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, writes fiction, produces films, writes screenplays, and teaches writing.

Richard Chizmar
Born (1965-12-21) December 21, 1965
United States
OccupationWriter, editor, publisher
NationalityAmerican
GenreHorror, fantasy, science fiction

Writing

Richard Chizmar has contributed stories to many publications, including Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and The Year's 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. He has won the Horror Writers Association Board of Trustees Award, two World Fantasy Awards, and four International Horror Guild Awards.

Stephen King and Richard Chizmar co-wrote Gwendy's Button Box, released in May 2017 by Cemetery Dance Publications (in trade hardcover format) and in audiobook by Simon & Schuster Audio (the audiobook has a bonus short story, "The Music Room," written by just Stephen King, which was originally published in Playboy).

Gwendy's Magic Feather, a follow-up to Gwendy's Button Box, authored solely by Chizmar, was released in November 2019 by Cemetery Dance Publications. It marks Chizmar's second, published, full-length novel.

Gwendy's Final Task, a second followup to Gwendy's Button Box is being written by King and Chizmar.

Publishing

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

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

Chapbooks
  • 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)

Screenplays

Uncollected short stories

Short story collections
  • 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
Limited Edition forthcoming from Cemetery Dance Publications in 2010 ISBN 978-1-58767-209-5

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

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. "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. "Nominations list on Locus magazine's website". Locus. Archived from the original on June 18, 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
  6. Twice Upon A Time. The Bearded Scribe Press. ISBN 978-1942670018. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
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