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.
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 PartridgeShort Fiction: "Tested" by
Lisa Morton, in CD #55Fiction Collection:
Destinations Unknown by Gary A. BraunbeckAnthology:
Mondo Zombie edited by
John Skipp2004 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:First Novel:
Black Fire by James KidmanShort Fiction: "A Madness of Starlings" by
Douglas Clegg in CD #50Fiction Collection:
The Machinery of Night by Douglas CleggAnthology:
Shivers III edited by Richard ChizmarNon-Fiction:
The Road to the Dark Tower by
Bev Vincent2004 Bram Stoker Award Winner:Fiction Collection:
Fearful Symmetries by
Thomas F. Monteleone2003 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:Long Fiction:
The Necromancer by Douglas CleggLong Fiction:
Roll Them Bones by
David Niall Wilson2002 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:Novel:
From a Buick 8 by Stephen KingFiction Collection:
Knuckles and Tales by Nancy A. CollinsAnthology:
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 LaymonShort Fiction:
Jack Ketchum's "Gone" (published in the anthology
October Dreams)
2000 Bram Stoker Award Winner:Novel:
The Traveling Vampire Show by
Richard Laymon1999 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:Long Fiction:
Right to Life by
Jack Ketchum1999 Bram Stoker Award Winner:Anthology:
999: New Stories of Horror and Suspense edited by
Al Sarrantonio1998 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:Anthology:
Robert Bloch's Psychos edited by
Robert Bloch and Martin H. GreenbergAnthology:
Best of Cemetery Dance edited by Richard Chizmar
1997 Bram Stoker Award Nominees:Fiction Collection:
Things Left Behind by
Gary A. Braunbeck1994 Bram Stoker Award Winners:Short Fiction: "The Box" by Jack Ketchum in CD #20Fiction Collection:
Writer of the Purple Rage by
Joe R. LansdaleIt: 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 978-1-58767-228-6The 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 1-58767-061-5The Dark Man: An Illustrated Poem by Stephen King and illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne (2013) ISBN 978-1-58767-421-1Robert Bloch's Psychos, edited by Robert Bloch & Martin H. Greenberg (1997) ISBN 1-881475-26-3October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween, edited by Richard Chizmar with Robert Morrish) (2000) ISBN 1-58767-019-4Blue November Storms, by Brian Freeman (2005) ISBN 1-58767-110-7Strange Highways, by Dean Koontz (1995) ISBN 1-881475-15-8Fear Nothing, by Dean Koontz (1997) ISBN 1-881475-27-1Seize the Night, by Dean Koontz (1998) ISBN 1-881475-44-1False Memory, by Dean Koontz (1999) ISBN 1-881475-85-9Mucho Mojo signed limited edition by Joe R. Lansdale (1994) ISBN 0-89296-490-1Act of love signed limited edition by Joe R. Lansdale (1981) ISBN 1-881475-04-2Writer of the Purple Rage short story collection by Joe R. Lansdale (1994) ISBN 0-7867-0389-XNothing Lasting E-book by Glen Krisch 
