- Richard Chizmar
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name = Richard Chizmar
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birthdate =1965
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occupation =Writer , Editor,Publisher
nationality = American
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genre =Horror fiction ,Fantasy ,Science Fiction
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website =Richard Thomas Chizmar (born 1965) is best known as the
publisher and editor of Cemetery Dance magazine and the owner ofCemetery Dance Publications . He has edited more than a dozen anthologies, including series.He has contributed 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, twoWorld Fantasy Award s, and fourInternational Horror Guild Award s.Richard Chizmar and
Johnathon Schaech are the founders ofChesapeake Films . Their first projects include an adaptation ofStephen King 'sFrom A Buick 8 . They also co-wrote the screenplay for "" (along with Miles Chapman) andShowtime 's "Masters of Horror " presentation of "The Washingtonians " (based onBentley Little 's story).elected awards
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*1991 World Fantasy Special Award- Non-Professional (for "Cemetery Dance magazine")
*1997Horror Writers Association Specialty Press Award (for "Cemetery Dance Magazine")
*1999 World Fantasy Special Award- Non-Professional (forCemetery Dance Publications )
*2001International Horror Guild Award s Best Anthology (for "October Dreams")
*2002International Horror Guild Award s Best Anthology (for "Night Visions 10")Nominated
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Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology 1998 (for "Best of Cemetery Dance")
*Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology 2001 (for "Trick or Treat: A Collection of Halloween Novellas")
*Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology 2002 ("Shivers")
*Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology 2004 ("Shivers III")elected Bibliography
*"Blood Brothers" (1997) - a
chapbook fromSubterranean Press avaialable only as 250 signed numbered copies (no ISBN)hort story collections
*"Midnight Promises" (Gauntlet Press, 1996) ISBN 1-88736-803-5 :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 *"Monsters and Other Stories" (
Subterranean Press , 1998) ISBN 0-96498-907-7 :Introduction byEd 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) byHugh B. Cave Anthologies as editor
*"The Best of Cemetery Dance" (
Cemetery Dance Publications , 1998) ISBN 1-881475-24-7
*"The Best of Cemetery Dance, Volume 2" (2001) ISBN 0-45145-813-3
*"Cemetery Dance: A Fifteen Year Celebration" (Cemetery Dance Publications , 2007) ISBN 1-58767-102-6
*"Legacies" (Cemetery Dance Publications , TBA 2007) ISBN 1-881475-46-8
*"October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween" (Cemetery Dance Publications , 2000) (with Robert Morrish) ISBN 1-58767-019-4
*"Shivers" (Cemetery Dance Publications , 2002) ISBN 1-58767-063-1
*"Shivers II" (Cemetery Dance Publications , 2003) ISBN 1-58767-072-0
*"Shivers III" (Cemetery Dance Publications , 2004) ISBN 1-58767-117-4
*"Shivers IV" (Cemetery Dance Publications , 2006) ISBN 1-58767-129-8
*"Shocklines: Fresh Voices In Terror" (Cemetery Dance Publications , TBA 2007) (with Matt Schwartz) ISBN 1-58767-086-0
*"Thrillers" (Cemetery Dance Publications , 1993) ISBN 1-881475-05-0
*"Trick or Treat: A Collection of Halloween Novellas" (Cemetery Dance Publications , 2001) ISBN 1-58767-048-8
*"The Earth Strikes Back: New Tales of Ecological Horror" (Mark V. Ziesing , 1994) ISBN 0-929480-40-6
*"Night Visions 10" (Subterranean Press , 2001) ISBN
*"Subterranean Gallery: Stories of Horror and Crime" (Subterranean Press , 1999) (withWilliam Schafer )
*"Cold Blood" (Mark V. Ziesing , 1991) ISBN 0-92948-057-0
*"Screamplays" (withMartin H. Greenberg ) (Ballantine Del Rey, 1997) ISBN 0-345-39429-1References
* [http://www.wotmania.com/fantasymessageboardshowmessage.asp?MessageID=36254 Interview on wotmania.com]
* [http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/1999.html 1999 World Fantasy Awards list]
* [http://www.worldfantasy.org/awards/1991.html 1991 World Fantasy Awards list]
* [http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit27.html#923-2001 Nominations list on Locus Magazine's website]ee also
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List of horror fiction authors
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