:

$500 Cemetery Dance certificate -- Mary L
DARK FORCES limited edition -- Kyle C
The Secretary of Dreams Volume 2 review copy -- Lorraine E
Screamplays Lettered Edition -- Jason K

Everyone who entered will receive three free issues of Cemetery Dance magazine, starting with issue #60! Congrats to the winners and thanks to everyone who entered!

Last Chance for the
In Laymon's Terms slipcased Limited Edition
signed by nearly 50 authors!

We're down to our last FIVE copies of the In Laymon's Terms signed and slipcased Limited Edition, which is limited to just 400 numbered copies signed by Kelly Laymon, Simon Clark, Richard Chizmar, Jack Ketchum, Brian Keene, Geoff Cooper, Donn Gash, Edward Lee, John Urbancik, Ryan Harding, Brent Zirnheld, Bob Morrish, Holly Newstein, Brian Freeman, Steve Gerlach, Brett McBean, Gina Osnovich, Norman Partridge, Rain Graves, Jonathan Torres, Jackie Mitchell, Tom Piccirilli, John Pelan, Mike Oliveri, Mike McCarthy, Mark McLaughlin, Adam Pepper, Ralph Bieber, Patricia Macomber, James Futch, Robert Freese, Bill Carl, Mark Justice, Bryan Smith, Jim Hillman, Nicole Cushing, Regina Mitchell, Mike Huyck, Ron Clinton, Matt Johnson, Alan Beatts, Weston Ochse, and Don D'Auria.

These last copies are being sold on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED basis so don't wait to grab your copy if you haven't ordered one already!

We've just received word from Brian Keene that he's making good progress on The Cage, but there are some elements in the second half he wants to work on some more. Personally, we'd rather he take his time and turn in the novella as he envisions it instead of rushing to meet a deadline, so we told him to take his time.

We know some fans will be disappointed that the book will take a while longer, but it won't be too much longer until we have the manuscript and we think the readers will agree it was worth the wait. What we've already read is some of Brian's best writing and storytelling to date -- people are going to be talking about this one for years to come!

In addition, Keith Minnion is already hard at work on the interior artwork and the plan is to have that artwork ready for the book's designer as soon as the manuscript is finished.

Finally, Gail Cross has turned in her design for the front cover, which you can see to the right.

In case your new to the list, here's some additional information about the book:

For the employees of Big Bill's Home Electronics, it's just the end of another workday—until a gunman bursts into the stores and begins shooting. Now, with some of their co-workers dead, the hostages are being slaughtered one-by-one, and if they want to survive the night, they'll have to escape... The Cage.

Grave Tales #6
Featuring Joe Hill, Robert Morrish, Glenn Chadbourne,
Ray Garton, and more!
In-Stock and Shipping Now!

FREDDY WERTHAM GOES TO HELL
Story & Adaptation by Joe Hill
Art by Seth Fisher and Langdon Foss

JUNKYARD OF THE DAMNED
Story by Robert Morrish
Art & Adaptation by Glenn Chadbourne

SOMETHING HORRIBLE: a new short story by Ray Garton

"I think it started back in the mid 80s with Barry Malzberg's The Engines of the Night. As I read through the essays, I noticed a paucity of commas—conspicuous by their absence from introductory clauses and elsewhere in the text. Since Barry was (and is) more conscious than most about style, I figured they were MIA by design. So I paid attention and realized I didn't miss them. In fact, the prose flowed more swiftly and surely than it might have with them in place.

So I began dropping certain commas in my fiction, experimenting with short stories first, then with a novel. I forget which book it was—Black Wind, perhaps—but I remember receiving the copyedited ms and discovering that the editor had added back all the commas I'd left out. Ack. I think it might have been Black Wind because I remember referring to the editor as a commakaze (sorry, but it’s true). So I had to go through the entire ms and remove those commas."

We thought all of the Ed Gorman fans out there would want to see the new trailer for The Poker Club, adapted from the classic Ed Gorman novel of the same title!

Stephen King's New Novella, Bag of Bones Movie, and More!
Are You Reading the Dead Zone?

• This weekend's issue of USA Weekend magazine features a King cover story, 35 Scary Years with Stephen King.

• There's an article where King's agent, Ralph Vicinanza, discusses the new King novella, "Ur."

• "Ur." is now available for iPhone users, too, but not for general audiences yet.

• Director Mick Garris and producer Mark Sennet met with Maine Governor John Baldacci last week to discuss the possibility of filming Bag of Bones in Maine...

• Interviews with Robin Furth and Tony Shasteen from New York Comic Con have been posted and they discuss the Del Ray graphic adaptation of The Talisman.

• There have been reports of an Issue 0 installment of The Talisman comic featuring an episode that does not appear in the book itself, but serves as a prequel to the whole story.

VERY Important In Laymon's Terms Update:
140 Pages of Top Secret Richard Laymon Rarities and Fan Favorites Announced!

Today we have several VERY important updates for every Richard Laymon fan and collector.

First, we've received Kelly Laymon's introduction ("Out with a Bang: Bare Feet and Bloody Gunshot Wounds") for In Laymon's Terms and it's every bit as touching and funny as you would expect. We don't want to ruin the surprise, but this introduction is a fitting way to start this very special volume. The piece is being copyedited right now and the designer will add it to the book next week. After that, we're going to give everything one last proofread, just to be safe, and then the book will go to the printer in the very next available slot.

In other In Laymon's Terms news, we have some Top Secret information we're finally going to divulge after years of keeping it quiet. We worked with Ann Laymon on a special "mini-collection" of Richard Laymon material to include right in the middle of In Laymon's Terms to make this anthology an even better gift for his fans and collectors. Not just one story or an essay, but nearly 140 pages of rare Laymon material and fan favorites! This section was going to be a "surprise addition" to the book for readers to discover when their copy arrived later this year, but since a lot of fans have been asking, we decided we should officially announce the inclusion of this material now to prevent any confusion.

With Ann's permission, we selected several pieces that Laymon fans are always asking us about while Ann went through her files and found some extremely rare writings that most Laymon fans have never heard of, let alone read. This includes material from Laymon's college days, early short story sales, and even a small 'zine that he wrote, edited, and self-published out of his home in the early 1970s. In addition, Ann personally selected 17 pages of photos from the family's private photo albums to show a different side of our favorite author.

Here is the content list of this special addition to In Laymon's Terms, and again, please keep in mind that you're already receiving this if you preordered the book -- you don't have to do anything else or place a new order.

Rarities And Fan Favorites:
* Dick's College Poems (1960s) -- scanned and printed exactly as he typed them, including some handwritten corrections
* "Desert Pickup" by Richard Laymon (1970) -- his first professional sale
* "Smoker's Blend" -- two issues written, designed, and edited by Richard Laymon, reproduced in full exactly as they were published (1971)
* "Immediate Opening" by Richard Laymon (1979)
* "Cuts!" by Richard Laymon -- a novelette (1985)
* "Mystery Scene Interview With Author Richard Laymon" by Ed Gorman (1995)
* "Herman" by Richard Laymon (1996)
* "Boo" by Richard Laymon (2000)
* "Pick-Up on Highway One" by Richard Laymon (2001)
* "On The Set of Vampire Night" by Richard Laymon (2001)
* 17 Page Photo Album collected by Ann Laymon from the family's personal albums

For the complete table of contents, visit the In Laymon's Terms page on our website.

*** IMPORTANT NOTE FOR COLLECTORS:
We're down to our last handful of copies of the In Laymon's Terms signed and slipcased Limited Edition, which is limited to just 400 numbered copies signed by Jack Ketchum, Brian Keene, Geoff Cooper, Simon Clark, Don D'Auria, Kelly Laymon, Richard Chizmar, Edward Lee, John Urbancik, Bob Morrish, Steve Gerlach, Brett McBean, Gina Osnovich, Norman Partridge, Rain Graves, Jonathan Torres, Jackie Mitchell, Tom Piccirilli, John Pelan, Mike Oliveri, Mike McCarthy, Mark McLaughlin, Adam Pepper, Mark Justice, Bryan Smith, Jim Hillman, Nicole Cushing, Regina Mitchell, Mike Huyck, Ron Clinton, Matt Johnson, Alan Beatts, Weston Ochse, and many others!

These last copies are being sold on a FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED basis so don't wait to grab your copy if you haven't ordered one already:

Please be aware that the "Richard Laymon Rarities and Fan Favorites" will be in all three editions, so if you've already ordered a copy of any edition, you're good to go. But for collectors, this signed Limited Edition is the one to get!

Thanks again for all of your support and patience with this project. It's taken longer than anyone ever expected, but we think Dick would be proud of all of the hard work the contributors and everyone involved has put into this labor of love.

Screamplays
edited by Richard Chizmar and Martin H. Greenberg
Introduction by Dean Koontz
cover artwork by Les Edwards

Cemetery Dance Publications is proud to announce the world's first deluxe hardcover edition of this acclaimed anthology! In addition to being a beautiful and collectible hardcover, this editon will feature interior artwork from some of the top artists working in the genre today.

Includes a fascinating introduction on fright films by #1 bestselling author Dean Koontz.

The first reviews are coming in for Shivers V and we couldn't be more pleased! Here's a sample:

"The book runs the gamut from subtle horror that sneaks up on the reader to stories that have all the subtlety of a swift kick in the nuts. In my humble opinion, this is why the Shivers series has enjoyed so much success over the years — there's something for everyone... Shivers V is another winner — a book that every horror fan should own. It easily earns an 8 out of 10 for its combination of great authors, powerful stories, and cheap price tag."
— Andrew Monge, The Horror Drive-In

In addition, it is the fastest selling volume in the series to date, with over 300 direct orders received in the first couple of weeks alone! That doesn't count retailers or distributors.

Shivers V contains over twenty short stories from today's most popular authors including Stewart O'Nan, Graham Masterton, Mick Garris, Chet Williamson, Simon Clark, R. Patrick Gates, Ronald Kelly, John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow, Al Sarrantonio, Rick Hautala, Kealan Patrick Burke, Robin Furth, Nick Mamatas, Scott Nicholson, Del James, and many others!

Featuring original dark fiction with a handful of rare reprints, Shivers V is available only as a beautiful perfect-bound trade paperback. Copies are in-stock now and ready to ship, so don't wait to place your order!

Norman Prentiss's role as Associate Editor of Cemetery Dance magazine is growing every day. Starting with CD #61, he'll be coordinating and editing all of the columnists and he's also working with our new Review Section editor to create a schedule and completely re-invent the section. In addition, his own writing is attracting much deserved acclaim and his first book will be published later this year.

NP: I’ve been writing since fifth or sixth grade, but have had a lot of “career changes” along the way. My kid stuff was horror (in chapters with cliffhangers, like movie serials), and I wrote EC and Creepy-inspired stories into college, where I attempted some realistic fiction (a passing phase, I guess!). After college I had a long detour into academia, with a few published essays on the gothic novel and Thomas Hardy; then a shift into poetry, often with a darkly humorous tone. The real turning point for me was the first Horrorfind convention in 2001. There was a free copy of Cemetery Dance issue 35 in the goodie bag, and a CD hardback of Laymon’s The Traveling Vampire Show—that was definitely the most life-changing set of freebies I’ve every received! Plus, the convention had tons of readings and panels by great authors, and I thought, this is the writing I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid—why not go back to it?

NP: I’ve been the first reader for most of the fiction submissions for about two and a half years, and I really enjoy that (the magazine gets a good quality of submissions, overall!). We’re temporarily closed to fiction submissions for 2009—to catch up on our backlog of accepted stories—and I’m concentrating my efforts on the non-fiction elements of the magazine. Now I’m working with the columnists—helping to firm up each issue’s Table of Contents, reminding people about deadlines, formatting the final text for the designer—and also working with our new Reviews Editor.

CD: What do you think readers will like most about the changes to Cemetery Dance magazine starting with CD #61?

NP: It’s a really good mix of what people have always loved about the magazine—returning columns by Bev Vincent, Tom Monteleone, Michael Marano, and Robert Morrish—combined with some new additions. Don D’Auria of Leisure Books will contribute a column that gives us a behind-the-scenes look at editing his mass market line ofhorror novels; editor Ellen Datlow willshare her critical insights as well, commenting recent books she’s read. Mark Sieber of the Horror Drive-In site will represent the fan’s perspective, with his distinctive blend of nostalgia and appreciation for today’s trends—and he’ll consider films and books. I’m also very pleased that Ed Gorman will be returning with a regular column. His “Gormania” ran for many years in Cemetery Dance, and I hope his “Fine Points” column runs for a long time, too!

CD: Your first novella, Invisible Fences, will be out later this year from Cemetery Dance. What can you tell us about it?

NP: The first part of the book is a coming-of-age tale, about a narrator whose parents often went too far with their “cautionary tales.” As an adult, the character tends to avoid any dangerous situations—but he isn’t entirely successful, of course, and eventually it becomes a haunted house story, of a sorts. In many ways, the book is a tribute to my parents, who bought me those horror comics and movies when I was little, and let me stay up on weekends to watch Count Gore de Vol’s Creature Feature. I still remember how my Dad would summarize his favorite horror movies when I was a kid, and I had to wait years until they showed up on those 4 or 5 local channels we could tune in during those dark days before cable and DVD.

NP: My story “The Albright Sextuplets” just came out in Shivers V, which I’m very excited about, and I’m also really proud of one that’s coming up this spring, “In the Porches of My Ears,” which will appear in PS Publishing’s excellent Postscripts magazine. Other than that, not a lot that I’m allowed to mention yet, but maybe a story in a chapbook or two, and also a kind of collaborative effort that will be very, very cool.

NP: I’m working on a story sequence called “Four Legs in the Morning.” It should be a trilogy, but so far only the first two stories are finished. I also have three novels in various states of completion—I probably should get back to one of those!

NP: My pleasure! By the way, I invite readers to check out my website, www.normanprentiss.com—there’s some free fiction and poetry, and links to my LiveJournal and Message Board.

It's dark. Crickets chirp in the black of night, accompanied by the lonesome call of a whippoorwill. On the front porch of a ramshackle house, pale moonlight reveals two forms in rocking chairs, facing one another. Just you and the storyteller.

You are uneasy at first, a little nervous… but for what reason? After all, they are only tall tales and folklore passed down from generation to generation. Just a bunch of ghost stories and strange yarns conjured up for your entertainment. Or are they? Perhaps, in some dreadful way, they are based more in fact, than in fiction.

You sit there in silence for a long moment. You contemplate making an excuse and taking your leave. But it is too late. In hushed tones, the storyteller begins. The crickets grow disturbingly quiet and the whippoorwill is replaced by the far away howling of a dog. Or something vaguely – and sinisterly – similar.

Then the storytelling session begins. And the darkness about you grows even darker…

The children of an itinerant farm family are secretly terrorized by a deranged handyman with a fetish for stone-honed steel and a deadly question upon his whiskered lips…

A Southern gentleman discovers that his demure and delicate wife suffers from a horrible physical ailment that originates not from without, but within…

An infamous and dangerous gator reigns fear and death upon the dark swamps of Black Bayou and, for one unfortunate Cajun, turns its underwater lair into a watery Hell…

Two Atlanta homicide detectives discover that a recent rash of cold-blooded murders – and the grisly trophies collected from the victims – lead to a horror born of cold winds and insanity…

A popular rockabilly star shares the secret of his sudden rise to fame and the awful price he has paid to attain success…

A prodigal son returns to his hometown to find that nothing has changed… or has it, due to some hidden and forgotten evil from centuries past?

An eager fan of horror films travels cross-country in search of his favorite scream queen, only to find that some infatuations should be left unexplored…

And there are other tales, just as dark and disturbing. Tales that roll off the storyteller's tongue like a smooth and subtle poison… dragging you downward, further downward into the shadowy depths of a dark and disturbing imagination.

In his first short story collection of his long and acclaimed career, Ronald Kelly spins an array of unsavory tales that could only beat in the dark heart of Dixie. Come, have a seat on the ol' front porch and experience the blackness and depravity that lies, hidden but alive, amid the kudzu and magnolias south of the Mason-Dixon Line...

Hell Hollow
by Ronald Kelly
A Massive Original Novel -- 500 Pages of Southern Horror!
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From out of a shadowy backwoods hollow, echoes a dark threat from the past, nearly a century lost and forgotten.

The rural town of Harmony, Tennessee possessed a disturbing secret; a secret so ancient that most of its residents were completely unaware of it. Even the last survivors of a vigilante raid long ago have filed the tragic events of that autumn night away, totally unaware of the evil that remains, dormant, but forever patient, among the tall pines and thick-leaved kudzu of a place known only as Hell Hollow.

There it would have remained, unrevealed, if not for a handful of unknowing participants. Four kids, bored for excitement during one of the hottest summers on record. A killer on the run, dodging his latest atrocity. And a rape victim on a deadly mission – scarred in both body and mind. All have a hand in bringing forth an unspeakable evil from the dark woods of Hell Hollow.

He is a skeletal figure in top hat and tails, brandishing a handful of magical cards and a patented elixir that was brewed in the very depths of Purgatory. And he has returned for what he is owed.

Praise for the Author:
"Ron Kelly is an important talent in the horror field. His work is dark and swift with a Southern accent. Watch for him!
— Joe R. Lansdale

"Kelly writes with a voice and style all his own, and is making a serious move into the top ranks of the genre."
— Mystery Scene

"Kelly writes colorful, cannonading outdoors horror that creeps into the pit of your belly like a fanged muzzle and doesn't let go! It is the best kind of all-out attack of terror, because Kelly does his homework and knows how to make the incredible credible."
— J.N. Williamson

"Ronald Kelly is a remarkable entertainer with a literary voice to match."
— Locus

As you may have read in Richard Chizmar's first "Words From the Publisher" column yesterday, there are some very exciting changes coming for Cemetery Dance magazine. Today we wanted to provide you with more details:

Our two most important goals are getting back on schedule while continuing to present the best combination of horror fiction and non-fiction. As in the past, the magazine is still going to feature 90 to 136 pages of great writing — a terrific value for the $5 cover price — so we're going to keep what's great about the magazine and make the rest even better! The biggest names in the genre are already working on brand new fiction for the next few issues, plus we have great interviews in the works and other cool exclusives you won't read anywhere else.

In fact, the always popular Special Issues are coming back and the first two will be dedicated to two of the biggest names in the genre, Peter Straub and William Peter Blatty. We'll be posting more about the incredible contents of these special issues in the coming months, but we think readers are going to be thrilled with the rarities these authors are making available here for the first time ever.

To meet our goals, we're also adding staff and making other changes to how we distribute the production responsibilities. Here are some of the changes that might be of interest to readers:

Cemetery Dance #60 is Bob Morrish's last issue as the editor, but he isn't going far. He has been shining a “Spotlight on Publishing” since way back in CD #8 (Spring 1991). There have been a lot of changes in the publishing world over the years, both in the New York publishing houses and in the small press, and Morrish will continue to interview key players in genre publishing to keep readers abreast of the latest developments and trends.

Richard Chizmar is, of course, still the Publisher and Executive Editor and has been working with some incredibly talented authors on the contents for the next three issues. He will continue running the magazine and shaping our overall vision and plans for many years to come.

Brian Freeman, who has been coordinating much of the book production for Cemetery Dance Publications these last couple of years, is now also going to be the Managing Editor for the magazine. His duties include working with the editors, the art director, and the authors to keep everyone on schedule, plus conducting the occasional interview. He is also developing a new feature called "The Final Question", which will debut in CD #61.

Norman Prentiss's role as Associate Editor is growing every day. He's coordinating and editing all of the columnists and he's working with our new Review Section editor to create a schedule and completely re-invent the section.

Mindy Jarusek will continue in her role as art director for the magazine, working with both new and established artists. We solicit all our cover and interior artwork directly for each specific story, etc. If you're an artist who is interested in our publications, please see Mindy's guidelines here: http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/Guidelines

Nanci Kalanta, who has spent many years running her excellent website HorrorWorld.org, is the new Review Section editor. She and Norman are already working hard to ensure the reviews are much more timely for our readers. Below you'll find more complete details of our new relationship with Nanci and Horror World.

Kate Freeman, our talented book designer who handles our most complicated projects (such as The Secretary of Dreams, The Devil's Wine, the Signature Series, and dozens of others over the last seven years), will now be designing the magazine. We'll be debuting a brand new look and feel for the magazine with CD #61 that will make the magazine more readable, along with being more attractive on the newsstand and to the "buyers" at the chains who decide how many copies to purchase for each store.

Since the beginning of the year, Andrea Wilson has been learning her new role as Assistant Editor. She's working with authors, copyediting manuscripts, and handling the important paperwork that helps a publication stay on schedule.

And finally, the new Contributing Editors are: Don D'Auria, Ellen Datlow, Ed Gorman, Nanci Kalanta, Michael Marano, Thomas F. Monteleone, Robert Morrish, Mark Sieber, and Bev Vincent.

In addition, there are some big changes and big plans for the Cemetery Dance columnists starting with Cemetery Dance #61:

“News From the Dead Zone” by Bev Vincent is the only feature column devoted to Stephen King, and it only appears in Cemetery Dance magazine. This column features exclusive insider information on all Stephen King news, events, and upcoming projects. Click here for a sample: http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/DEADZONE

“MediaDrone” by Michael Marano offers the kind of movie criticism you won’t find in your local newspaper or Entertainment Weekly. Since issue 35 of Cemetery Dance, he’s offered perceptive, serious reviews of genre movies—praising films that mainstream critics pretend to loathe, or annihilating the latest bloated Hollywood blockbuster. Click here for a sample: http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/MediaDrome

Thomas F. Monteleone’s classic “M.A.F.I.A.” column is the most irreverent, entertaining, and longest-running column in the history of horror and dark fantasy, dealing with all things publishing. Monteleone writes about breaking in, breaking out, being successful, and being a failure-—all in his inimitable, “tell it like it is” style. Click here for a sample:
http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/Mafia

And as mentioned above, Robert Morrish's “Spotlight on Publishing” won't be stopping any time soon.

Don D'Auria publishes 24 mass market horror novels a year as part of Leisure Books’ horror line. Find out how a publisher chooses manuscripts, and works with both established and upcoming genre authors, as D’Auria shares his “Editorial Perspectives” with Cemetery Dance readers, giving them “A View from the Other Side of the Desk.”

To say that Ellen Datlow has read a lot of books and stories would be an understatement. For over 20 years she edited the horror half of St. Martin’s essential Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, and edited numerous original anthologies including Inferno, which recently won the IHG award and World Fantasy Award. Now, in the pages of Cemetery Dance, you’ll find out what Datlow thinks about “The Last 10 Books I’ve Read.”

Ed Gorman’s popular “Gormania” column ran for many years in Cemetery Dance, starting with issue 6 (Fall 1990). This multi-genre author returns to the magazine to explore the “Fine Points.” Whether he’s writing about horror, mystery, or suspense, you can be sure Gorman’s observations will be sharp and insightful.

Some people think the drive-in movie theater is a thing of the past, but Mark Sieber’s “Horror Drive-In” has been one of the Internet’s best-kept secrets since early 2006. Sieber combines nostalgia for the old days of drive-ins and Famous Monsters of Filmland, with a passion for today’s independent films and small press fiction. His column explores the state of the genre, from a true fan’s perspective.

Announcing Review Partnership with Horror World

Cemetery Dance Publications is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Horror World website. Nanci Kalanta, proprietor and editor of Horror World website for five years, has been hired as the Reviews Editor for Cemetery Dance magazine, starting with issue #61.

Nanci will continue her monthly reviews section at Horror World, but she will now have access to all of the review copies submitted to Cemetery Dance every month by small presses, New York publishers, and foreign presses. In addition, thanks to this new partnership, some of the reviews from Horror World will also be selected for appearance in the pages of Cemetery Dance.

There will also be an in-depth “feature” review that will appear only in the magazine—a review of an important new anthology, the latest release by one of our favorite authors, or another notable title of that nature.

Nanci’s roster of reviewers will include regulars from the pages of Cemetery Dance, along with writers she has already worked with over the years for the Horror World reviews section. This approach will allow Cemetery Dance to introduce new voices to the magazine's review section while retaining the reviewers our readers already know well.

Most importantly, the partnership between the Horror World website and Cemetery Dance will allow for the timely appearance of reviews. If a book’s publication is imminent, the review will appear first on Horror World so readers are kept current on new releases. Reviews that are completed well in advance of a book’s publication can appear simultaneously in Cemetery Dance and on the Horror World site around the time of publication.

As noted above, these changes will only affect the Reviews sections of Cemetery Dance and the Horror World website. Cemetery Dance will still showcase over 100 pages of exclusive original fiction, unique columns (including some exciting new columns to be announced over the next few weeks), and some other special features that will be announced with CD #61. Horror World will continue with its own original content: columns, interviews, and a short story by a featured genre author.

Due to space concerns, not all reviews on the Horror World site will appear in our magazine, so be sure to check both Horror World and Cemetery Dance for the latest reviews and new releases!

(*Note: effective immediately, to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, Horror World will no longer post reviews of books published by Cemetery Dance Publications.)

That's about all for now. We'll be sending out more updates on the magazine and our other plans for this year soon!

Richard Chizmar's first "Words From the Publisher" column has been posted on our website and in this long essay he discusses the last few years here at Cemetery Dance, the state of the genre today, and our big plans to return to full strength with both barrels blazing. Click here to read the first column!

"Horror old-timer Blatty (The Exorcist) takes a new route down an old road in this disorienting tale. Realtor Joan Freeboard, trying to dispel the title mansion's creepy reputation, arranges for a psychic, a parapsychologist and a noted author to move into Elsewhere with her and declare it ghost-free. Isolated by a storm from civilization, they become absorbed by the house and its growing sense of strangeness; exploring its secrets exposes their own. Ultimately, Elsewhere forces them to accept the individual realities that they have created for themselves. Blatty neatly entwines the twin branches of psychological and supernatural horror, and save for a late scene of violence, the work is more life-affirming than shocking. Includes otherworldly b&w illus by Alex McVey."
— Publishers Weekly

"In many ways this excellent haunted house tale is a psychological suspense thriller as much of the story line (except for the climax) follows the quartet as the house coaxes them to reveal their secrets. Illustrations by Alex McVey add depth to the atmosphere of pending doom. Fans of Peter Blatty will welcome his fresh approach of psychological paranormal paradigm twist to the haunted house horror sub-genre."
— Alternative Worlds

"Elsewhere proves that the man who terrified us with The Exorcist still has the power to captivate and to scare the reader."
— Denise Dumars in Mania

"Blatty proves that a good haunted house story can still be written. Elsewhere is haunting and genuinely eerie. Though the book is short it still packs quite a wallop. Blatty’s crisp writing and characterizations will keep you turning the pages. He once again proves that there are things beyond our understanding that are truly terrifying whether it be a possessed girl or a possessed house. If you like being scared, if you sleep with your closet door shut tight and a light on you will enjoy this book. I emphatically recommend it. If you don’t like being scared my advice would be not to read it, you might not like what it does to you."
— Peter David Schwotzer, Famous Monsters of Filmland

"Possession is the indisputable peanut butter to William Peter Blatty's chocolate. The writer who gave us the landmark THE EXORCIST returns with Elsewhere, a short work from Cemetery Dance that represents his first novel since 1996."
— Rod Lott, Bookgasm.com

King's next novella, "Ur," was inspired by the Amazon Kindle book reader. At today's launch of the Kindle2, Amazon announced that "Ur" would be available on the newest version of the device. Early indications were that it was to be an exclusive release, but there may be a non-Kindle version available for purchase as well. Stay tuned for more details as they become available.

"Following a nasty break-up, lovelorn college English instructor Wesley Smith can't seem to get his ex-girlfriend's parting shot out of his head: 'Why can't you just read off the computer like the rest of us?' Egged on by her question and piqued by a student's suggestion, Wesley places an order for Amazon.com's Kindle eReader. The [pink?] device that arrives in a box stamped with the smile logo -- via one-day delivery that he hadn't requested -- unlocks a literary world that even the most avid of book lovers could never imagine. But once the door is open, there are those things that one hopes we'll never read or live through."

As we mentioned in our last update, The Secretary of Dreams (Volume 2) by Stephen King has been designed and is being proofread right now, but Glenn Chadbourne noticed a few places in three of the stories where he could squeeze in even more artwork and asked if we'd mind. Since the signature sheets are still in the works and the interior isn't set for the printer, we told him to go for it!

This week Glenn turned in THIRTEEN MORE illustrations for "The Monkey" and he's already working on more for the other stories. You can see some samples of just a few of these illustrations in this special new art gallery on our website:

There will be HUNDREDS of illustrations in the final book, but we just wanted to give you a taste of what's to come. Here is the link to the previous preview pages we've posted:

In addition, we're please to present the final cover designs for all three editions of the book:

Once again, we're extremely thrilled with Gail Cross's incredible design of Glenn's stunning artwork! There will be more updates to come, so keep watching this newsletter!

We're pleased to report that our publications won two more Black Quill Awards this year:

The Number 121 to Pennsylvania by Kealan Patrick Burke was the Editors' Choice for "Best Dark Genre Fiction Collection" and Cemetery Dance magazine was the Readers' Choice for Best Dark Genre Short Fiction Magazine!

There were a lot of great works under consideration this year and we're thrilled to have received the support of readers and the editors in these two categories. Thanks to everyone who voted!

Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman
Oversized Deluxe Signed Limited Edition Hardcover Production Update

Featuring an exclusive introduction by a surprise author, over a DOZEN pieces of color artwork, color frontispieces by Dave McKean, exclusive artwork by Stephen R. Bissette (best-known for Swamp Thing, Taboo, '1963,' Tyrant, and co-creating John Constantine), and much much more, this deluxe oversized Cemetery Dance hardcover is going to be an incredible and beautiful special edition that no Neil Gaiman collection will be complete without.

Status Update:
Our designer turned in his first pass at the design a few weeks ago and one of the editors is proofreading everything right now. This book came in at over 600 pages, plus it has a special photo/art section that will be printed separately and tipped into the book, so it's going to be a huge and beautiful edition to your collection!

We're currently hammering out the last details of our production and shipping schedule for the rest of winter and the spring with our printers, so we wanted to give you a sneak peek at some of the previously announced books you can expect to ship during that period. This is not a definitive list of everything at the printer or everything we expect to publish, but it will give you some idea of what is coming soon that we've already announced.

Please note there are more than a few very exciting unannounced titles currently at the printer that will be showing up over the next couple of months, but our focus right now is on catching-up on older titles that are almost done before we make more announcements whenever possible. New books that we do announce will either already be at the printer, arriving at our warehouse, or well into production when the announcement is made.

We are working hard on all of the other previously announced projects and expect to publish most of them this year. More specific updates on particular titles will be sent out over the next few months. Thanks for your patience!

• Night Cage by Andrew Harper:
The inmates of the Darden State Hospital for Criminal Justice are among the most dangerous psychopathic killers in the country. Now, while fires burn out of control in Southern California, authorities face the overwhelming task of relocating hundreds of these patients before the raging inferno descends. But in the frenzy, two of the murderers remain behind, unaccounted for. . . . "Bloody Mary" Chilmark and her son, Doc, discover the entrance to the underground passageways beneath Darden State in a desperate bid to escape. Instead they find the Night Cage—a special room where brutal experiments were once carried out. It’s up to Trey Campbell and Officer Jane Laymon to hunt for the killers in the dark underworld maze. (A 2008 Book Club exclusive Limited Edition!)

• Stephen King: The Non-Fiction by Rocky Wood and Justin Brooks:
Coming in at over 600 PAGES, easily making it the most comprehensive review of Stephen King's non-fiction works, many of which you've never read or even heard of before -- and it even includes the complete text of a very rare essay written by Stephen King! This signed & slipcased oversized Limited Edition is Rocky Wood's official companion volume to the fan acclaimed Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished so make sure you order a copy today to complete the set!

• The Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance by Robin Furth:
Featuring over 850 oversized pages compiled by Robin Furth in her role as Stephen King's personal Dark Tower research assistant, this volume is the complete and definitive guide to Stephen King's bestselling epic fantasy series, The Dark Tower. The Dark Tower is the backbone of Stephen King’s legendary career. Begun more than thirty years ago, there are seven books and more than three thousand pages in the series. The Complete Concordance is the definitive, encyclopedic reference book that provides readers with everything they need to navigate their way through the series. With hundreds of characters, Mid-World geography, High Speech lexicon, and extensive cross-references, this comprehensive handbook is essential for any Dark Tower fan. It is the perfect way in for readers new to the series, or the perfect way back in for longtime fans who read all of the books (and associated works) as they were published.

• Mind the Gap by Christopher Golden and Tim Lebbon:
Two of today's brightest stars of dark fantasy combine their award-winning, critically acclaimed talents in this spellbinding new tale of magic, terror, and adventure that begins when a young woman slips through the space between our everyday world and the one hiding just beneath it.

• Got to Kill Them All by Dennis Etchison:
A collection of the darkest and nastiest Etchison stories that have not been included in any of his recent collections. If you love horrific short stories, you need this collection in your personal library! Publishers Weekly said, "The title story caps off the collection with a brutally exquisite showing of what Etchison does best: creating a tone and wielding it like an edged weapon."

• Elsewhere by William Peter Blatty:
This incredible haunted house novel from William Peter Blatty, the legendary author of The Exorcist, is disturbing, unsettling, chilling, and laced with a nasty streak of dark humor. Elsewhere is a must-have for all fans of dark fiction and sure to become a time-honored classic in the genre.

• Occasional Demons by Rick Hautala:
Award-winning artist and Cemetery Dance favorite Glenn Chadbourne has illustrated every one of the more than twenty-four stories, which include collaborations with Matthew Costello, Jim Connolly, his sons Jesse and Matti, and someone named A.J. Matthews.

"Glenn Chadbourne's illustrations perfectly complement the text." — Publishers Weekly

• As we mentioned above, this is not a definitive list of everything at the printer or everything we expect to publish in the coming months, so keep watching your inbox for some very exciting announcements.

Thanks again for your patience while we work hard to get caught-up on our production schedule.

Shivers 5 Is Here and Shipping Now!
Surprise In-Stock Announcement!

Cemetery Dance Publications is proud to announce the arrival of the fifth entry in this award-nominated and best-selling anthology series!

Shivers V edited by Richard Chizmar contains over twenty short stories from today's most popular authors including Stewart O'Nan, Graham Masterton, Mick Garris, Chet Williamson, Simon Clark, R. Patrick Gates, Ronald Kelly, John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow, Al Sarrantonio, Rick Hautala, Kealan Patrick Burke, Robin Furth, Nick Mamatas, Scott Nicholson, Del James, and many others!

About the Editor:
Richard Chizmar has edited more than a dozen anthologies, including The Best of Cemetery Dance, The Earth Strikes Back, Night Visions 10, October Dreams (with Robert Morrish), and the Shivers series. His fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. He has won numerous honors including two World Fantasy Awards, four International Horror Guild Awards, and the HWA's Board of Trustees Award.

Available exclusively as a trade paperback from Cemetery Dance Publications!

Barfodder: Poetry Written in Dark Bars & Questionable Cafes
by Rain Graves
Publishers Weekly Review and New Sample Poems!

"Bukowski meets Lovecraft in this collection of more than 100 short poems from Stoker-winner Graves (Blood of a Black Bird). She explores a diversity of themes, including love, the search for self and the ubiquity of death in all its forms, from a scorned woman contemplating murder to a flying dinosaur devouring all in its path. Grave's cynical wit and macabre imagination are showcased in “Ladies of the Night,” where female barflies are likened to melancholy vampires; the brilliantly allegorical “Unwanted Yellow Flowers,” where lawn mowers have “metallic teeth” and dandelions “lay in wait/for the kiss of death”; and “Slick Eddie Dog One-Fifty-One,” where a killer describes his victims as matchbooks full of dormant fire. Though there's no real narrative thread of progression to the hodgepodge of dark imagery, horror aficionados will enjoy the wry, nihilistic verse."

WANT A FREE TASTE OF WHAT YOU'LL FIND INSIDE THE MIND OF RAIN GRAVES?
Just call 1-877-DRK-POEM for a new sample this week!

Visit the MAFIA page to find out how to download "Shadow Over Bethel Park", a new classic installment of Tom Monteleone's timeless column!

And visit the MediaDrome (online edition) page to read "De-MIST-ifying Darabont" by Michael Marano, a great interview with the director of The Mist!

LOW STOCK WARNING!
The Big Book of Necon Signed, Numbered, and Slipcased Edition!
Only 350 Copies Will Be Printed and They're Almost ALL Gone!
Plus: A Production Update

After checking our sales reports this week, we've discovered we're down to the very last copies of the signed and slipcased Limited Edition of The Big Book of Necon, which includes the first Limited Edition printing of Stephen King's "The Old Dude's Ticker" (a "collaboration" with Edgar Allan Poe) and other fantastic contributions by Peter Straub, Neil Gaiman, Jack Ketchum, Rick Hautala, Thomas Tessier, Chet Williamson, Douglas Clegg, Brian Keene, Ramsey Campbell, Douglas Winter, Thomas Monteleone, Gahan Wilson, Jonathan Carroll, John Coyne, Alan Ryan, Lucius Shepard, Graham Joyce, Tim Lebbon, and over 30 other artists and authors who have made Necon the most popular convention of the horror genre over the last three decades!

The special Signed and Numbered Edition is limited to just 350 SLIPCASED copies, signed by over 50 contributors excluding King on four pages of signature sheets -- and we're almost completely SOLD OUT!

This title is moving through production very smoothly. Bob Booth and his designer have delivered the interior files and the pages are currently being proofread. We'll be sending the corrections back to Bob early next month. There might be one more round of proofreading after that, just to be safe.

The signature sheets are jetting around the world at a pretty good clip. There are 4 sets of sheets for EACH signed edition -- Limited, Artist, and Lettered -- so it's taking the authors a little bit of time to get all of them signed, but we now have 40% of the authors finished, including several in the UK and even one in Brazil. One of the sets of the sheets is almost completely finished, while another still has some Non-US destinations (which simply take longer due to different foreign post offices being involved), but we'll post more updates as they get closer to completion.

Click here to read more or to place your order while supplies last!

Barfodder: Poetry Written in Dark Bars & Questionable Cafes
by Rain Graves
Just Announced and SHIPPING NOW!
Call 1-877-DRK-POEM For A Surprise Message From the Author!

"Rain Graves writes really nasty poetry. She is a mistress of creating images that stick, the kind that you cannot get out of your mind—not even using steel wool and a small, extremely sharp knife."
— Neil Gaiman

Cemetery Dance Publications is proud to announce Barfodder: Poetry Written in Dark Bars & Questionable Cafes by Rain Graves, an exclusive new trade paperback that is IN-STOCK AND READY TO SHIP TODAY! Rain Graves is a Bram Stoker Award winning poet and writer and this fantastic collection is going to be one of the most talked about publications of 2009!

WANT A FREE TASTE OF WHAT YOU'LL FIND INSIDE THE MIND OF RAIN GRAVES?
Just call 1-877-DRK-POEM and the author will read you a sample!

About the Book:
Worlds created; nightmares given. The universe is a tiny grain of sand, and by turns, it opens up into a revolving world of horrific little poems in Barfodder by Rain Graves.

Each poem tells a distinct story—from serial killers, to love and loss, to the raising of Cthulhu in a haiku.

Each poem in this collection was inspired by and written in a dark bar or questionable café throughout her travels...called forth by ominous candles, succulent liquors, and velvet curtains to delight the reader with a sensory of dark, demonic, luxurious imagery.

It slides off the tongue like river slime...or a very good port (depending on if you swallow).

"Rain Graves' poetry is, by turns, surreal and very real, grand and romantic as the tango and nasty—even downright gross—as bugs crawling through your bed at night, burrowing through your sleeping bones. She can be funny and spooky and angry and tender and sometimes truly haunting, essaying life's tragedies and joys and triumphs with equal vigor. She's erotic and she's wicked."
— Jack Ketchum

Click here to read more or to place your order!

British Invasion
edited by Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, and James A. Moore
NOW IN-STOCK AND SHIPPING THIS WEEK!

All New Dark Fiction by Allen Ashley, Kealan Patrick Burke, Ramsey Campbell, Mark Chadbourn, Peter Crowther, Paul Finch, Gary Fry, Joel Lane, Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis, James Lovegrove, Paul Meloy, Mark Morris, Adam Nevill, Philip Nutman, Sarah Pinborough, Tony Richards, Gord Rollo, Nicholas Royle, John Travis, Conrad Williams, and "Anonymous."

They've invaded before, sending their best and brightest to transform popular music for all time. This time, they're leaving the music behind and focusing on words. The British Invasion has begun again, in a collection of twenty-one unforgettable stories of horror and the dark fantastic.

From the birthplace of horror fiction, the land where writers first dreamed up the icons that shaped the field we know today — Frankenstein's monster, Count Dracula, the vile Mr. Hyde and more. You think you know desperation? Discover a literary tradition born from centuries of violence, pain, and suffering, distilled through the veneer of civility, and twisted by the reign of tyrants and kings.

You think you know fear?

From creeping dread to hideous humor, from quiet terror to brutal horror, from mad speculation to unspeakable truth, the twenty-one tales here represent the best that the U.K. has to offer. The rising stars and the masters of British horror have joined together.

The British Invasion has begun.

Reviews & Praise:
"From Gord Rollo's transcendentally eerie tale of a comatose young boy's revenge ("Lost in a Field of Paper Flowers") to Mark Morris's cautionary tale about a pair of unorthodox vampires ("Puppies for Sale"), the 21 original stories in this anthology establish the strength of British horror writers. Contributors include Ramsey Campbell, Sarah Pinborough, Conrad Williams, Peter Crowther, and other veterans and new authors. A strong collection of contemporary horror from across the pond..."
— Library Journal

"The British may not have invented the modern horror story, as the editors of this all-original anthology claim, but the 21 stories they've selected prove that contemporary U.K. writers are infiltrating American publishing markets with some of the most provocative horror fiction written today. Refreshingly devoid of genre clichés, these subtle tales offer ambiguously supernatural horrors from the dramas and traumas of everyday life. Nicholas Royle, in The Goldfinch, gives chronic illness an unsettling spin by objectifying a man's cancer as a relentless shadowy stalker. Mark Morris's Puppies for Sale presents a nuclear family's gradual implosion as a consequence of a malignant supernatural influence that may be a complete figment of the distraught father's mind. In Conrad Williams's Slitten Gorge, the disconnect between the unpolluted natural world and the protagonist's industrially despoiled environment achieves an aura of otherworldly horror. The book's title notwithstanding, there's nothing peculiarly British about these stories, but their authors are exceptionally articulate in the universal language of horror."
— Publishers Weekly

Click here to read more or to place your order!

Grave Tales #6: Joe Hill, Bob Morrish, Ray Garton, and More!
Shipping Next Month!

Our printer just notified us that Grave Tales #6 should be done and ready to ship next month. You can preorder this issue by visiting the page on our site or, if you want to start reading Grave Tales right away, you can purchase a 4 issue subscription and we'll send you Grave Tales #5 (Richard Laymon, Kealan Patrick Burke, William F. Nolan, and Elizabeth Massie) now!

Grave Tales #6
Cover by Paul Groendes

Regular Issue: $5.00

Click here to place your order for Grave Tales #6!

Click here to subscribe to Grave Tales and receive issue #5 right away!

Forever Twilight Book 2
by Peter Crowther
Important Update

Through mutual arrangement, Subterranean Press will now be publishing Forever Twilight Book 2 later this year. We will be receiving enough copies to cover all of our preorders, so our customers who have already ordered this title don't need to do a thing. Your order will ship from our warehouse when the book is published.

Thanks for your continuing support!

Road Rage: Stephen King, Joe Hill, and Richard Matheson Together At Last!
Featuring Stephen King's first collaboration with his son Joe Hill!
A once-in-a-lifetime publishing event!
And We Have A Few Left To Sell!

Stephen King, Joe Hill, and Richard Matheson come together for the first time in this once-in-a-lifetime Horror Double Feature audio experience!

First up is Throttle, the brand new novella and first-ever collaboration ever between Stephen King and his son Joe Hill! That's right! This is their take on Matheson's classic "Duel." This is, obviously, a once-in-a-lifetime publishing event! The protagonists are father-son members of a motorcycle gang that's being chased through the desert by an 18-wheel tanker truck. This explosive novella builds to a shocking ending that has the literary world talking! Movie producer Nick Wechsler (The Fountain, 25th Hour) has optioned the film rights and he compared the story to Steven Spielberg's first movie, Duel.

Second up on this Horror Double Feature is Duel by Richard Matheson, the classic novella about a man stalked through the desert by a killer tractor trailer. This novella was, of course, adapted by Matheson into a screenplay that became the first feature film directed by Steven Spielberg!

Please note that we're getting ready to finalize our order for this item, and our copies of the hardcover featuring "Throttle" are SOLD OUT and we won't be getting more, so this is your BEST WAY to get your hands on Stephen King and Joe Hill's first-ever collaboration!

Together these two tales of terror in the desert come together to make Road Rage, and the results are sure to be absolutely terrifying!

Click here to read more or to place your order!

(Since this is another publisher's audiobook, we have to charge our normal shipping rates. No coupons, discounts, Gift Certificates, Savings Certificates, or store credit of any kind can be used on this special offer due to the low discount we'll be receiving.)

The Cage by Brian Keene
Cover artwork from Alan Clark!

Brian Keene is hard at work on the manuscript for The Cage (Novella Series #22), and what we've read so far is some of his best writing to date. As soon as he's happy with the manuscript, we'll send a copy to Keith Minnion for the interior artwork and a copy to our designer to rush the book into production.

This week Alan Clark turned in his beautiful cover artwork for the book and we'll post the finished cover design as soon as we have it. You can see a sneak peek of the art to the right.

About The Cage by Brian Keene:
For the employees of Big Bill's Home Electronics, it's just the end of another workday—until a gunman bursts into the stores and begins shooting. Now, with some of their co-workers dead, the hostages are being slaughtered one-by-one, and if they want to survive the night, they'll have to escape... The Cage.

Click here to read more or to place your order while supplies last!

Other Novella Series News

As part of our efforts to get caught up on some of our older titles, we're not going to announce the rest of the next batch of the Novella Series just yet, but we wanted to let you know there are THREE unannounced Novella Series books headed to the printer right now, plus 4 more new titles are already in the works for the next round. The authors are writing the manuscripts, and we're very excited about these new additions to the series.

All in all, we have some really exciting plans and announcements for fans of the Novella Series, but until we're a little further along in our plan to catch-up on older books, we're going to wait before we share that news with everyone else. Thanks for your patience and support!

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If there is another service we should be using to notify our customers of breaking news, please don't hesitate to send us your suggestions. Just email Brian Freeman at brianfreeman@cemeterydance.com and he'll be in touch. Thanks!

Over 2,500 people downloaded
"Home for the Holidays" by James A. Moore
In Just 48 Hours!

And finally, we're pleased to report that over 2,500 people downloaded our FREE eBook "Home for the Holidays" by James A. Moore, which we posted for just 48 hours on December 30, 2008.

This exclusive eBook was a small token of our appreciation for everyone who supported Cemetery Dance last year by placing an order through our online store. Reader response to the story has been excellent and we're very pleased we were able to share this Jonathan Crowley tale with you.

To make sure you don't miss out on important updates, exclusive special offers, and other notifications, please be sure you always email us whenever your email address changes so we can update your account in our order management system here at the office. Otherwise, you will not receive shipping confirmations, tracking numbers, and any other important notifications.

Lots of big news and updates to come over the next few weeks, so let's get right to today's post:

• Barfodder: Poetry Written in Dark Bars & Questionable Cafes by Rain Graves and British Invasion edited by Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, and James A. Moore are shipping to us from the printer this week. These will be our first two releases of 2009 and we couldn't be more thrilled with how they turned out.

Barfodder will be added to our online store on Monday and copies will be available to ship right away. If you've never read Graves' poetry before, you're in for a treat. Here's what Neil Gaiman has to say of her work: "Rain Graves writes really nasty poetry. She is a mistress of creating images that stick, the kind that you cannot get out of your mind—not even using steel wool and a small, extremely sharp knife."

If you haven't preordered British Invasion, this is your LAST CHANCE to order a copy of this massive anthology and receive FREE SHIPPING to US mailing addresses. Inside the beautiful cover artwork by Les Edwards you'll find an introduction by Stephen Volk, an Afterword by Kim Newman, and all new dark fiction by Allen Ashley, Kealan Patrick Burke, Ramsey Campbell, Mark Chadbourn, Peter Crowther, Paul Finch, Gary Fry, Joel Lane, Steve Lockley & Paul Lewis, James Lovegrove, Paul Meloy, Mark Morris, Adam Nevill, Philip Nutman, Sarah Pinborough, Tony Richards, Gord Rollo, Nicholas Royle, John Travis, Conrad Williams, and an author who can only be known as "Anonymous."

This incredible collection has been praised by Library Journal ("From Gord Rollo's transcendentally eerie tale of a comatose young boy's revenge to Mark Morris's cautionary tale about a pair of unorthodox vampires, the 21 original stories in this anthology establish the strength of British horror writers") and Publishers Weekly ("their authors are exceptionally articulate in the universal language of horror."), so the early distributor orders are very strong. Place your order now or you might miss out!

• Last year was a slower year than we had planned for, but we still released 15 new books and made great production headway on catching up on older titles. The results of all of that hard work in production will really be evident in 2009 -- in fact, this year we will hit our first 15 new releases within a matter of months! After Barfodder and British Invasion, we have another 12 titles due in during winter and spring alone. We have over 15 books at the printer right now and another 12 ready to go, with another 12 deep in production and even more starting their journey to publication.

Many of these books are older preorders that we're working hard to get into your hands as soon as possible, but there are also a lot of great new unannounced projects in the works from some of our favorite authors including Stephen King, William Peter Blatty, Peter Straub, Douglas Clegg, Ray Garton, Jack Ketchum, Simon Clark, Tim Lebbon, Christopher Golden, Brian Keene, Rick Hautala, Joe R. Lansdale, Edward Lee, Al Sarrantonio, F. Paul Wilson, Ronald Kelly, Kealan Patrick Burke, Ed Gorman, T.M. Wright, Tom Piccirilli, and many many others. 2009 is going to be a HUGE year here at Cemetery Dance.

• One of the big changes this year will be the retirement of Bob Morrish as editor of Cemetery Dance magazine. We're going to miss working with Bob, but he isn't going far. He'll still be contributing to the magazine and designing books for the hardcover line. Bob's last issue is Cemetery Dance #60, which is being proofread right now.

We'll have some big magazine related surprises to unveil in the coming weeks including personnel changes and design changes starting with #61. We're already lining up contributions by some of the biggest horror authors that readers already know and love, plus we've stocked up on stories by the rising stars of the genre you'll be reading for years to come. We already have dozens of excellent stories, interviews, and articles in place for future issues.

All of the planning and organizing we've been doing for this transition will pay off as part of our renewed effort to stay on schedule. We know the magazine hasn't received the attention it deserved lately, but we think the energy we poured into production for the book line last year will be worth the effort this year, and we will get the magazine back on track.

In fact, between the great new authors we've been finding in the submission pile and some brand new works from some of the major writers in the genre, Cemetery Dance magazine has acquired enough fiction to carry us through 2010.

For that reason, Cemetery Dance will be temporarily closed to fiction submissions for the calendar year of 2009. If you have a story under consideration, you will hear back from our office soon. Any submissions received after January 21st will be returned unread.

Because we receive up to 500 submissions a month, and we have approximately 8 fiction slots available per issue, we decided to close our fiction submissions temporarily so authors can place their stories in other markets while we concentrate on publishing stories already submitted/accepted. In addition, the magazine's Associate Editor will be able to redirect his efforts this year to assisting with the important organizational changes we'll be making to the magazine.

• Finally, we're pleased to announce a big addition to the website that will be going live in the coming weeks. Starting later this month, Richard Chizmar will be writing occasional updates on Cemetery Dance, our upcoming projects, Chesapeake Films, and other topics that might be of interest to horror readers. This new "Words From the Publisher" column will debut with a post detailing the exciting changes to the magazine and some information about our new staff members, so watch your inbox to find out where you can read the column.

We have a very busy year planned, and we hope you'll stay tuned to the website and this newsletter for the big announcements. We'll have a lot more news to share soon, including updates on specific projects and some great new books.

Huge Production Update:
Stephen King, William Peter Blatty, Neil Gaiman, Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, Simon Clark, James Newman, Kealan Patrick Burke, Brian Keene, F. Paul Wilson, Ray Garton, The Big Book of Necon, In Laymon's Terms, The Century's Best Horror Fiction, Stephen King selects Old Flames by Jack Ketchum as one of his 10 Best Books of 2008, and more!

In addition to the hundreds of illustrations he already created for The Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two) by Stephen King, Glenn Chadbourne is currently working hard on TEN more full page illustrations. There was already a ton of artwork in the book, but we found a few places where we thought we could fit even more, and Glenn agreed! Those images will be inserted into the text after the next round of proofreading is completed. Last week we posted a brand new page on our site that features MORE early samples of Glenn Chadbourne's interior artwork. Here is the link to the page:

http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/Graven08

Stephen King, writing in Entertainment Weekly, has selected Old Flames by Jack Ketchum as one of his 10 Best Books of 2008. Here's what he had to say: "Remember Glenn Close as the bunny-boiler scorned in Fatal Attraction? Raise that to the 10th power and you get Dora Welles, the crazy ex-girlfriend in this short chiller."

British Invasion edited by Christopher Golden, Tim Lebbon, and James A. Moore will ship early next year.

We have three new entries in the Cemetery Dance Novella Series almost ready for the printer, and Brian Keene expects to turn in his manuscript for The Cage in January. In addition, he's already working with Alan M. Clark on the cover artwork.

Elsewhere by William Peter Blatty is receiving terrific reviews and we expect to publish it in the first half of 2009:

"Possession is the indisputable peanut butter to William Peter Blatty’s chocolate. The writer who gave us the landmark THE EXORCIST returns with ELSEWHERE, a short work from Cemetery Dance that represents his first novel since 1996."
— Rod Lott, Bookgasm.com

The interior design of Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman by Hank Wagner, Christopher Golden, and Stephen R. Bissette is complete now and proofreading should begin early next month. This book is HUGE and we think our collectors will be thrilled with all of the great special touches our designer and the editors have come up with so far.

"Serpent Girl, his latest in a long line of books from Cemetery Dance, seems to display the influence of the hardboiled crime novels and films of the 1940s and '50s: to wit, the beautiful woman whom trouble seems to follow and the world-weary man who is so attracted to her, he doesn't realize what he's gotten into until very late in the game. Steven and Elise fit their roles well, but each has a little secret in store for the other. This blend of sex, horror, and crime fiction (I like to call it "erotic noirror," but your mileage may vary) plays to Garton's strengths: creative plots and the rare ability to know when to paint with broad strokes and when to be more detailed... Garton's longtime fans will definitely be satisfied by Serpent Girl."
— Craig Clarke, GreenManReview.com

We're entering the corrections from the most recent round of proofreading for Volume Two of The Century's Best Horror Fiction right now. The signature sheets are moving slowly among the contributors, but we're doing our best to move them along. You can now see the special color artwork for the Lettered Edition on the product page.

Bob Booth turned in the interior design of The Big Book of Necon last week and we're going to give it one more read in-house before preparing it for the printer. All of the signature sheets are circulating among the contributors, but with 50+ people needing to sign these (and some of them as far away as Brazil!), it will take a while. We expect to publish this book in 2009.

King Blood by Simon Clark is undergoing one last round of proofreading and then it'll be ready for the printer.

All of the signature sheets for In Laymon's Terms have been signed (by around 50 contributors!) and the interior of the book has been proofread several times. We're waiting on one last contribution from one of the editors and then it'll be ready to go to the printer.

Cemetery Dance #59 has been shipping from the printer all month, and if you haven't received your copy yet, you should soon. Bulk mail can be a little slow this time of year.

We'll be posting more updates soon, and you can always check each book's page on our site for the current news. As always, thanks for your continuing support!

Stephen King selects Old Flames by Jack Ketchum as one of his 10 Best Books of 2008!

Featuring a special afterword by the author explaining the origins of the story!

Excerpt from the story:
So here I am again, she thought. This is far too familiar.

There was pain of course but she embraced the pain as she always did. He was big and she was not, so she could count on pain with him. Tears and sweat were pretty much the same thing anyway she thought. She was opposed to neither.

She wanted—maybe even needed this time—to see his face. A face could speak what the body didn’t. His body told her he was close to coming. As was she. But that was all it told her. A glance over her shoulder was insufficient. Especially in the dark. And Owen insisted on his bedroom dark the way he insisted on taking her from behind.

But here in this room on this bed while he filled her he was emptying her too. She could feel a winding down. She fought that. Pushed back hard into his tight flat belly as though the slap of impact flesh against flesh and his own sounds, his grunts and moans and harsh breathing could meld into an invisible wind that might whirl around and enter her again through her open mouth and ears and eyes.

Under the Dome
the epic new novel by Stephen King!
1,500+ Pages In Manuscript Form!

As several of our customers noted, Scribner has officially added the new Stephen King novel, Under the Dome, to their 2009 publication list, so as requested we're adding it to our online store for your ordering convenience!

This is an epic novel die hard Stephen King fans first heard about in the 1980s, when King tried twice to write it without much luck, but apparently he took another shot at it earlier this year and "it's going to end up being comparable to IT and The Stand in length at the rate it's going."

King read from the beginning of the first draft at "The Three Kings" reading event at the Library of Congress back in April and he described the novel as "very, very long." The manuscript for Under the Dome was finished in August and it reportedly came in twice as long as Duma Key, at over 1,500 pages, and "deals with some of the same issues that The Stand does, but in a more allegorical way."

Obviously this is going to be the kind of epic King novel we haven't seen in a long time, so use the link below to place your preorder today!

Halloween: New Poems
edited by Al Sarrantonio
Joe R. Lansdale, Tom Disch, Gary Braunbeck, T.M. Wright, Elizabeth Massie, Tom Piccirilli, Steve Rasnic Tem

About the Book:
Just in time for Halloween – the first-ever collection of brand-new poems written expressly for the Orange-and-Black holiday, edited by horror master Al Sarrantonio!

Halloween: New Poems contains original poetic gems by some of today's best horror writers – including the first poems ever published (a total of six!) by Joe R. Lansdale.

Along with Lansdale find such horror greats as Tom Disch, Gary Braunbeck, T.M. Wright, Elizabeth Massie, Tom Piccirilli, Steve Rasnic Tem and Brian Freeman, as well as poetry by Al Sarrantonio himself.

This is a book you will take down from your shelf every Halloween season – a real keepsake and one-of-a-kind volume, with a beautiful cover by Alan Clark and fantastic interior art by Keith Minnion.

Halloween: New Poems is sure to become a collectible – and for those who want a real treasure there's a lettered edition of only 26 copies signed by Al Sarrantonio himself. So be sure to order your copy today!

About the Editor:
Al Sarrantonio has been called a "master anthologist" by Booklist. He is the author of more than forty books, including novels, short story collections (including Halloween and Other Seasons, currently available from Cemetery Dance Publications) and anthologies such as 999, Redshift, and Flights.

Note for the 2008 Book Club: This title will not be one of your selections, so don't wait to place your orders!

After twenty years, the classic novel of lycanthropy by horror master Al Sarrantonio is back in print, in a beautiful new limited signed edition.

Praise and Reviews:
"A novel with real style, informed by a wry and sometimes chilling point of view. Moonbane is not quite like anything you've read before!"
— Ed Gorman, author of Rough Cut

"Al Sarrantonio's Moonbane is a stylist B-movie of a novel. Fast paced and poetic, and scary in the old-fashioned sense of such fine B-chillers as The Cat People and I Walked With a Zombie."
— Joe R. Lansdale

Note for the 2008 Book Club: This title will be one of your selections, but you can still take advantage of this special offer if you want!

Very Important Updates From Lonely Road Books!
Darknell Double Has Shipped, One More Chance for Poe If You Hurry, and HUGE Book #4 News Is Coming!

Here are some very important updates for Lonely Road Books readers and collectors about The Arthur Darknell Double by Ray Garton, Poe by Stewart O'Nan, and your last chance to be the first in the world to learn about Lonely Road's incredible fourth book, which they'll be announcing soon and expect will sellout within hours or days! This is copied and pasted from the latest Lonely Road Books newsletter, but for future news you should make sure you're on their mailing list for the exciting news that's coming soon! Click here to sign-up for the Lonely Road Books newsletter!

THE ARTHUR DARKNELL DOUBLE:
On Friday we shipped 95% of the Limited Edition copies of The Arthur Darknell Double by Ray Garton! The rest will be shipping this week. We used a new material for the slipcases and the binding of the book and it looks very cool. The Lettered Edition is deep in production and our designer came up with a terrific way to showcase the unique "double" design of the book. For those who missed out on this title, we've posted a few photos in the photo section on our website:

There is, of course, a lot of artwork we didn't show, but we wanted to give you a few samples of the interior of the book, too. Note that the signature sheet is in the MIDDLE of the book -- just one of the special elements we came up with to emphasize the "double" concept.

POE by STEWART O'NAN:

We now have all of the slipcases for Poe by Stewart O'Nan and we received a small shipment of "test" books from the printer. The rest of the books will be arriving before the end of the year, along with the "Monsters" chapbooks. We're already working with our traycase maker on something special for this book's Lettered Edition, and we'll post more news when we have it. In the meantime, we took a few photos of the Limited Edition and posted them in the photo section on our website:

PLEASE NOTE: YOU HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE TO GET A COPY OF POE FOR THE RETAIL PRICE!
Although Poe by Stewart O'Nan sold out within days of being announced, a dealer recently went out of business and we will be selling his copies to customers on the waiting list for this title! To join the Waiting List, send an email to info@cemeterydance.com with your contact information and one of these subject lines:

Please send two different emails if you're interested in both editions. The correct subject line will allow the staff to file your request accordingly.

REMINDER: If you ordered Poe or if you are one of the lucky customers who snags a copy via the Wait List, you will be the FIRST CUSTOMERS in the world we notify about our next book... which is shaping up to be our biggest announcement yet! You will receive an email with information about this book before that information is released to the public, and you will have an exclusive window of time during which only you can order the book. And as long as you order during that exclusive window, you'll also receive a matching number to your copy of Poe so you can continue or start a matching set of Lonely Road Book titles.

* LONELY ROAD BOOKS release #4: JOIN THE LRB MAILING LIST TO BE NOTIFIED!
We can't say much more about the Top Secret project we're currently working on, but keep in mind that all three of our previous titles have sold out within days of being announced and we expect this one to be even more popular because of the author involved! We cannot tell you more right now, but if you didn't order Poe, watch for an email from the Lonely Road Books mailing list (which you can join on the website's news page!) for the official announcement. We'll email that list with all of the details about Book #4 after the Poe customers have had their chance to order it. If there are any copies left, subscribers to the LRB newsletter will get first crack at them before we send the press release out and before Cemetery Dance notifies their huge mailing list with 25,000+ collectors on it!

"Clegg is the best horror writer of the post-Stephen King generation."
— Bentley Little

A school for special children. An unsolved murder. A terrified widow. A dream of blood and lost souls. A stranger with an unspeakable secret. It all comes together in the afterlife.

Praise & Reviews:
"Starred Review. Stoker-winner Clegg (The Hour Before Dark) has an uncanny ability to frighten readers by chronicling everyday characters' perilous descents into their own private hells. Julie Hutchinson mentally unravels after the brutal and mysterious murder of her husband, Jeff, in this stand-alone tale full of subtle suspense, inventive twists and credible characters. Julie has erotic nightmares and hideous hallucinations while slowly trying to piece together the decades-old puzzle involving her husband's past work with Project Daylight, a now-defunct privately funded school that conducted experiments on young children with ESP. Eventually, with the assistance of her mother, daughter and stepson, as well as Jeff's ex-wife and Michael Diamond, a popular TV psychic, Julie unearths bizarre secrets about her family that lead her to an underground society of scientific misfits. The book's final sentence is guaranteed to unnerve readers and leave them wanting more."
—Publishers Weekly

Halloween and Other Seasons
by Al Sarrantonio
Now In-Stock & Shipping This Week!

Here, to treasure, a new story collection from award-winning horror master Al Sarrantonio. In Halloween and Other Seasons you'll find:

— Summer that never ends...
— A sleepover that turns into an unending nightmare...
— A Summer camp that offers a one-way ticket...
— The strangest Halloween ever...

All this and much, much more in Halloween and Other Seasons: there's a neighborhood rivalry that grows to monstrous proportions; a hedgerow with an appetite; the ultimate Charles Fort story; and the end of the world — from the beginning.

Halloween and Other Seasons contains 18 gems of weirdness, including Al Sarrantonio's very first published story.

Sarrantonio's first two Cemetery Dance collections, Toybox and Hornets and Others, are out-of-print collector's items so don't be caught short. Join a writer who has been hailed as "A writer of great stories" (Ray Feist) and "A very talented writer" (The Washington Post). Order Halloween and Other Seasons today!

This is your chance for a great Halloween treat a month early -- place your order today!

The Secretary of Dreams (Volume 2)
by Stephen King
Special Sneak Peek At Glenn Chadbourne's New Artwork

We've posted a page on our site that features a few samples of Glenn Chadbourne's interior artwork. There will be HUNDREDS of illustrations in the final book (even more than the first volume, in fact), but we just wanted to give you a taste of what's to come. Here is the link to the page we've posted for you: