Jana Heidersdorf is making amazing progress on the artwork for our special edition of Sleeping Beauties by Stephen King and Owen King, and we wanted to take a moment to show you another new painting she has delivered for this project:
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Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Horror Drive-In1 Comment on The Horror Bust (That Didn’t Seem Like a Bust) 
We were talking about the great horror boom of the 1980s at the Horror Drive-In message boards the other day. Most seem to think that it was the greatest era in the history of the genre. I happen to agree. I was there, and as big a fan of all things horror as you’d have been likely to find. It was an exciting time, for movies and for horror fiction. I could go on about it indefinitely, but I have something else on my mind today.Continue Reading
BIG NEWS! One week after Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar was published, it has made history for Cemetery Dance Publications as our first-ever National Bestseller! Specifically, our edition is now:
* #4 on the New York Times bestsellers list (combined print/ebook)
* #7 on the New York Times list (hardcover)
* #4 on the USA Today bestsellers list
* #12 on the Amazon bestsellers list
In addition, on Amazon.com they noted: “MOST ANTICIPATED. There were more pre-orders for Gwendy’s Button Box than any other book released this week on the Most Sold Fiction Chart.”
We’ve also heard that Gwendy’s Button Box will appear on Publishers Weekly bestsellers list this week.
If you haven’t ordered your copy already, here are the links again, but the First Printing, First Edition is nearly gone, so do not wait!
Trade Hardcover Edition: Cemetery Dance Publications * Amazon * Barnes & Noble * Books-A-Million
eBook: Amazon * Barnes & Noble * Kobo * iTunes
Audio: Amazon * Audible on Amazon * Audible.com
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Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories InterviewsLeave a comment on Heading Up the Skelton Crew: An Interview with Israel Skelton 
Skelton Crew Studio, a comic book replica studio based in the wilds of Maine, was founded by Israel Skelton in 2008. A sculptor and creator for more than 30 years, Skelton first made a name for his studio with a replica key based on the critically-acclaimed comic series Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez. Collaborations with a wide variety of creators soon followed, and Skelton Crew Studio’s work is now highly sought after among collectors and creators alike. Skelton Crew has a busy year ahead of them—more on that in a minute—so we appreciate Israel Skelton taking a few moments to discuss his work with us.
(Interview conducted by Blu Gilliand)Continue Reading
The Halloween Children by Brian James Freeman and Norman Prentiss
Hydra/Random House (June 2017)
300 pages; $2.99 e-book
Reviewed by Dave Simms
A Halloween story is something no reader of horror fiction should ever miss. A broad statement, true, but The Hallowen Children is another Hallowen tale which has knocked it out of the park. This is a disturbing, claustrophobic, beyond enjoyable read which encompasses everything Halloween should be. Of course, parallels will be drawn to The Shining, but that would be extremely unfair to Brian Freeman and Norman Prentiss. The Halloween Children is utterly original and deserves to be given applause on its own merits. This is an everyman’s horror story—the best, most relatable kind—and holds family close to its dark heart.Continue Reading
READING STEPHEN KING edited by Brian James Freeman, a brand new signed Limited Edition hardcover featuring essays about Stephen King and his work, is now more than 80% sold out!
Featuring insightful essays from Clive Barker, Stewart O’Nan, Frank Darabont, Stephen Spignesi, Richard Chizmar, Justin Brooks, Tony Magistrale, Michael R. Collings, Rocky Wood, Robin Furth, Kevin Quigley, Hans-Ake Lilja, Billy Chizmar, Jack Ketchum, Bev Vincent, Mick Garris, and Jay Franco, this special edition is sure to be a “must read” for fans of the Master of Horror!
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Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: ‘Crow Shine’ by Alan Baxter 
Crow Shine by Alan Baxter
Ticonderoga Publications (November 2016)
$29.99 hardcover; $22.99 paperback; $4.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington
The first short story I ever read by Alan Baxter was “In Vaulted Halls Entombed,” which featured a group of soldiers chasing terrorists into a cave in Afghanistan only to see them trapped by something their training never prepared them for. Since then, I always get excited when I see his name attached to an anthology.Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Exhumed6 Comments on “The Officer’s Club” and “The Phone Call” 
Hello again, fans of the Dance. This is the seventh installment of monthly double reviews studying the structure of great horror fiction published in our beloved Cemetery Dance.
Last time I reviewed two Barry Hoffman stories: “An Island Unto Herself” from Cemetery Dance #1 (1988) and “Vicious Cycle” from Cemetery Dance #26 (1997). If you haven’t checked it out yet, please do so and let me know what you think.
In keeping with the popular notion of reviewing two stories by the same author separated by time, this month I’m going to dive into a pair of Roman A. Ranieri stories. The first, once again from Cemetery Dance #1, was published in 1988. The second, from Cemetery Dance #23, was published in 1996.
Let’s see what eight years of separation did for ole’ Roman’s skill set… Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: ‘Life in a Haunted House’ by Norman Prentiss 
Life in a Haunted House by Norman Prentiss
Amazon Digital Services (May 2017)
175 pages; $0.99 e-book
Reviewed by Kevin Lucia
I absolutely love coming of age stories. I don’t know why. Maybe because I’m an overgrown kid myself. Maybe there’s something inside me which looks back on those years fondly, but also remembers how hard it was to be a kid. Everyone expects you to “grow up” and figure out what it is you want to do with your life, all before your sixteenth birthday. I remember those years well, and as a high school teacher, I see it enacted before me, in living color, every single day. So I’m always a sucker for a well-told, engrossing coming of age tale. Continue Reading
The big day is here! Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar has officially been published and we’re down to our very last copies of the First Edition, First Printing! From here on out, retailers and distributors will be getting the SECOND PRINTING, so don’t miss your chance to own a piece of publishing history by snagging a copy of the very first edition of this exciting new title!
In celebration of the publication, Entertainment Weekly has published a great new article: Stephen King made a frightening proposal with Gwendy’s Button Box: Write a story with him.
If you haven’t ordered Gwendy’s Button Box already, here are those links again:
Trade Hardcover Edition: Cemetery Dance Publications
eBook: Amazon * Barnes & Noble * Kobo * iTunes
Audio: Amazon * Audible on Amazon * Audible.com
Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: ‘Savage Jungle’ by Hunter Shea 
Savage Jungle by Hunter Shea
Severed Press (April 2017)
198 pages; $11.95 paperback; $4.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington
Fresh from their adventure in Scotland, Natalie McQueen and her brother Austin are called upon to aid Henrik Kooper in his quest to find the lost city Gadang Ur and the elusive Orang Pendek. Go ahead and Google it. You’ll find it’s every bit as much of a thing as Bigfoot, Yeti, The Jersey Devil, and The Loch Ness Monster—all cryptids Hunter Shea has written about in previous books. As a matter of fact, Savage Jungle is a sequel to his book Loch Ness Revenge.Continue Reading
Stephen King and Owen King collectors please take note, 75% of our Oversized Slipcased Hardcover Gift Editions of Sleeping Beauties are now reserved, just two weeks after the special edition was officially announced!
This is a ONE-TIME printing of 1,750 illustrated copies, which 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 this huge volume will be housed in a custom-made slipcase. There will be NO SECOND PRINTINGS for this special edition, so once they are gone, they are gone!
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Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories InterviewsLeave a comment on ‘Life in a Haunted House’ – The Story Behind the Cover(s)
Norman Prentiss’ new novel, Life in a Haunted House, debuts May 15 at Amazon as an eBook (with a trade paperback soon to follow). To celebrate the book’s launch, he decided to do an interview with the book’s cover artist, Lynne Hansen. In addition to having Lynne create covers for some of his own books, Norman is also the editor of Cemetery Dance’s eBook line, and he frequently hires Lynne to create covers for Cemetery Dance ebooks.Continue Reading
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Video Visions7 Comments on Cutting Class for a Higher Education 
Here’s a little public service announcement that you’ll never get on TV.
Nothing helped foster my career as a horror writer more than cutting entire days of class when I was in college. Not only that, it also provided the foundation of my marriage.
Now there’s a one-two punch I never would have gotten from another psych or communications class. Continue Reading
We’re very pleased to report we will be receiving copies of the signed Limited Edition hardcover of Hap and Leonard: Savage Season from SST Publications in the UK! Only 270 copies will be produced, so we’re expecting this to be a hot collectible among Joe R. Lansdale fans!
THE FIRST HAP AND LEONARD GRAPHIC NOVEL!
A rip-roaring, high-octane, Texas-sized thriller, featuring two friends, one vixen, a crew of washed-up radicals, loads of money, and bloody mayhem.
Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are best friends, yet they couldn’t be more different. Hap is an east Texas white-boy with a weakness for Texas women. Leonard is a gay, black Vietnam vet. Together, they steer up more commotion than a fire storm. But that’s just the way they like it. So when an ex-flame of Hap’s returns promising a huge score. Hap lets Leonard in on the scam, and that’s when things get interesting. Chockfull of action and laughs, Savage Season is the masterpiece of dark suspense that introduced Hap and Leonard to the thriller scene. It hasn’t been the same since.
Here are the details of this limited hardcover edition:
– Signed by Joe R. Lansdale & Jussi Piironen on a specially designed signature page
– Limited to only 270 copies worldwide
– Each copy is numbered by hand
– Premium quality archival ink
– Printed on acid-free paper
Hap and Leonard is now a SundanceTV original series.
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