Hi Folks!

We have five really important updates about Scribner’s new hardcover editions of The Talisman and Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub for collectors:

1) We’ve learned that Scribner only printed 2,250 copies of The Talisman and 2,660 copies of Black House, which is a tremendously low print run for a Stephen King trade edition! We’ve purchased 400 of those copies, so there will only be 400 of our slipcased sets ever produced for collectors! (In fact, our order took the last copies of Black House that Scribner had in their warehouse, which means they won’t be filling any other retailer orders at this point!)

2) Scribner raised the price of each hardcover to $40 right before publication, but we’re not changing the price of this set, making it an even better deal! ($80 retail value for the two books.)

3) The Tomislav Tikulin Art Poster is rolling at the printer. ($29.95 retail value.)

4) Our custom-made Limited Edition Slipcase, which will feature custom hot-foil stamping and the high production values of our previous Stephen King slipcases, should be completed in the next 8 to 10 weeks, and these sets will ship at that time. ($25 retail value for the slipcase.)

5) We only have a handful of sets left to sell for just $99 plus shipping and then this collectible set will be SOLD OUT forever!

Thanks, as always, for your continuing support!

Today we’re pleased to announce another exciting new eBook has been added to our online store:

About the Book:
Theatre director Beth Ortiz is the newest resident of The Castle, an exclusive Los Angeles artists’ community. Anxious actors aren’t all Beth has to worry about in her new space, however, for The Castle has a secret history of madness and murder, and a celebrity artist who develops a strange fixation on Beth… And The Castle also happens to be haunted by some particularly uneasy spirits…

About the Author:
Lisa Morton is a screenwriter, author of non-fiction books, award-winning prose writer, and Halloween expert. Her work was described by the American Library Association’s Readers’ Advisory Guide to Horror as “consistently dark, unsettling, and frightening,” and Famous Monsters called her “one of the best writers in dark fiction today.”

She is a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award® (including the First Novel prize for The Castle of Los Angeles), a recipient of the Black Quill Award, and winner of the 2012 Grand Prize from the Halloween Book Festival for her most recent non-fiction book, Trick or Treat?: A History of Halloween. A lifelong Californian, she lives in North Hollywood.

Hi Folks!

We’re thrilled to announce another surprise in-stock signed Limited Edition hardcover, More Than Midnight by Brian James Freeman, which is arriving in our warehouse today and will be shipping early next week!

SPECIAL BONUS: Because this is a surprise announcement, we’ve decided to still offer FREE US SHIPPING for the first few days this title is in-stock, so don’t wait to place your order!

More Than Midnight
by Brian James Freeman

Featuring an exclusive introduction by Michael Koryta, cover artwork by Vincent Chong, and original interior illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne!

This collection features five tales of horror by Brian James Freeman that deal with both real and supernatural terrors. It explores locations you would never think to look in because sometimes we find our darkest demons in the most unexpected places.

• In “What They Left Behind,” a young man discovers something lurking in the basement of the old office building his father-in-law has purchased in a last ditch effort to save the family business. This thing in the basement is evil and it’s very, very hungry.

• In “The Final Lesson” you’ll meet Ronald, a mild-mannered high school teacher who has never lifted his hand in anger, but there is a darkness inside him, which has been building and boiling since his wife was brutally murdered… and he might not be able to control himself when he learns more about why she died.

• A family man discovers there are monsters taking over the world in “Among Us,” but he also learns that a chosen few can fight back if they’re willing to sacrifice everything they’ve ever known and loved.

• As “Pulled Into Darkness” opens, Edward is certain of only one thing in life: eventually his wife will find a way to kill him.  Her previous failures won’t stop her from trying again and again until she succeeds… and tonight one of them won’t be leaving the house alive.

• Finally, a lonely young man’s very unusual job is taking a heavy toll on him in “Answering the Call.” He stays in the homes of the deceased during their funerals to answer the phone, receive deliveries, and deter thieves who might have seen the obituary in the newspaper. The young man has witnessed a lot of strange things over the years in the homes of the dead, and today his job will truly become a matter of life and death…

These five stories showcase Freeman’s dazzling virtuosity and imagination as his characters descend into the depths of madness. Find out why Richard Matheson has called his writing “spooky stuff” and why Stewart O’Nan has said his stories have “great velocity and impact.” There is darkness all around us, and Freeman isn’t afraid to shine a light onto the things that scare us the most.

Read more or place your order while supplies last!

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Hi Folks!

We’re thrilled to announce a surprise in-stock signed Limited Edition hardcover, Indian Summer by Rick Hautala, which is arriving in our warehouse today and will be shipping early next week!

SPECIAL BONUS: Because this is a surprise announcement, we’ve decided to still offer FREE US SHIPPING for the first few days this title is in-stock, so don’t wait to place your order!

Indian Summer
by Rick Hautala

It’s Friday, October 6th, the third day in a row the temperature has hit the high eighties.  A genuine Indian summer heat wave.

Twelve year-old Billy Crowell and his friends are playing homerun derby at Pingree Park when the town’s fire horn starts honking. Everyone stops and counts the series of toots and they decipher the code: there’s a forest fire approaching town.

Billy and his friends join the firefighters as they attempt to protect their town from the raging forest fire, but the fire isn’t the only danger in the forest. Soon Billy is separated from the group, disoriented and lost. Daylight is fading fast and the forest is growing darker by the minute.

Before too long, Billy stumbles upon the mutilated corpse of a deer, and the true horrors of the woods are soon chasing after him as night consumes the land…

Read more or place your order while supplies last!

Discuss this new release on our official forum!

Surprise In-Stock Signed Limited Edition Chapbook Shipping Now!

Hi Folks!

We’re pleased to announce Twenty-First Century King by Bev Vincent, a “surprise in-stock” signed Limited Edition chapbook featuring a full color cover! This great new collectible is in our warehouse now and will be ready to ship early next week, so don’t wait to place your order!

Since the turn of the century, Bev Vincent, author of The Stephen King Illustrated Companion and The Road to the Dark Tower, has been reviewing the works of Stephen King. These reviews have been published in a variety of venues, including Onyx Reviews, The Essential Stephen King, FEARnet, the Conroe Courier, and Cemetery Dance magazine.

Twenty-First Century King collects these reviews for the first time, starting with Riding the Bullet, King’s first published work after his near-fatal accident in 1999. The twenty-one reviews (amounting to nearly 21,000 words) cover works of non-fiction, collections, collaborations, pseudonymous works and novels, including five books from the Dark Tower series.

Place your order today so you don’t miss out!

Discuss this new release on our official forum!

The Glenn Chadbourne Special Issue!
Featuring a RARE Stephen King Short Story, Dozens of Illustrations by Glenn Chadbourne, and more!

Hi Folks!

We’re pleased to announce Cemetery Dance #68 is already shipping from the printer and will be arriving in mailboxes around the world early next month!

This issue celebrates one of our favorite artists and all around great guy, Glenn Chadbourne. We’ve honored to work with Glenn for many years now and even more honored to call him a good friend. This special issue features cover to cover story illustrations by Glenn, as well as an in-depth interview and a new short story by Glenn and Holly Newstein.

Of special note to Stephen King fans, this issue also includes “The Glass Floor,” which was published in Startling Mystery Stories in 1967 and was King’s first professional sale. It has never appeared in any of his collections.

Place your order today so you don’t miss out!

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We’re very pleased to report we’ll be getting a few copies of two new Robert McCammon books from Subterranean Press, but our supplies are limited so don’t wait to place your order!

I Travel by Night
by Robert McCammon

Trade Edition: Fully cloth bound hardcover edition ($35)
Limited Edition: 474 signed numbered copies, housed in a custom slipcase ($75)

About the Book:
Subterranean Press has announced Robert McCammon’s I Travel by Night, his return to full on horror after more than a decade away! The tale itself is done, and has been fully designed and proofread for some months. The legendary Michael Whelan has agreed to provide an original dust jacket illustration, which we’ll share as soon as we possibly can.

I Travel by Night marks Robert McCammon’s triumphant return to the sort of flamboyant, go-for-broke horror fiction that has earned him an international reputation and a legion of devoted fans. The terrors of the Dark Society, the gothic sensibilities of old New Orleans, and the tortured existence of theunforgettable vampire adventurer Trevor Lawson all combine into a heady brew that will thrill McCammon’s loyal readers and earn him new ones as well.

For Lawson, the horrors that stalked the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh were more than just those of war. After being forcibly given the gift of undeath by the mysterious vampire queen LaRouge, Lawson chose to cling to what remained of his humanity and fought his way free of the Dark Society’s clutches. In the decades since, he has roamed late nineteenth century America, doing what good he can as he travels by night, combating evils mundane and supernatural, and always seeking the key to regaining a mortal life.

That key lies with his maker, and now Lawson hopes to find LaRouge at the heart of a Louisiana swamp with the aid of a haunted priest and an unexpected ally. In the tornado-wracked ghost town of Nocturne, Lawson must face down monstrous enemies, the rising sun, and his own nature. Readers will not want to miss this thrilling new dark novella from a master storyteller.

Read more or place your order while our supplies last!

The Night Boat
by Robert McCammon

Limited Edition: 1000 signed numbered hardcover copies, fully bound in cloth

About the Book:
The Night Boat, Robert McCammon’s third published novel, first appeared as a paperback original in 1980. Following on the heels of Baal and Bethany’s Sin, it offered further proof that a writer of great narrative power and limitless potential—a writer who would achieve a significant position in modern popular fiction—had arrived.

The story begins with a vividly written prologue in which a German U-boat—sometimes known as an “Iron Coffin”—attacks an unsuspecting merchant vessel, and is itself attacked by a pair of Allied sub chasers. The action then shifts to the present day and to the idyllic Caribbean island of Coquina, where life is about to change in unimaginable ways. David Moore, a young man with a tragic and haunted past, is skin-diving in the waters off Coquina, searching for the salvageable remnants of shipwrecks. He accidentally detonates a long-unexploded depth charge, uncovering and releasing a submarine that has lain beneath those waters, virtually intact, for decades. The battered vessel that rises to the surface contains a bizarre and terrifying cargo that will transform a once peaceful island into a landscape of unrelenting nightmare.

The Night Boat is a story of cannibalism, ancient voodoo curses, and shambling, undead entities filled with a bottomless rage and an equally bottomless hunger. But it is also the story of a past that refuses to die, that lies in wait just beneath the surface of the unsuspecting present. Furiously paced and viscerally frightening, this horrific early gem is both an outstanding entertainment in its own right and a harbinger of the masterpieces to come.

Read more or place your order while our supplies last!

I’m Not Sam by Jack Ketchum & Lucky McKee, which will be published next month, just received a great review in Booklist, which means the retailer and distributor orders are about to pour in:

“You’d expect nothing less from the provocateurs behind The Woman, whom you can almost hear giggling in the background at the reader’s discomfort. An epilogue provides some concrete answers—and delivers a well needed climactic kick.”

Place your order for any editions you want as soon as possible so you don’t miss out!

About the Book:
Now I’m way beyond confusion.

Now I’m scared.

I’ve slid down the rabbit-hole and what’s down there is dark and serious. This is not play-acting or some waking bad dream she’s having. She’s changed, somehow overnight. I don’t know how I know this but I sense it as surely as I sense my own skin. This is not Sam, my Sam, wholly sane and firmly balanced. Capable of tying off an artery as neatly as you’d thread a belt through the loops of your jeans.

And now I’m shivering too.

In some fundamental way she’s changed…

Read more or place your order while supplies last!

We’re looking for artists who work in the tradition of Warren’s Creepy and Eerie, Marvel and DC anthologies like The Witching Hour and Ghosts, and the EC’s legendary Tales From the Crypt and The Vault of Horror. Think the retro look of Bernie Wrightson or Mike Ploog. No manga or other modern styles.

At this time, art director Mindy Jarusek would prefer to receive and view artwork samples and submissions online. Please do not send LARGE attachments. Low-res is fine. Links to your website, online samples, or a web-based portfolio are also fine.

For all artwork related questions and submissions, please contact [email protected] and Mindy will reply if she’s interested in seeing more.

Thank you!

Today we’re pleased to announce we’re ending the Thirteen Days of Halloween promotion with a big surprise: SIX MORE STORIES to finish off this Halloween season with a bang! (Please Note: Barnes & Noble and Kobo have not uploaded all of the eBooks yet, but we will add those links to the product pages on our website as soon as they do.)

“Devil’s Night” by Richard Chizmar

It all started on a wind-blown Friday night in October.  It was the night before Halloween, the night we always called Wreck Night or Devil’s Night back when we were kids and Halloween was second in our hearts only to Christmas. At least the newspapers got that much right.  The day, I mean.  They pretty much screwed up the rest of the story.  I was there that night.  Let me tell you what really happened…

“Trick” by Gerard Houarner

Going home is hard if you never had one. Gary was doing his best to make a new home for himself. The Air Force had been all the family, all the life he’d ever needed. But his military career was over and it was time for him to find a new way to live.

The place he’d found was nice, comfortable, surrounded by the kind of lives he’d never experienced. The temp work at the Halloween costume store was keeping him busy until his new job was ready to start. He was all squared away.

Still, he was missing something. The woman next door thought she might be what he needed. But the knocking on his door seemed to hint at something more. There was only one problem. When he opened the door, there was never anyone on the other side…

“Short of Breath” by Trent Zelazny

Ian Cain has finally had enough of his wife’s extramarital affairs. The way he sees it, she’s brought this all on herself. And what better time to even the score than on Halloween? But, as the old saying goes, the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry…

“Treats for Adeline” by Elizabeth Voss & Peter Tackaberry

Craving a true scare on Halloween, sisters Harper and Adeline dare to go trick or treating at the lone house on the bluff. Whispered rumors have it that for those who can make it—through the darkness and past the dogs—the lady there offers the most unusual treats. When the sisters’ bravery is rewarded with a choice, younger Adeline grabs a handful of ordinary candy. But Harper is tempted by mischief. If Harper accepts the more unusual treat, is she prepared for the most unusual consequences?

“Devoured” by Paul Melniczek

Halloween is in the air, and an undercover detective pulls night duty in the city as he tries to track down leads surrounding a killing spree, but he’s about to come face-to-face with the dark side of the orange and black holiday…

“The Halloween Phantoms” by John R. Little

Ellen Weston expected her first Halloween in her new home to be uneventful, until she found the gift on her front door from “The Halloween Phantoms.” She assumed it was an innocent neighborhood game. What she didn’t know was that the phantoms were deadly serious about spreading good will, and Ellen’s oversights could have disastrous consequences…

Don’t forget, there’s a special Amazon.com link you can bookmark to always pull up our eBooks on their store:

http://amzn.to/CDeBooksAmazon

If you missed a newsletter, you can view all of the Halloween Short Stories eBooks on this special page in our store:

13 Days of Halloween Short Stories Promotional Section!

Jack is a gambler, a conman, and a murderer whose luck finally gives out one Halloween when he dies in a Baton Rouge back alley. The wily Jack tricks the demon sent to collect him and gains one more year of life, during which he plans to repent. But Jack soon falls back into his old ways, and before he knows it the year has passed, it’s Halloween again, and Jack is facing off against the Devil himself in a New Orleans casino in this dark and disturbing re-telling of the legend of Jack-o’-lantern…

(Please Note: Barnes & Noble and Kobo have not uploaded the eBook yet, but we will add the link to the product page on our website as soon as they do.)

This year Cemetery Dance Publications is gathering a collection of the horror genre’s finest authors to pay tribute to our favorite holiday.  Watch for the other stories in the series by Stewart O’Nan, Joe R. Lansdale, Norman Prentiss, Kealan Patrick Burke, Graham Masterton, Lisa Morton, Brian James Freeman, and many others!

It’s Halloween night, and 12-year-old Brian Ganelin and his friends are ready for a night of trick-or-treating.  Unfortunately, Brian’s father has made him take along Oliver, the strange kid who moved in next door.  When Brian and his friends decide to scare Oliver by daring him to enter the old abandoned house on Cottage Lane, an evening of Halloween fun quickly turns into a nightmare.

(Please Note: Barnes & Noble and Kobo have not uploaded the eBook yet, but we will add the link to the product page on our website as soon as they do.)

This year Cemetery Dance Publications is gathering a collection of the horror genre’s finest authors to pay tribute to our favorite holiday.  Watch for the other stories in the series by Stewart O’Nan, Joe R. Lansdale, Norman Prentiss, Kealan Patrick Burke, Graham Masterton, Lisa Morton, Brian James Freeman, and many others!

We’re very pleased to report we’ll be getting a few copies of the beautiful deluxe signed Limited Edition of Bethany’s Sin by Robert McCammon, which Subterranean Press will be publishing this fall!

About the Book:
Bethany’s Sin is a tiny, picturesque village in rural Pennsylvania. Its tree-lined streets, beautiful houses, and manicured exteriors offer—or appear to offer—both peace and a place of refuge. Evan Reid, a man haunted by his memories of the Vietnam War and by a history of viscerally disturbing dreams, comes to the village with his wife and daughter, hoping to make a fresh start after a series of discouraging setbacks. At first, all goes as planned. Evan resumes his career as a freelance writer while his wife, Kay, begins teaching math at a local college. But there are things going on in Bethany’s Sin that no one wants to talk about: unexplained disappearances, houses that stand strangely vacant, half glimpsed figures that appear to be female, the impossible sound of hoof beats in the night. At the center of it all stands a single imposing woman: Dr. Kathryn Drago, a scholar and community leader who holds the key to the mysteries that enshroud the town.

First published as a paperback original in 1980, Bethany’s Sin was Robert R. McCammon’s second novel. Like its predecessor, Baal, it offers a frightening, thoroughly imagined portrait of ancient forces set loose in the modern world. Like Baal, it is both a notable accomplishment in its own right and an invaluable glimpse into the formative years of a major writer, a man whose raw narrative talent was apparent from the start. This deluxe new edition offers McCammon’s many fans the definitive version of a significant early work, a book that foreshadows the later—and larger—accomplishments to come.

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