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Corinna Bechko Discusses Her BLOOD TYPE

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 21, 2025March 20, 2025The Comic VaultBlood Type, Columns, Corinna Bechko, Danica Davidson, EC Comics, Interviews, Oni Press, The Comic VaultLeave a comment

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Blood Type, which will be hitting stores this summer from Oni Press, is the first time the EC Comics line is offering a standalone, serialized horror series. Its seed was the short story “Blood Type” in Epitaphs from the Abyss, and now writer Corinna Bechko has the opportunity to expand on what she created. Cemetery Dance spoke with Bechko about how Blood Type is getting its own series, why she feels at home in horror, and what it’s like working on an EC property.Continue Reading

Review: The Order of the Circle by Levi Cory, Elisabeth Mkheidze, Maria Letizia Mirabella and Eva de la Cruz

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 17, 2025March 9, 2025Reviews, Stephen King News from the Dead Zone, The Comic VaultColumns, Dead Sky Publishing, Elisabeth Mkheidze, Eva de la Cruz, Joshua Gage, Levi Cory, Maria Letizia Mirabella, Reviews, The Comic Vault, The Order of the CircleLeave a comment

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Dead Sky Publishing (February 2025)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

Levi Cory is a new graphic novelist fresh off the farm. With a degree in Playwriting and studies in film and theater, Levi brings a deep understanding of narrative structure and character development to their work. They have written and directed films and TV shows such as Living… and Snakemagic.com. In addition to their work in film and TV, Levi has authored several written works, including The Comfort of The Womb, Robbing Stupidity, and The Sick Rose. Their playwriting has earned significant recognition, including a Texas Playwright Award. Known for blending deep thematic exploration with innovative narrative structures, Levi continues to captivate audiences across both written and visual media, pushing creative boundaries with each new project. Cory’s newest book, The Order of The Circle, is available on Dead Sky Publishing.Continue Reading

Night Time Logic with Tod Goldberg

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 14, 2025March 9, 2025Night Time LogicColumns, Daniel Braum, Eight Very Bad Nights, Interviews, Night Time Logic, Tod GolbergLeave a comment

Night Time Logic with Daniel Braum

“Horror and Noir,” “The Pain of Memory,” and “Eight Very Bad Nights”

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Night Time Logic is the part of a story that is felt but not consciously processed. It is also the name of this interview series here at Cemetery Dance and over on my YouTube channel.

Through in-depth conversation with authors this column explores the night time part of stories, the strange and uncanny in horror and dark fiction, and more.

My short story collection with Cemetery Dance is titled The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales in homage to Aickman and his kind of stories that operate this way. It can be found here.

I spoke with New York Times Bestselling Author Tod Goldberg about his work, including the recently released anthology Eight Very Bad Nights from Soho Press.

We began our conversation about the relationship between horror and noir fiction.Continue Reading

Dare to Enter THE PLAGUE HOUSE

Cemetery Dance OnlineMarch 6, 2025March 5, 2025The Comic VaultColumns, Danica Davidson, Dave Chisholm, Interviews, Michael W. Conrad, The Comic Vault, The Plague HouseLeave a comment

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Plague House, a new comic from writer Michael W. Conrad and artist Dave Chisholm, will drop its first issue on April 2, and it’s described as “a deep and disorienting reinvention of the haunted house genre.” Cemetery Dance spoke to both writer and artist about their work on this comic, what Conrad discovered about himself while writing, and Chisholm’s longtime love of horror.Continue Reading

Stephen King: News from the Dead Zone #238 – Monkey Shines

Bev VincentFebruary 24, 2025February 23, 2025Stephen King News from the Dead ZoneBev Vincent, Columns, Hansel and Gretel, Maurice Sendak, News from the Dead Zone, Stephen King, The Monkey, The TalismanLeave a comment

In this episode of News from the Dead Zone, I’ll be dealing with two things from the opposite ends of the age spectrum: My ramblings about a very R-rated adaptation, The Monkey, and news of an unexpected book coming up this fall that is targeted at 6-8 year-olds that was announced recently.

What Screams May Come: The Night Crew by Brad Ricks

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 21, 2025February 17, 2025What Screams May ComeBrad Ricks, Columns, Interviews, Rick Hipson, The Night Crew, What Screams May ComeLeave a comment

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The Night Crew by Brad Ricks
Crystal Lake Entertainment (February 2025)

The Synopsis

After coming home to find his wife brutally murdered, Michael copes with his depression by searching for his wife’s killer. When they finally meet face to face, he uncovers a disturbing truth. Monsters are real, and a group of hunters known as The Night Crew are charged with keeping them in line. Michael must team up with them to get vengeance for his wife’s murder, but also retain his own humanity.Continue Reading

Night Time Logic with Manuel Arenas

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 14, 2025February 13, 2025Night Time LogicColumns, Daniel Braum, Manuel Arenas, Night Time LogicLeave a comment

Night Time Logic with Daniel Braum

“Unity of Effect,” “Southwest Gothic,” and “The Burning Ember Mission of Helldorado”

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Night Time Logic is the part of a story that is felt but not consciously processed. It is also the name of this interview series here at Cemetery Dance and over on my YouTube channel.

Through in-depth conversation with authors this column explores the night time part of stories, the strange and uncanny in horror and dark fiction, and more.

My short story collection with Cemetery Dance is titled The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales in homage to Aickman and his kind of stories that operate this way. It can be found here.

I spoke with Manuel Arenas about his work including his latest short story collection titled The Burning Ember Mission of Helldorado from Jackanapes Press.

In addition to his fiction our conversation covered his artistic and musical collaborations. We began our talk about creating a locality for the book.Continue Reading

Horror Drive-In: Saying Goodbye to Fictional Characters

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 7, 2025February 2, 2025Horror Drive-InColumns, Horror Drive-In, Mark SieberLeave a comment

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We’ve all met those tiresome people who scoff at intense grieving over a pet. “It’s a cat!” they sneer, never realizing the total and encompassing love we have for our nonhuman family members. How would they feel if they knew how deeply some of us grieve when we say goodbye to characters in book we love?Continue Reading

Alisa Kwitney is Ready to HOWL

Cemetery Dance OnlineFebruary 5, 2025February 2, 2025The Comic VaultAlisa Kwitney, Columns, Danica Davidson, Howl, Interviews, The Comic VaultLeave a comment

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cover of Howl Alisa Kwitney’s new five-issue comic series Howl has a title that references the Allen Ginsberg poem that became a Beat generation anthem — and the alien howl given by the pod people in the 1978 film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Kwitney spoke to Cemetery Dance about her new science fiction horror story, the influence of her mother Ziva and science fiction writer father Robert Sheckley, and about her time as an editor at DC Comics.Continue Reading

Stephen King: News from the Dead Zone #237

Bev VincentFebruary 3, 2025February 2, 2025Stephen King News from the Dead ZoneBev Vincent, Black House, Carrie, Columns, Holly, Lily, mike flanagan, Never Flinch, News from the Dead Zone, Peter Straub, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, The Extra Hour, The Institute, The Life of Chuck, The Long Walk, The Monkey, The Running Man, The Talisman, Welcome to DerryLeave a comment

I should start off by saying Happy New Year. We can hope it will be happy anyway. And why not? For the first time in a while, we know not only what King’s next book is going to be, but also what he’s currently working on for the book after that, assuming inspiration continues to flow in his direction. Or, as he so colorfully put it, that the “red thread that comes out of a mousehole in the ground” doesn’t break. And there will be at least six adaptations hitting screens of various sizes during 2025.

Exhumed: “Diary” and “The Left Behind”

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 24, 2025January 19, 2025ExhumedColumns, Diary, Exhumed, K. Edwin Fritz, Kaaron Warren, Ronald Kelly, The Left BehindLeave a comment

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Hi there. I’m Keith, or “K. Edwin” if you prefer. I’m a middle school English teacher, a writer, and like any perfectly normal fan of horror these days, another random guy who is totally obsessed with Cemetery Dance Magazine. Ok, maybe I take it a bit further than most… I actually own every single copy (but that’s a story for another post).

Exhumed is my humble attempt to read and review every short story and novel excerpt ever published by CD. In their 35+ years of publication, there have been 577 pieces spread out over 79 issues featuring no less than 283 different authors. That’s a lot of scares! But since each Exhumed post covers just 2 stories (one “old” and one “new”), I think I’m going to be doing this for a while. I sure hope you’ll join me along the way. So grab your shovel and dig in. There’s no telling what we’ll unearth together. Continue Reading

Mike Mignola Goes BOWLING

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 22, 2025January 19, 2025The Comic VaultBowling with Corpses, Columns, Danica Davidson, Interviews, Mike Mignola, The Comic VaultLeave a comment

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cover of Bowling with Corpses Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is ushering in 2025 with a brand-new anthology of folklore-inspired stories, Bowling with Corpses. Labeled as “weird, wicked and whimsical” by publisher Dark Horse Comics, this collection sees Mignola writing and illustrating stories featuring sorcerers, pirate girls, the undead and more. Mignola is joined on the project by long-time collaborator Dave Stewart on colors, along with letterer Clem Robins.

Mignola answered a few questions for Cemetery Dance about the new project. Stick around afterwards for a few pages from Bowling with CorpsesContinue Reading

Review: Shadowplay (Book 1): Midnight School by Samuel Fonseca

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 14, 2025January 13, 2025ReviewsColumns, Joshua Gage, Reviews, Sam Fonseca, Shadowplay, The Comic VaultLeave a comment

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Shadowplay (Book 1): Midnight School by Samuel Fonseca
Top Shelf Productions (February 11, 2025)
Reviewed by Joshua Gage

Sam Fonseca has been drawing comics since he discovered that the anime he watched on TV as a child came from manga — and that it was possible to create all that stuff by himself using paper and pencil (still his tools of choice). Nowadays, he alternates duties between art direction, storyboard art, script writing for animation and TV projects, and creating comics. His comic project Age of Rust was nominated three times for the HQMix Prize, and his other title, Dynamite & Laser Beam, won in the “best webcomic” category. Sam also has the strange hobby of creating soundtracks for his comics. His newest collection is the dystopian nightmare, Shadowplay. Continue Reading

Night Time Logic with Laird Barron

Cemetery Dance OnlineJanuary 10, 2025January 5, 2025Interviews, Night Time LogicColumns, Daniel Braum, Interviews, Laird Barron, Night Time Logic, Not A Speck of LightLeave a comment

Night Time Logic with Daniel Braum

“Messy and Mysterious”, the “Indiscernible, Unknowable, and Ambiguous,” and a “Destabilization of Perceptions”

photo of author Laird Barron — Laird Barron (Photo by Ellen Datlow)

Night Time Logic is the part of a story that is felt but not consciously processed. It is also the name of this interview series here at Cemetery Dance and over on my YouTube channel.

Through in-depth conversation with authors this column explores the night time part of stories, the strange and uncanny in horror and dark fiction, and more.

My short story collection with Cemetery Dance is titled The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales in homage to Aickman and his kind of stories that operate this way. It can be found here.

I spoke with Laird Barron in early December 2024 about his latest short story collection titled Not A Speck of Light. You can watch our conversation here.

Our conversation for the column contains topics and stories we did not cover for the YouTube show. We began our talk about the opening quote for the book.Continue Reading

Night Time Logic with Bess Lovejoy

Cemetery Dance OnlineDecember 13, 2024December 8, 2024Night Time LogicBess Lovejoy, Columns, Daniel Braum, InterviewsLeave a comment

Night Time Logic with Daniel Braum

“Borderlines of the Uncanny, Polysemy, and a Hunger for the Mysterious”

photo of author Bess Lovejoy — Bess Lovejoy

Night Time Logic is the part of a story that is felt but not consciously processed. It is also the name of this interview series here at Cemetery Dance and over on my YouTube channel.

Through in-depth conversation with authors this column explores the night time part of stories, the strange and uncanny in horror and dark fiction, and more.

My short story collection with Cemetery Dance is titled The Night Marchers and Other Strange Tales in homage to Aickman and his kind of stories that operate this way. It can be found here.

I spoke with Bess Lovejoy in early November 2024 about her latest short story titled “Internal Theft” which appeared in the most recent issue of the acclaimed ‘zine Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, the work of Robert Aickman, and much more. We began our conversation about her death-related non-fiction work and publications.Continue Reading

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