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Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Dark PathwaysLeave a comment on Dark Pathways: That Special Scary Friend Christi Nogle’s Beulah is an absolute banger of a horror novel. The Stoker Award nominee for Best First Novel puts a classic ghost story inside an old schoolhouse being renovated by a family desiring a new start, and it’s narrated by a young woman named Georgie. Narrated incredibly well. Georgie is perceptive and intelligent, clearly … Continue Reading! “Dark Pathways: That Special Scary Friend”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: Seth’s Christmas Ghost Stories (2022) Seth’s Christmas Ghost Stories (2022 Set) Biblioasis (October 2021) $7.95 each; $25 set of three Reviewed by Blu Gilliand Reading a ghost story on Christmas Eve was once as much a part of traditional Christmas celebrations as turkey, eggnog, and Santa Claus. This statement, found on the back of each of the three paperbacks in … Continue Reading! “Review: Seth’s Christmas Ghost Stories (2022)”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories InterviewsLeave a comment on The Cemetery Dance Interview: The Little Hurts of Aaron Dries Aaron Dries, Australian phenom, youth addiction counselor, pervasive author of dark fiction and all-around superhero, dissects his collection of little hurts: Cut To Care. Each story in this book hammers home polarizing lessons in caring, whether by choice or by circumstance, and provides a stark look at the terrors of both caring too much and … Continue Reading! “The Cemetery Dance Interview: The Little Hurts of Aaron Dries”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories InterviewsLeave a comment on The Cemetery Dance Interview: Revisiting Richard Chizmar On the heels of reading Cemetery Dance’s recent publication of Stephen King: Revisited Volume One, I was loaded up with tons of questions, the first of which was who would be daring enough to go back in time and re-read every Stephen King book in order of publication? Richard Chizmar, that’s who. As a best … Continue Reading! “The Cemetery Dance Interview: Revisiting Richard Chizmar”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Breaking NewsLeave a comment on Last Chance to Order Books For the Holidays! We’ve heard from a bunch of readers who are ordering copies of The Girl Who Builds Monsters and some other in-stock items for gifts, so we wanted to put out the word that we really need your order ASAP if you want your order delivered before Christmas. Our warehouse is slammed with Night Shift prep and shipping … Continue Reading! “Last Chance to Order Books For the Holidays!”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Reviews1 Comment on Review: ‘The Little Gift’ by Stephen Volk The Little Gift by Stephen Volk PS Publishing (March 2017) 80 pages; £12.00 hardcover; £20.00 signed edition Reviewed by Gef Fox If you live with a cat, you live with a natural born killer. Some prey on dangling bits of string, others go after bigger game. And if they like you, they’ll leave you one of their kills as a … Continue Reading! “Review: ‘The Little Gift’ by Stephen Volk”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: Dark Tales of Sorrow and Despair by Jack Darby Dark Tales of Sorrow and Despair by Jack Darby Independently Published (November 2021) 337 pages; $14.99 paperback; $2.99 e-book Reviewed by R.B. Payne Reviewer’s Note Many of you know I relocated to Paris, France in 2018. Here, I am connecting with like-minded authors who specialize in dark fiction whether it be horror, thriller, or science … Continue Reading! “Review: Dark Tales of Sorrow and Despair by Jack Darby”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories InterviewsLeave a comment on The Cemetery Dance Interview: Bev Vincent Revisited I was super pumped to be able to sit down with none other than Stephen King historian and scholar, Bev Vincent, who provided his fantastic historical contribution to Stephen King Revisited Volume 1 from Cemetery Dance. The book is the culmination of author/Cemetery Dance founder Richard Chizmar’s decision to revisit every single Steven King book … Continue Reading! “The Cemetery Dance Interview: Bev Vincent Revisited”
Exhumed is my humble attempt to read and review every short story and novel excerpt ever published by Cemetery Dance magazine. In their 33+ years of publication, there have been a total of 577 (and counting!) pieces spread out over 77 issues. Since each Exhumed post covers just two stories (one “old” and one “new”), … Continue Reading! “Exhumed: Bonus Content! Me & CD, a Brief History of an Unlikely Love Affair”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Night Time LogicLeave a comment on Night Time Logic with Venita Coehlo Night Time Logic is the part or parts of a story that are felt but not consciously processed. Those that operate below the conscious surface. Those that are processed somewhere, somehow, and in some way other than… overtly and consciously. The deep-down scares. The scares that find their way to our core and unsettle us … Continue Reading! “Night Time Logic with Venita Coehlo”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ExhumedLeave a comment on Exhumed: “Little Precious” and “Anka” Don’t you hate it when online columnists start a post by explaining why they haven’t posted in a while? Me too. Me too. Anyway, here’s a bullet list explaining why I haven’t posted in a while: 2019: Moved New job Had a baby 2020: COVID Moved again Another new job Baby is a toddler now, … Continue Reading! “Exhumed: “Little Precious” and “Anka””
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Night Time LogicLeave a comment on Night Time Logic with Matthew Cheney “Magic Tricks. Nightmares. Ambiguities and Confessions” Night Time Logic is the part of a story that is felt but not consciously processed. In this column I explore the phenomenon of Night Time Logic and other aspects of horror and dark fiction through in depth conversation with authors about their stories. I have an interest in … Continue Reading! “Night Time Logic with Matthew Cheney”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Horror Drive-InLeave a comment on Horror Drive-In: Scaaaa-REEM! I am the perfect age to be a slasher fan. Halloween was released when I was seventeen years old — roughly the same age as the victims in John Carpenter’s masterpiece. I saw it in a walk-in theater and the experience was truly transformational. I was on the verge of adulthood and this movie, which … Continue Reading! “Horror Drive-In: Scaaaa-REEM!”
Escape from the Billings Mall: A Select Your Own Timeline Adventure by Chuck Tingle Independently Published (April 2020) 154 pages; $12.66 paperback; $6.99 e-book Reviewed by Anton Cancre Dr. Chuck Tingle tends to be treated as a joke. That guy who writes those silly Pounded books. However, that is only by those who have not bothered … Continue Reading! “Review: Escape from the Billings Mall: A Select Your Own Timeline Adventure by Chuck Tingle”
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