Summer of Night: The 25th Anniversary Limited Edition!
A Stunning New Edition of Dan Simmon’s Classic Novel!
Signed, Numbered, and Slipcased!
Features 10 Paintings by David Palumbo!

PLUS: Receive a FREE $60 Shopping Spree If You Order This Title Right Away!

Hi Folks!

We’ll thrilled to report we’ll be getting some copies of the 25th Anniversary Limited Edition of Summer of Night by Dan Simmons that will be published by our friends at Subterranean Press, and this will be a BEAUTIFUL special edition, featuring 10 pieces of artwork by David Palumbo, the artist for our special edition of ‘Salem’s Lot. The Limited Edition will be signed, numbered, and slipcased, and printed on 80# Finch paper stock!

IMPORTANT SPECIAL OFFER FOR COLLECTORS:
If you order Summer of Night through our online store before NOON on Thursday, you’ll qualify for a free $60 coupon code that can be used toward the purchase of ANYTHING on our website including items that normally cannot be ordered with coupons! If you’ve already placed your order, don’t worry, you’re already on the list for the special coupon deal! These coupons will be emailed out next week after we confirm our orders. Thank you!

About the Book:
One of the signature horror novels of the 1990s, Dan Simmons’s magisterial Summer of Night is now twenty-five years old. In the course of that quarter century, it has firmly established itself as a classic of the genre, a book whose capacity to shock, amuse, move and horrify remains undiminished.

The story takes place in Elm Haven, Illinois in 1960 and begins at an iconic moment: the last day of school before the long summer vacation begins. But at Old Central School, soon due to close its doors forever, something ancient and implacable has begun to quicken, its hour come round at last. Soon, impossible figures, some of them long dead, are proliferating throughout Elm Haven, transforming what should be an idyllic summer into the crazed and bloody precursor to a new Dark Age.

Set against these horrific incursions is a wonderfully characterized band of adolescent boys – along with one unforgettable young girl – who alone understand the nature of the menace that threatens their hometown. Turning away from the standard pursuits of summer – baseball, treasure hunts, overnight camping trips – the youthful members of the Bike Patrol find themselves serving as the last line of defense against an apparently unbeatable enemy. The account of their struggle against impossible odds is one of the major accomplishments of modern horror fiction.

From the opening evocation of Shirley Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House to its fiery conclusion in the halls of Old Central, Summer of Night balances graphic supernatural horror with a profusely detailed portrait of “the secrets and silences” of childhood. In the process, it takes a time, place and way of life that are now long gone, bringing them indelibly to life. Subterranean Press is proud to present this modern classic in a deluxe, lovingly crafted new edition.

The Subterranean Press 25th Anniversary Edition of Summer of Night will be printed on 80# Finch, and feature ten full-color original illustrations by David Palumbo.

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

‘Salem’s Lot Limited Edition Artwork Portfolio
20 Pieces of Artwork Printed
Via A One-Time Printing Method!
Includes Brand New Artwork Exclusive For This Portfolio!
This Set is Signed by Both Artists and No Additional Sets Will Ever Be Produced!

Hi Folks!

If you love artwork inspired by the works of Stephen King or you’re a huge fan of ‘Salem’s Lot, then you won’t want to miss out on this special Signed Limited Edition ‘Salem’s Lot Artwork Portfolio!

We’ve made special arrangements with David Palumbo and Glenn Chadbourne to collect ALL of their artwork from our special edition of ‘Salem’s Lot by Stephen King in one beautiful portfolio — and to make this set even more exclusive and unique, we’re working with David Palumbo to select never-before-published ‘Salem’s Lot sketches and alternative paintings from his archive AND Glenn Chadbourne will be creating TEN MORE BRAND NEW pieces just for this set!

This portfolio will be SIGNED by both artists and will be limited to a one-time printing of just 750 numbered sets! These special artwork portfolios will never be reprinted or reissued. Once they’re gone, they’re gone.

Each piece of artwork — including all of the interior color plates, the full-color cover paintings, Glenn Chadbourne’s signature sheet artwork, and all of the new exclusive pieces — will be printed on 8.5 inch by 11 inch sheets of archival quality, acid-free heavy weight paper stock using a one time printing method. That means, once the printer finishes these 750 sets, they’ll destroy the plates and never make more.

This set includes EVERY piece of artwork in the book, including the color signature sheets that will only ever be seen by the collectors who were lucky enough to snag a copy of the Numbered Artist Edition and the Lettered Artist Edition before they sold out. Plus there’s a special, full-color signature sheet signed by both artists and the brand new pieces of artwork that no one has ever seen!

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An Interview With Richard Chizmar About A Long December
Brand New MASSIVE Signed Limited Edition Hardcover From Subterranean Press!
520 Page Hardcover Featuring 35 Classic Short Stories!

“Powerful…I love it…Richard Chizmar writes clean, no-nonsense prose…sets his tales in no-nonsense, middle class neighborhoods I can relate to…and writes terrific stories served with a very large slice of Disquiet Pie.”
— Stephen King

Hi Folks!

Subterranean Press will be publishing A Long December, a massive collection of thirty-five stories spanning Richard Chizmar’s career, and copies ordered through the Cemetery Dance online store can be personally inscribed, 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.

The book comes twenty years after Chizmar’s first collection, Midnight Promises, itself a finalist for a World Fantasy Award. Advance buzz on A Long December has been strong, with novelist Scott Smith (The Ruins, A Simple Plan) saying, “Chizmar does a tremendous job of peeling back his world’s shiny layers, revealing the rot that lies underneath. His stories feel like so many teeth: short and sharp and ready to draw blood.”

Read on for insight from the author about this upcoming collection, including what was behind his decision to publish it through a press other than his own.

What can you tell us about A Long December?

Big, fat short story collection. My first in almost two decades. Thirty-five stories from every stage of my career. Clocks in at just over 150,000 words of fiction and 8,000 words of Story Notes. All topped off by a gorgeous cover from Edward Miller. It’s a dream project for me and a long time coming.

How did you decide on the thirty-five stories that made it into the book?

I included the best stories from my first two collections, Midnight Promises and Monsters and Other Stories, as well as about a dozen uncollected older stories that I really like. The last 18 months have been a very productive time for me, and I’ve probably written and sold an additional ten or eleven stories to numerous anthologies. All those stories are also included. Finally, I sat down and wrote a brand new, 23,000 word novella “A Long December” expressly for the collection. Subterranean Press called it “an extremely dark tumble down the serial killer rabbit hole” — and I think that’s a terrific description.

Why did you decide to publish A Long December with Subterranean Press instead of Cemetery Dance?

A couple of reasons. First and foremost, Subterranean Press is an incredible publisher. They’ve been around for a long time and have published pretty much all of the authors I love to read. They produce beautiful books, and I was excited and flattered to work with them.

The second reason I didn’t publish my own collection is the limited number of publication slots CD has open each year. I simply didn’t want to take up one of those slots with my own writing. I’ve never really done that before and didn’t want to start now, plus we have so many quality submissions coming in that it didn’t seem fair to me. Anthologies are a different bird altogether since I’m compiling the work of other writers.

You’ve spent most of the past couple decades working on the publishing side of Cemetery Dance and writing and producing movies. How does it feel to be focused on your own fiction again?

It feels wonderful. It feels right. In fact, I just posted this on my Facebook page as my way of expressing the excitement and appreciation I feel:

“The little boy who used to dream about being a writer — the one who used to lock himself in his bedroom and sit at his little desk by the window and scribble monster and war stories in his notebooks; the one who used to watch The Waltons on television because John Boy (whose real name was Richard Thomas, just like the little boy!) was a writer; the one who used to climb trees and look out over the world and make up stories in his head — that little boy all grown up is grateful and amazed that his dream came true and he actually grew up to be a writer — and he’s especially grateful for everyone who helped him along the way and every single person who ever spent their hard-earned money to read his stories.”

Read more or place your order on our website!

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

Hi Folks!

Even though The Fireman by Joe Hill is being published by another publisher, we will be producing one of our popular custom-made slipcases for this title like we have for several other New York Times bestselling books in recent years. Even if you didn’t order one of our signed copies (now sold out!), if you’ll be getting the book elsewhere, you can still order a slipcase from us! If you think you might go to one of Joe’s signings for this book, order your slipcase now to protect your special copy!

Read more or place your order before time runs out!

Thank you, as always, for your continuing support!

Hi Folks!

The Fireman by Joe Hill will be one of the biggest books in any genre and it’ll have people talking for years to come, which is why we wanted to make sure our collectors were aware that TODAY is the last day to preorder your SIGNED 1st edition copy through the Cemetery Dance online store for just $29!

Read more or place your order before time runs out!

Thank you, as always, for your continuing support!

A Little Blue Book of Bibliomancy
by Chet Williamson
Signed & Numbered Limited Edition of only 500 Copies!

Hi Folks!

We’re pleased to report we’ll be getting a handful of copies of A Little Blue Book of Bibliomancy by Chet Williamson from Borderlands Press, and we don’t expect these to last very long!

About the Book:
Though primarily a writer of very accomplished fiction, Chet Williamson has also written non-fiction books, essays, plays, reviews, songs, and letters of complaint. What you’ll find in these pages is a grab-bag of his work that is largely unseen by his usual audience.

There is one piece of fiction: “Returns.” And it is new to all but two readers.

About ten years ago, Williamson began a secondary career as a playwright, having had a few produced—the most recent of which was He Comes For His Books, a roman a clef about Harold Pinter and first wife Vivien Merchant.

There are two plays in his Little Blue Book—one a dramatic adaptation of one of his short stories, and the other of a novella. In the case of the novella, The Story of Noichi the Blind, Booklist said, “This extraordinary performance makes such comparably transgressive writing as the Marquis de Sade’s seem totally crude.”

The remaining pages contain reviews, tributes to four writers, and a handful of essays and blogs.

A Little Blue Book of Bibliomancy promises to give readers new insights into one of our favorite writers.

Read more on our website or place your order while supplies last!

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

Hi Folks!

We have a feeling that The Fireman by Joe Hill isn’t just going to be the most talked about horror novel of the year, it could be one of the biggest books in any genre and it’ll have people talking for years to come!

That’s why we’re thrilled to report that Joe Hill has graciously agreed to sign a specially designed bookplate for our copies of the huge hardcover edition. These bookplates are custom designed to match the look and feel of the cover artwork, to give the bookplates a more organic appearance in your book, and they are produced with acid-free, archival quality stock that will last as long as the book itself. Although Joe will be doing many signings in the years to come, this is a great way to guarantee yourself a signed copy now, especially if you’re not sure if you’ll be able to make it to a signing. These bookplates will have a one-time printing and then all of the files will be destroyed. The bookplates will also state exactly how many plates were produced, meaning that all collectors will know exactly how many of these signed copies exist.

We think this is an incredible way to add one of the most talked about books in years to your collection, and we’re honored that Joe is able to sign these for our collectors! We will only be accepting preorders for a limited time only, so please don’t wait to reserve your copies!

About the Book:
From the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of NOS4A2 and Heart-Shaped Box comes a chilling novel about a worldwide pandemic of spontaneous combustion that threatens to reduce civilization to ashes and a band of improbable heroes who battle to save it, led by one powerful and enigmatic man known as the Fireman.

The fireman is coming. Stay cool.

No one knows exactly when it began or where it originated. A terrifying new plague is spreading like wildfire across the country, striking cities one by one: Boston, Detroit, Seattle. The doctors call it Draco Incendia Trychophyton. To everyone else it’s Dragonscale, a highly contagious, deadly spore that marks its hosts with beautiful black and gold marks across their bodies—before causing them to burst into flames. Millions are infected; blazes erupt everywhere. There is no antidote. No one is safe.

Harper Grayson, a compassionate, dedicated nurse as pragmatic as Mary Poppins, treated hundreds of infected patients before her hospital burned to the ground. Now she’s discovered the telltale gold-flecked marks on her skin. When the outbreak first began, she and her husband, Jakob, had made a pact: they would take matters into their own hands if they became infected. To Jakob’s dismay, Harper wants to live–at least until the fetus she is carrying comes to term. At the hospital, she witnessed infected mothers give birth to healthy babies and believes hers will be fine too. . . if she can live long enough to deliver the child.

Convinced that his do-gooding wife has made him sick, Jakob becomes unhinged, and eventually abandons her as their placid New England community collapses in terror. The chaos gives rise to ruthless Cremation Squads–armed, self-appointed posses roaming the streets and woods to exterminate those who they believe carry the spore. But Harper isn’t as alone as she fears: a mysterious and compelling stranger she briefly met at the hospital, a man in a dirty yellow fire fighter’s jacket, carrying a hooked iron bar, straddles the abyss between insanity and death. Known as The Fireman, he strolls the ruins of New Hampshire, a madman afflicted with Dragonscale who has learned to control the fire within himself, using it as a shield to protect the hunted… and as a weapon to avenge the wronged.

In the desperate season to come, as the world burns out of control, Harper must learn the Fireman’s secrets before her life–and that of her unborn child–goes up in smoke.

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Thank you, as always, for your continuing support!