Cemetery Dance Publications

I had that, I had that version.

I've always wanted the Cemetery Dance, I think it is called, Cemetery Dance or Cemetery Media, uh, limited edition hardbacks that they released because they had incredible artwork with them.

Lovely slip case, but I mean, they, they sold out.

You can only get them, of course, secondhand 'cause they're limited edition, and they are 280 pound upwards.

It's followed me my whole life, so I'm used to it by now.

Like, I, I started Cemetery Dance Magazine when I was in college.

Um, I used to go to Kinko's, you know, the 24-hour Kinko's, University of Maryland downtown, um, to run flyers to, to put out in the mail.

And [clears throat] the employees were like, "Are, are you throwing a rave in a graveyard?" [laughs] True story.

It was this story, The Box, that first caught my interest.

I read it in the anthology The Century's Best Horror Fiction-

Mm

... which we've been pulling a lot of stories from this year.

... uncompromising, brutal approach to horror fiction.

Let's see what that means.

Our first story, The Box, was first published in the anthology Cemetery Dance in 1994.

Before we begin, both of today's stories have children in danger and dying, so if that type of stuff is too much for you, you might wanna skip this episode.

Hang on.

[upbeat music] Uh, just when I'm, you know, like, getting under control when it comes to buying books, scroll on Facebook and I see, uh, Richard Chizmar, the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications, holding up a copy of the new Stephen King book, The Talisman Part 3: Other Worlds Than These, which Stephen King has said wraps up the Talisman trilogy as well as completely wraps up my ba- my favorite book series of all time, The Dark Tower series.

Ugh.

I don't wanna go to the store today, man.

And I am really excited to talk about that, but I got to tell you, this guy brings – he is the legitimate article.

He started – You know, when I was doing the research for it, he has a company called Cemetery Dance.

And a lot of people that enjoy horror, they know what that company is.

But I didn't know he started back in 1988.

I have been here for a long time doing this, and I really have... not done anything else, fortunately.

That's the case.

I published the first issue of the magazine, Cemetery Dance Magazine, when I was a senior in college at the University of Maryland.

And we'll publish the second issue right right after graduation and kind of just never went and got a job.

So you're not going to want to miss that.

but tonight we have richard chismar on the show tonight and he got a great book coming out october 6th that's the third installment of the boogeyman series and this is killing the boogeyman and uh i i am really excited to talk about that but i gotta tell you this guy brings he is the legitimate article he started You know, when I was doing the research for it, he has a company called Cemetery Dance.

And a lot of people that enjoy horror, they know what that company is.

But I didn't know he started back in 1988.

I have been here for a long time doing this, and I really have not done anything else.

Fortunately, that's the case.

I published the first issue of the magazine, Cemetery Dance Magazine, when I was a senior in college at the University of Maryland.

And we'll publish the second issue right after graduation and kind of just never went and got a job.

Yeah.

I mean, you know, I started, you know, my magazine Cemetery Dance back in 1988 when I was in college.

Wow.

And from day one I sent up the first issue, the second issue, the horrible-looking first, second, third issue, all of that, up to his office in Bangor.

We lived, you know, newly married, we were living in an apartment, and I get a postcard from a guy named Chuck Verrill, who was Steve's editor/agent, and it said, I think it said to the effect, "A month ago I sent you a manuscript, Chattery Teeth by Stephen King."

[laughs]

Um, he, he's a big fan of Cemetery Dance and would love to see it appear, and we wondered if you'd take, had a look at it yet.

And I'm just like-