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George Romero Can Never Die

Cemetery Dance OnlineSeptember 1, 2017August 27, 2017Video VisionsColumns, George Romero, Hunter Shea, Video VisionsLeave a comment

Ever since I heard of the late, great George Romero’s passing, I’ve been thinking a lot about how much he influenced my life. Thanks to Dawn of the Dead, my first foray into Romero’s visionary work, I went from a normal kid who collected baseball cards to one who studied every mall, shop and house, figuring out how to fortify it against zombie hordes. Instead of daydreaming about Karen Marone letting me hold her hand after school, I fantasized about commandeering the sporting goods store, blowing zombie heads into tomato juice and eating Spam every night (because…well, it’s got its own key).Continue Reading

Review: ‘The Truants’ by Lee Markham

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 30, 2017August 27, 2017Reviews- Frank Michaels Errington, Lee Markham, Reviews, The Overlook Press, The TruantsLeave a comment

The Truants by Lee Markham
The Overlook Press (July 2017)
256 pages; $6.99 paperback; $12.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

The Truants is Lee Markham’s debut novel and, in some ways, it shows.

I admit I had a love-hate relationship with this book. It was a bit esoteric for me and the author had an annoying habit of just listing the character’s actions. For example…Continue Reading

Review: ‘Meddling Kids’ by Edgar Cantero

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 28, 2017August 27, 2017ReviewsDave Simms, Doubleday, Edgar Cantero, Meddling Kids, ReviewsLeave a comment

Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero
Doubleday (July 2017)
336 pages; $18.32 hardback; $13.99 e-book
Reviewed by Dave Simms

If you need to ask where the title of this book comes from, you’re probably too young to understand the references within (unless you enjoy classic reruns of the great cartoon), but not too young to enjoy this fun story, which is pure entertainment. Continue Reading

The Guns of Santa Sangre by Eric Red: SST Publications UK Signed Special Limited Edition!

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 25, 2017Breaking NewsLeave a comment

We’re pleased to report we will be receiving a few copies of the signed Limited Edition hardcover of THE GUNS OF SANTA SANGRE by Eric Red from SST Publications in the UK!

Six-guns vs. werewolves in the Old West! They’re hired guns. The best at what they do. They’ve left bodies in their wake across the West. But this job is different. It’ll take all their skill and courage. And very special bullets. Because their targets this time won’t be shooting back. They’ll fight with ripping claws, tearing fangs, and animal cunning…

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

The Flexible Bullet of Madness

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 25, 2017August 19, 2017What I Learned from Stephen KingColumns, Jason Sechrest, Stephen King, The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet, What I Learned from Stephen KingLeave a comment

“This is a story about the genesis of insanity.” – Stephen King, The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet

PROLOGUE: LOADING THE GUN

If I try really hard, I can remember it all.

If I close my eyes and really concentrate, it’s almost like I’m right there. I can nearly smell the smells, and hear the sounds of what it was like. The soft elevator music that played in the lobby, and those halls that reeked of aged bodies. I can see myself as a 12 year old boy, visiting my great-grandmother in the old folk’s home. I can recall how she thought my mother was her daughter, or that it was December in the heat of June. Continue Reading

Beneath the Surface by Simon Clark and Paul Kane: SST Publications UK Signed Special Limited Edition!

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 24, 2017Breaking NewsLeave a comment

We’re pleased to report we will be receiving a few copies of the signed Limited Edition hardcover of Beneath the Surface by Simon Clark and Paul Kane from SST Publications in the UK!

From the imaginations of award-winning and bestselling authors Simon Clark and Paul Kane, writing together for the first time, comes a tale of terror and heroism, of survival and horror. A tale that will stay with you, get under your skin and remain beneath the surface for a long time to come.

About the Book:
The Second World War, and in the aftermath of a bloody desert skirmish survivors from both sides find themselves facing yet another battle: a battle just to stay alive. Not simply because they are in the middle of nowhere, with hardly any supplies, but because they are being hunted by something that has made the desert its home. A monstrous thing with a taste for human flesh, that will not stop until either they are dead or it is. As the soldiers begin to discover that they are not so dissimilar beneath their uniforms, they are also starting to realise that there is something else beneath the surface of the sand. Something no-one has ever seen before. Something deadly, dangerous and extremely hard to kill…

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

Review: ‘Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors’ edited by Christopher Golden

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 24, 2017ReviewsBlu Gilliand, Christopher Golden, Dark Horse Books, Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors, ReviewsLeave a comment

Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors edited by Christopher Golden
Dark Horse Books (August 29, 2017)
216 pages; $10.19 paperback; $8.99 e-book
Reviewed by Blu Gilliand

For this, the fourth Hellboy prose anthology and the first in almost 10 years, editor Christopher Golden decided to recruit only authors who had never published a Hellboy story in prose before. The result is a fresh crop of tales that showcase the depth and richness of the world Mignola has created.Continue Reading

Review: ‘Indigo’ (Various Authors)

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 23, 2017August 20, 2017Reviews- Frank Michaels Errington, Charlaine Harris, Cherie Priest, Christopher Golden, Indigo, James Moore, Jonathan Maberry, Kat Richardson, Kelley Armstrong, Mark Morris, Reviews, Seanan McGuire, Tim LebbonLeave a comment

Indigo by Various Authors
St. Martin’s Press (June 2017)
352 pages; $19.27 hardback; $14.99 e-book
Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington

I found Indigo to be overall satisfying, but it was certainly not without its faults.

Indigo features the talents of great genre writers like Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, Jonathan Maberry, Kat Richardson, Seanan McGuire, Tim Lebbon, Cherie Priest, James Moore, and Mark Morris. However, with these many strong writers, each bringing their own voice to the story, there were times when, as a reader, it seemed the tale would be going in one direction and suddenly it would change dramatically as a new writer took the reins. Continue Reading

Tales From Greystone Bay and He’ll Come Knocking At Your Door: Artwork by Erin S. Wells!

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 21, 2017Breaking NewsLeave a comment

As you might recall, we announced Tales from Greystone Bay and He’ll Come Knocking at Your Door by Robert McCammon last week and the signed editions sold out so quickly we never even had time to feature them in a second newsletter!

There ARE trade hardcover editions for both books, and we thought you might like to see a small sample of some of the incredible Erin S. Wells artwork from the books:

Tales from Greystone Bay artwork samples:

He’ll Come Knocking at Your Door artwork samples:

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

Review: ‘3 Minutes’ by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellström

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 21, 2017August 20, 2017Reviews3 MInutes, Anders Roslund, Borge Hellstrom, Dave Simms, Quercus, ReviewsLeave a comment

3 Minutes by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellström
Quercus (July 2017)
432 pages; $18.35 hardback; $12.99 e-book
Reviewed by Dave Simms

Now for something quite different: a Nordic thriller set in South America. While several Scandinavian authors continue to invade the bookshelves of American readers, almost all of them are set in those countries, which isn’t a bad thing. Unknown settings make for exciting reads. Anders Roslund and Borge Hellström have exploded onto the scene, most recently with 3 Seconds, and here, with the sequel, 3 Minutes. Continue Reading

“In Loving Memory” and “A Wiggle of Maggot, a Curl of Bacon”

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 18, 2017September 27, 2017Exhumed"A Wiggle of Maggot, "In Loving Memory", A Curl of Bacon", Columns, Exhumed, K. Edwin Fritz, Steve Vernon4 Comments

In its illustrious 29*-year print run, Cemetery Dance magazine has published no less than 560 short stories and novel excerpts in 73** individual issues. As the super fan that I am, Exhumed is my humble attempt to read and review them all in monthly double reviews.

*and counting!

**there were also two “double issues” (#17/18 in 1993 and #74/75 in 2016), each of which squeezed twice as much content into a single magazine.

Last time I reviewed two Norman Partridge stories:

“Save the Last Dance for Me” from Cemetery Dance #2 (1989), and
“Slippin’ Into Darkness” (a novel excerpt) from Cemetery Dance #17/18 (1993).

If you missed it, you missed a particularly complex story (and a particularly “colorful” review).

This month is the 10th installment of Exhumed and, as promised, I present to you two Steve Vernon stories.

Let’s get to it… Continue Reading

Review: ‘The Best of Subterranean’ edited by William Schafer

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 16, 2017August 13, 2017ReviewsBlu Gilliand, Reviews, Subterranean Press, The Best of Subterranean, William SchaferLeave a comment

The Best of Subterranean edited by William Schafer
Subterranean Press (July 2017)
752 pages; $37.74 hardcover
Reviewed by Blu Gilliand

In what is already being looked back on as a groundbreaking ten-year run, Subterranean magazine published a staggering array of stories featuring one elite, award-winning author after another. Three years after the last issue was published, The Best of Subterranean arrives as an overdue celebration of one our finest, most lamented genre magazines.Continue Reading

Two New Signed Limited Editions by Robert McCammon!

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 15, 2017Breaking NewsLeave a comment

We’re thrilled to report we have FOUR projects in the works with one of our favorite authors, Robert McCammon! Two of the books are being announced today and will be published at the end of October; a new novel will be announced in a few weeks and published in February; and a Limited Edition of one of his classic novels will be announced next year.

The two books being announced today are Tales from Greystone Bay and He’ll Come Knocking at Your Door, and the signed Limited Editions of these books are expected to sell very, very quickly given the high demand for McCammon’s collectible editions!

PLUS: For a few days only, we are offering FREE SHIPPING on both of these titles to US addresses, so now is the perfect time to place your order!

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

Christopher Golden on Hellboy and his Assortment of Horrors

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 15, 2017August 15, 2017Interviews, The Comic VaultAn Assortment of Horrors, Blu Gilliand, Christopher Golden, Hellboy, Interviews, Mike Mignola, The Comic Vault3 Comments

Obviously, there’s no name more synonymous with the character of Hellboy than that of creator Mike Mignola. However, Christopher Golden runs a close second. Golden, a prolific best-selling author of original novels, media tie-in books and countless short stories, helped pioneer the line of Hellboy prose novels and anthologies, beginning with 1997’s The Lost Army and continuing this month with Hellboy: An Assortment of Horrors. He’s also a screenwriter (along with Mignola and Andrew Cosby) of the upcoming Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen, the Neil Marshall-directed reboot of the Hellboy film franchise. Golden was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to talk with Cemetery Dance Online about his long history in the world of Hellboy.
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Review: ‘Black Mad Wheel’ by Josh Malerman

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 11, 2017August 6, 2017ReviewsBlack Mad Wheel, Dave Simms, Josh Malerman, Reviews2 Comments

Black Mad Wheel by Josh Malerman
Ecco (May 2017)
304 pages; $17.29 hardback; $12.99 e-book
Reviewed by Dave Simms

When Bird Box hit the horror scene three years ago, something special happened. Readers discovered a new voice, one which was lyrical and rhythmic but could also turn brutal on the next page. Josh Malerman wrote like a musician carving away at an album of great songs.The result was a true original which should have won the Bram Stoker award.Continue Reading

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