Cemetery Dance Publications
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| Founded | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Richard Chizmar |
| Country of origin |
 United States |
| Headquarters location | Forest Hill, Maryland |
| Publication types | Books, Magazines |
| Fiction genres | horror |
| Official website |
www |
Cemetery Dance Publications is a 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.
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.
- Basic Black: Tales of Appropriate Fear 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)
- 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) ISBN 978-1-58767-228-6
- The Secretary of Dreams: Volume 1 (and Volume 2) by Stephen King and illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne (2006) ISBN 1-58767-140-9 (Volume II's ISBN 978-1-58767-185-2)
- From a Buick 8 (signed limited edition) by Stephen King (2002) ISBN 1-58767-061-5
- The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem by Stephen King and illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne (2013) ISBN 978-1-58767-421-1
- Robert Bloch's Psychos, edited by Robert Bloch & Martin H. Greenberg (1997) ISBN 1-881475-26-3
- October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween, edited by Richard Chizmar with Robert Morrish) (2000) ISBN 1-58767-019-4
- Blue November Storms, by Brian Freeman (2005) ISBN 1-58767-110-7
- Strange Highways, by Dean Koontz (1995) ISBN 1-881475-15-8
- Fear Nothing, by Dean Koontz (1997) ISBN 1-881475-27-1
- Seize the Night, by Dean Koontz (1998) ISBN 1-881475-44-1
- False Memory, by Dean Koontz (1999) ISBN 1-881475-85-9
- Mucho Mojo signed limited edition by Joe R. Lansdale (1994) ISBN 0-89296-490-1
- Act of love signed limited edition by Joe R. Lansdale (1981) ISBN 1-881475-04-2
- Writer of the Purple Rage short story collection by Joe R. Lansdale (1994) ISBN 0-7867-0389-X
- Nothing Lasting E-book by Glen Krisch [1]
Selected list of published authors
- Clive Barker
- Charles Beaumont
- William Peter Blatty
- Poppy Z. Brite
- Simon Clark
- Douglas Clegg
- Frank Darabont
- Dennis Etchison
- Brian Freeman
- Christopher Golden
- J. F. Gonzalez
- Ed Gorman
- Rick Hautala
- Ronald Kelly
- Jack Ketchum
- Stephen King
- Dean Koontz
- Joe R. Lansdale
- Richard Laymon
- Bentley Little
- John R. Little
- Graham Masterton
- Brett McBean
- James A. Moore
- William F. Nolan
- Norman Partridge
- John Pelan
- Al Sarrantonio
- Michael Slade
- Peter Straub
- Thomas Tessier
- T. M. Wright
- Bill Walker
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