Cemetery Dance is a literature magazine specializing in dark fantasy and horror. It is published out of Forest Hill, Maryland by Cemetery Dance Publications. It began its run in 1988 and continues to this day. It is published by Richard Chizmar and has published short stories by and interviews with such authors as Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Clive Barker, Richard Laymon, Bentley Little, Norman Partridge, Thomas Piccirilli, Ray Garton, Simon Green, and Robin Spriggs. In 1992, Richard Chizmar branched out into publishing novels and novellas and the Cemetery Dance Publications imprint was born. The first book published on the imprint was Prisoners and Other Stories by Ed Gorman. Other books include a limited edition of From A Buick 8 by Stephen King, four books by Dean Koontz, and The Secretary of Dreams by Stephen King and Glenn Chadbourne.
Awards
- 2006 Bram Stoker Award Winner:
- Best Short Fiction: "Tested" by Lisa Morton, in CD #55
- 2004 Bram Stoker Award Nominee:
- Best Short Fiction: "A Madness of Starlings" by Douglas Clegg in CD #50
- 1994 Bram Stoker Award Winner:
- Best Short Fiction: "The Box" by Jack Ketchum in CD #20
