We’re down to our last few available copies of the World’s First UK Slipcased Gift Edition of Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar, which will be published this fall by SST Publications in the UK, so please don’t wait to place your order because these will be gone today!
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Blood Sacrifice by Barry Hoffman
Next Century Publishing (March 2017)
408 pages; $12.95 paperback; $7.95 e-book
Reviewed by Dave Simms
Barry Hoffman is back with a kick-ass thriller that is also a horror novel, crime novel, supernatural novel and more, all wrapped up in a story which races by in what can easily be called his best effort since his “Eyes” series. Blood Sacrifice brings into the fold a set of new characters which hopefully will be returning in future entries. Continue Reading
We’re extremely excited to report we will be getting copies of the World’s First UK Slipcased Gift Edition of Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar, which will be published this fall by SST Publications in the UK!
Featuring an oversized trim size and 7 NEVER BEFORE seen illustrations by Vincent Sammy, this special edition is limited to just one printing of 600 copies, which is insanely low for a Stephen King Gift Edition. We think this volume will be a must-have for collectors in the years to come, so please don’t wait to place your order because our limited supplies won’t last long!
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The Damned Vol. 1: Three Days Dead by Cullenn Bunn, Brian Hurtt and Bill Crabtree
Oni Press (March 2017)
152 pages, $9.99 paperback; $1.99 e-book
Reviewed by Joshua Gage
The Damned Volume 1: Three Days Dead can only be described as horror noir. It’s set during prohibition, when mobsters and criminal organizations build fortune peddling vice to the citizens of the city. However, those sins are controlled not by human gangsters, but by rival families of demons. The long-standing feud between two of the families is about the come to an end thanks to a brokered deal to consolidate power. But before things can be finalized, the bookkeeper tasked to brokering the deal is kidnapped along with a ledger that could spell doom for all the families.Continue Reading
We’re thrilled to report we will be receiving copies of the special signed Limited Edition of Bird Box by Josh Malerman from Dark Regions Press, which features original wraparound color dust jacket artwork by Vincent Chong, ten interior illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, a new 9,000 word Bird Box story entitled “Bobby Knocks,” and a new afterword from author Josh Malerman. Limited to just 526 copies total, there will only be one printing and we do not expect our copies to last long!
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Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Revelations5 Comments on Discovering Alan Peter Ryan 
I can’t remember where I read it—one of his blog posts, or in one of his now out-of-print blog collections—but Brian Keene once recounted the story of how he and some fellow writers, early in their career, visited a used bookstore while at a convention (maybe World Horror; I can’t remember). Excited at their own writing futures, while browsing the stacks, looking for their favorite classic authors, they discovered, with a rising sense of unease, a number of authors they had never heard of before. Writers who had at least ascended to paperback fame (of a kind) only to descend once again beneath the waters of obscurity, with barely a ripple. Continue Reading
We’re pleased to report we will be receiving copies of Richard Laymon’s Funland Special Definitive Edition from Dark Regions Press, which features an introduction by Jack Ketchum, a new afterword by Brian Keene, and more than 50 pages of unpublished author notes and scanned pages during Richard’s work on Funland. Artist Malcolm McClinton has supplied fantastic wraparound dust jacket artwork and five full page interior illustrations based on the novel. The book will be signed by Jack Ketchum and Brian Keene.
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A Life Removed by Jason Parent
Red Adept Publishing (May 2017)
284 pages; $5.99 e-book
Reviewed by Chad Lutzke
It’s been a while since I’ve read any kind of crime thriller, and I’ve quite missed it. Books like Red Dragon, The Bone Collector and Intensity certainly have their place in the horror world. After all, what’s scarier than reading about something more than capable of happening right in our own backyards by the person down the street who’s convinced their homicidal ideations are healthy and normal? I was looking forward to taking that kind of ride. Unfortunately, the scenery was too familiar to sit back and thoroughly enjoy it.Continue Reading
Our Slipcased Gift Edition of Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King is now 99% SOLD OUT, so this is most likely your very last chance to reserve a brand new copy direct from the publisher!
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The Process (is a Process All its Own) by Peter Straub
Subterranean Press (July 2017)
96 pages; $40.00 hardcover
Reviewed by Blu Gilliand
The majority of slasher fiction—whether it’s short stories, books, or movies—tends to focus on the hunt. Here’s a group of thinly-sketched victims, cannon fodder to be creatively knocked off one-by-one; and here’s a killer, often silent, usually masked, his or her motivations as mysterious as their identity. What comes after is, more often than not, a by-the-numbers recreation of the stalk-n-slash formula that’s been a staple of horror since the 1970s.*Continue Reading
We’re pleased to announce our brand new signed Limited Edition hardcover of Brian Hodge’s original novella, I’ll Bring You the Birds From Out of the Sky, which is already rolling at the printer and will be published next month! This special edition features FULL COLOR cover and interior artwork by Kim Parkhurst, and the results are simply gorgeous!
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We’re pleased to report we’ll be receiving copies of the first US trade paperback edition of A LONG DECEMBER by Richard Chizmar, and Richard will be signing any orders placed in the next few days! In addition, we’re offering FREE US SHIPPING through Sunday for this title, so now is definitely the time to place your order!
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Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Horror Drive-InLeave a comment on The Endgame of an Era 
Me and the Nameless Detective go way back. I’ve been reading these books since, oh wow, probably 1983? My Lord, that’s a long time.
I was never a mystery/suspense/noir reader in my youth. Science fiction, mostly, and what horror there was to be found. Which, honestly, wasn’t very much. SF won most of my reading time by default.
Yet by the early eighties I was getting very tired of the weary clichés of science fiction. Continue Reading
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Monochromes and Other Stories by Matt Bechtel
Haverhill House Publishing (April 2017)
148 pages; $12.95 paperback; $2.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington
“Some people just see the world differently. Matt Bechtel is one of those people.”—James A. Moore.
After reading this collection I’d have to agree with that assessment. Matt has an eye for detail and is masterful at shedding a unique light on the otherwise mundane.Continue Reading
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Marathon by Brian Freeman
Quercus (May 2017)
408 pages; $19.16 hardback; $12.99 e-book
Reviewed by Dave Simms
This book will undoubtedly hit several nerves for fans of well-written, tight, timely thrillers. Brian Freeman (Editor’s Note: Not to be confused with Cemetery Dance staffer and author Brian James Freeman) has cemented himself as a strong contender for being one of the top writers in the genre today. Marathon is a firecracker which doesn’t exploit the headlines as much as blows them apart and delves into the topics which really matter—all within a story that never lets up. It does, however, let the novel breathe.Continue Reading
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