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Review: We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix

Cemetery Dance OnlineSeptember 10, 2018September 2, 2018ReviewsBlu Gilliand, Grady Hendrix, Quirk Books, Reviews, We Sold Our SoulsLeave a comment

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix
Quirk Books (September 18, 2018)
336 pages; $16.50 hardcover; $14.99 e-book
Reviewed by Blu Gilliand

The idea that rock ‘n roll is the Devil’s music is as old as a Robert Johnson blues riff. It’s an idea that’s been mined by countless musicians and writers over the years, to varying degrees of success. Leave it to Grady Hendrix, acclaimed author/historian of ’70s and ’80s horror fiction, to breathe new life into one of horror’s most well-worn tropes.Continue Reading

FLIGHT OR FRIGHT: Retail Stores Running Out of Stock!

Cemetery Dance OnlineSeptember 7, 2018Breaking NewsLeave a comment

IMPORTANT NEWS for Stephen King collectors:

Retailers severely underestimated how many copies of Flight or Fright edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent they would need and many locations ran out of copies on publication day! We’re rushing a second printing, but it won’t be completed until mid-October!

We have the remaining copies of the 1st Edition, 1st Printing available for purchase on our website, and this might end up being one of the most collectible Stephen King trade hardcovers in many, many years.

If you’re more inclined to read an eBook edition or you want a copy “for the road,” be sure to purchase the eBook from your preferred e-bookstore! Here are those links:

Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
iTunes/iBookstore
Kobo

If you’re more of a traditional print edition reader, please click on the link below for more information about our World’s First Trade Hardcover Edition and to see if we still have any copies available:

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

My First Fright featuring Christopher Golden

Cemetery Dance OnlineSeptember 7, 2018September 3, 2018My First FrightChristopher Golden, Columns, John Brhel, My First Fright, Twilight Zone2 Comments

I can’t tell you how many speculative fiction writers I’ve interacted with over the years who have expressed a deep respect for, if not a rabid obsession with, The Twilight Zone. It’s basically reached “sacred cow” status amongst genre writers, whether or not it’s had a direct influence on their writing (I know a few authors who pitch their books at cons as being “like The Twilight Zone,” myself included). In fact, the only author I can think of who I’ve ever seen express a somewhat-negative view of the show was Stephen King in his 1981 nonfiction book Danse Macabre. We’ll let this one pass, Mr. King.Continue Reading

Review: Foe by Iain Reid

Cemetery Dance OnlineSeptember 6, 2018September 6, 2018ReviewsFoe, Iain Reid, Mother Horror, Reviews, Sadie Hartmann1 Comment

Foe by Iain Reid
Gallery/Scout Press (September 2018)
272 pages; $17.10 paperback; $11.99 e-book
Reviewed by Sadie “Mother Horror” Hartmann

Fans of Iain Reid’s first novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things already want this book. They’re looking for more of what he delivered in his debut novel — that “unique, slightly off-kilter, unsettling prose that grabs you and pulls you into the story until it’s over” kind of thing. Rest assured, he’s done it again.Continue Reading

Exclusive Audio Excerpt of Bev Vincent’s “Zombies on a Plane” from FLIGHT OR FRIGHT!

Cemetery Dance OnlineSeptember 5, 2018September 4, 2018Book Excerpts, Stephen King News from the Dead Zoneaudiobook, Bev Vincent, Corey Stroll, Fright or Flight, Stephen King, Zombies on a PlaneLeave a comment

Get a sneak-listen of the Flight or Fright audiobook below! Read by an all-star cast featuring David Morse, Norbert Leo Butz, Christian Coulson, Graeme Malcolm, Elizabeth Marvel, Santino Fontana and Simon Jones, the audiobook also features a brand-new story and tailored introductions written and read by Stephen King himself.Continue Reading

Silverwood: The Door – An Interview with Stephen Kozeniewski

Cemetery Dance OnlineSeptember 5, 2018September 5, 2018InterviewsBlu Gilliand, Interviews, Silverwood: The Door, Stephen KozeniewskiLeave a comment

Silverwood: The Door is the follow-up to Silverwood, an original video series from Tony Valenzuela’s Black Box TV (episodes are available on YouTube). Brian Keene acts as showrunner for a writers room featuring Cemetery Dance founder and publisher Richard Chizmar, Stephen Kozeniewski, and the Sisters of Slaughter – Michelle Garza and Melissa Lason. The result is a 10-episode series, released in weekly installments in both prose and audiobook formats beginning in October. The team promises a mix of horror styles encompassing slashers, splatterpunk, psychological, Lovecraftian, and more.Continue Reading

FLIGHT OR FRIGHT edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent: PUBLICATION DAY IS HERE!

Cemetery Dance OnlineSeptember 4, 2018Breaking NewsLeave a comment

Publication day for Flight or Fright edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent has arrived and we’re already hearing from the big chain retailers that they need way more copies than they expected!

We’re essentially out of 1st Edition, 1st Printing copies now, so for those of you who snagged one, we’d like to say congratulations! This might end up being one of the most collectible Stephen King trade hardcovers in many, many years.

If you’re more inclined to read an eBook edition or you want a copy “for the road,” be sure to purchase the eBook from your preferred bookstore while the pre-publication price is still in affect today! Here are those links:

Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
iTunes/iBookstore
Kobo

If you’re more of a traditional print edition reader, be sure to click on the link below for more information about our World’s First Trade Hardcover Edition and to see if we still have any copies available:

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

Review: The Siren and the Specter by Jonathan Janz

Cemetery Dance OnlineSeptember 4, 2018September 3, 2018Reviews- Frank Michaels Errington, Flame Tree Press, Jonathan Janz, Reviews, The Siren and the SpecterLeave a comment

The Siren and the Specter by Jonathan Janz
Flame Tree Press (September 6, 2018)
288 pages; $24.95 hardcover; $14.95 paperback; $6.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

It was almost two years ago Jonathan Janz first came to my attention. I kept hearing about his novel, Children of the Dark. This is what I said in my review of that work: “This is one time where all of the hype was dead on.“Continue Reading

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Cemetery Dance OnlineSeptember 3, 2018September 11, 2018Breaking NewsLeave a comment

SORRY, SOLD OUT!

Revelations: Mary SanGiovanni

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 31, 2018September 8, 2018RevelationsColumns, Kevin Lucia, Mary SanGiovanni, RevelationsLeave a comment

The aim of this column is to spotlight authors who have been instrumental in my development as a writer. Some of the writers I’ve covered have been legends in the field who are no longer with us; others more contemporary writers who are still very active and influential. I’m revealing them along a semi-chronological path of when I discovered them, not necessarily their publication dates. Today’s installment features a contemporary writer whose first novel had a huge impact on me, as does her continuing work: Mary SanGiovanni.Continue Reading

Review: Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach by Ramsey Campbell

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 29, 2018August 29, 2018Reviews- Frank Michaels Errington, Flame Tree Press, Ramsey Campbell, Reviews, Thirteen Days by Sunset BeachLeave a comment

Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach by Ramsey Campbell
Flame Tree Press (September 6, 2018)
288 pages; $24.95 hardcover; $14.95 paperback
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

No one writes horror like Ramsey Campbell, as evidenced by numerous accolades over the years, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association, and the Living Legend Award of the International Horror Guild.

Thirteen Days by Sunset Beach is the latest book I’ve read from new publisher Flame Tree Press, and based on what I’ve seen so far, they will be a welcome addition to the marketplace. Continue Reading

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Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 27, 2018September 11, 2018Breaking NewsLeave a comment

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Review: Severance by Ling Ma

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 27, 2018August 22, 2018ReviewsBlu Gilliand, Farrar Straus Giroux, Ling Ma, Reviews, Severance2 Comments

Severance by Ling Ma
Farrar, Straus & Giroux (August 2018)
304 pages; $19.60 hardcover; $13.99 e-book
Reviewed by Blu Gilliand

I’ve read a post-apocalyptic novel or two in my day, and a common thread that runs through them is that when the bomb drops or the plague hits or whatever apocalyptic thing it is that happens happens, people stop going to work. The apocalypse, it seems, is an unimpeachable reason to play hooky.

Not so in Ling Ma’s entertaining, thought-provoking debut novel, Severance. In Severance, when the apocalyptic thing happens — in this case it’s a disease called Shen Fever — the unaffected minority keep going to work. For some, it’s a coping mechanism. For others, it’s the promise of a hefty bonus, or the idea that their loyalty to the company will get them ahead when this all blows over.

For Candace Chen, it’s a case of not knowing what else to do.Continue Reading

Firestarter and Standing Up to “The Man”

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 24, 2018August 22, 2018What I Learned from Stephen KingColumns, Firestarter, Jason Sechrest, What I Learned from Stephen KingLeave a comment

It’s easy to see why Stephen King’s Firestarter was nearly the novel we never read.

Abandoning his manuscript on several occasions, King felt the book was too much like Carrie and feared he would be copying himself. While Carrie White had telekinesis (the ability to move objects with her mind), Charlie McGee’s gift (or curse) in Firestarter is pyrokinesis — the ability to start fires with her mind. Both Carrie and Charlie are adolescents. Both have unnaturally co-dependent relationships with a parental figure. And, both are going through a painful process of learning how to control their extraordinary powers.Continue Reading

FLIGHT OR FRIGHT eBook Edition Available For Preorder Now on All Major Stories!

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 22, 2018Breaking NewsLeave a comment

We’re thrilled to report the eBook edition of Flight or Fright edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent is now available for preorder on all of the major eBook stores! Here are the links for easy reference:

Amazon.com
Barnes & Noble
iTunes/iBookstore
Kobo

If you’re more of a traditional print edition reader, be sure to click on the link below for more information about our World’s First Trade Hardcover Edition:

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

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