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William Katt on KOLCHACK, CARRIE and More

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 17, 2025InterviewsDania Davidson, Interviews, Kolchack, William KattLeave a comment

Kolchak: The Night Stalker might be best known as a movie and TV series, but it was the original novel by Jeff Rice that started it all. Monstrous Books will be bringing the book back to print, as well as offering an audiobook with Blackstone Audio. Actor William Katt, who played Tommy Ross in the classic horror movie Carrie and the lead in the hit show The Greatest American Hero, lends his voice talents to narrate the book. Katt spoke to Cemetery Dance about how Kolchak influenced The Greatest American Hero, what it was like working on his first audiobook, and some fun memories from filming Carrie.Continue Reading

Night Time Logic with Manuel Arenas

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 14, 2025February 13, 2025Night Time LogicColumns, Daniel Braum, Manuel Arenas, Night Time LogicLeave a comment

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“Unity of Effect,” “Southwest Gothic,” and “The Burning Ember Mission of Helldorado”

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Night Time Logic is the part of a story that is felt but not consciously processed. It is also the name of this interview series here at Cemetery Dance and over on my YouTube channel.

Through in-depth conversation with authors this column explores the night time part of stories, the strange and uncanny in horror and dark fiction, and more.

My short story collection with Cemetery Dance is titled The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales in homage to Aickman and his kind of stories that operate this way. It can be found here.

I spoke with Manuel Arenas about his work including his latest short story collection titled The Burning Ember Mission of Helldorado from Jackanapes Press.

In addition to his fiction our conversation covered his artistic and musical collaborations. We began our talk about creating a locality for the book.Continue Reading

Review: Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 12, 2025February 5, 2025ReviewsHaley Newlin, Reviews, Victorian Psycho, Virginia FeitoLeave a comment

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Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito
Liveright (February 2025)
Reviewed by Haley Newlin

Victorian Psycho is soon to be a feature film from the horror fan-favorite A24, starring Margaret Qualley (The Substance). I heard the news before picking up Virginia Feito’s psychological and gothic horror debut, so I enjoyed envisioning Qualley as the bloodthirsty Ensor governess, Winifred Notty. This read was one of those rare instances where every responsibility of life feels like an interruption. I could not get back to it quickly enough. Continue Reading

Review: Alex’s Escape by L. Andrew Cooper

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 10, 2025February 2, 2025ReviewsAlex's Escape, Chandra Claypool, L. Andrew Cooper, ReviewsLeave a comment

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Alex’s Escape by L. Andrew Cooper
Horrific Scribblings (February 2025)
Reviewed by Chandra Claypool (Instagram) (TikTok)

“Fourteen-year-old psychopath Alex Packard has his own house, a shadow version of his parents’ house that THEY help him build.” That alone caught my attention immediately. Alex takes his victims there to kill them in the most entertaining of ways with his final victims in his hometown being his own parents. Police can’t catch him because there’s no physical evidence to tie him to the crimes. What happens in his house, doesn’t happen the exact same way in the real world.Continue Reading

Horror Drive-In: Saying Goodbye to Fictional Characters

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 7, 2025February 2, 2025Horror Drive-InColumns, Horror Drive-In, Mark SieberLeave a comment

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We’ve all met those tiresome people who scoff at intense grieving over a pet. “It’s a cat!” they sneer, never realizing the total and encompassing love we have for our nonhuman family members. How would they feel if they knew how deeply some of us grieve when we say goodbye to characters in book we love?Continue Reading

Alisa Kwitney is Ready to HOWL

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 5, 2025February 2, 2025The Comic VaultAlisa Kwitney, Columns, Danica Davidson, Howl, Interviews, The Comic VaultLeave a comment

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cover of Howl Alisa Kwitney’s new five-issue comic series Howl has a title that references the Allen Ginsberg poem that became a Beat generation anthem — and the alien howl given by the pod people in the 1978 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Kwitney spoke to Cemetery Dance about her new science fiction horror story, the influence of her mother Ziva and science fiction writer father Robert Sheckley, and about her time as an editor at DC Comics.Continue Reading

Stephen King: News from the Dead Zone #237

Bev VincentFebruary 3, 2025February 2, 2025Stephen King News from the Dead ZoneBev Vincent, Black House, Carrie, Columns, Holly, Lily, mike flanagan, Never Flinch, News from the Dead Zone, Peter Straub, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, The Extra Hour, The Institute, The Life of Chuck, The Long Walk, The Monkey, The Running Man, The Talisman, Welcome to DerryLeave a comment

I should start off by saying Happy New Year. We can hope it will be happy anyway. And why not? For the first time in a while, we know not only what King’s next book is going to be, but also what he’s currently working on for the book after that, assuming inspiration continues to flow in his direction. Or, as he so colorfully put it, that the “red thread that comes out of a mousehole in the ground” doesn’t break. And there will be at least six adaptations hitting screens of various sizes during 2025.

Review: Night People by Barry Gifford, Chris Condon, Brian Level, and Alexandre Tefenkgi

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 31, 2025January 26, 2025The Comic VaultBarry Gifford, Chris Condon, Comics, Joshua Gage, Night People, Reviews, The Comic VaultLeave a comment

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Night People by Barry Gifford, Chris Condon, Brian Level, and Alexandre Tefenkgi
Oni Press (February 11, 2025)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

Barry Gifford’s novel Night People was awarded the Premio Brancati, established by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Alberto Moravia, in Italy. He has won awards for fiction from the writers guilds in America and the United Kingdom, a BAFTA, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, among others. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages. His film credits include Wild at Heart (winner of the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival), Lost Highway, City of Ghosts, and The Phantom Father.

Chris Condon is the low-down dirty scoundrel behind the ongoing Image Comic series That Texas Blood and its acclaimed Wild West spinoff, The Enfield Gang Massacre, both with artist Jacob Phillips. He waded deep into bayou waters to adapt Barry Gifford’s Night People for Oni Press and has not been the same since.Continue Reading

Review: Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 29, 2025January 26, 2025ReviewsBury Your Gays, Chuck Tingle, Haley Newlin, ReviewsLeave a comment

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
Tor Nightfire (July 2024)
Reviewed by Haley Newlin

Bury Your Gays was my first Chuck Tingle read. The cover features Hollywood’s bright colors, palm trees, and a bloodied sledgehammer to break apart the pretense of glamor. The imagery reminds me of Ti West’s characters, Maxine and Pearl, and their fierce fight for fame.Continue Reading

Review: American Rapture by C.J. Leede

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 27, 2025January 26, 2025ReviewsAmerican Rapture, Chandra Claypool, CJ Leede, ReviewsLeave a comment

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Tor Nightfire (October 2024)
Reviewed by Chandra Claypool (Instagram) (TikTok)

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she discovers there are far worse fates than dying a virgin.

Let me just say that I’ve heard about C.J. Leede from just about everyone I know who reads the same genres that I do. First, it was about Maeve Fly (which is on my to-be-read list) and then this beautifully covered read, American Rapture. After turning the last page, not knowing my breath had been held for so long, I can certainly see why this book has become so popular, so quickly.Continue Reading

Exhumed: “Diary” and “The Left Behind”

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 24, 2025January 19, 2025ExhumedColumns, Diary, Exhumed, K. Edwin Fritz, Kaaron Warren, Ronald Kelly, The Left BehindLeave a comment

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Hi there. I’m Keith, or “K. Edwin” if you prefer. I’m a middle school English teacher, a writer, and like any perfectly normal fan of horror these days, another random guy who is totally obsessed with Cemetery Dance Magazine. Ok, maybe I take it a bit further than most… I actually own every single copy (but that’s a story for another post).

Exhumed is my humble attempt to read and review every short story and novel excerpt ever published by CD. In their 35+ years of publication, there have been 577 pieces spread out over 79 issues featuring no less than 283 different authors. That’s a lot of scares! But since each Exhumed post covers just 2 stories (one “old” and one “new”), I think I’m going to be doing this for a while. I sure hope you’ll join me along the way. So grab your shovel and dig in. There’s no telling what we’ll unearth together. Continue Reading

Mike Mignola Goes BOWLING

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 22, 2025January 19, 2025The Comic VaultBowling with Corpses, Columns, Danica Davidson, Interviews, Mike Mignola, The Comic VaultLeave a comment

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cover of Bowling with Corpses Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is ushering in 2025 with a brand-new anthology of folklore-inspired stories, Bowling with Corpses. Labeled as “weird, wicked and whimsical” by publisher Dark Horse Comics, this collection sees Mignola writing and illustrating stories featuring sorcerers, pirate girls, the undead and more. Mignola is joined on the project by long-time collaborator Dave Stewart on colors, along with letterer Clem Robins.

Mignola answered a few questions for Cemetery Dance about the new project. Stick around afterwards for a few pages from Bowling with CorpsesContinue Reading

Review: Wake Up And Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 20, 2025January 19, 2025ReviewsChandra Claypool, Clay McLeod Chapmen, Reviews, Wake Up and Open Your EyesLeave a comment

Wake Up And Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman
Quirk Books (January 2025)
Reviewed by Chandra Claypool (Instagram) (TikTok)

Holy smokes, folks! What did I just read?! Readers, oh readers. This is a hard review to write because there is just so much to say but I’ll keep it as simple as possible. Let’s take a look at this “fast-paced supernatural horror novel about a mass demonic possession epidemic that spreads through the internet.”Continue Reading

Exclusive Preview: The Order of the Circle

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 17, 2025January 16, 2025The Comic VaultDead Sky, Elisabeth Mkheidze, Eva de la Cruz, Levi Cory, Preview, The Comic Vault, The Order of the CircleLeave a comment

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The Order of the Circle by Levi Cory is described as an “occult/revenge/love story set in 1950s London.” The graphic novel will be published February 18, and in the meantime, Cemetery Dance is able to show an exclusive B&W early preview.

Cory said in a quote to Cemetery Dance, “When I saw [artist] Elisabeth [Mkheidze]’s work for the first time I knew it would fit perfectly for the story. She has this gothic flow inherent in her style, so when we talked about these dark horror elements she knew exactly how to bring the world to life. The book’s art is stunning. Elisabeth knows how to capture emotion with her work, so the character of Dorothy seems to grow right out of the page and into my imagination. And then, you throw Eva [de la Cruz]’s colors into the mix; the mood comes through, that gothic feeling is set, and the tone of the book hums like a well-oiled machine.”

Please enjoy the following preview!Continue Reading

Review: Grim Root by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 15, 2025January 13, 2025ReviewsBonnie Jo Stufflebeam, Chandra Claypool, Grim Root, ReviewsLeave a comment

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Dark Matter INK (October 2024)
Reviewed by Chandra Claypool (Instagram) (TikTok)

Touted as a “humorous gothic horror novel pitched as The Bachelor meets The Haunting of Hill House,” this novel definitely delivered on the first part and somewhat on the latter. In this novel, a “group of women on a reality TV dating show must compete for the hand of an eligible bachelor by spending a week in a haunted house.” Sign me up! I absolutely love this idea for a plot. Reality shows are a great setting for some devious and illicit things to occur. Continue Reading

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