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Richard Chizmar is the founder and publisher of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. He has edited more than thirty anthologies and his fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including 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. He co-authpred Gwendy's Button Box (2017) with Stephen King. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from Gwendy's Magic Feather… (more)
Gwendy's Button Box 1,477 copies, 100 reviews
Gwendy's Magic Feather 485 copies, 21 reviews
Chasing the Boogeyman 432 copies, 17 reviews
Gwendy's Final Task 431 copies, 12 reviews
October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween (Editor) 251 copies, 6 reviews
Dark Screams: Volume One (Editor) 102 copies, 32 reviews
Widow's Point 97 copies, 5 reviews
The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume 2 (Editor) 96 copies, 2 reviews
A Long December 96 copies, 4 reviews
The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume 1 (Editor) 85 copies, 2 reviews
Screamplays (Anthology) (Editor) 61 copies
Shivers VII (Editor) 56 copies, 2 reviews
Shivers VI (Editor) 53 copies, 4 reviews
Dark Screams: Volume Two (Editor) 43 copies, 16 reviews
Turn Down the Lights (Editor) 42 copies, 4 reviews
Dark Screams: Volume Three (Editor) 41 copies, 16 reviews
Dark Screams: Volume Four (Editor) 39 copies, 12 reviews
The Girl on the Porch 33 copies, 3 reviews
Dark Screams: Volume Six (Editor) 31 copies, 9 reviews
In Laymon’s Terms (Anthology) (Editor) 30 copies, 1 review
Dark Screams: Volume Nine (Editor) 30 copies, 7 reviews
Shivers (Editor) 29 copies, 1 review
Dark Screams: Volume Five (Editor) 29 copies, 11 reviews
Night Visions 10 (Editor) 27 copies
Shivers II (Editor) 25 copies
Shivers IV (Editor) 25 copies
Shivers VIII (Editor) 25 copies
Dark Screams: Volume Seven (Editor) 24 copies, 8 reviews
Dark Screams: Volume Eight (Editor) 23 copies, 6 reviews
Shivers III (Editor) 23 copies
Shivers V (Editor) 18 copies
Darkness Whispers 15 copies, 1 review
Dark Screams: Volume Ten (Editor) 12 copies, 2 reviews
Cemetery Dance Issue 61 (Editor) 11 copies
Cold Blood (Anthology) (Editor) 11 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 62 (Editor) 9 copies
Devil's Night 9 copies, 1 review
Cemetery Dance Issue 74/75 (Editor) 9 copies
The Washingtonians (Author) 9 copies
Thrillers (Anthology) (Editor) 8 copies
Brothers (Author) 8 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 68 (Editor) 8 copies
Legacies (Editor) 8 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 50 (Editor) 7 copies
Dirty Coppers (Author) 7 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 58 (Editor) 7 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 57 (Editor) 6 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 60 (Editor) 6 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 51 (Editor) 6 copies
The Box 5 copies, 1 review
Bad News (Anthology) (Contributor) 5 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 56 (Editor) 5 copies
Subterranean Gallery (Editor) 5 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 71 (Editor) 5 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 59 (Editor) 5 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 49 (Editor) 4 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 66 (Editor) 4 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 65 (Editor) 4 copies, 1 review
Cemetery Dance Issue 69 (Editor) 4 copies
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Cemetery Dance Issue 55 (Editor) 4 copies
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Cemetery Dance Issue 64 (Editor) 4 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 47 (Editor) 3 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 53 (Editor) 3 copies
The Best of Shivers (Editor) 3 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 63 (Editor) 3 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 67 (Editor) 3 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 14 (Editor) 3 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 73 (Editor) 2 copies
The Vault 2 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 24 (Editor) 2 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 44 (Editor) 2 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 17/18 (Editor) 2 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 37 (Editor) 2 copies
Killer Crimes (Editor) 2 copies
Unearthed 2 copies
Cemetery Dance Issue 70 (Editor) 2 copies
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Cemetery Dance Issue 3 (Editor) 1 copy
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Cemetery Dance Issue 19 (Editor) 1 copy
The Sniper 1 copy
Cemetery Dance Issue 13 (Editor) 1 copy
Cemetery Dance Issue 46 (Editor) 1 copy
Cemetery Dance Issue 43 (Editor) 1 copy
Cemetery Dance Issue 40 (Editor) 1 copy
Cemetery Dance Issue 38 (Editor) 1 copy
Cemetery Dance Issue 20 (Editor) 1 copy
Christine (Afterword, some editions) 8,574 copies, 88 reviews
100 Hair-Raising Little Horror Stories (Contributor) 433 copies, 4 reviews
Predators (Contributor) 102 copies
Night Screams (Contributor) 78 copies, 5 reviews
Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories (Anthology) (Foreword) 68 copies, 3 reviews
100 Twisted Little Tales of Torment (Contributor) 60 copies, 1 review
Women on the Edge (Contributor) 59 copies
Cat Crimes for the Holidays (Contributor) 50 copies, 1 review
Werewolves (Contributor) 47 copies, 1 review
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (Contributor) 45 copies, 2 reviews
Visitations of the Night (Grails) (Contributor) 42 copies, 1 review
Danger in D.C. (Anthology) (Contributor) 38 copies
The Poker Club (Contributor) 33 copies, 1 review
100 Tiny Tales of Terror (Contributor) 33 copies
Gauntlet, Issue 2, 1991 [Stephen King Special] (Contributor) 30 copies, 1 review
Santa Clues (Contributor) 28 copies
Chiral Mad 3 (Anthology) (Contributor) 27 copies
The UFO Files (Contributor) 20 copies
Reading Stephen King (Author) 19 copies, 2 reviews
Halloween Carnival Volume 5 (Author) 13 copies, 5 reviews
The Demons of King Solomon (Contributor) 12 copies
Do-Overs and Detours (Introduction) 8 copies
In Darkness, Delight: Creatures of the Night (Contributor) 7 copies, 1 review
Midnight From Beyond the Stars (Introduction) 4 copies
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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.
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