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The Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two)
by Stephen King

World Fantasy Award winner Cemetery Dance Publications, critically acclaimed artist Glenn Chadbourne, and New York Times bestselling author Stephen King are proud to announce The Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two). This second venture into the world of Stephen King's stories contains even more artwork and detailed illustrations that could only have come from the inspired hands of artist Glenn Chadbourne!

The Secretary of DreamsThe Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two) continues where the first acclaimed volume left off: combining classic tales of terror from the mind of Stephen King with the haunting artwork of Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne. This unique book displays an incredible and original blend of King's words with Chadbourne's one-of-a-kind illustrations: text and artwork brought together to tell these chilling stories in a whole new way.

As you venture into this new volume of The Secretary of Dreams you'll discover "The Monkey," "Strawberry Spring," and "In the Deathroom" presented on beautifully designed oversized pages. These stories are heavily illustrated with spot artwork, full page illustrations, and even multiple-page art spreads. Dozens of painstakingly crafted illustrations bring King's characters to life.

Also within this collection are "Gray Matter," "One for the Road," and "Nona," which appear for the very first time in full graphic format as imagined by Chadbourne. Not one word from King's original manuscripts has been left out. Instead Chadbourne presents the stories through a variety of techniques: traditional paragraphs of text merged directly into the artwork, handwritten bursts of dialogue to convey emotion, and even multiple fonts to match the mood of each scene.

Like the first volume, The Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two) is a new collection of Stephen King's greatest short stories presented in a way never before imagined. Glenn Chadbourne has spent over two years creating the artwork within these pages, digging deep inside the text to make each of these classic tales burst off the page.

An original Cemetery Dance Publications publishing event, this deluxe oversized hardcover edition is the World's First Edition and there are no other editions planned of this title at this time. As with the first volume (of which there are only a few hundred copies remaining), we will not be selling this title at a discount, and we will not fill any orders for distributors who will be selling it at a discount. Amazon wanted over 2,000 copies of Volume One (which would have sold it out on publication), but The Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two) will only be available directly from Cemetery Dance and a few independent booksellers we've worked with for years. Click here to place your order today!


Grave Tales Updates!
Richard Laymon, Joe Hill, William F. Nolan, Ray Garton, Peter Crowther, Ed Gorman, and more!

Grave TalesHi Folks!

We're pleased to report that Grave Tales #5 is now shipping to subscribers and the printer is moving right along on Grave Tales #6. Grave Tales #7 is deep in production and we're already started on #8 and beyond. We're working with the biggest names in the genre and we have a lot of great comics in the works!

PLEASE NOTE: We do have a handful of copies of the Signed Hardcover Limited Edition of some of the forthcoming issues left available for preorder, but they're not going to last long since they're signed by almost all of the contributors and they're limited to just 100 numbered copies!

To subscribe to the Grave Tales comic, click here!

GT #5Grave Tales #5
Cover by Joe Vigil

Regular Issue: $5.00
Signed Hardcover Limited Edition: $75.00

MADMAN STAN
Story by Richard Laymon
Art & Adaptation by Earl Geier

SNOWMEN
Story by Kealan Patrick Burke
Art & Adaptation by Glenn Chadbourne

FAIR TRADE
Story by William F. Nolan
Art & Adaptation by William Renfro

BARGAIN BASEMENT by Elizabeth Massie

Click here to place your order for Grave Tales #5!

GT #6Grave Tales #6
Cover by Paul Groendes

Regular Issue: $5.00

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 by Ray Garton

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

GT #7Grave Tales #7
Cover artist Chris Odgers

Regular Issue Price: $5.00

RUSTLE
Story by Peter Crowther
Adaptation by Joe Hill
Art by Jake Allen

THE JUNGLE
Story by Ed Gorman
Art & Adaptation by William Renfro

STORY TO BE DETERMINED

Click here to place your order for Grave Tales #7!


Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman
by Hank Wagner, Christopher Golden, and Stephen R. Bissette

Featuring an exclusive introduction by a surprise author we can't name just yet, over a DOZEN pieces of color artwork, color frontispieces by Dave McKean, exclusive artwork by Stephen R. Bissette, and much much more, this deluxe oversized Cemetery Dance hardcover is going to be an incredible and beautiful special edition that no collection will be complete without!

Please note: This manuscript came in at over 1,000 pages, so it's going to be a huge oversized edition!

About the Book:
For over twenty years Neil Gaiman has been one of the world's bestselling authors, and his loyal following is like none other. But no one has ever undertaken the daunting challenge of cataloging and researching every work the man has ever created. Until now.

In Prince of Stories: The Many Worlds of Neil Gaiman, Hank Wagner, Christopher Golden, and Stephen R. Bissette take the reader on a detailed look at the man and his creations. Highlights include interviews with the author himself, collected rare works and previously unpublished writing, photographs, artwork, and conversations with Gaiman's beloved collaborators. Every story and every character are featured at length in this amazing overview of an incredible career. Gaiman's own comments are scattered throughout, shedding light on how he feels about the work he has created

Whether you're new to the worlds of Neil Gaiman or a long time traveler who knows these roads by heart, there is something new for everyone in this magnificent special edition of Prince of Stories. Exclusive to this oversized hardcover edition are a special introduction that won't appear anywhere else and several other amazing bonus features we can't discuss just yet! This is going to be the publishing event of the year and we don't expect copies to last long!

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


Butterfly by Simon Clark
Signature Series #4
Featured Artist: Steve Gilberts

ButterflyButterfly
by Simon Clark

Featured Artist: Steve Gilberts (click here for samples!)

"I dream I am flying over forests, then seas, then cities. Then I am swooping down firing my guns at people. They run through the streets like frightened sheep, but I roar at them, kill them with my guns. When I have no more bullets my wings become scythes that cut them down ."

The dying days of WW2: Nazi secret weapons draw lines of fire in Germany's skies. In the depths of a forest the pilot of a ME163 rocket-plane battles not only the formations of allied bombers but a creeping menace that invades both his body and his mind...

About the Author:
Simon Clark lives in Doncaster, England with his family. When his first novel, Nailed by the Heart, made it through the slush pile in 1994 he banked the advance and embarked upon his dream of becoming a full-time writer. His subsequent novels include Blood Crazy, Darkness Demands, Death's Dominion and The Night of the Triffids, which continues the story of Wyndham's classic The Day of the Triffids. His revival of the wickedly ambulatory Triffid plants won the British Fantasy Society's August Derleth Award for best novel. He also created and co-presented Winter Chills for the BBC TV. His latest book from Severn House is The Midnight Man, a story of ghosts, madness and murder that features Vincent Van Gogh during one of the most turbulent periods of his life in 1888. Simon also experiments in short film, one of which, Dear Simon, Where Do You Get Your Ideas From? has been featured in the UK's Channel 4 ShortDoc series, and earned the accolade 'the ultimate in TV democracy.'

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


The Big Book of Necon
edited by Bob Booth

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!

Today we are thrilled to announce The Big Book of Necon edited by Bob Booth, 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!

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




 

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The Secretary of Dreams Volume Two