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“Rock of Ages” and “Bad Luck”

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 21, 2016December 21, 2016ExhumedBad Luck, Columns, Exhumed, John Rosenman, K. Edwin Fritz, K.S. Clay, Rock of Ages2 Comments

*Humblebrag… I own all 75 issues. Took me 8 years to track ‘em all down. Just look at that collection!
(Photo Copyright 2016 K. Edwin Fritz)

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

Last time I reviewed David B. Silva’s “Fury’s Child” from CD #1 (1988) and Lisa Morton’s “The Rich are Different” from CD #74/75 (2016).

If you haven’t read either one, do check them out. The Silva story in particular is hard to find… of course. 😉

This month we’ve got another 2 stories from the same 2 issues…Continue Reading

Review: ‘The Train Derails in Boston’ by Jessica McHugh

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 20, 2016December 19, 2016ReviewsAnton Cancre, Jessica McHugh, Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, Reviews, The Train Derails in Boston1 Comment

The Train Derails in Boston by Jessica McHugh
Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing (June 2016)
346 pages; $14.95 paperback; ebook $3.99
Reviewed by Anton Cancre

What in the ever loving…

Okay, the usual review format (hook, blurb, opinion) just ain’t gonna cut it here. Call me unprofessional or just a plain fool if you want. I’m okay with that. When a train runs this far off the rails, honey, you just have to look at the wreckage from a different angle.Continue Reading

Hell’s Bounty by Joe R. Lansdale & John L. Lansdale: New Signed Limited Edition Hardcover!

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 19, 2016December 19, 2016Breaking NewsLeave a comment

Hi Folks!

We’re pleased to report we’ll be receiving some copies of the signed Limited Edition hardcover of HELL’S BOUNTY by Joe R. Lansdale & John L. Lansdale from SST Publications in the UK. This is a beautiful signed Limited Edition and we think our collectors will love it, but our copies will not last long!

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

The Dark Highway

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 16, 2016December 14, 2016Brian Keene's End of the RoadBrian Keene, Columns, End of the RoadLeave a comment

“Everybody thought it was a big joke… It was so funny, I just kept on going…Everybody thought I was just going to go on tweaking the Major’s balls to the very end. Which was what I did. Then one morning I woke up and I was in. I was a Prime Walker…So I guess it turned out the Major was tweaking my balls.” Stephen King, The Long Walk

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Review: ‘Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home’ by Dane Cobain

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 15, 2016December 12, 2016ReviewsDane Cobain, Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home, Joshua Gage, ReviewsLeave a comment

Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home by Dane Cobain
CreateSpace (June 2016)
170 pages, $11.99 paperback; $3.49 e-book
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

Eyes Like Lighthouses When the Boats Come Home is a self-published collection of poetry by British performance poet Dane Cobain. It shows a lot of enthusiasm and potential, but ultimately fails due to a number of basic craft issues. Continue Reading

The December 14, 2016 Special Offer

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 14, 2016December 22, 2016Breaking NewsLeave a comment

Hi Folks!

Here are the three lucky winners whose names were picked at random:

Mike K. wins 12 books!
Dorothy S. wins 14 books!
Stacy C wins 16 books!

Congratulations to all of the winners!

All selections of Cemetery Dance Publications are final. Void where prohibited. Winners will be contacted via email at the email address provided on the order.

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

Cautionary Splatter

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 14, 2016December 12, 2016Horror Drive-InColumns, Horror Drive-In, Mark SieberLeave a comment

I’ve been in the process of moving over the past few months. As you may imagine, there are a lot of books, magazines, and other items to be gathered and transported. I’ve been taking it slowly, and looking over a lot of the items I have. Some of which I had almost forgotten about.

I came upon the Footsteps Press chapbook edition of Douglas E. Winter’s Splatter: A Cautionary Tale. I had not read the story in many years, and it has always been a favorite of mine. So I propped up the pillows, climbed under the warm blankets, and read this chilling short story.Continue Reading

Review: ‘Devils in Dark Houses’ by B.E. Scully

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 13, 2016December 12, 2016Reviews- Frank Michaels Errington, B.E. Scully, Darkfuse, Devils in Dark Houses, ReviewsLeave a comment

Devils in Dark Houses by B.E. Scully
DarkFuse (August 2016)
510 pages; $19.99 paperback; $5.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

Having never read anything from B.E. Scully before, I had no idea what to expect. Truthfully, I didn’t anticipate being entertained as completely as I was. Devils in Dark Houses is a set of four equally powerful novellas set in the author’s home state of Oregon. The stories are all connected through a pair of homicide detectives assigned to the individual cases.Continue Reading

A Long December by Richard Chizmar New Trade Paperback Edition From the UK!

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 12, 2016December 12, 2016Breaking NewsLeave a comment

We’re pleased to report Richard Chizmar’s acclaimed short story collection, A LONG DECEMBER, is now available in trade paperback from SST Publications in the UK!

Even if you already have the SOLD OUT signed Limited Edition hardcover on the way to you, this is a beautiful edition (with new cover artwork) and it would make a terrific reading copy for you or a great gift for the horror lover in your life!

You can also save $5 off the retail price for a limited time only, and ALL copies sold through the Cemetery Dance online store will be SIGNED by the author!

Not only is Richard Chizmar signing ALL of our copies, but he 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!

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

The New Cemetery Dance Early Readers Review Copy Bundle!

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 9, 2016December 22, 2016Breaking NewsLeave a comment

SOLD OUT!

God and Country

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 9, 2016December 7, 2016Brian Keene's End of the RoadBrian Keene, Columns, End of the Road3 Comments

End of the Road

The audience in Morgantown, West Virginia was small—easily the smallest since Albuquerque—but the dozen or so people who showed up were enthusiastic and engaged. One guy, Jarod Barbee, had traveled all the way from Texas. It is December as I write this, recounting events that occurred at the end of July, and I’ve been going back through these columns, collecting them into manuscript format so Cemetery Dance can eventually publish them as a book. Many recurring things jump out at me as I re-read them. Continue Reading

Review: ‘Where the Dead Go to Die’ by Aaron Dries and Mark Allan Gunnells

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 8, 2016December 6, 2016Reviews- Frank Michaels Errington, Aaron Dries, Crystal Lake Publishing, Mark Allan Gunnells, Reviews, Where the Dead Go to Die2 Comments

Where the Dead Go to Die by Aaron Dries and Mark Allan Gunnells
Crystal Lake Publishing (November 2016)
197 pages; $14.99 paperback; $4.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

Been a while since I’ve read a great opening line, but this one drew me right in: The dead roam those halls.

Emily Samuels is starting new job and the protesters are out in force, complete with signs reading, “LIFE IS 4 THE LIVING”,“BRING OUT UR DED”, “NO TOLERRENCE FOR BONE EATERS”, “LET’S FINISH THE JOB”.Continue Reading

Review: ‘Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire’ by Joe R. Lansdale

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 7, 2016ReviewsBlu Gilliand, Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire, Joe R. Lansdale, Reviews, Subterranean PressLeave a comment

Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire by Joe R. Lansdale
Subterranean Press (December 2016)
296 pages; $40.00 hardcover
Reviewed by Blu Gilliand

“I was living in a pulp writer fury, a storm of imagination.”

That’s how author Joe R. Lansdale describes his early years, that delicate time when a steady diet of television shows, comic books and Edgar Rice Burroughs novels cemented his desire to become a writer. Dead on the Bones: Pulp on Fire is full of stories in which Lansdale seeks to honor those early influences that have given him—and, in turn, his readers—so much.Continue Reading

New Signed Limited Edition Hardcover 95% SOLD OUT!

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 6, 2016Breaking NewsLeave a comment

We’re pleased to report our special Limited Edition of IN SUNLIGHT OR IN SHADOW is already 95% SOLD OUT!

Contributors include Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly, Megan Abbott, Craig Ferguson, Nicholas Christopher, Jill D. Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Justin Scott, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Warren Moore, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, and Lawrence Block himself.

This may be your last chance to order our special edition, so please do not wait because we cannot hold copies for anyone!

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

My First Fright featuring Kealan Patrick Burke

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 6, 2016December 4, 2016My First FrightEdgar Allan Poe, John Brhel, Kealan Patrick Burke, My First Fright, Tales of Mystery and Terror2 Comments

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As horror fans, we all have that book, movie, comic book, etc. that served as our entry point to the genre. For me, it’d have to be Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the Young Adult book series written by Alvin Schwartz and boasting nightmarish illustrations by Stephen Gammell. There was something about those books that left a huge imprint (scar?) on me as a child and helped spark a lifelong interest in the macabre.

I often wonder how other horror writers first became interested in the genre. Was it after watching the IT miniseries or reading dad’s old Tales From The Crypt comics? “My First Fright” is a new interview series where we look at one work that provided horror authors with that initial spark. Continue Reading

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