Richard Chizmar

Richard ChizmarRichard Chizmar is the founder and publisher/editor of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. He has edited more than a dozen anthologies, including The Best of Cemetery Dance, The Earth Strikes Back, Night Visions 10, October Dreams (with Robert Morrish), and the Shivers series.

Chizmar's fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. He has won two World Fantasy Awards, four International Horror Guild Awards, and the HWA's Board of Trustees Award.

One of the longest running magazines in the genre, Cemetery Dance has published dozens of the bestselling authors in the horror business over the last twenty years. The company has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Variety, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, Locus, and many other publications.

Together Chizmar and Johnathon Schaech founded production company Chesapeake Films, and they've written screenplays and teleplays for United Artists, Showtime, Sony Screen Gems, Lions Gate, NBC, and many other companies. Their first projects include adaptations of Stephen King's From A Buick 8, Douglas Clegg's The Hour Before Dark, Stephen King's and Peter Straub's Black House, Ed Gorman's The Poker Club, as well as episodes of Showtime's Masters of Horror and NBC's Fear Itself.

Chizmar has appeared at numerous conferences as a writing instructor, guest speaker, panelist, and guest of honor.

Anthologies Edited by Richard Chizmar
Best of Cemetery Dance Out Of Print Best of Cemetery Dance
Thrillers Out Of Print Thrillers
Legacies Out Of Print Legacies
October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween Out Of Print October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween
Trick or Treat Out Of Print Trick or Treat
Shocklines Shocklines
Shivers Out Of Print Shivers
Shivers II Out Of Print Shivers II
Shivers III Out Of Print Shivers III
Shivers IV Out Of Print Shivers IV
Screamplays Out Of Print Screamplays
Smoke and Mirrors Out Of Print Smoke and Mirrors
Shivers V Out Of Print Shivers V by Richard Chizmar
Shivers VI Shivers VI
Shivers VII Shivers VII
Turn Down the Lights Out Of Print Turn Down the Lights
In Laymon's Terms Out Of Print In Laymon's Terms
October Dreams 2 Out Of Print October Dreams 2
Dark Screams: Volume One Dark Screams: Volume One
Dark Screams: Volume Two Dark Screams: Volume Two
Dark Screams: Volume Three Dark Screams: Volume Three
Dark Screams: Volume Four Dark Screams: Volume Four
Dark Screams: Volume Five Dark Screams: Volume Five
The Best of Shivers Out Of Print The Best of Shivers
Dark Screams (Signed Limited Edition Hardcover) Out Of Print Dark Screams (Signed Limited Edition Hardcover)
Dark Screams: Volume Ten Dark Screams: Volume Ten
Dark Screams: Volume Nine Dark Screams: Volume Nine
Dark Screams: Volume Eight Dark Screams: Volume Eight
Dark Screams: Volume Seven Dark Screams: Volume Seven
Dark Screams: Volume Six Dark Screams: Volume Six
Shivers VIII Shivers VIII
Books by Richard Chizmar
Widow's Point: A Novella Out Of Print Widow's Point: A Novella by Richard Chizmar & Billy Chizmar
Gwendy's Button Box Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar
Gwendy's Magic Feather Gwendy's Magic Feather by Richard Chizmar
Gwendy's Final Task Gwendy's Final Task HOT by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar
Stephen King Revisited Stephen King Revisited by Richard Chizmar
A Face in the Crowd and The Longest December A Face in the Crowd and The Longest December by Stephen King, Stewart O'Nan, and Richard Chizmar
The Long Way Home (Trade Paperback) The Long Way Home (Trade Paperback) by Richard Chizmar
The Girl on the Porch, by Richard Chizmar The Girl on the Porch, by Richard Chizmar HOT by Richard Chizmar
A Long December, by Richard Chizmar A Long December, by Richard Chizmar HOT by Richard Chizmar
Anthologies Featuring Richard Chizmar
Imagination Fully Dilated Out Of Print Imagination Fully Dilated
Bad News Out Of Print Bad News