Cemetery Dance Publications Explained

Founded:	1988
Founder:	Richard Chizmar
Country:	United States
Headquarters:	Forest Hill, Maryland
Publications:	Books, magazines
Genre:	Horror

Cemetery Dance Publications is an American specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992. They later expanded to encompass a magazine and website featuring news, interviews, and reviews related to horror literature.^[1]

Cemetery Dance Publications is best known for their high quality hardcover releases. These are usually available as collectible autographed limited editions and lettered editions.

Awards

• Richard Chizmar won the 1999 World Fantasy Award for Cemetery Dance Publications (the magazine won in 1990 and 1992). It was also nominated for the same award in 1993 and again in 1998.
• Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge won the 2006 Bram Stoker Award for Best Long Fiction, has been nominated for the 2007 World Fantasy Award, and it was named one of the 2006 "Best Books of the Year" by Publishers Weekly.
• by Terry Dowling was an Honourable Mention for the 2006 Australian Shadows Award (hosted by the Australian Horror Writers Association).

Bram Stoker Award nominations and wins

• 2006 Bram Stoker Award Winners:

Long Fiction

Dark Harvest by Norman Partridge

Short Fiction

"Tested" by Lisa Morton, in CD #55

Fiction Collection

Destinations Unknown by Gary A. Braunbeck

Anthology

Mondo Zombie edited by John Skipp

• 2004 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:

First Novel

Black Fire by James Kidman

Short Fiction: "A Madness of Starlings" by Douglas Clegg in CD #50

Fiction Collection: The Machinery of Night by Douglas Clegg

Anthology: Shivers III edited by Richard Chizmar

Non-Fiction

The Road to the Dark Tower by Bev Vincent

• 2004 Bram Stoker Award Winner:

Fiction Collection: Fearful Symmetries by Thomas F. Monteleone

• 2003 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:

Long Fiction: The Necromancer by Douglas Clegg

Long Fiction: Roll Them Bones by David Niall Wilson

• 2002 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:

Novel: From a Buick 8 by Stephen King

Fiction Collection: Knuckles and Tales by Nancy A. Collins

Anthology: Shivers edited by Richard Chizmar

• 2001 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:

Anthology: Trick or Treat: A Collection of Halloween Novellas edited by Richard Chizmar

• 2001 Bram Stoker Award Winner:

Alternative Forms

Dark Dreamers: Facing the Masters of Fear by Beth Gwinn & Stanley Wiater

• 2000 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:

Anthology: Bad News edited by Richard Laymon

Short Fiction: Jack Ketchum's "Gone" (published in the anthology October Dreams)

• 2000 Bram Stoker Award Winner:

Novel: The Traveling Vampire Show by Richard Laymon

• 1999 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:

Long Fiction: Right to Life by Jack Ketchum

• 1999 Bram Stoker Award Winner:

Anthology: 999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense edited by Al Sarrantonio

• 1998 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:

Anthology: Robert Bloch's Psychos edited by Robert Bloch and Martin H. Greenberg

Anthology: Best of Cemetery Dance edited by Richard Chizmar

• 1997 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:

Fiction Collection: Things Left Behind by Gary A. Braunbeck

• 1994 Bram Stoker Award Winners:

Short Fiction: "The Box" by Jack Ketchum in CD #20

Fiction Collection: Writer of the Purple Rage by Joe R. Lansdale

Selected list of books published by Cemetery Dance Publications

• It: The 25th Anniversary Edition (signed limited edition) by Stephen King (December 2011)
• Gwendy's Button Box by Stephen King and Richard Chizmar (novella first published by Cemetery Dance Publications) (May 2017)
• Full Dark, No Stars (signed limited edition) by Stephen King (December 2010)
• Blockade Billy by Stephen King (an original novella first printed by Cemetery Dance Publications) (April 2010)
• The Secretary of Dreams: Volume 1 (and Volume 2) by Stephen King and illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne (2006) (Volume IIs)
• From a Buick 8 (signed limited edition) by Stephen King (2002)
• The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem by Stephen King and illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne (2013)
• Robert Bloch's Psychos, edited by Robert Bloch & Martin H. Greenberg (1997)
• , edited by Richard Chizmar with Robert Morrish (2000)
• Blue November Storms, by Brian Freeman (2005)
• Strange Highways, by Dean Koontz (1995)
• Fear Nothing, by Dean Koontz (1997)
• Seize the Night, by Dean Koontz (1998)
• False Memory, by Dean Koontz (1999)
• Mucho Mojo signed limited edition by Joe R. Lansdale (1994)
• Act of love signed limited edition by Joe R. Lansdale (1981)
• Writer of the Purple Rage short story collection by Joe R. Lansdale (1994)
• Nothing Lasting E-book by Glen Krisch^[2]

Selected list of published authors

• Clive Barker
• Charles Beaumont
• William Peter Blatty
• Max Booth III
• Ray Bradbury
• Kealan Patrick Burke
• Poppy Z. Brite
• Lincoln Child
• Richard Chizmar
• Simon Clark
• Douglas Clegg
• Justin Cronin
• Frank Darabont
• Dennis Etchison
• Preston Fassel
• Gillian Flynn
• Brian Freeman
• Mick Garris
• Ray Garton
• Christopher Golden
• J. F. Gonzalez
• Ed Gorman
• Rick Hautala
• Joe Hill (writer)
• Brian Hodge
• Brian Keene
• Ronald Kelly
• Jack Ketchum
• Stephen King
• Dean Koontz
• Michael Koryta
• Joe R. Lansdale
• Richard Laymon
• Tim Lebbon
• Edward Lee
• Bentley Little
• John R. Little
• Graham Masterton
• Richard Matheson
• Brett McBean
• Robert McCammon
• Thomas F. Monteleone
• William F. Nolan
• James A. Moore
• Norman Partridge
• John Pelan
• Douglas Preston
• Bill Pronzini
• Anne Rice
• Al Sarrantonio
• Michael Slade
• Peter Straub
• Thomas Tessier
• Bill Walker
• F. Paul Wilson
• T. M. Wright

Notes and References

1. Web site: Buchanan . Leigh . October 29, 2014 . The Spookiest Little Publisher in the World . Inc..
2. Redding . Kevin . March 9, 2015 . 'NOTHING LASTING' . live . Fangoria . https://web.archive.org/web/20220612232046/https://www.fangoria.com/new/nothing-lasting-e-book-review/ . 2022-06-12.