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The Best of Cemetery Dance

Richard Chizmar

First published 1998
Series The Best of Cemetery Dance
Publisher Cemetery Dance Publications
Format Hardcover
Type Anthology
Cover art Stacy Drum & Jill Bauman & Charles Lang
Pages 786
Price $35.00
ISBN 1881475247

  • "First Edition" stated on the copyright page.
  • According to the publisher's website, there were three states: a trade edition (this record), a slipcased limited edition of 400 signed and numbered copies ($150), and a tray-cased edition of 52 signed and lettered copies ($300).
  • Cover Illustrations:
    • Clown © 1994 by Stacy Drum
    • Mummy © 1996 by Jill Bauman
    • Pumpkin © 1990 by Charles Lang
  • Dust jacket Design © 1998 by Gail Cross
  • Spelling and other errors on the contents page:
    • "Haceldama" by Gary A. Braunbeck is misspelled as "Halceldama"
    • "Metastasis" by David B. Silva is misspelled as "Metastatis"
    • "Tyrannosaurus" by Norman Partridge is misspelled as "Tyrannosauras"
    • "Easy's Last Stand" is credited to "Nancy Collins"
    • "Comes the Night Wind, Cold and Hungry" is shortened to "Comes the Night Wind..."

Page Title Author(s) Type
11 Introduction (The Best of Cemetery Dance) Richard Chizmar Essay
29 Chattery Teeth Stephen King Novelette
61 The Box Jack Ketchum Short Story
73 Haceldama Gary A. Braunbeck Novelette
109 The Pig Man Augustine Funnell Short Story
125 Mobius Richard Christian Matheson Short Story
129 The Rendering Man Douglas Clegg Short Story
147 Weight Dominick Cancilla Short Story
159 Layover Ed Gorman Short Story
169 Johnny Halloween Norman Partridge Short Story
181 Hope Steve Bevan Short Story
187 The Mailman Bentley Little Short Story
197 Silhouette Stephen Mark Rainey Short Story
215 Roadkill Tom Elliott Short Story
221 The Rifle Jack Ketchum Short Story
233 Pieces Ray Garton Short Story
237 Rustle Peter Crowther Short Story
255 When the Silence Gets Too Loud Brian Hodge Short Story
269 The Rabbit Jack Pavey Short Story
281 The Flood John Maclay Short Story
287 The Right Thing Gary Raisor Short Story
305 Pig's Dinner Graham Masterton Short Story
317 Crash Cart Nancy Holder Short Story
329 Wall of Words Lucy Taylor Short Story
337 Metastasis David B. Silva Short Story
349 Wrapped Up Ramsey Campbell Short Story
357 Depth of Reflection David L. Duggins Short Story
369 The Mole David Niall Wilson Short Story
375 Saviour Gary A. Braunbeck Short Story
391 Great Expectations Kim Antieau Short Story
397 Shell Adam Corbin Fusco Short Story
403 Eater Peter Crowther Novelette
425 Tyrannosaurus Norman Partridge Short Story
429 Vacation Matthew Costello Short Story
447 A Taste of Blood and Altars Poppy Z. Brite Short Story
455 Mr. God Thomas Tessier Short Story
469 Drive-In Date Joe R. Lansdale Short Story
485 Desert Pickup Richard Laymon Short Story
491 Fyodor's Law William F. Nolan Short Story
501 Five to Get Ready, Two to Go Hugh B. Cave Short Story
515 Secrets Melanie Tem Short Story
525 With the Wound Still Wet Wayne Allen Sallee Short Story
529 Plainclothes Steve Rasnic Tem Short Story
541 The Pattern Bill Pronzini Short Story
549 Seesaw David L. Duggins Short Story
553 Trial by Fire Barry Hoffman Short Story
575 Almost Never Edward Lee Short Story
589 Bloodline Roman A. Ranieri Short Story
599 Four-in-Hand William Relling, Jr. Short Story
605 The Cutty Black Sow Thomas F. Monteleone Short Story
619 The Liar's Mouth Darrell Schweitzer Short Story
633 Shattered Silver James Kisner Short Story
651 YSEX Steven Spruill Short Story
675 Mongrel Steve Vernon Short Story
679 The Winds Within Ronald Kelly Short Story
695 Crying Wolf Rick Hautala Short Story
709 Animal Rites Jay R. Bonansinga Short Story
719 Easy's Last Stand Nancy A. Collins Short Story
737 A Christmas Story James Dorr Short Story
741 Comes the Night Wind, Cold and Hungry Gene Michael Higney Novelette
769 A Conversation with Dean Koontz Robert Morrish & Dean R. Koontz Interview
783 Afterword (The Best of Cemetery Dance) David B. Silva Essay