Richard Thomas Chizmar (born 1965) is best known as the
publisher and
editor of
Cemetery Dance magazine and the owner of
Cemetery Dance Publications. He also edits
anthologies, writes fiction, produces films, writes screenplays, and teaches writing.
Writing
Richard Chizmar has contributed stories 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.
Publishing
Cemetery Dance magazine
Richard Chizmar started
Cemetery Dance magazine in 1988, and it is still being published today. It features
dark fantasy,
horror fiction, and articles related to those subjects.
Cemetery Dance Publications
Richard Chizmar's Cemetery Dance Publications started in 1992, and it is currently still publishing books. It has produced over 200 different autographed
limited edition,
lettered edition hardcover
novels,
novellas, and
anthologies. It also publishes
chapbooks,
trade hardcovers, and a few
paperbacks.
Sceenplays and Chesapeake Films
Richard Chizmar co-founded
Chesapeake Films with
Johnathon Schaech. He also co-writes screenplays with Johnathon Schaech. Some of their produced screenplays include 2006's
Last Call (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...
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