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Onscreen Mojo: An Interview with Joe R. Lansdale

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 15, 2017March 15, 2017InterviewsChris Hallock, Hap and Leonard, Interviews, Joe R. LansdaleLeave a comment

Many colorful descriptors have been affixed to describe the work of ten-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Joe R. Lansdale, but reigning champion of mojo storytelling (as coined by Lansdale’s friend and webmaster Lou Bark) is the most fitting way to express his dynamic style. Throughout a prolific career, Lansdale has produced an astounding assortment of unique tales gracefully two-stepping between the pulp and the profound. His work is gritty, funny, and violent, characterized by biting dialogue and Lansdale’s ability to seamlessly cross genres while remaining conscious of history and storytelling tradition. Lansdale’s distinct literary voice regales his readers with tales of rough-and-tumble anti-heroes ready to throw down against dangerous criminals, serial killers, and occasional otherworldly monsters running amok in East Texas.Continue Reading

My First Fright featuring D.J. MacHale

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 13, 2017March 12, 2017My First FrightAre You Afraid of the Dark?, Columns, D.J. Machale, John Brhel, My First Fright1 Comment

I’m a big fan of Are You Afraid of the Dark?, the horror/fantasy TV series that ran on Nickelodeon back in the ’90s and early 2000s (if you’re unfamiliar, think Tales From The Crypt Jr., or The Twilight Zone for kids). The show wasn’t my first introduction to horror, but it definitely helped fuel my then-burgeoning interest in the genre. Seen by millions over the last few decades, Are You Afraid of the Dark? is likely the first fright for more than a few writers pounding out spooky fiction today. So, I couldn’t help but wonder, what would it be like to interview the brain behind the show, an architect of First Frights himself, and find out what, in turn, inspired him.Continue Reading

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

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 10, 2017Breaking NewsLeave a comment

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 today, and the newest addition to this landmark series is Dark Screams: Volume Six, which is now available for preorder! (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
Richard 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

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!

Review: ‘Blood Infernal’ by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 10, 2017March 5, 2017ReviewsBlood Infernal, James Rollins, Peter Tomas, Rebecca Cantrell, ReviewsLeave a comment

Blood Infernal by James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell
William Morrow (January 2016)
576 pages; $19.20 hardcover; $9.99 paperback; ebook $9.99
Reviewed by Peter Tomas

Blood Infernal, James Rollins and Rebecca Cantrell’s apocalyptic nail-biter, is a story dripping with tension, religion, and vampirism. The three main characters, which consist of an archaeologist, a military man, and a vampiric priest, are united by a prophecy written in the Blood Gospel, a book Jesus evidently wrote in His own blood during His time on earth. They face off against impossible odds, dangerous individuals, and an array of damned souls, headed by a demon sent from the loving arms of Lucifer himself. The fallen angel is coming back, and only the prophetic trio are capable of keeping him shackled.Continue Reading

Last Day to Order Gwendy’s Button Box Signed by Richard Chizmar!

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 9, 2017Breaking NewsLeave a comment

Today is the last day to order your World’s First Edition of Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar signed by Richard Chizmar!

If you’d like Richard to sign your copy, please order via our website ASAP because time is running out!

Please visit the product page to read more about this exciting news and to reserve your copy today!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!

Review: ‘Conspiracy of Angels’ by Michelle Belanger

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 9, 2017March 5, 2017ReviewsConspiracy of Angels, Michelle Belanger, Novels of the Shadowside, Peter Tomas, Reviews1 Comment

Conspiracy of Angels by Michelle Belanger
Titan Books (October 2015)
368 pages; $7.43 paperback; ebook $7.99
Reviewed by Peter Tomas

Zachary Westland is your average amnesiac protagonist, waking up on the shores of Lake Erie with panic in his nerves and a police notice out for his head. Unable to remember his past, he searches frantically for a way to reconnect to everything he can’t remember, encountering a throng of unique and diverse characters as he goes. Many people know him, know of him, and in most cases, want him dead, and he’s clueless as to why. Eventually, he learns that his past is as dark as the looming future is, and that if he doesn’t step up and right his forgotten wrongs, the people he cares about most could suffer vast and painful consequences. The fight for resolution, and his memory, begins.Continue Reading

“The Janitor” and “We”

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 8, 2017March 5, 2017Exhumed"The Janitor", "We", Bentley Little, Columns, Exhumed, K. Edwin Fritz3 Comments

Hello again, folks. This is the fifth installment of monthly double reviews studying the structure of great horror fiction published in our beloved Cemetery Dance.

Last time I reviewed my favorite story from Cemetery Dance #1, Anke M. Kriske’s “The Departing of Debbie” and William Peter Blatty’s semi-controversial “Terry and the Werewolf” from Cemetery Dance #62 (2009).

If you want to know about some really great early horror fiction and/or give your respect to our recently-lost great, Mr. Blatty, do please check it out.

This month, I’m going to review 2 stories from the same author, a man who is clearly one one of Cemetery Dance’s favorite repeat contributors based on the fact that he’s been published in Cemetery Dance numbers 1, 2, 4, 7, 13, 14, 34, 36, 39, 50, 64, and 71. He has been published by CD more than only one other author (that’s a column for another day), and has been there since the beginning.

His name is Mr. Bentley Little.

Let’s get to it…Continue Reading

Review: ‘The Haunted Halls’ by Glenn Rolfe

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 7, 2017March 5, 2017Reviews- Frank Michaels Errington, Glenn Rolfe, Reviews, Shadow Work Publishing, The Haunted Halls1 Comment

The Haunted Halls by Glenn Rolfe
Shadow Work Publishing (December 2016)
280 pages; $14.99 paperback; $2.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

It’s been a while since I’ve read a good in-your-face horror novel. Don’t get me wrong, I read and enjoyed an abundance of excellent work in 2016, but when I compare them to The Haunted Halls, the latest from up-and-coming horror writer Glenn Rolfe, they’ve all been rather tame.Continue Reading

Richard Chizmar Discusses Writing With Stephen King and More!

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 6, 2017Breaking NewsLeave a comment

Be sure to download episode 105 of The Horror Show with Brian Keene because “Richard Chizmar sits down with Brian and Dave to spill all the behind-the-scenes details on returning to Castle Rock for his new collaboration with Stephen King, GWENDY’S BUTTON BOX, as well as discuss how their friendship and professional relationship has grown over the years.”

Don’t forget: Richard Chizmar is only signing orders we receive before WEDNESDAY for our World’s First Edition of Gwendy’s Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar! If you’d like Richard to sign your copy, please order via our website ASAP! Please visit the product page to read more about this exciting news and to reserve your copy today!

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and enthusiasm!

Review: ‘Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling’ edited by Jaym Gates and Monica Valentinelli

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 6, 2017March 6, 2017ReviewsAnton Cancre, Apex Book Company, Jayn Gates, Monica Valentinelli, Reviews, Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in StorytellingLeave a comment

Upside Down: Inverted Tropes in Storytelling edited by Jaym Gates and Monica Valentinelli
Apex Book Company (December 2016)
$13.48 paperback; $4.99 ebook
Reviewed by Anton Cancre

Anthologies based on meta-fictive themes can be a bit of a sticky wicket. Sure, we get bored with the same old over and over again, and it is super cool when someone messes with our heads. At the same time, those “look how deft I am at subverting literature” stories are self important in the most boring way possible. Continue Reading

Epilogue, Part Two

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 3, 2017March 2, 2017Brian Keene's End of the RoadBrian Keene, Columns, End of the RoadLeave a comment

Twenty Years Ago

Now

Tomorrow

Twenty Years From Now

Eventually, the road leads you here. Continue Reading

Those Crazy Swedes

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 2, 2017February 19, 2017Video VisionsColumns, Hunter Shea, John Carpenter, The Thing, Video Visions2 Comments

John Carpenter’s The Thing was one of the very first VHS tapes I ever bought because it was, and still is, my hands-down favorite horror movie. Coming in at #2 is Alien. I’m a sucker for flicks with isolated, well-defined characters getting picked off by terrifying creatures. That also explains my infatuation with The Descent.

The Thing tape had a shelf all by its lonesome, a place of special importance, flanked by posters of Loni Anderson and Samantha Fox. Aside from being creepy, gory and this side of awesome, The Thing was also associated with a very special memory.

It’s the movie that made my father throw up. Continue Reading

Interview with Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

Bev VincentMarch 1, 2017March 1, 2017AsideInterviews, Stephen King News from the Dead Zonecastle rock, Hulu, Richard Chizmar, Skeleton Crew, Stephen King, Stephen King Revisited, The Talisman24 Comments

Constant Readers the world over are rejoicing over the news that Stephen King is returning to Castle Rock, the small town he created, nurtured and nearly destroyed in works such as The Dead Zone, The Dark Half and Needful Things. Joining him as co-writer of the new novella “Gwendy’s Button Box” is Cemetery Dance founder and publisher Richard Chizmar, fresh off his successful short story collection A Long December. Recently, the two authors answered a few questions from our Bev Vincent about their highly anticipated collaboration.Continue Reading

Review: ‘Behind Her Eyes’ by Sarah Pinborough

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 1, 2017February 20, 2017Reviews- Frank Michaels Errington, Behind Her Eyes, Flatiron Books, Reviews, Sarah Pinborough2 Comments

Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
Flatiron Books (January 2017)
320 pages; $18.18 hardback; $12.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

There’s a quote from Benjamin Franklin at the beginning of Behind Her Eyes. It provides a clue, of sorts, as to the devilish nature of the story which follows.

Three can keep a secret if two are dead.

Stephen King: News from the Dead Zone #195

Bev VincentFebruary 28, 2017March 6, 2017Stephen King News from the Dead Zone1922, Bev Vincent, castle rock, Columns, Gerald's Game, Gwendy's Buttons, It, Mr. Mercedes, News from the Dead Zone, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, The Mist4 Comments

Castle Rock.

A little town in the lakes region of Maine, just south and west of Lewiston-Auburn, population somewhat less than two thousand. Not much to make it stand out from all of the other little places in the state. The founders made full use of the Castle name. Castle View is right next door. Nearby bodies of water are the Castle Stream, Castle River and Castle Lake, and the town is the county seat of Castle County. The more affluent people live on Castle Hill.Continue Reading

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