Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Signed Limited Edition Hardcover!

We’re pleased to report we’ll be receiving copies of the signed Limited Edition hardcover of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel from Subterranean Press!

Emily St. John Mandel’s New York Times bestselling Station Eleven is at once a gripping post-apocalyptic page turner and a hopeful, elegiac masterpiece that explores the connections that bind humanity. Shortlisted for the National Book Award and winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award, among many other honors and accolades, Station Eleven has joined the classic pantheon of imagined futures.

Station Eleven

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‘Creepshow’ Makes a Comeback

Creepshow CoverIt’s unusual for a Stephen King book to be out of print, but that’s been the case with Creepshow, the 1982 adaptation of the George Romero-directed, King-scripted move of the same name. The original edition published by Plume has only been available on the collector’s market—usually at a cost well above its original $6.95 price tag.

If you’ve been holding out, your luck’s about to change. In honor of the 35th (!) anniversary of the book and movie, Gallery 13 is releasing a brand new edition of Creepshow. It arrives May 9 full intact and nearly identical to the original edition, albeit with a slightly higher cover price ($18) and some minor cosmetic differences.Continue Reading

Join on us on Facebook today for our first-ever live stream!

Join on us on Facebook today for our first-ever live stream!
Richard Chizmar will be signing Gwendy’s Button Box and answering your questions!

Well, I’m not sure how we talked him into this, but Richard Chizmar will be going LIVE on Facebook today at approximately 11 AM eastern time while he continues signing trade hardcovers of Gwendy’s Button Box, which will be officially published next week, and as he signs he’ll be answering questions that are posted in the comments section of the Facebook live stream!

This is our first time streaming video on Facebook, and we have no idea what we’re doing, but luckily Richard’s son Billy Chizmar will be here to help.

Tune in via the Cemetery Dance Publications Facebook Page to watch, listen, and chime in with your own questions if you’d like. And feel free to wish Richard luck because he has around 3,500 more copies to sign this week!

Richard Chizmar

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Honky Tonk Samurai Joe R. Lansdale Signed Limited Edition Hardcover!

We’re pleased to report we’ll be receiving copies of the signed Limited Edition hardcover of Honky Tonk Samurai by Joe R. Lansdale from Gauntlet Press!

Only Hap and Leonard would catch a cold case with hot cars, hot women, and ugly skinheads. Filled with Joe R. Lansdale’s trademark whip-smart dialogue, relentless pacing, and unorthodox characters, Honky Tonk Samurai is a rambunctious thrill ride by one hell of a writer.

Honky Tonk Samurai

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Mikita Brottman: The Study of Fear

Mikita Brottman has loved horror since an early age. She was reading it as a child in England, reading it as a student at Oxford University, and has been reading it during her career as a professor and psychoanalyst. Since the ’90s, she has published a series of both fiction and nonfiction books on taboo subjects—everything from cannibalism to serial killers to her experience doing a literature program at a Maximum Security prison. In their own ways, each book brings together her love of horror, the misunderstood, psychology and academia. Her academic works that deal with horror are both full of detail and accessible, something not always found together, especially when the academic world has tended to turn its nose up to the aesthetic of fictional horror. Brottman spoke about her books, the appeal of horror and what she thinks can make horror its scariest.Continue Reading

Stephen King: News from the Dead Zone #198

Stephen King News From the Dead ZoneThe Dark Tower trailer we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. Let’s get that out of the way straight off:

However, before the trailer showed up at 9:19 am Keystone Earth Time today, we were treated yesterday to some Twitter banter between Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey as they laid the groundwork for a couple of teaser trailers that contain some footage not found in the official trailer.Continue Reading

Review: ‘Embers: A Collection of Dark Fiction’ by Kenneth W. Cain

Embers: A Collection of Dark Fiction edited by Kenneth W. Cain
Crystal Lake Publishing (March 2017)
217 pages; $13.99 paperback; $3.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

Embers: A Collection of Dark Fiction features twenty-five stories. In any collection of this size, there are bound to be some hits and some misses along the way. Fortunately, there are more of the former, leading me to suggest this work be added to your personal TBR list.Continue Reading

Sleeping Beauties Signed Editions SOLD OUT! Slipcased Gift Edition Selling Very Well!

We’re pleased to report the SIGNED EDITIONS of our new Deluxe Special Limited Edition of Sleeping Beauties are both SOLD OUT, but we do still have copies of the unsigned Oversized Slipcased Hardcover Gift Edition, which is limited to a ONE-TIME printing of 1,750 illustrated copies!

This Gift Edition will be printed in two colors with two-color hot foil stamping, a fine binding, epic wrap-around cover artwork, nearly a dozen interior color paintings by Jana Heidersdorf, and it will be housed in a custom-made slipcase.

This marks one of the scarcest print runs for any of our Stephen King special editions and more than 50% of the available copies have already been reserved!

READ MORE OR RESERVE YOUR COPY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

Sleeping Beauties

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Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King Signed & Illustrated Limited Edition Hardcover Announced Today!

Cemetery Dance Publications is very pleased to announce our Deluxe Special Limited Edition of Stephen King and Owen King’s first collaborative novel, Sleeping Beauties!

We have a very limited supply remaining to offer of the Traycased Oversized Hardcover Signed Limited Edition, which will be printed in two colors with two-color hot foil stamping, a satin ribbon page marker and embossed endpapers, epic wrap-around cover artwork, nearly a dozen interior color paintings by Jana Heidersdorf, a signature sheet signed by Stephen King, Owen King, and Jana Heidersdorf, and the book will be housed in a custom-made traycase exclusive to this edition.

There is also an unsigned Oversized Slipcased Hardcover Gift Edition of only 1,750 illustrated copies that will be printed in two colors with two-color hot foil stamping, a fine binding, epic wrap-around cover artwork, nearly a dozen interior color paintings by Jana Heidersdorf, and it will be housed in a custom-made slipcase. This marks one of the scarcest print runs for any of our Stephen King special editions and we do not expect our supplies to last long!

READ MORE OR RESERVE YOUR COPY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!

Sleeping Beauties

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Review: “The Fiddle is the Devil’s Instrument” by Brett J. Talley

The Fiddle is the Devil’s Instrument by Brett J. Talley
JournalStone (April 2017)
247 pages; $25.95 hardcover; $8.20 paperback; $3.95 e-book
Reviewed by Chad Lutzke

I am no Lovecraft connoisseur. There’s a lot by him I haven’t read. My knowledge in all things Lovecraft—other than reading “The Call of Cthulhu” and the Herbert West stories—is probably just par for the course. Maybe below par, as my familiarity does extend beyond pop culture references, which has taken second only to zombies this modern day. And I suspect that most who share the Cthulhu memes and sport the elder god swag haven’t read anything past the title. Maybe it’s because Lovecraft isn’t an easy read. Maybe it’s because smart phones and video games have taken the place of brittle paperbacks and warped hardbacks. And maybe that’s where books like The Fiddle is the Devil’s Instrument fit in best.Continue Reading

Al Sarrantonio: The Weird King of Halloween

I first encountered Al Sarrantonio the same way others most likely did; in his Orangefield Cycle, which regales the tale of the strange Pumpkin Capitol of Orangefield, New York, through the novels Halloweenland, Hallows Eve, Horrorween and the novellas The Pumpkin Boy and Hornets. In Orangefield, strange things happen around Halloween. People die mysteriously, create suicide pacts, conduct pagan rituals, and see strange things from other worlds. Like the mythical Pumpkin Boy, a robot with a pumpkin for a head. Or Samhain himself, trying to take advantage of Halloween’s thin dimensional walls in his repeated attempts to sneak into our world as the advance scout of an unholy army lead by something far worse. Continue Reading

Dark Screams 6 featuring Stephen King, Lisa Morton, Nell Quinn-Gibney, Norman Prentiss, Joyce Carol Oates, and Tim Curran Available For Immediate Download!

Richard Chizmar and Brian James Freeman have once again joined forces with the cutting edge team at Hydra, a division of Random House, to produce five more volumes in their acclaimed Dark Screams horror eBook anthology series!

Each volume collects stories by the best authors working in the business, and the newest addition to this landmark series is Dark Screams: Volume Six, which is now available for immediate download!

(Read more about Dark Screams: Volume One, Dark Screams: Volume Two, Dark Screams: Volume Three, Dark Screams: Volume Four, and Dark Screams: Volume Five on their pages.)

Dark Screams Volume Six features…

THE OLD DUDE’S TICKER by Stephen King
Dark Screams 6Richard Drogan has been spooked ever since he came back from ‘Nam, but he’s no head case, dig? He just knows the old dude needs to die.

THE RICH ARE DIFFERENT by Lisa Morton
Even though she made her name revealing the private lives of the rich and famous, Sara Peck has no idea how deep their secrets really go… or the price they’ll pay to get what they desire.

THE MANICURE by Nell Quinn-Gibney
A trip to the nail salon is supposed to be relaxing. But as the demons of the past creep closer with every clip, even the most serene day of pampering can become a nightmare.

THE COMFORTING VOICE by Norman Prentiss
It’s a little strange how baby Lydia can only be soothed by her grandfather’s unnatural voice, ravaged by throat cancer. The weirdest part? What he’s saying is more disturbing than how he says it.

THE SITUATIONS by Joyce Carol Oates
There are certain lessons children must learn, rules they must follow, scars they must bear. No lesson is more important than this: Never question Daddy. Or else.

THE CORPSE KING by Tim Curran
Grave robbers Kearney and Clow keep one step ahead of the law as they ply their ghoulish trade, but there’s no outrunning a far more frightening enemy that hungers for the dead.

Purchase the eBook:
Amazon.com • Amazon.ca • Amazon.co.uk • Barnes & Noble • iBookstore • Kobo

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Review: ‘A Field Guide to Kentucky Kaiju’ by Justin Stewart, Tressina Bowling and Shawn Pryor

A Field Guide to Kentucky Kaiju by Justin Stewart, Tressina Bowling and Shawn Pryor
Apex Book Company (October 2016)
104 pages; $14.95 paperback
Reviewed by Anton Cancre

Any amateur naturalist worth their salt knows that Kentucky is one of the finest states in this dear union. Those great, sprawling acres of wilderness call to us, filled as they are with some of the more interesting species of both man and beast. Given this, it really is surprising it took this long for someone to put together a loose guide to the more unusual of its native fauna.Continue Reading

Gwendy’s Button Box LOW STOCK WARNING!!!

Yep, it’s true! 95% of the First Edition, First Printings of Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar have been reserved and we’re going back to press pre-publication for a second printing! The ONLY WAY to guarantee a First Edition, First Printing is to order through our the product page. None of the major booksellers are guaranteed specific printings, just FYI.

We also thought this is a good time to answer some frequently asked questions about the book, so here we go:

Q: Any chance Richard will sign more copies? I missed out on ordering during that promotion.

A: We’ve gone rogue here and put the SIGNED BY RICHARD CHIZMAR (no extra cost!) option back on the product page, but you’d better hurry before Richard notices and asks us to remove it!

Q: Any news about the Audiobook?

A: Yes! The awesome audiobook team at Simon & Schuster announced that Maggie Siff from Billions, Mad Men, and Sons of Anarchy is the narrator and there are two bonus features: a bonus story called “The Music Room” by King and an exclusive interview between Stephen and Richard! You can learn more here: Amazon * Audible on Amazon * Audible.com * Cemetery Dance Online Store

Q: Can I still order the Gwendy’s Button Box t-shirt?

A: Yes, we put that one back on the site, too, but seriously, we need to get our order rolling with our shirt guy this week, so PLEASE order today if you want one! Read more on the Cemetery Dance Limited Edition T-Shirt product page.

Q: Any movie news to share?

A: No comment.

Q: Didn’t JJ Abrams have some kind words to share about Gwendy’s Button Box?

A: “Man, I love this story! The whole thing just races and feels so right-sized and so scarily and sadly relevant. Loved the characters… and the sense of one little girl’s connection to the whole world through this weird device. It all just sang.” — JJ Abrams

Q: Are you just messing with us with those last two Q&As?

A: I have no idea what you’re talking about…

Gwendy's Button Box

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Review: ‘Feral’ by James DeMonaco & B.K. Evenson

Feral by James DeMonaco & B.K. Evenson
Anchor/Blumhouse Books (April 2017)
320 pages; $9.57 paperback; $11.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

Ever read a book with all the right ingredients, one that’s well written, has characters you care about, tells a story with a beginning, a middle, and an end, yet leaves you feeling disappointed?

That’s exactly how I feel about Feral, the new novel from the powerhouse team of James DeMonaco and B.K. Evenson. Continue Reading