Exciting Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan News Coming On MONDAY!

Cemetery DanceWe’ve heard from a lot of collectors who weren’t watching their email and missed out on Detours edited by Brian James Freeman.

We have other big announcements coming this year, so this is the perfect time to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to be among the first to know our Breaking News as it happens — including the very exciting STEPHEN KING AND STEWART O’NAN book that will be announced around 11 AM eastern time on MONDAY:

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In addition, we strongly recommend you follow BOOKS TO BENEFIT since they are the publisher of that book and might be posting the details earlier in the day:

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Also, while you’re on Twitter, why not follow Cemetery Dance publisher Richard Chizmar:

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And finally, how about following Cemetery Dance managing editor Brian James Freeman:

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Thank you, as always, for your continuing support!

Fear City: A Repairman Jack Novel Available For Preorder Now!

Fear City: A Repairman Jack Novel
Could This Be The LAST Repairman Jack Signed Limited Edition?

Hi Folks!

Fear CityWe’re pleased to report we’ll be receiving some copies of the SIGNED LIMITED EDITION of Fear City: A Repairman Jack Novel by F. Paul Wilson from Gauntlet Press! Gauntlet is also reporting this could be the very last Repairman Jack novel, so don’t wait to place your order for this must-have collectible!

About the Book:

F. Paul Wilson concludes his Repairman Jack early years trilogy (and what could be the last Repairman Jack novel he writes) with FEAR CITY.

It’s February, 1993. When a woman’s mutilated body washes up on an Astoria beach, the unidentifiable corpse is dubbed “The Ditmars Dahlia.” But Jack knows who she is and sets out to learn why and, most important, who. The killers and those who ordered her death go on with their lives, never dreaming that anyone would care about the death of a nobody, unaware of the relentless nemesis they’ve set in motion.

FEAR CITY concludes the Repairman Jack Early Years Trilogy. All the threads of the first two novels weave into a violent tapestry involving the mob, the super-secret Septimus Order, a high-priced call girl operation, and the terrorists who first bombed the World Trade Center. All will be impacted by Jack’s quest to avenge the brutal death of a “nobody.”

For the lettered edition only each copy will contain an original (not a copy) of an outline page, with handwritten corrections and additions, F. Paul Wilson used for FEAR CITY. This enhances the book’s collectibility as NO two books will be alike (each customer received a different original outline page).

Read more or place your order today while supplies last!

Thank you, as always, for your continuing support!

Important News: Dinner With the Cannibal Sisters by Douglas Clegg!

Dinner With the Cannibal Sisters by Douglas Clegg
Stunning New Novella Shipping This Summer!
Fully Illustrated by Canilglia!

Hi Folks!

Dinner With the Cannibal SistersWe’re pleased to announce Dinner With the Cannibal Sisters by Douglas Clegg is nearly finished at the printer and will be published this summer!

Clegg has been one of the most popular authors with collectors of our hardcover special editions over the years, and this new one might just be our favorite book of his to date, so don’t wait because you might miss out!

About the Book:
From Douglas Clegg, award-winning author of Neverland and Isis, comes a dark gem about a notorious family — and a feast like no other.

You’re invited to dinner…

In October 1890 authorities discovered two teenaged girls at Bog Farm surrounded by a scene of unimaginable carnage. A legend grew of their cannibalistic night of terror, but young Lucy and Sally were never put to trial and no one has ever before gotten close enough to interview them.

Twenty years later, an inexperienced reporter travels to their New Hampshire farm, determined to shed light upon the events of that night.

Lizzie Borden, Dr. Crippen, the Windrow Sisters — murderers whose mystique has lasted more than a century. But of them all, the tale of the Windrow girls is unrivaled in its legend of depravity and innocence corrupted.

Read more or place your order today while supplies last!

And here are a few examples of the stunning interior artwork by Caniglia:

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Read more or place your order today while supplies last!

Thank you, as always, for your continuing support!

Detours Will Be Sold Out This Weekend!

Detours Will Be Sold Out This Weekend!

Sorry for yet another note, but if you were on the fence about Detours, we wanted you to know that it WILL be sold out this weekend! 95% of the print run is already gone, just 48 hours after the public announcement of the project, and we will NOT be issuing any additional printings of this signed Limited Edition. Order this weekend or miss out!

Detours

Read more or place your order today while supplies last!

Thank you, as always, for your continuing support!

Detours featuring King, Koontz, Blatty, Barker, Straub, Armstrong, Morrell, O’Nan, King, Brite, And Many Others Is More Than 80% Sold Out Just 24 Hours After Being Announced!

Detours featuring King, Koontz, Blatty, Barker, Straub, Armstrong, Morrell, O’Nan, King, Brite, And Many Others Is More Than 80% Sold Out Just 24 Hours After Being Announced!

We had planned on taking today off, but things really heated up for Detours edited by Brian James Freeman and it looks like this one isn’t going to last long!

This book is not part of our July 4th sale, and due to our low supplies it will never be part of any discounted special offer. The Limited Edition is now more than 80% sold out and there are only three copies of the Lettered Edition left available for reservation!

This anthology has some of the biggest names we’ve ever seen brought together in one volume: Stephen King, William Peter Blatty, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Kelley Armstrong, Michael Koryta, David Morrell, Michael Marshall and Michael Marshall Smith, Chet Williamson, Poppy Z. Brite, Stewart O’Nan, and Owen King. And there are no other editions planned at this time!

In addition, our biggest distributor called last night and asked for 500 copies of the Limited Edition — which obviously isn’t possible at this point! We ALWAYS fill our direct customer orders before the distributors, so please be sure to place your order ASAP to lock in your copy before supplies run out!

Detours

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Thank you, as always, for your continuing support!

Detours Featuring Stephen King, William Peter Blatty, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Michael Koryta, David Morrell, Michael Marshall and Michael Marshall Smith, Chet Williamson, Stewart O’Nan, and Owen King!

Detours edited by Brian James Freeman
Featuring Stephen King, William Peter Blatty, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Michael Koryta, David Morrell, Michael Marshall and Michael Marshall Smith, Chet Williamson, Stewart O’Nan, and Owen King!
Just Announced And Already More Than 50% Sold Out!

Hi Folks!

We’re very pleased to announce we’ll be publishing Detours edited by Brian James Freeman, one of our most exciting anthologies in a long time featuring some of the biggest names ever collected in one book!

IMPORTANT COLLECTORS NOTE:
DetoursBoth editions of this title are already more than 50% sold out as we’re making this public announcement of the project, and there are no other editions anywhere in the world in the works at this time. It could be a long time before this anthology sees print again, if it ever does, so don’t wait to place your order!

About the Book:
Every now and then your favorite author takes a detour while writing a new novel: a chapter gets chopped, a connected short story is dreamed up, an essay about the book’s origins is composed, or an oddity is created on a day off.

Collected here together for the first time are detours by Stephen King, William Peter Blatty, Dean Koontz, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Kelley Armstrong, Michael Koryta, David Morrell, Michael Marshall and Michael Marshall Smith, Chet Williamson, Poppy Z. Brite, Stewart O’Nan, and Owen King.

Join these bestselling authors as they share the other works they wrote while they were writing the books you already know and love.

Table of Contents:
“Introduction” by Brian James Freeman
“Memory” by Stephen King
“When I was Twenty-four and Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth” by Dean Koontz
“Peter and PTR: Two Deleted Prefaces and an Introduction” by Peter Straub
“An Abandoned Fragment” by Ray Bradbury
“The Hunt” by Kelley Armstrong
“Winter Takes All” by Michael Koryta
“Dead Image” by David Morrell
“The Curious Odyssey of James Deacon (AKA James Dean)”/ “Where Darkness is the Only Light” by David Morrell
“Spares: The Missing First Chapter” by Michael Marshall Smith
“The Straw Men: Excerpt from Ch. 29, First Draft” by Michael Marshall
“Ash Wednesday: The Missing Chapter” by Chet Williamson
“Lost Chapter From the First Draft of Lost Souls” by Poppy Z. Brite
“The Ghost Ship: An Unfinished Manuscript” by Stewart O’Nan
“If There Were Demons Then Perhaps There Were Angels: William Peter Blatty’s Own Story of The Exorcist” by William Peter Blatty
“The Curator” by Owen King
“A Night’s Work” by Clive Barker

Read more or place your order today while supplies last!

Thank you, as always, for your continuing support!

CARRIE by Stephen King: Sneak Peek At One of the Exclusive Interior Paintings!

Carrie: The Deluxe Special Edition
Sneak Peek At One of the Exclusive Interior Paintings!

We’re pleased to report that Carrie: The Deluxe Special Edition will be headed to the printer later this month and we thought you might like a sneak peek at one of the exclusive interior paintings by Tomislav Tikulin:

Carrie

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

Lots of New Limited Edition Books Shipping in the Next Two Months!

Lots of New Limited Edition Books Shipping in the Next Two Months!

Hi Folks!

The following books will be published in the next two months, and many of these have already sold out pre-publication and the others could sell out soon, so don’t wait to place your order:

A Simple Plan

Dinner With the Cannibal Sisters

The Zombie Survival Guide

World War Z

The Language of Fear

Pure

The Prophet

Relic

Gideon's Corpse

Lucifer's Lottery

Cold Comforts

As always, thank you for your continued support and enthusiasm!

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King: LAST WEEK To Order Our Special Exclusive Slipcase For Your Book!

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King
LAST WEEK To Order Our Special Exclusive Slipcase For Your Book!

Hi Folks!

Stephen KingWe are producing our popular custom-made slipcases for Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King, but THIS IS THE LAST WEEK we can accept preorders because our slipcase maker is almost ready to roll!

Don’t know what a slipcase is? That’s okay! You can see a sample image of another slipcase we’ve made at the bottom of this email. 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’re 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. We think our collectors will be very pleased with what we have in mind for these very special cases, so don’t wait to place your order!

Sample Photo of Previous Slipcase:

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

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

Production Update on December Park by Ronald Malfi!

December ParkRobert McCammon says:
“A complex and chilling tale of friends, family and the often murderous secrets that hide in the dark. Ronald Malfi takes you for a terrifying visit to December Park.”

December Park by Ronald Malfi
Signed Limited Edition Coming Later This Year Is More Than 75% Sold Out!

Hi Folks!
Our signed Limited Edition of December Park by Ronald Malfi is moving along nicely through production and we expect this one to sell out pre-publication due to the small print run, so place your order now so you don’t miss out!

About the Book:
In the fall of 1993, the quiet suburb of Harting Farms is shocked when children begin to vanish, and one is found dead near December Park—a great, sweeping expanse that is sunken below the streets and surrounded on three sides by vast woodlands—a place children believe is haunted.

Newspapers call the abductor the Piper because he has come to lead children away, while kids whisper darker names for him in the school halls. Angelo Mazzone and his friends discover a link to the dead girl and take up the search for the killer, vowing to stop the Piper’s reign of terror.

Their teenage pledge becomes a journey of self-discovery and an odyssey into the darkness of their own hometown…

Read more or place your order today while supplies last!

Thank you, as always, for your continuing support!

 

Stephen King: News from the Dead Zone #166

Mr. Mercedes debuted in the #1 position on the Publishers Weekly hardcover fiction list and #2 on USA Today’s mixed fiction list (which includes paperbacks). There is a lot of associational material to explore at King’s official website. For example, there’s The Basement, an interactive adventure that takes you into Brady’s domain, where you can delve into the things that are stored on his array of PCs. For some clues on how to get started, it helps to watch the video of Brady’s letter to Detective Hodges. There’s also a book trailer, a saucy TV commercial, an excerpt from the audio book, some “merch” at the Cafe Press store, and a letter from KingTemple Hill and Media Rights Capital have acquired the movie rights to the novel. King talks about the real-life incident that inspired the novel here, but to-date he has only given one interview. There’s also a collection of many of the reviews on his site, and I have another collection of reviews here.

Hodder & Stoughton also produced a whimsical series of promos in which the villain of Mr. Mercedes is introduced by the likes of Annie Wilkes, Carrie White, Andy Dufresne, Pennywise and Danny Torrance.

The big news, of course, is the fact that Mr. Mercedes is the first book in a proposed trilogy. King has already finished the first draft of the second novel, which will be called Finders Keepers. The tentative publication date is sometime in the first half of 2015. King says that the three books “seem to revolve around the City Center Massacre that opens Mr. Mercedes.”

Before we get to Finders Keepers, though, we have Revival, which comes out in November. The newly released paperback edition of Doctor Sleep contains an eight-page excerpt of that novel. And there is a good possibility of a collection in late 2015, bringing together all of the recent short story appearances, including some of those that you can find on my list here. No word yet on whether there will be any brand new stories in the collection. The third book in the Mr. Mercedes trilogy will presumably be out in 2016. I don’t think we’ve known King’s publication schedule so far in advance since 1986-7, when we knew about the next four books he planned to publish.

Big news for people who haven’t had a chance to see Ghost Brothers of Darkland County yet. The musical play will go on tour this fall, with dates in Orono, Toronto, Philadelphia, Durham, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Red Bank, N.J., Portland, ME, Boston, Providence, New York, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles and San Francisco in November and December. See the announcement here.

Just a few weeks until the return of Under the Dome, with the first episode scripted by King. You can see a 30-second clip of King reading the opening section of the episode. On June 23, CBS will run Inside Chester’s Mill, a one-hour special that features highlights from last season and new interviews with the cast and executive producers. In addition, the special will have an advance sneak peek at the season two premiere. The second season will be missing its original showrunner and executive producer Brian K. Vaughan.

Although it had a premiere in New York in April, there’s been very little news about the fate of the film version of A Good Marriage. Last week, though, it was announced that Screen Media Films acquired North American rights to the film, with plans to distribute it in early October, with a nationwide theatrical release accompanied by a day-and-date VOD platform release. “I’m delighted that A Good Marriage is going to be available to the movie going public very soon, and hope we can scare the hell out of millions of people,” King said. “To me, that’s always an exciting prospect.”

Josh Boone, currently riding high with his film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars, promises a three-hour R-rated single film adaptation of The Stand with “an amazing A-list cast across the board…Every single one of those characters will be somebody you recognize and somebody you relate to. And it’s gonna be awesome.” The only person named as a potential cast member is Nat Wolff. Of course, Boone isn’t the first director to try to get a grip on this remake.

In other movie news, the story that is thus far only available in French and German, Bad Little Kid, has been optioned by Laurent Bouzereau , who wrote and directed the 2011 TCM film A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King, which featured King discussing horror films and their popularity with moviegoers.

Oculus and Somnia director Mike Flanagan has committed todirect Gerald’s Game. Flanagan wrote the script with his writing partner Jeff Howard. There’s also an unconfirmed rumor that Gravity director director Alfonso has been approached to direct a prequel to The Shining titled The Overlook Hotel.

TNT is developing  a TV series called The Shop, billed as a sequel to Firestarter. The drama centers on the insidious agency responsible for kidnapping and attempting to exploit the psychokinetic powers of a young girl named Charlie McGee in the original story. Now it’s 20 years later and Charlie has been tracked down by one of The Shop’s former members, Henry Talbot, who introduces her to a group of people with their own unique abilities. From the announcement: “It turns out The Shop is very much alive, bigger and badder than ever, and its dark experiments are unleashing terrifying new entities on the world. It’s now up to Talbot, Charlie and the rest of the team to find The Shop and destroy it for good.”

Here’s a fun dialog between King and Damon Lindelof, as captured by Entertainment Weekly.

The Marvel graphic novel adaptation of the Dark Tower series returns in September with the five-issue series The Prisoner, which tells the backstory of Eddie Dean before he met Roland. You can check out the cover and the first pages here. The artist is Piotr Kowalski. Here’s the promo text: As this tale of urban crime opens, you’ll meet Eddie Dean as an innocent child who grows into a troubled young man gifted with the ability to open doors to other worlds. Can he survive family tragedy, a haunting addiction, and the deadly forces that conspire to stop him from challenging the Man in Black? Eddie faces trials and tribulations at every turn – and the badlands of Mid-World can’t hold a candle to the dangers of Brooklyn in the 1960s! Witness the story of a young man on the path to an unlikely destiny and the most important journey of his life.

Production Update on Fangoria: Cover to Cover!

Fangoria: Cover to Cover
edited by Anthony Timpone
Featuring A Foreword By Bruce Campbell

Huge Oversized Special Edition Hardcover Coming This Summer!

We’re very pleased to report that our World’s First edition of Fangoria: Cover to Cover is almost ready for the printer, but if you want to lock in your copy before we set the print run for the first printing, now is the time to place your order!

FangoriaFangoria: Cover to Cover
edited by Anthony Timpone
Foreword by Bruce Campbell
Afterword by Michael Gingold

About the Book:
Since 1979, Fangoria magazine has been the bible for horror fans worldwide.  Combining first-rate writing, reporting with unparalleled expertise on the fright-film genre, and eye-popping color photos, Fango has set a standard and become a name recognized by anyone who knows and loves scary cinema. One of the signature elements of the magazine has always been the eye-catching and controversial covers that have grabbed the attention of readers everywhere for the past three decades.

Fangoria: Cover to Cover is a lavish, oversized, and full color hardcover book that celebrates the magazine’s long history and the genre it reports on, reproducing every one of those terrifying covers in stunning full color and providing a history of modern horror cinema that has been thirty years in the making. This special edition volume collects a wealth of information, trivia, frightening photos, and every legendary cover of this acclaimed magazine, serving as a celebration of horror and a “coffee table” book that readers will turn to time and time again.

A Cemetery Dance Publications exclusive hardcover edition, there are no other editions planned anywhere in the world at this time!

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

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

Coming This Fall! Revival: A New Novel by Stephen King!

Revival: A New Novel by Stephen King
A spectacularly dark and riveting novel about addiction, religion, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life!

 

Hi Folks!

In case you missed the news, Stephen King has a 500+ page novel called Revival that will be published this fall and we’ll be getting some copies for our collectors!

About the Book:
Stephen KingIn a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs—including Jamie’s mother and beloved sister, Claire. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town.

Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from the age of 13, he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll while fleeing from his family’s horrific loss. In his mid-thirties—addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate—Jamie meets Charles Jacobs again, with profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil’s devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.

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Even though Revival 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 Revival 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 and your book and slipcase will ship together to save you on shipping. We think our collectors will be very pleased with what we have in mind for these very special cases, so don’t wait to place your order!

Sample Photo of a Previous Slipcase:

Sample Photos

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

Update On Carrie: The Deluxe Special Edition!

“These were the ghosts which kept trying to come between me and what I was writing, kept insisting that I combine them, somehow, into a story that would tell what could have happened if there really was such a thing as telekinetic energy…”
— Stephen King, from the introduction

Carrie: The Deluxe Special Edition
Headed To The Printer This Month!

We’re pleased to report that Carrie: The Deluxe Special Edition will be headed to the printer later this month and everything is moving along right on schedule!

For those who are new to our list, we’ve signed an exclusive deal to produce a six volume set of special collectible editions of Stephen King’s early books that were originally published by Doubleday back in the 1970s and early 1980s! These books are Carrie, ‘Salem’s Lot, The Shining, Night Shift, The Stand, and Pet Sematary, six classics of the horror genre and all-time Stephen King fan favorites.

CarrieThese are the books that launched King’s career and made him a household name, and our special editions will be beautiful and oversized volumes like we’ve published for From a Buick 8, It, Doctor Sleep, and many other King books over the years.

The first title in this special six volume set is Carrie, which is available for preorder immediately. Other volumes in this series will follow approximately every six months after Carrie is published and several acclaimed artists are already creating stunning art for these books. These special editions will feature exclusive bonus features such as introductions, afterwords, artwork, and even deleted material in some cases.

We expect extremely strong demand for these special editions of Stephen King’s extraordinarily popular early books, and collectors who preorder Carrie directly from us will be the first collectors offered the opportunity to order the next volume before the general public.

Special Features Exclusive To This Deluxe Special Edition:
• an introduction by Stephen King detailing why he wrote the book
• a lengthy afterword by Tabitha King discussing the book’s unbridled exploration of adolescent terror, sexuality, and the unknown
• deluxe oversized design (7 inches X 10 inches) featuring two color interior printing as part of the page design
• printed on a heavy interior specialty paper stock that is much thicker than the paper in a normal trade edition
• epic wrap-around full-color dust jacket artwork by Tomislav Tikulin
• a different full-color dust jacket for the Artist Edition painted by Tomislav Tikulin
• six full-color interior paintings by Tomislav Tikulin
• interior artwork will be printed on a heavy glossy stock and tipped into the book
• high-quality endpapers and fine bindings
• full-page reproduction of the telegram Doubleday editor Bill Thompson sent Stephen King to announce the publisher was buying the book
• extremely collectible print run that is a tiny fraction of the TENS OF MILLIONS of copies of this novel you’ve seen in bookstores over the last 40 years!

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

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