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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) … Continue Reading! “Firestarter and Standing Up to “The Man””

Revelations: Ray Bradbury

Cemetery Dance OnlineMay 4, 2018May 3, 2018RevelationsColumns, Dandelion Wine, Kevin Lucia, October Country, Ray Bradbury, Revelations1 Comment

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012. First period, 10th Grade Honors English. Roughly 9 a.m. That’s when I heard the news. Even today, as I write this, I feel a chill. Looking back, it was not only a surreal and an unbelievable experience…it also offered a moment of affirmation for me as a teacher that hasn’t been … Continue Reading! “Revelations: Ray Bradbury”

Review: The Goat Parade by Peter Dudar

Cemetery Dance OnlineApril 18, 2018April 17, 2018ReviewsDave Simms, Grinning Skull Press, Peter Dudar, Reviews, The Goat ParadeLeave a comment

The Goat Parade by Peter Dudar Grinning Skull Press (March 2018) 300 pages; $23.58 paperback; $3.99 e-book Reviewed by Dave Simms Peter Dudar hit the scene hard with his Stoker finalist A Requiem For Dead Flies, offering a style that evoked the best of Bentley Little and Rick Hautula. He returns with The Goat Parade, a novel … Continue Reading! “Review: The Goat Parade by Peter Dudar”

Review: Hellraiser: The Toll by Mark Alan Miller

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 5, 2018January 30, 2018ReviewsBlu Gilliand, Clive Barker, Hellraiser: The Toll, Mark Alan Miller, Reviews, Subterranean Press1 Comment

Hellraiser: The Toll by Mark Alan Miller Subterranean Press (February 28, 2018) 96 pages; $40 hardcover Reviewed by Blu Gilliand Over the years, the Hellraiser mythology has become something of a hash, combining elements of Clive Barker’s original novella The Hellbound Heart with bits from the Hellraiser movies (mainly the first two in the franchise: Hellraiser and … Continue Reading! “Review: Hellraiser: The Toll by Mark Alan Miller”

My First Fright featuring Grady Hendrix

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 26, 2018January 24, 2018My First FrightColumns, Grady Hendrix, John Brhel, My First Fright, Paperbacks from HellLeave a comment

If you’ve read Paperbacks from Hell, you know that Grady Hendrix is an expert on horror fiction, most specifically mass-market paperbacks produced during the boom of the ’70s and ’80s, with their often eye-popping—some might say “garish”—cover art. What, you might ask, inspired such a fascination for weird, macabre books? In Hendrix’s case, it was … Continue Reading! “My First Fright featuring Grady Hendrix”

Exhumed: “Four-in-Hand” and “Life of the Party”

Cemetery Dance OnlineNovember 3, 2017November 3, 2017ExhumedColumns, Exhumed, K. Edwin Fritz, William Relling Jr.2 Comments

This is Exhumed’s 12th installment. That’s right, peeps, it’s been a full year of digging up and examining great old stories from the bowels of Cemetery Dance. Wow. What an honor it’s been thus far.

The Dungeon of Count Verlock

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 20, 2017March 19, 2017Free FictionFiction, Kindle Scout, Life in a Haunted House, Norman Prentiss, The Dungeon of Count VerlockLeave a comment

“The Dungeon of Count Verlock” (A Budget Studio Production) edited by Norman Prentiss This previously unpublished story, an anonymous “novelization” of a movie written and directed by Bud “Budget” Preston, was scheduled to appear in issue 101 of Monster Project magazine. For more information about the history of this story, and how I uncovered it, … Continue Reading! “The Dungeon of Count Verlock”

“The Departing of Debbie” and “Terry and the Werewolf”

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 18, 2017January 18, 2017ExhumedAnke M. Kriske, Columns, Exhumed, Exhumed: The Fiction of Cemetery Dance Magazine, K. Edwin Fritz, William Peter Blatty3 Comments

Hello again, folks. This is the fourth installment of monthly double reviews studying the structure of great horror fiction published in our beloved Cemetery Dance. Last time I reviewed John B. Rosenman’s “Rock of Ages” from Cemetery Dance #1 (1988) and K. S. Clay’s “Bad Luck” from Cemetery Dance #74/75 (2016). Fellow author James Pyne commented that … Continue Reading! ““The Departing of Debbie” and “Terry and the Werewolf””

Welcome to the Videodrome!

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 28, 2016December 27, 2016Video VisionsColumns, David Cronenberg, Fangoria, Fisher, Hunter Shea, VCR, Video Visions, Videodrome6 Comments

There was no way of knowing how much that top loading Fisher VCR with wired remote control would change all of our lives. We were a family of movie addicts. We had a theater called The Kent two blocks away that showed double features and had a balcony where all sorts of shenanigans ensued, especially … Continue Reading! “Welcome to the Videodrome!”

Interview: Victoria Price

Cemetery Dance OnlineOctober 11, 2016October 10, 2016InterviewsFeatured, Interviews, Nicole Cushing, Victoria Price, Vincent Price1 Comment

Decades before the Dos Equis commercials, Vincent Price was “the most interesting man in the world.” Or at least, in my world. I think I was six or seven when I first saw him on TV. Was it his guest appearance as a sinister archaeologist on an after-school rerun of The Brady Bunch? Or maybe … Continue Reading! “Interview: Victoria Price”

The Time the Good Guys Won

Cemetery Dance OnlineAugust 30, 2016Horror Drive-InColumns, Featured, Horror Drive-In, Mark SieberLeave a comment

The Time the Good Guys Won One of the mainstays of fandom is the convention. Pros and fans gathering together, interacting, buying and selling stuff, getting shitfaced. Sometimes deals are made. Indelible relationships are born. A good time is generally had by all. One year at a large convention held in the Mid-Atlantic area, something … Continue Reading! “The Time the Good Guys Won”

Review: ‘Deadsville’ by T.D. Trask and Dale Elster

Cemetery Dance OnlineJuly 21, 2016ReviewsDale Elster, Deadsville, Featured, Reviews, T.D. Trask1 Comment

Deadsville by T.D. Trask and Dale Elster Downtown Books Publishing (September 2015) 200 pages; $22.49 paperback; $2.99 e-book Reviewed by Josh Black 1 TOWN. 2 AUTHORS. 13 TALES OF HORROR. That’s the short and sweet pitch for Deadsville, the first anthology from authors T.D. Trask and Dale Elster. The fictional upstate New York town of Rock Creek is host … Continue Reading! “Review: ‘Deadsville’ by T.D. Trask and Dale Elster”

Review: 'Disappearance at Devil's Rock' by Paul Tremblay

Cemetery Dance OnlineJune 20, 2016ReviewsBlu Gilliand, Disappearance at Devil's Rock, Featured, Paul Tremblay, ReviewsLeave a comment

Disappearance at Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay William Morrow (June 21, 2016) 336 pages; $17.76 hardcover; $12.99 e-book Reviewed by Blu Gilliand Quiet horror is the hardest kind to get right; but when it is done right, it’s a showcase of the best the genre has to offer. Stripped of gimmicks and gore, quiet horror takes people you’ve come to … Continue Reading! “Review: 'Disappearance at Devil's Rock' by Paul Tremblay”

Review: 'The Conveyance' by Brian W. Matthews

Cemetery Dance OnlineJune 16, 2016Reviews- Frank Michaels Errington, Brian W. Matthews, Featured, JournalStone, Reviews, The ConveyanceLeave a comment

The Conveyance by Brian W. Matthews JournalStone (June 17, 2016) 260 pages; $16.39 paperback; $4.95 e-book Reviewed by Frank Michaels Errington The first third of The Conveyance was about ordinary people leading mostly ordinary lives. Before you know it, Brian W. Mathews lulls the reader into a comfort zone brought on by his easy-going writing style. Mathews has … Continue Reading! “Review: 'The Conveyance' by Brian W. Matthews”

The Shining Is Selling Out Very Quickly!

Cemetery Dance OnlineMay 13, 2016July 12, 2016Breaking NewsLeave a comment

The Shining: The Deluxe Special Edition Includes “Before the Play,” Stephen King’s long lost 40 PAGE PROLOGUE to the novel, has been restored to its proper place at the beginning of the story! Selling Out Very Quickly! Hi Folks! BIG NEWS! Our special edition of The Shining by Stephen King is selling VERY QUICKLY! The … Continue Reading! “The Shining Is Selling Out Very Quickly!”

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