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“Powerful\u2026I love it\u2026Richard Chizmar writes clean, no-nonsense prose\u2026sets his tales in no-nonsense, middle class neighborhoods I can relate to\u2026and writes terrific stories served with a very large slice of Disquiet Pie.”
\n\u2014 Stephen King<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Chizmar’s stories are hard-hitting, spooky, suspenseful, poignant, harrowing, heartbreaking and most of all very well-written. Excellent work!”
\n\u2014 Robert McCammon<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A Long December<\/em> by Richard Chizmar<\/span>
\nBrand New Signed Limited Edition Hardcover From Subterranean Press!<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Hi Folks!<\/p>\n

We’re very pleased to report that we’ll be getting copies of A Long December<\/a><\/em> by Richard Chizmar, his new Limited Edition from Subterranean Press and his first collection in more than two decades. This will be a BIG book, just look at the lengthy table of contents on the product page!<\/a><\/p>\n

Note From Cemetery Dance:<\/span>
\n\"A<\/a>Richard Chizmar 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!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

About the Book:
\n<\/strong>In 1996, Richard Chizmar’s debut short story collection, Midnight Promises,<\/em> was a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. Publishers Weekly<\/em> called it “a sterling collection” while singling out “The Silence of Sorrow” as “an understated masterpiece.”<\/p>\n

Two years later, Subterranean Press published a mini-collection from Chizmar entitled Monsters and Other Stories.<\/em> In his introduction, acclaimed genre critic Edward Bryant said, “When all is said and done, this book should leave you in utter silence, giving you time and opportunity to contemplate what you just read. Tough storytelling from a tough writer; but a writer who is not calloused. Chizmar possesses a finely honed gift of empathy. With utter grace and loving kindness he’ll put you right inside the life (and soul) of the monster.”<\/p>\n

Now, nearly two decades later, Chizmar assembles thirty-five stories, including a previously-unpublished novella, and presents us with A Long December.<\/em> This massive new collection features more than 150,000 words of Chizmar’s very best short fiction and includes 8,000 words of autobiographical Story Notes.<\/p>\n

Eerie, suspenseful, poignant, the stories in A Long December<\/em> range from horror to suspense, crime to dark fantasy, mainstream to mystery.<\/p>\n

As New York Times<\/em> bestselling author Scott Smith (A Simple Plan, The Ruins<\/em>) notes: “It’s an idyllic little world Richard Chizmar has created. Boys fish in the shallows of a winding creek. A father tosses a baseball with his young son in the fading light of a summer day. There’s the smell of fresh-cut grass. And then, well\u2026just beneath the surface? There are those missing pets whose collars turn up in a shoebox. Or the disturbing photos the dead can leave behind. Or the terrible thing you might find yourself doing when a long lost brother suddenly returns, demanding money. Chizmar does a tremendous job of peeling back his world’s shiny layers, revealing the rot that lies underneath. His stories feel like so many teeth: short and sharp and ready to draw blood.”<\/p>\n

Read more or place your order on our website!<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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