Richard Chizmar
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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, produces films, writes screenplays, and teaches writing.
Writing
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He is the co-author (with Stephen King) of the novella, Gwendy's Button Box and the founder/publisher of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. He has edited more than 35 anthologies and his short fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including multiple editions of Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". He has won two World Fantasy awards, four International Horror Guild awards, and the HWA’s Board of Trustee’s award.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Chizmar (in collaboration with Johnathon Schaech) has also written screenplays and teleplays for United Artists, Sony Screen Gems, Lions Gate, Showtime, NBC, and many other companies. He has adapted the works of many bestselling authors including Stephen King, Peter Straub, and Bentley Little.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Chizmar is also the creator/writer of the online website, Stephen King Revisited. His fourth short story collection, The Long Way Home, was published in 2019. With Brian Freeman, Chizmar is co-editor of Dark Screams horror anthology series published by Random House imprint, Hydra.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
His latest book, The Girl on the Porch, was released in hardcover by Subterranean Press, and Widow’s Point, a novella about a haunted lighthouse written with his son, Billy Chizmar, was recently adapted into a feature film.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Chizmar’s work has been translated into more than fifteen languages throughout the world, and he has appeared at numerous conferences as a writing instructor, guest speaker, panelist, and guest of honor.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Publishing
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". Chizmar is the founder of Cemetery Dance, a literary publisher that runs a magazine by the same name and a book imprint, Cemetery Dance Publications. He founded Cemetery Dance magazine in 1988 while attending the University of Maryland's College of Journalism. 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][2]
The book imprint, Cemetery Dance Publications was first launched in 1992 and 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.[3]
Screenplays and Chesapeake films
Richard Chizmar co-founded Chesapeake Films with Johnathon Schaech, with whom he also co-writes screenplays. 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
- 1991 World Fantasy Special Award – Non-Professional (for Cemetery Dance magazine)[4]
- 1997 Horror Writers Association Specialty Press Award (for Cemetery Dance Magazine)[5]
- 1999 World Fantasy Special Award – Non-Professional (for Cemetery Dance Publications)[6]
- 2001 International Horror Guild Awards Best Anthology (for October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween)[5]
- 2002 International Horror Guild Awards Best Anthology (for Night Visions 10)[5]
Nominated
- Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology 1998 (for Best of Cemetery Dance)[7]
- Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology 2001 (for Trick or Treat: A Collection of Halloween Novellas)[7]
- Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology 2002 (Shivers)[7]
- Bram Stoker Award for Best Anthology 2004 (Shivers III)[7]
Books
Gwendy trilogy
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- Gwendy's Button Box (with Stephen King) (2017)
- Gwendy's Magic Feather (2019)
- Gwendy's Final Task (with Stephen King) (2020)
Boogeyman series
- Chasing the Boogeyman (2021)
- Becoming the Boogeyman (2023)
Standalone novels
- Darkness Whispers (with Brian James Freeman) (2017)
- The Girl on the Porch (2019)
- Memorials (2024)
Short stories and novellas
- Dirty Coppers (with Ed Gorman) (1997)
- Devil's Night: A Halloween Short Story (2012)
- Brothers (2015)
- Widow's Point (2018)
- The Washingtonians (with Bentley Little and Johnathon Schaech (2018)
- The Man Behind the Mask (2024)
See also
References
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