“Lack of belief is the curse of intelligence” It’s a short story collection. No, it’s a novella collection. No, it’s two…two…two things in one! OK, you have to be really old to get that reference to an old Certs commercial. They don’t even make Certs anymore, I’m displeased to discover. Anyhow, You Like It Darker … Continue Reading! “Bev Vincent explores You Like it Darker by Stephen King”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Night Time LogicLeave a comment on Night Time Logic with Brian Evenson “The Past and Future. Ambiguity and Uncertainty. The Monstrous and the Terrible.” Night Time Logic is the part of a story that is felt but not consciously processed. In this column I explore the phenomenon of Night Time Logic and the strange and uncanny side of horror and dark fiction through in depth conversation with … Continue Reading! “Night Time Logic with Brian Evenson”
In true Splatterpunk style, John McNee’s Hail Santa combines relevant social commentary with all the red mayhem and over the top violence you can shake a razor-sharp candy cane at. While the grueling gore is kept front row center this holiday season, it walks a fine line with a fully fleshed out story that’s as engaging … Continue Reading! “HAIL….SANTA?”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories InterviewsLeave a comment on The Cemetery Dance Interview: Steve Wedel Get ready to leave the path and dance beneath the full moon because Steve Wedel’s pack is back with a vengeance as his Werewolf Saga continues its reign with First Born. A former English teacher and machine shop operator, Wedel has written some of the most terrifying, bold, and unforgettable tales such as Amara’s Prayer, … Continue Reading! “The Cemetery Dance Interview: Steve Wedel”
Rebecca Rowland is an award-winning, best-selling editor of seven anthologies, including her 2023 release American Cannibal, which includes twenty short stories from the top writers in in horror fiction today and includes a provocative forward by Wrath James White. An English teacher by day, Rebecca has also written several critical essays, speculative fiction and book … Continue Reading! “The Cemetery Dance Interview: Rebecca Rowland on AMERICAN CANNIBAL”
“Velocity. The Nature of Ghosts. Life. Existence and Extremities.” Night Time Logic is the part of a story that is felt but not consciously processed. This column explores Night Time Logic and other aspects of horror and dark fiction through conversation with authors ranging from favorites and award winners to underexposed talents and new comers. … Continue Reading! “Night Time Logic with Kathe Koja”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Night Time LogicLeave a comment on Night Time Logic with Matthew Cheney “Magic Tricks. Nightmares. Ambiguities and Confessions” Night Time Logic is the part of a story that is felt but not consciously processed. In this column I explore the phenomenon of Night Time Logic and other aspects of horror and dark fiction through in depth conversation with authors about their stories. I have an interest in … Continue Reading! “Night Time Logic with Matthew Cheney”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories InterviewsLeave a comment on The Cemetery Dance Interview: Revisiting Richard Chizmar On the heels of reading Cemetery Dance’s recent publication of Stephen King: Revisited Volume One, I was loaded up with tons of questions, the first of which was who would be daring enough to go back in time and re-read every Stephen King book in order of publication? Richard Chizmar, that’s who. As a best … Continue Reading! “The Cemetery Dance Interview: Revisiting Richard Chizmar”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Dark PathwaysLeave a comment on Dark Pathways: That Special Scary Friend Christi Nogle’s Beulah is an absolute banger of a horror novel. The Stoker Award nominee for Best First Novel puts a classic ghost story inside an old schoolhouse being renovated by a family desiring a new start, and it’s narrated by a young woman named Georgie. Narrated incredibly well. Georgie is perceptive and intelligent, clearly … Continue Reading! “Dark Pathways: That Special Scary Friend”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories InterviewsLeave a comment on The Cemetery Dance Interview: Bev Vincent Revisited I was super pumped to be able to sit down with none other than Stephen King historian and scholar, Bev Vincent, who provided his fantastic historical contribution to Stephen King Revisited Volume 1 from Cemetery Dance. The book is the culmination of author/Cemetery Dance founder Richard Chizmar’s decision to revisit every single Steven King book … Continue Reading! “The Cemetery Dance Interview: Bev Vincent Revisited”
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Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories ReviewsLeave a comment on Review: Seth’s Christmas Ghost Stories (2022) Seth’s Christmas Ghost Stories (2022 Set) Biblioasis (October 2021) $7.95 each; $25 set of three Reviewed by Blu Gilliand Reading a ghost story on Christmas Eve was once as much a part of traditional Christmas celebrations as turkey, eggnog, and Santa Claus. This statement, found on the back of each of the three paperbacks in … Continue Reading! “Review: Seth’s Christmas Ghost Stories (2022)”
So, yeah, I have a bigfoot costume in my attic. And I may have donned it during a multi-author book signing at a New Jersey brewery and run amok, startling every day drinker in my path. On Halloween, I quite possibly made some small children cry as I offered them treats from my hairy hand … Continue Reading! “Video Visions: 32 Bigfoot Movies that Scratch that Squatchy Itch”
Author Cemetery Dance OnlinePosted on Categories Night Time LogicLeave a comment on Night Time Logic with Venita Coehlo Night Time Logic is the part or parts of a story that are felt but not consciously processed. Those that operate below the conscious surface. Those that are processed somewhere, somehow, and in some way other than… overtly and consciously. The deep-down scares. The scares that find their way to our core and unsettle us … Continue Reading! “Night Time Logic with Venita Coehlo”
Exhumed is my humble attempt to read and review every short story and novel excerpt ever published by Cemetery Dance magazine. In their 33+ years of publication, there have been a total of 577 (and counting!) pieces spread out over 77 issues. Since each Exhumed post covers just two stories (one “old” and one “new”), … Continue Reading! “Exhumed: Bonus Content! Me & CD, a Brief History of an Unlikely Love Affair”
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