Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home by Dane Cobain
CreateSpace (June 2016)
170 pages, $11.99 paperback; $3.49 e-book
Reviewed by Joshua Gage
Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home is a self-published collection of poetry by British performance poet Dane Cobain. It shows a lot of enthusiasm and potential, but ultimately fails due to a number of basic craft issues. Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Breaking NewsLeave a comment on The December 14, 2016 Special Offer Hi Folks!
Here are the three lucky winners whose names were picked at random:
Mike K. wins 12 books!
Dorothy S. wins 14 books!
Stacy C wins 16 books!
Congratulations to all of the winners!
All selections of Cemetery Dance Publications are final. Void where prohibited. Winners will be contacted via email at the email address provided on the order.
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Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Horror Drive-InLeave a comment on Cautionary Splatter 
I’ve been in the process of moving over the past few months. As you may imagine, there are a lot of books, magazines, and other items to be gathered and transported. I’ve been taking it slowly, and looking over a lot of the items I have. Some of which I had almost forgotten about.
I came upon the Footsteps Press chapbook edition of Douglas E. Winter’s Splatter: A Cautionary Tale. I had not read the story in many years, and it has always been a favorite of mine. So I propped up the pillows, climbed under the warm blankets, and read this chilling short story.Continue Reading
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Devils in Dark Houses by B.E. Scully
DarkFuse (August 2016)
510 pages; $19.99 paperback; $5.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington
Having never read anything from B.E. Scully before, I had no idea what to expect. Truthfully, I didn’t anticipate being entertained as completely as I was. Devils in Dark Houses is a set of four equally powerful novellas set in the author’s home state of Oregon. The stories are all connected through a pair of homicide detectives assigned to the individual cases.Continue Reading
We’re pleased to report Richard Chizmar’s acclaimed short story collection, A LONG DECEMBER, is now available in trade paperback from SST Publications in the UK!
Even if you already have the SOLD OUT signed Limited Edition hardcover on the way to you, this is a beautiful edition (with new cover artwork) and it would make a terrific reading copy for you or a great gift for the horror lover in your life!
You can also save $5 off the retail price for a limited time only, and ALL copies sold through the Cemetery Dance online store will be SIGNED by the author!
Not only is Richard Chizmar signing ALL of our copies, but he can personally inscribe any copies ordered through the Cemetery Dance online store, so just reply to your order confirmation email and let Mindy know what you’d like him to write in your copy and she’ll add that request to your order!
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Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Brian Keene's End of the Road3 Comments on God and Country 
The audience in Morgantown, West Virginia was small—easily the smallest since Albuquerque—but the dozen or so people who showed up were enthusiastic and engaged. One guy, Jarod Barbee, had traveled all the way from Texas. It is December as I write this, recounting events that occurred at the end of July, and I’ve been going back through these columns, collecting them into manuscript format so Cemetery Dance can eventually publish them as a book. Many recurring things jump out at me as I re-read them. Continue Reading
Where the Dead Go to Die by Aaron Dries and Mark Allan Gunnells
Crystal Lake Publishing (November 2016)
197 pages; $14.99 paperback; $4.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington
Been a while since I’ve read a great opening line, but this one drew me right in: The dead roam those halls.
Emily Samuels is starting new job and the protesters are out in force, complete with signs reading, “LIFE IS 4 THE LIVING”,“BRING OUT UR DED”, “NO TOLERRENCE FOR BONE EATERS”, “LET’S FINISH THE JOB”.Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: ‘Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire’ by Joe R. Lansdale 
Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire by Joe R. Lansdale
Subterranean Press (December 2016)
296 pages; $40.00 hardcover
Reviewed by Blu Gilliand
“I was living in a pulp writer fury, a storm of imagination.”
That’s how author Joe R. Lansdale describes his early years, that delicate time when a steady diet of television shows, comic books and Edgar Rice Burroughs novels cemented his desire to become a writer. Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire is full of stories in which Lansdale seeks to honor those early influences that have given him—and, in turn, his readers—so much.Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Breaking NewsLeave a comment on New Signed Limited Edition Hardcover 95% SOLD OUT! We’re pleased to report our special Limited Edition of IN SUNLIGHT OR IN SHADOW is already 95% SOLD OUT!
Contributors include Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly, Megan Abbott, Craig Ferguson, Nicholas Christopher, Jill D. Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Justin Scott, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Warren Moore, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, and Lawrence Block himself.
This may be your last chance to order our special edition, so please do not wait because we cannot hold copies for anyone!
Read more or place your order while our supplies last!
Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories My First Fright2 Comments on My First Fright featuring Kealan Patrick Burke 
As horror fans, we all have that book, movie, comic book, etc. that served as our entry point to the genre. For me, it’d have to be Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the Young Adult book series written by Alvin Schwartz and boasting nightmarish illustrations by Stephen Gammell. There was something about those books that left a huge imprint (scar?) on me as a child and helped spark a lifelong interest in the macabre.
I often wonder how other horror writers first became interested in the genre. Was it after watching the IT miniseries or reading dad’s old Tales From The Crypt comics? “My First Fright” is a new interview series where we look at one work that provided horror authors with that initial spark. Continue Reading
We’re pleased to report we’ll be receiving a few copies of the signed Limited Edition hardcover of Zombie Gold by John L. Lansdale from SST Publications in the UK, and due to the very low print run, our copies will not last long!
This is the story of two strangers who become brothers in their fight for survival when they are swept away by an unimagined zombie force into a time and place that they could have never anticipated or believed.
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Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!
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Clockwork Universe by John W. Dennehy
Severed Press (November 2016)
148 pages; $9.99 paperback; $3.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington
Clockwork Universe is the debut novel from John W. Dennehy. Kevin Barnes is a commuter, headed to Boston from the Merrimack Valley in Southern New Hampshire. On the weekends he performs in a throwback punk band and he looks the part, with a purple Mohawk, diaper pins in his ears, and jackboots with crimson laces.Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Brian Keene's End of the Road1 Comment on Dickens’s Ghosts
“The allegorical nature of A Christmas Carol leads to relatively simplistic symbolism and a linear plot. The latter is divided into five Staves, each containing a distinct episode in Scrooge’s spiritual re-education. The first Stave centers on the visitation from Marley’s ghost, the middle three present the tales of the three Christmas spirits, and the last concludes the story, showing how Scrooge has changed. The Ghost of Christmas Past represents memory. The Ghost of Christmas Present serves as the central symbol of the Christmas ideal—generosity, goodwill, and celebration. Appearing on a throne made of food, the spirit evokes thoughts of prosperity, satiety, and merriment. Within the allegory, the silent, reaper-like figure of the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come represents the fear of death, which refracts Scrooge’s lessons about memory, empathy, and generosity, insuring his reversion to an open, loving human being.” – Spark Notes
We’re pleased to report we’ll be receiving some copies of the signed Limited Edition hardcover of Off Season: The 35th Anniversary Limited Edition by Jack Ketchum from Dark Regions Press, and this is a book our collectors won’t want to miss!
The 35th anniversary edition of Off Season includes the author’s originally intended version of the novel (unexpurgated), a new short story based in the Off Season universe, a new afterword from the author, the novelette Winter Child, five full page interior illustrations by Tomislav Tikulin, and stunning full color wraparound dust jacket artwork by David Stoupakis.
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