Richard Chizmar

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Richard Chizmar

Born 1965
Occupation Writer, Editor, Publisher
Nationality American
Genres Horror fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Richard Thomas Chizmar is best know as the publisher and editor of Cemetery Dance magazine and the owner of Cemetery Dance Publications. He has edited more than a dozen anthologies, including series.

He has contibuted fiction 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.

Richard Chizmar and Johnathon Schaech are the founders of Chesapeake Films. Their first projects include an adaptation of Stephen King's From A Buick 8. They also co-wrote the screenplay for Road House 2: Last Call (along with Miles Chapman) and Showtime's Masters of Horror presentation of The Washingtonians (based on Bentley Little's story).

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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

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