Richard Chizmar

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Richard Chizmar

Richard Thomas Chizmar (born 1965) is an American writer, the publisher and editor of Cemetery Dance magazine, and the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications. He also edits anthologies, produces films, writes screenplays, and teaches writing.

Writing[]

Richard Chizmar is a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Amazon, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author.

He is the co-author (with Stephen King) of the bestselling novella, Gwendy's Button Box and the founder/publisher of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. He has edited more than 35 anthologies and his short fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including multiple editions of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. He has won two World Fantasy awards, four International Horror Guild awards, and the HWA’s Board of Trustee’s award.

Chizmar (in collaboration with Johnathon Schaech) has also written screenplays and teleplays for United Artists, Sony Screen Gems, Lions Gate, Showtime, NBC, and many other companies. He has adapted the works of many bestselling authors including Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Bentley Little.

Chizmar is also the creator/writer of the online website, Stephen King Revisited. His fourth short story collection, The Long Way Home, was published in 2019. With Brian Freeman, Chizmar is co-editor of the acclaimed Dark Screams horror anthology series published by Random House imprint, Hydra.

His latest book, The Girl on the Porch, was released in hardcover by Subterranean Press, and Widow’s Point, a chilling novella about a haunted lighthouse written with his son, Billy Chizmar, was recently adapted into a feature film.

Chizmar’s work has been translated into more than fifteen languages throughout the world, and he has appeared at numerous conferences as a writing instructor, guest speaker, panelist, and guest of honor.

Publishing[]

Cemetery Dance magazine[]

Main article: Cemetery Dance Magazine

Chizmar started Cemetery Dance magazine in 1988, which is still published today. It features dark fantasy, horror fiction, and articles related to those subjects. Metro Silicon Valley called it "America's longest-running independent horror-themed magazine."[1]

Cemetery Dance Publications[]

Main article: Cemetery Dance Publications

Chizmar's Cemetery Dance Publications started in 1992, and still publishes books. It has produced more than 300 different autographed limited edition, lettered edition hardcover novels, novellas, and anthologies. It also publishes chapbooks, trade hardcovers, and a few paperbacks.

Screenplays and Chesapeake films[]

Richard Chizmar co-founded Chesapeake Films with Johnathon Schaech. He also co-writes screenplays with Schaech. Some of their produced screenplays include 2006's Road House 2 (based on the story by Miles Chapman) and Showtime's Masters of Horror presentation of The Washingtonians (based on Bentley Little's story) from 2007. They also wrote the screenplay for an unproduced adaptation of From a Buick 8 based on Stephen King's novel.

Selected awards[]

Won[]

Nominated[]

Selected bibliography[]

Novels[]

  • Chasing the Boogeyman (To Be Released in August 2021)
  • Blood Brothers (1997) – a chapbook from Subterranean Press available only as 250 signed numbered copies (no ISBN)
  • Unearthed, co-written with Brian Keene (2016) – a chapbook from Apokrupha. (ISBN 978-1534941090)

Novellas[]

  • Gwendy's Final Task (To Be Released in February 2022)
  • Gwendy's Magic Feather (2019)
  • The Girl on the Porch (2019)
  • Widow's Point (Written with Billy Chizmar)
  • Gwendy's Button Box (Written with Stephen King)
  • Darkness Whispers (Written with Brain James Freeman)
  • Brothers (Written with Ed Gorman)
  • Dirty Coppers

Screenplays[]

Short stories[]

Uncollected short stories[]

  • "Billy's Day" from the magazine Witness to the Bizarre No. 2 edited by Melinda Jaeb (1988)

Short story collections[]

  • The Vault (originally published by Thunderstorm Books; U.S. limited hardcover/trade paperback; June 2019, reprinted by Grey Gull Publications; German hardcover/eBook; forthcoming in 2021)
  • The Long Way Home (originally published by PS Publishing; U.K. hardcover/eBook; 2018, reprinted by Cemetery Dance Publications; U.S. trade paperback; July 2019)
  • Silverwood: The Door (Serial Box based on the video series from Tony Valenzuela’s Black Box TV)
  • A Long December (Originally published by Subterranean Press; hardcover/eBook; 2016)

"Blood Brothers"

"The Man with X-Ray Eyes

"The Box"

"Heroes"

"Ditch Treasures"

"The Silence of Sorrow"

"After the Bombs"

"Last Words"

"Night Call"

"The Lake is Life"

"The Good Old Days"

"Grad Finale"

"The Artist"

"Family Ties"

"Mister Parker"

"Monsters"

"Like Father, Like Son"

"The Tower"

"Brothers:

"Cemetery Dance"

"Blue"

"A Crime of Passion"

"Homesick"

"Devil's Night"

"Bride of Frankenstein: A Love Story"

"The Season of Giving"

"A Capital Cat Crime"

"The Sinner King"

"A Season of Change"

"Midnight Promises"

"The Night Shift"

"Only the Strong Survive"

"The Interview"

"The Poetry of Life"

"A Long December"

  • Midnight Promises (Gauntlet Press, 1996) ISBN 1-887368-03-5
Introduction by Ed Gorman
"A Season of Change"
"Heroes"
"A Crime of Passion"
"Homesick"
"Cemetery Dance"
"The Sinner King"
"A Capital Cat Crime"
"The Season of Giving"
"Grand Finale"
"Bride of Frankenstein: A Modern Love Story"
"The Silence of Sorrow"
"Beachcomber"
"Devil's Night"
"Only the Strong Survive"
"Dark Whispers"
"Midnight Promises"
"Masters of Darkness"
Afterword by Ray Garton
Introduction by Ed Bryant
"Night Call"
"Like Father, Like Son"
"Monsters"
"Heroes"
"The Man With X-Ray Eyes"
""The Silence of Sorrow"
Special Afterword (only in Lettered edition) by Hugh B. Cave

Anthologies as editor[]

Shivers series[]

All released as trade paperbacks from Cemetery Dance Publications:

  • Shivers (2002) ISBN 1-58767-063-1
  • Shivers II (2003) ISBN 1-58767-072-0
  • Shivers III (2004) ISBN 1-58767-117-4
  • Shivers IV (2006) ISBN 1-58767-129-8
  • Shivers V (2009) ISBN 978-1-58767-201-9
  • Shivers VI (2011) ISBN 978-1-58767-224-8
  • Shivers VII (2013) ISBN 978-1-58767-225-5
  • Shivers VIII (2019) ISBN 978-1-58767-587-4

See also[]

  • List of horror fiction authors

References[]

  1. ^ Kleffel, Rick (October 26, 2005). "Grave New World". Metro Silicon Valley. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  2. ^ Bowers, Carol R. (December 1, 1991). "Stuff Of Nightmares Is A Dream For 25-year-old Publisher". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Horror Guild Nominees List". Locus. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  4. ^ "1999 World Fantasy Awards list". World Fantasy Award. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Nominations list on Locus magazine's website". Locus. Archived from the original on June 18, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2013.

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