We have a lot of new subscribers on this mailing list, so we thought it would be helpful to summarize some of our most important recent news:

* We have a bunch of new eBay auctions, but eBay was having some trouble yesterday so the pages weren’t always loading. Hopefully they work better today: Check out our eBay auctions!

* The Horror Hall of Fame: The Stoker Winners edited by Joe R. Lansdale has arrived in our warehouse and preorders will begin shipping next week.

* Horror Drive-In Presents An All-Night Short Story Marathon edited by Mark Sieber is a brand new, in-stock signed Limited Edition glossy chapbook featuring short stories by Bill Pronzini, Harry Shannon, Brian James Freeman, Norman Prentiss, and Ronald Malfi. Preorders should be shipping by Monday.

* Preorders for The Century’s Best Horror Fiction edited by John Pelan are about 50% shipped! This is a massive two volume set of 100 short stories by the legends of horror including Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Charles Beaumont, Jack Ketchum, Gary Brandner, Dennis Etchison, Michael Bishop, Ramsey Campbell, David Schow, Joe R. Lansdale, Glen Hirshberg, Richard Matheson, Shirley Jackson, and nearly seven dozen others. Definitely a must-have for any horror fan!

* The Gift Edition of It: The 25th Anniversary Special Limited Edition by Stephen King is still selling very steadily, so don’t wait to place your order for this huge special edition that won’t be seeing print again.

* Pure by Julianna Baggott is more than 90% sold out, so there will not be copies around to order down the road.

* Titanic 2012 by Bill Walker (Revised & Updated Edition!) is available on a variety of eBook stores including our own.

* Wild Horses by Brian Hodge is also now available as an eBook, which is great news for his many fans!

* Sides by Peter Straub, Elsewhere by William Peter Blatty, and The Two Sams and The Snowman’s Children by Glen Hirshberg are also now available as eBooks.

* Our copies of Peep Show, Volume One edited by Paul Fry are on their way across the ocean and should ship to our customers later this month.

* Seven Stories by Brian James Freeman is now Amazon’s #1 bestselling free story collection in the US, UK, Germany, France, and Spain, plus #2 in Italy! If you missed out on your free download, here are the links again while there’s still time: Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, Amazon.es, Amazon.it.

Thanks again for your support!

Featuring George R.R. Martin, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Jack Ketchum, Joe R. Lansdale, David Morrell, Alan Rodgers, and many others!

We’re pleased to announce that The Horror Hall of Fame: The Stoker Winners edited by Joe R. Lansdale is arriving in our warehouse now and preorders will start shipping next week!

Featuring full color cover artwork by Alan M. Clark and black & white interior artwork for every story by acclaimed artist Glenn Chadbourne, this landmark anthology collects for the first-time ever the Bram Stoker Award-winning short stories and novellas from legendary authors such as George R.R. Martin, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Jack Ketchum, Joe R. Lansdale, David Morrell, Alan Rodgers, and many others!

The Stoker Award is presented annually by the Horror Writers Association, and this volume represents the very best fiction in the horror field! This is a must-read for any fan of horror fiction!

Table of Contents:
“Introduction” by Joe R. Lansdale
“The Scent of Vinegar” by Robert Bloch
“The Calling” by David B. Silva
“Chatting With Anubis” by Harlan Ellison
“The Pear-Shaped Man” by George R.R. Martin
“The Night They Missed the Horror Show” by Joe R. Lansdale
“Lady Madonna” by Nancy Holder
“The Box” by Jack Ketchum
“Stephen” by Elizabeth Massie
“The Red Tower” by Thomas Ligotti
“The Boy Who Came Back From the Dead” by Alan Rodgers
“The Night We Buried Road Dog” by Jack Cady
“Metalica” by P.D. Cacek
“Orange is for Anguish, Blue is for Insanity” by David Morrell

Place your order today so you don’t miss out!

Hi Folks!

As our way of saying thanks again for the huge outpouring of support for our “All You Can Read” eBook membership program for 2012, which was a huge success, we’re pleased to announce that Seven Stories by Brian James Freeman, which is only available on Amazon.com, is now FREE FOR EVERYONE THIS WEEK ONLY at this special link:

Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.de
Amazon.fr
Amazon.es
Amazon.it

If you have a Kindle, or the Kindle App, or even if you just want to try out the free Kindle Cloud for the first time, now is a great time to grab a copy of the collection before it goes back up to the regular retail price on Friday!

(Also: because these stories are going to appear in three new collections down the road, the eBook will probably disappear from Amazon later this year, but those who download the eBook now will have it for as long as you want, of course.)

If you can, please help us spread the word about this FREE giveaway by posting the news and that link on your websites, blogs, message boards, Twitter, Facebook, etc.

Download your FREE copy of this eBook before time runs out!

UPDATE: We wanted to thank all of you for making Seven Stories by Brian James Freeman Amazon’s #1 bestselling free story collection in the US, UK, Germany, and France, plus #2 in Spain and and Italy!  Thanks again for your support!

About the Book:
In Las Vegas, anything goes. So when Allison discovers her blackjack dealer boyfriend has a cheatin’ heart, “hit me” takes on a whole new meaning. She clobbers Boyd with a cactus. Then she trashes his prized money-skimming scam, swipes his only records of an off-shore bank account (the key to a fortune) without realizing it, and blows town. Big mistake. Because Boyd has a partner: an aging showgirl still young enough to scheme. Not happy with her cut, this redhead wants revenge–and she knows a cold-blooded killer who will help her get it. Meanwhile, Boyd has found solace with a new-age hooker who cares about Boyd’s karma more than his money.

Now the whole brawling, balling, hurting tangle of friends, traitors, and lovers is going on the road. In separate cars. Leaving behind a trail of broken bodies and broken laws, they’re all following Allison. And she’s following a devious plan of her own…

Read more or download your copy today!

Today we’re very pleased to announce a surprise In-Stock Signed Limited Edition Chapbook that we think you’re really going to love: Horror Drive-In Presents An All-Night Short Story Marathon edited by Mark Sieber!

About the Chapbook:
Horror Drive-In Presents An All-Night Short Story Marathon is a signed Limited Edition glossy chapbook featuring short stories by Bill Pronzini, Harry Shannon, Brian James Freeman, Norman Prentiss, and Ronald Malfi.

Edited by Mark Sieber, the founder of the Horror Drive-in website and a columnist in Cemetery Dance magazine, these tales are sure to take you back to the days when books were printed on pulpy pages, and you watched scary movies outdoors under the stars.

These stories are both scary and unsettling, and this chapbook is signed by all five contributors and the editor!

Table of Contents:
“Why Horror Drive-In?” by Mark Sieber
“Angelique” by Bill Pronzini
“Control” by Norman Prentiss
“Night Nurse” by Harry Shannon
“Where Sunlight Sleeps” by Brian James Freeman
“The Dinner Party” by Ronald Malfi

Note from the Publisher:
This chapbook has a color cover like Blood Splattered and Politically Incorrect or Tales Too Extreme For Cemetery Dance and is not part of the promotional chapbook line.

Read more or place your order today while supplies last!

We’re accepting BEST OFFERS for each piece between now and 3 PM EST on Thursday, February 2, 2012. “Best Offer” means you let us know the amount you’re willing to spend for each piece item/set. The highest offer wins. You can make offers on as many items/sets as you want. You do not need to make offers on all of them, but if you win multiple items, we can combine the lots for shipping to save you on postage.

* HOW TO SEND YOUR OFFER:

1) Click on the EMAIL LINK above the image. This link should fill-in the proper email address to send your bid to, along with the proper subject line, in your email program. (If you use a web-based email program like AOL or Hotmail, please see alternate entry method below.)

2) In the BODY of your email, enter your very best offer for that item/set. A minimum bid for each item/set is listed below.

3) Please send a separate email for EACH item/set you are bidding on.

* HOW TO SEND YOUR OFFER IF YOU USE A WEB-BASED EMAIL SYSTEM OR IF THESE LINKS DON’T WORK FOR YOU:

1) Copy the “My Best Offer For (Item Name)” text ABOVE the image and put that in your SUBJECT LINE.

2) The “Send To” address for the email should be mindyj@cemeterydance.com

3) Enter your very best offer for that item/set in the BODY of the email and hit send.

4) Please send a separate email for EACH item/set you want to bid on.

Mindy will compile the offers. Winners will be notified on Friday.

Email Your Bid: My Best Offer For IT F&G
Minimum Bid: $500

First up for bidding is the “Folded and Gathered” Proof of IT: The 25th Anniversary Special Edition, which was made during a one-time printing by our printer for final approval *before* they started printing the real books. All of the color elements are in place, the artwork is where it would be bound into the book, and the pages are gathered into signatures, but the pages haven’t been bound into a hardcover. Only ONE of these exists anywhere in the world.

Email Your Bid: My Best Offer For IT Cover and Binding
Minimum Bid: $500

Next up for bidding are the “Cover and Binding Prototypes AND stamping dies” Proof of IT: The 25th Anniversary Special Edition. These are the test covers they make for our approval before printing begins, and as you can see below we changed the foil for the Gift Edition so there are two versions included. You will also receive the STAMPING DIES that were used to actually stamp the foil designs on all three editions. (The dies came “wrapped” in another set of the FINAL covers, as you can see below.) Only ONE of these sets exist anywhere in the world.

Email Your Bid: My Best Offer For IT Bluelines, Artwork Proofs, and Other Proofs
Minimum Bid: $500

Our last item up for bidding are the “Bluelines, Artwork Proofs, and Other Proofs” for IT: The 25th Anniversary Special Edition. This includes the Bluelines for the interior (the proof we’re sent for approval before the F&G is printed), the bluelines for ALL three dust jackets, the approval prints of the interior color artwork, the color printout stamping die positioning sheets, a full set of the final set of dust jackets for approval, and some other production/proof material. Only ONE of these sets exists anywhere in the world.

Today we have some quick updates on special offers that are ending soon and books that are selling out fast:

* We’re in the last days of selling our “All You Can Read” 2012 Membership program, an exciting new plan that will allow you to read ANY eBook we publish in 2012, along with all of the eBooks we’ve already published, for a small one-time fee — plus you’ll get a FREE $30 to $40 Signed Limited Edition with your membership! Don’t wait to place your order because this special offer is almost gone!

* The Horror Hall of Fame: The Stoker Winners edited by Joe R. Lansdale (featuring George R.R. Martin, Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Jack Ketchum, Joe R. Lansdale, David Morrell, Alan Rodgers, and many, many others!) is coming next month and we just realized we have FIVE copies of the Limited Edition available for sale, so we’ve put that edition back on the website while supplies last. (There are still plenty of copies of the Trade Hardcover Edition available.)

* Today is the last day to preorder The Century’s Best Horror Fiction edited by John Pelan. All orders placed after today will have to wait to ship until we’re done shipping the preorders, which will take all of next week at the very minimum. Remember: any second printings will have a higher retail price, so this is the time to order!

* We have copies of Issue #65: The Graham Masterton Special Issue in our warehouse, and most subscriber copies should be showing up this week if they haven’t already. A lot of subscribers got their copies at the end of December before our printer closed for the holidays, but the rest shipped a few weeks ago. Our copies just started arriving in Pennsylvania and Maryland. If you’re a subscriber and your copy doesn’t arrive by February 1st, drop us a line at that time! (Issue #66 is already being designed and proofreading will begin next week.)

* The Limited Edition of Pure by Julianna Baggott is now more than 85% sold out, so don’t wait to place your order for this highly anticipated postapocalyptic horror novel:

Thanks, as always, for your continuing support!

Hi Folks!

Today we’re pleased to announce that The Century’s Best Horror Fiction edited by John Pelan is on the way from our printer and we’ll begin shipping copies next week.

PLEASE NOTE: We’ve determined that the retail price will have to increase by $20 for any second printings. If you haven’t already ordered your set and you want to lock in a 1st Edition, 1st Printing at the current price, now is the time because the remaining copies from the original print run are dwindling fast due to a surge of orders this month!

Cemetery Dance Publications commissioned this spectacular two-volume anthology project under the editorship of noted author and historian of the horror genre, John Pelan.

John selected one story published during each year of the 20th Century (1901-2000) as the most notable story of that year — all 100 stories were then collected in this amazing two volume set to be published as The Century’s Best Horror Fiction.

The ground rules were simple: Only one selection per author. Only one selection per year. Two huge volumes, one hundred authors, one hundred classic stories, more than 700,000 words of fiction — history in the making!

Booklist had this to say about about the spectacular set:

“…more powerful, more defining of what has gone on between the years 1901 and 2000 in horror fiction… horror readers will have to admit that this treasure trove will bring the realization of a dream to them as well, for there is sufficient material within the multitudinous but highly entertaining and dramatic pages of this grand publishing project to occupy many hours, weeks, even months of their time… The term “old-fashioned” flies out the window when even new readers to horror fiction taste the perfection achieved by these masters… Reading this entire second volume will acquaint even those new to horror fiction with the authors who have shaped the genre during the past 50 years.”

Place your order today so you don’t miss out!

Table of Contents
1901: Barry Pain — The Undying Thing
1902: W.W. Jacobs — The Monkey’s Paw
1903: H.G.Wells — The Valley of the Spiders
1904: Arthur Machen — The White People
1905: R. Murray Gilchrist — The Lover’s Ordeal
1906: Edward Lucas White — House of the Nightmare
1907: Algernon Blackwood — The Willows
1908: Perceval Landon — Thurnley Abbey
1909: Violet Hunt — The Coach
1910: Wm Hope Hodgson — The Whistling Room
1911: M.R. James — Casting the Runes
1912: E.F. Benson — Caterpillars
1913: Aleister Crowley — The Testament of Magdelan Blair
1914: M. P. Shiel — The Place of Pain
1915: Hanns Heinz Ewers — The Spider
1916: Lord Dunsany — Thirteen at Table
1917: Frederick Stuart Greene — The Black Pool
1918: H. De Vere Stacpoole — The Middle Bedroom
1919: Ulric Daubeny — The Sumach
1920: Maurice Level — In the Light of the Red Lamp
1921: Vincent O’Sullivan — Master of Fallen Years
1922: Walter de la Mare — Seaton’s Aunt
1923: George Allen England — The Thing From—”Outside”
1924: C.M. Eddy, Jr. — The Loved Dead
1925: John Metcalfe — The Smoking Leg
1926: H.P. Lovecraft — The Outsider
1927: Donald Wandrei — The Red Brain
1928: H.R. Wakefield — The Red Lodge
1929: Eleanor Scott — Celui-La
1930: Rosalie Muspratt — Spirit of Stonhenge
1931: Henry S. Whitehead — Cassius
1932: David H. Keller — The Thing in the Cellar
1933: C.L. Moore — Shambleau
1934: L.A. Lewis — The Tower of Moab
1935: Clark Ashton Smith — The Dark Eidolon
1936: Thorp McCluskey — The Crawling Horror
1937: Howard Wandrei — The Eerie Mr Murphy
1938: Robert E. Howard — Pigeons from Hell
1939: Robert Barbour Johnson — Far Below
1940: John Collier — Evening Primrose
1941: C.M. Kornbluth — The Words of Guru
1942: Jane Rice — The Idol of the Flies
1943: Anthony Boucher — They Bite
1944: Ray Bradbury — The Jar
1945: August Derleth — Carousel
1946: Manly Wade Wellman — Shonokin Town
1947: Theodore Sturgeon — Bianca’s Hands
1948: Shirley Jackson — The Lottery
1949: Nigel Kneale — The Pond
1950: Richard Matheson — Born of Man & Woman
1951: Russell Kirk — Uncle Isiah
1952: Eric Frank Russell — I Am Nothing
1953: Robert Sheckley — The Altar
1954: Everil Worrell — Call Not Their Names
1955: Robert Aickman — Ringing the Changes
1956: Richard Wilson — Lonely Road
1957: Clifford Simak — Founding Father
1958: Robert Bloch — That Hell-Bound Train
1959: Charles Beaumont — The Howling Man
1960: Fredric Brown — The House
1961: Ray Russell — Sardonicus
1962: Carl Jacobi — The Aquarium
1963: Robert Arthur — The Mirror of Cagliostro
1964: Charles Birkin — A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
1965: Jean Ray — The Shadowy Street
1966: Arthur Porges — The Mirror
1967: Norman Spinrad — Carcinoma Angels
1968: Anna Hunger — Come
1969: Steffan Aletti — The Last Work of Pietro Apono
1970: David A. Riley — The Lurkers in the Abyss
1971: Dorothy K. Haynes — The Derelict Track
1972: Gary Brandner — The Price of a Demon
1973: Eddy C. Bertin — Like Two White Spiders
1974: Karl Edward Wagner — Sticks
1975: David Drake — The Barrow Troll
1976: Dennis Etchison — It Only Comes Out at Night
1977: Barry N. Malzberg — The Man Who Loved the Midnight Lady
1978: Michael Bishop — Within the Walls of Tyre
1979: Ramsey Campbell — Mackintosh Willy
1980: Michael Shea — The Autopsy
1981: Stephen King — The Reach
1982: Fritz Leiber — Horrible Imagings
1983: David Schow — One for the Horrors
1984: Bob Leman — The Unhappy Pilgrimage of Clifford M.
1985: Michael Reaves — The Night People
1986: Tim Powers — Night Moves
1987: Ian Watson — Evil Water
1988: Joe R. Lansdale — The Night They Missed the Horror Show
1989: Joel Lane — The Earth Wire
1990: Elizabeth Massie — Stephen
1991: Thomas Ligotti — The Glamour
1992: Poppy Z. Brite — Calcutta Lord of Nerves
1993: Lucy Taylor — The Family Underwater
1994: Jack Ketchum — The Box
1995: Terry Lamsley — The Toddler
1996: Caitlín R. Kiernan — Tears Seven Times Salt
1997: Stephen Laws — The Crawl
1998: Brian Hodge — As Above, So Below
1999: Glen Hirshberg — Mr. Dark’s Carnival
2000: Tim Lebbon — Reconstructing Amy

“Baggott’s highly anticipated postapocalyptic horror novel is a fascinating mix of stark, oppressive authoritarianism and grotesque anarchy…”
— Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

An Exciting New Post-Apocalyptic Limited Edition!
Only 750 Signed Copies Will Be Printed!
Already 50% Sold Out!
Plus FREE US SHIPPING For A Limited Time Only!

Hi Folks!

Today we’re very pleased to announce Pure by Julianna Baggott, the first book in a brand new and already acclaimed post-apocalyptic trilogy that has received a Starred Review from Publishers Weekly, great blurbs from authors like Justin Cronin, and a huge movie deal from Fox 2000! This series is being compared to The Passage, and our special edition of that title sold out in just FOUR hours. Our special edition of Pure will be an oversized, beautiful deluxe version of this epic story. Don’t miss out!

Important Update For Collectors:
The Lettered Edition is SOLD OUT and the Limited Edition is more than 50% sold out due to strong demand from collectors of post-apocalyptic horror!

About the Book:

We know you are here, our brothers and sisters…

Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost—how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers… to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies.

And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run…

Read more or place your order while supplies last!

Discuss this exciting news on our forum!

To best sell these for Glenn, we’re accepting BEST OFFERS for each piece between now and 11 AM EST on Thursday, January 26, 2012. “Best Offer” means you let us know the amount you’re willing to spend for each piece of artwork/set. The highest offer wins. You can make offers on as many pieces/sets as you want. You do not need make offers on all of them.

* HOW TO SEND YOUR OFFER:

1) Click on the EMAIL LINK above the image. This link should fill-in the proper email address to send your bid to, along with the proper subject line, in your email program. (If you use a web-based email program like AOL or Hotmail, please see alternate entry method below.)

2) In the BODY of your email, enter your very best offer for that piece of artwork. A minimum bid for each item/set is listed below.

3) Please send a separate email for EACH item you are bidding on.

* HOW TO SEND YOUR OFFER IF YOU USE A WEB-BASED EMAIL SYSTEM OR IF THESE LINKS DON’T WORK FOR YOU:

1) Copy the “My Best Offer For (Number)” text ABOVE the image and put that in your SUBJECT LINE.

2) The “Send To” address for the email should be mindyj@cemeterydance.com

3) Enter your very best offer for that piece of artwork in the BODY of the email and hit send.

4) Please send a separate email for EACH piece/set of artwork.

Mindy will compile the offers. Winners will be notified on Friday, January 27, 2012.

My Best Offer For SOD 1 (email your bid)

Item:Original Cover Artwork for The Secretary of Dreams (Volume One)

Size: 11 X 14

Medium: acrylic on illustration board

Minimum Offer: $500

My Best Offer For SOD 2 (email your bid)

Item:Original Cover Artwork for The Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two).

Size: 11 X 14.75

Medium: acrylic on cardstock

Minimum Offer: $500

Please note that the top right corner was dinged a bit in transit. See photo. This can be covered with matboard when framed.

My Best Offer For FDNS Set (email your bid)

Item:Five pieces of artwork from Full Dark, No Stars including a color painting

Size: 7 X 10

Medium: ink and ink/acrylic for color art on cardstock

Minimum Offer: $500

My Best Offer For Color Christmas Art (email your bid)

Item:Cover artwork for unannounced Christmas project

Size: 11 x 17

Medium: ink and colored pencil on cardstock

Minimum Offer: $200

My Best Offer For Stephen King Character Art Print (email your bid)

Item: Stephen King Character Art Print — colorized and signed by Glenn, a one-of-a-kind item!

Size: 8.75 X 11

Medium: colored pencil colorizing the B&W print

Minimum Offer: $200