Have You Been Reading Stephen King Revisited, Our FREE Blog For Stephen King Fans?

Have You Been Reading Stephen King Revisited, Our FREE Blog For Stephen King Fans?

Hi Folks!

Stephen King and Richard ChizmarWe’ve been sharing essays about Stephen King’s early books for StephenKingRevisited.com for more than a year now, and this massive project really is proving to be unlike anything we’ve ever undertaken before!

For those who haven’t heard about the site yet, Cemetery Dance founder and publisher Richard Chizmar is re-reading ALL of Stephen King’s books in the order of publication and he’s posting his thoughts about the experience. He shares stories about his younger days when he read many of these books for the very first time and also observations of how the books read to him now that he’s older and wiser.

When Chizmar asked Stephen King what he thought of the idea of him re-reading all of the books in order, King replied, “You should blog about it” and “go for it!”

Bev Vincent is providing “historical context essays” with hundreds of insightful details about HOW the books came to be written: where King was in his life, what was going on in the world, and other factors that fed the engine of creation.

Plus we’re posting guest essays by authors such as Michael Koryta, Ray Garton, Christopher Golden, Brian Keene, Josh Boone, Ed Gorman, Chet Williamson, Kealan Patrick Burke, and many others who are sharing their own, personal take on these classic Stephen King books.

Be sure to visit StephenKingRevisited.com so you don’t miss out on all of the fun! And while you’re on the website, be sure to sign-up for notifications and updates from Stephen King Revisited using the “Updates and Notifications via email” sign-up box on the right or bottom of the site, so you never miss a post!

Visit StephenKingRevisited.com to read more…

Dominoes in Time by Matthew Warner: eBook Available For IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD!

“Warner’s imagination is vast, and these stories leap off the page, staying with the reader in mind and heart. A highly recommended group of tales by a virtuoso writer.”
— Lisa Mannetti, three-time nominee and winner of the Bram Stoker Award

Dominoes in Time
by Matthew Warner

eBook Available For IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD!

Hi Folks!

Hot on the heals of our previous eBook release, we’re very pleased to announce yet another new addition to the Cemetery Dance eBook line: Dominoes in Time by Matthew Warner.

Dominoes in TimeAbout the Book:
Like the first domino in a chain, the most traumatic episode of a person’s life shapes all things to come.

For a fashion model, the key event is a repulsive facial blemish caused by a photographer with an unusual camera. For a man in a post-apocalyptic shelter, it’s the need for emergency medical attention from the last remaining doctor: his ex-wife. For a homeless man, it’s the realization that the backward-walking man beside him controls world events from his park bench.

Matthew Warner ranges from the 19th to the 43rd century in this collection reprinting eighteen horror and science fiction stories.  In the foreword and story notes, Warner describes how his life inspired these tales of infidelity, parenthood, and death.  It includes some of his most popular stories, such as “Backwards Man” and “Second Wind.”

“Each story in Dominoes in Time is a dark gem—cold, sharp, and filled with sinister wonder.”
— Tim Waggoner, author of The Way of All Flesh

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

Review: 'An Exorcism of Angels' by Stephanie Wytovich

An Exorcism of Angels by Stephanie Wytovich
Raw Dog Screaming Press (May 2015)
163 pages, e-book $4.99, paperback $13.95
Reviewed by Anton Cancre

exorcismofangelsSo that we are clear, An Exorcism of Angels is a book of poems about love, but they are a far cry from the images of roses and violets and fleas as sex metaphors. Stephanie Wytovich presents us with love born of need instead of desire. Love that is desperate, angry, bitter and spewing bile and that red, red kroovy all over the place. Love with no happily ever after, ending in padded rooms and jail cells with screams echoing outside and in. Continue Reading

A Little Magenta Book about a Dollhouse

A Little Magenta Book about a Dollhouse
by Edward Lee

Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of only 500 Copies!

Hi Folks!

Little BookWe’re pleased to report we’ll be getting a handful of copies of A Little Magenta Book about a Dollhouse by Edward Lee from Borderlands Press, and we don’t expect these to last very long!

WELCOME TO THE PATTEN MANOR HOUSE.

It’s a horror house, a slaughter house, a devil house. And it’s something else, too:

A doll house.

Reginald Lympton collects doll houses, and now that he’s acquired the rare Patten Doll House, he can boast the most preeminent collection in the world. But after visions too abominable to reckon, and nightmares blacker than the most bottomless abyss, he discovers in short order that his acquisition is not a prized collector’s item at all but a diabolical thoroughfare designed to serve the darkest indulgences of the King of Terrors.

Now, Edward Lee, the master of hardcore horror, has penned this audacious homage to the master of the Victorian ghost story, M.R. James.

Read more on our website or place your order while supplies last!

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

What I Learned from Stephen King: 'The Long Walk' of Life

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The Long Walk of Life

longwalkart1BEFORE THE WALK

I was having brunch with a friend of mine on a recent Sunday, a horror film actress in fact, who asked: Do you really think there’s anything spiritual about Stephen King’s books?

The question was served cold with a heaping side of skepticism, and it took me slightly off guard. It’s not the first time I have been asked the question since starting this column three short months ago, and I’m always somewhat alarmed by it.

When asked, the first thing that springs to my mind is self-doubt: What if I’m wrong? What if there really is nothing spiritual about Stephen King’s stories and I’m just grasping at straws here? What if I’ve doomed myself to write a monthly column about… nothing? The writer’s worst nightmare.  Continue Reading

The Dark at the End of the Tunnel by Taylor Grant Announced!

“A bold, unsettling new voice in suspense and horror.”
— Scott Nicholson, bestselling thriller author of The Red Church

The Dark at the End of the Tunnel
by Taylor Grant
eBook Available For IMMEDIATE DOWNLOAD!

Hi Folks!

We’re very pleased to announce the newest addition to the Cemetery Dance eBook line: The Dark at the End of the Tunnel by Taylor Grant!

The Dark at the End of the TunnelAbout the Book:
This collection features ten gripping and darkly imaginative stories by Taylor Grant, one of the horror genre’s rising stars—including the Bram Stoker Award nominated tale “The Infected.”

Discover what happens when:

– An author stumbles upon an incomplete manuscript by his deceased father, and makes the grave mistake of trying to complete the story.

– A wealthy industrialist awakens after ten years in suspended animation, and finds out that the horrors of the past can never be left behind.

– A lonely man realizes that he’s gradually vanishing from existence, into a nightmarish limbo of his own making.

– A woman learns that the imaginary voices that haunt the delusional and criminally insane are, in fact, real.

These stories expose terrors beneath the surface of our ordinary world, behind people’s masks of normalcy, and lurking in the shadows at the farthest reaches of the universe.

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

Review: 'Childhood Fears' by Various

Childhood Fears by Various
Samhain Publishing (October 2015)
306 pages, e-book $9.99, paperback $16.99
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

FearsIn May of 2015 Samhain Publishing released four new novellas exploring things that go bump in the night, the things that scared us as kids, and in many cases still frighten us as adults. Now, those four stories are available in a single volume called Childhood Fears.Continue Reading

The Complete Dark Screams eBook Series!

The Complete Dark Screams eBook Series!
Featuring Stephen King, Kelley Armstrong, Bill Pronzini, Simon Clark, Ramsey Campbell, Robert McCammon, Norman Prentiss, Shawntelle Madison, Graham Masterton, Richard Christian Matheson, Peter Straub, Jack Ketchum, Darynda Jones, Jacquelyn Frank, Brian Hodge, Clive Barker, Heather Graham, Lisa Morton, Ray Garton, Ed Gorman, Mick Garris, Kealan Patrick Burke, Del James, J. Kenner, and Bentley Little!

Hi Folks!

Richard Chizmar and Brian James Freeman of Cemetery Dance Publications joined forces with the cutting edge team at Hydra, a division of Random House, to publish a series of horror eBook anthologies called Dark Screams that features the best horror authors working in the business today and ALL FIVE volumes are available for immediate download:

Dark Screams

Dark Screams 2

Dark Screams 3

Dark Screams 4

Dark Screams 5

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

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, LAST CHANCE To Add A Slipcase!

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
by Stephen King

Brand New Hardcover, LAST CHANCE To Add A Slipcase!

Hi Folks!

If you haven’t already placed your order for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King, you’re running out of time to reserve your copy of this amazing new book from the King of Horror and add our custom-made slipcase to protect your book!

The Bazaar of Bad DreamsEven though The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King is being published by another publisher, we will be producing one of our popular custom-made slipcase for this title like we have for the last few Stephen King books.

The easiest way to add a slipcase to your purchase is by selecting the “Trade Hardcover Edition with Exclusive Slipcase!” option above — you’ll also save on shipping by ordering this way! (You can order just the slipcase by itself on the The Bazaar of Bad Dreams custom slipcase product page.)

Don’t know what a slipcase is? That’s okay! You can see some sample images of other slipcases we’ve made below. We’re using the same high-quality materials we have used for our previous Stephen King cases, with one color hot foil stamping. The company who makes these for us is the best in the business and you won’t find a better way to protect your investment! (If you are new to collecting, you can read more about slipcases on our Book FAQ page.)

We’re selling these special slipcases for just $24.95, making them an extremely affordable way to protect your book.  These cases will be produced after the book is published because we need a real copy of the book to get the sizing just right. Your book and slipcase will ship together to save you on shipping. It takes approximately twelve weeks for the cases to made and we think our collectors will be very pleased with what we have in mind for this production, so don’t wait to place your order!

Sample Slipcase Photo:
Sample Slipcase Photo

Place your order today so you don’t miss out!

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

Review: 'Brother' by Ania Ahlborn

Brother by Ania Ahlborn
Gallery Books (September 2015)
336 pages, e-book $7.99, paperback $12.97
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

brotherThis is the second book I’ve read this year from Ania Ahlborn, having read Within These Walls back in April and now Brother. Both works are fine examples of literary horror and each is well worth your time as a reader.

Brother is the disturbing story of the Morrow family who live deep in the heart of the Appalachians in West Virginia. This is a family that has managed to take all of the fun out of dysfunctional. There is definitely a strange family dynamic at play here, with abusive parents and siblings that are just as bad. “Folks like the Morrows didn’t have much. They got by living off the land.”  This is a quote that goes much deeper than what’s on the surface.Continue Reading

Stephen King: News from the Dead Zone #185: 'The Bazaar of Bad Dreams' review

Featured Review: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

There’s something for everyone in Stephen King’s latest collection. Even the most avid fans who try to track down each short story as it is released will find several new tales in The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.

bobd-cover-reveal-5Some of the stories were published in the customary places: magazines like The New Yorker, Playboy, Esquire, Tin House, The Atlantic, and Cemetery Dance or in anthologies like Turn Down the Lights and A Book of Horrors, but others were released in less usual places. “Ur” and “Mile 81,” for example, were only released as eBooks. “Blockade Billy” was originally a limited edition novella. “Drunken Fireworks” was previously available only in audio. You’ve only read “Under the Weather” if you bought the paperback version of Full Dark, No Stars. And “Bad Little Kid” is the strangest case of all, previously available only as an eBook in French or German. Two of the stories, “Mister Yummy” and “Obits,” have never been published anywhere before, in any language or using any technology.Continue Reading

Stephen King: News from the Dead Zone #186

What We Can Learn from Ur 2.0

In On Writing, Stephen King presents his theories and philosophies about the art and craft of writing. The book is especially popular among writers, including those who don’t, in general, read his novels.

In one section, he demonstrates his revision process. As a case study, he chose the opening pages of “The Hotel Story,” later retitled “1408.” The book reproduces manuscript pages, complete with editorial marks and his annotations, explaining why he chose to make certain changes to the original text.

UrWe don’t often get the chance to see inside the creative mind at that level. I was pleased to be able to include some first draft manuscript pages of King’s work in the Stephen King Illustrated Companion because they demonstrate more of this phenomenon: pages from The Shining, for example, that show how King originally conceived the scene in which Danny has a strange encounter with a fire hose.Continue Reading

"Snakehandler" by Ronald Kelly

Cemetery Dance Online Exclusive Fiction
“Snakehandler”
by
Ronald Kelly

Unlike the others of his congregation, Old John wasn’t all that shocked and surprised when the preacher just up and quit the way he did.

“I know this is sudden,” the pastor had told them at the end of the Sunday service. “But I feel like I’m being led by the Lord to greener pastures. Please, don’t take this as a reflection of you folks. Your faith has been steadfast and true, and I appreciate that. I’m sure you’ll find another man of God – perhaps a better man than I – to preach the gospel from this pulpit soon.”Continue Reading