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 anthology, produces films, writes , and teaches writing.

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Writing Richard Chizmar is a New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Amazon, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author.

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. He has won two World Fantasy awards, four International Horror Guild awards, and the HWA's Board of Trustee's award.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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Publishing 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".

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 anthology. It also publishes , , and a few paperbacks.

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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.

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Selected awards

Cemetery Dance	1990 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional
	1991 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional
	1993 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional
	1994 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional
	1995 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional
	1996 British Fantasy Award	Small Press	/ref>
	1997 British Fantasy Award	Small Press	/ref>
	1998 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional
	1999 World Fantasy Special Award—Non-professional
	2007 Black Quill Award	Dark Genre Short Fiction Magazine (Editors' Choice)		http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/1st-annual-winners/
	2008 Black Quill Award	Dark Genre Short Fiction Magazine (Readers' Choice)		http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/2nd-annual-winners/
Midnight Promises	1997 World Fantasy Award	Collection
Best of Cemetery Dance	1998 Bram Stoker Award	Anthology
	1998 International Horror Guild Award	Anthology	/ref>
Subterranean Gallery (with William Schafer)	1999 International Horror Guild Award	Anthology	/ref>
October Dreams: A Celebration of Halloween (with Robert Morrish)	2000 International Horror Guild Award	Anthology	/ref>
	2001 Locus Award	Anthology	/ref>
Night Visions 10	2001 International Horror Guild Award	Anthology	/ref>
	2002 Locus Award	Anthology	/ref>
Trick or Treat: A Collection of Halloween Novellas	2001 Bram Stoker Award	Anthology
Shivers	2002 Bram Stoker Award	Anthology
Shivers III	2004 Bram Stoker Award	Anthology
Shivers V	2009 Black Quill Awards	Dark Genre Anthology		http://www.darkscribemagazine.com/3rd-annual-bqa-nominees/
A Long December	2016 Bram Stoker Award	Fiction Collection
Chasing the Boogeyman	2021 Goodreads Choice Awards	Horror	/ref>
Gwendy's Final Task (with Stephen King)	2022 Goodreads Choice Awards	Horror	/ref>
	2023 Locus Award	Anthology	/ref>
Becoming the Boogeyman	2023 Goodreads Choice Awards	Horror	/ref>

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Books

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Gwendy trilogy

1. Gwendy's Button Box (with Stephen King) (2017)
2. Gwendy's Magic Feather (2019)
3. Gwendy's Final Task (with Stephen King) (2020)

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Boogeyman series

1. Chasing the Boogeyman (2021)
2. Becoming the Boogeyman (2023)

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Standalone novels

• Darkness Whispers (with Brian James Freeman) (2017)
• The Girl on the Porch (2019)
• Memorials (2024)

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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)

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See also

• List of horror fiction authors

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External links

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