Books / As Writer
Novels
Memorials
- originally published by Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books; U.S. hardcover/eBook/audiobook; October 2024
Becoming the Boogeyman
- originally published by Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books; U.S. hardcover/eBook/audiobook; October 2023
- reprinted by Editora Valentina; Brazil paperback; forthcoming in 2023
Gwendy’s Final Task (written with Stephen King)
- originally published by Cemetery Dance Publications; U.S. hardcover/eBook; February 2022
- reprinted by Hodder & Stoughton; U.K. hardcover/audio/eBook; February 2022
- reprinted by Gallery Books; U.S. trade paperback/eBook; May 2022
- reprinted by SST Publications; U.K. limited edition hardcover; London; 2022
- reprinted by Albatros; Poland; 2022
- reprinted by Sperling & Kupfer; Italy hardcover; 2022
- reprinted by RH Germany (Heyne); hardcover; 2022
- reprinted by Livre de Poche; hardcover; France; 2022
- reprinted by Inkilap; Turkey; 2022
- reprinted by Beta; Czech Republic; 2022
- reprinted by Penguin Random House/Suma; hardcover; Spain; forthcoming in 2023
- reprinted by Hodder & Stoughton; U.K. paperback; forthcoming in 2023
- reprinted by Storytel Sweden AB; Swedish/Danish/Icelandic; eBook; forthcoming in 2023
Chasing the Boogeyman
- originally published by Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books; U.S. hardcover/eBook/Audiobook; August 2021
- reprinted by Hodder & Stoughton; U.K. hardcover/audio/eBook; 2021
- reprinted by Europa; Hungarian hardcover/paperback/eBook/Audiobook; 2022
- reprinted by Gallery Books; U.S. trade paperback; July 2022
- reprinted by Livre de Poche; French trade paperback/eBook; 2022
- reprinted by Buchheim Verlag; Germany hardcover; 2022
- reprinted by Sperling & Kupfer; Italy hardcover; 2022
- reprinted by SST Publications; U.K. limited edition hardcover; London; forthcoming in 2023
- reprinted by Omega/Dobrovosky; Czech paperback; Prague; forthcoming in 2023
- reprinted by Editora Valentina; Brazil paperback; forthcoming in 2023
- reprinted by Dimensiones Ocultas; Spain paperback; forthcoming in 2024
Gwendy’s Magic Feather
- originally published by Cemetery Dance Publications; U.S. hardcover; November 2019
- reprinted by Simon & Schuster Audio; U.S. audio; November 2019
- reprinted by Hodder & Stoughton; U.K. hardcover/audio/eBook; November 2019
- reprinted by Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books; U.S. trade paperback/eBook; January 2020
- reprinted by Albatros; Poland; 2019
- reprinted by Inkilap; Turkey; 2018
- reprinted by AST; Russia; 2020
- reprinted by SST Publications; U.K. limited edition hardcover; London; 2020
- reprinted by Klidarithmos; Greece; November 2020
- reprinted by Livre de Poche; hardcover; France; 2020
- reprinted by Sperling & Kupfer; Italy hardcover; 2021
- reprinted by RH Germany (Heyne); hardcover; 2021
- reprinted by Hodder & Stoughton; U.K. paperback; 2021
- reprinted by Beta; Czech Republic; 2022
- reprinted by Penguin Random House/Suma; hardcover; Spain; 2022
- reprinted by Storytel Sweden AB; Swedish/Danish/Icelandic; eBook; forthcoming in 2023
Fiction Collections
The Vault
- originally published by Thunderstorm Books; U.S. limited hardcover/trade paperback; June 2019
- reprinted by Grey Gull Publications; German hardcover/eBook; 2021
The Long Way Home
- originally published by PS Publishing; U.K. hardcover/eBook; 2018
- reprinted by Cemetery Dance Publications; U.S. trade paperback; July 2019
Silverwood: The Door
- Serial Box
- based on the video series from Tony Valenzuela’s Black Box TV
- Coming October 2018
A Long December
- originally published by Subterranean Press; hardcover/eBook; 2016
- reprinted by SST Publications; U.K. trade paperback/eBook; London; 2016
- U.S. audio edition; Journalstone Publications; July 2017
- reprinted by Gauntlet Press; U.S. trade paperback; July 2017
- reprinted by Poltergeist Press; Russian hardcover/eBook/audiobook; forthcoming in 2023
- reprinted by Buchheim Verlag; Germany hardcover; forthcoming in 2023
![Monsters and Other Stories](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/monstersandotherstories-188x300.jpg)
Monsters and Other Stories
- originally published by Subterranean Press; chapbook; 1998
![Midnight Promises](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/8482927-197x300.jpg)
Midnight Promises
- Gauntlet Press; hardcover; 1996
Essay Collections
![Stephen King Revisited: Volume One](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/revisited-273x400.jpg)
Stephen King Revisited: Volume One
- originally published by Cemetery Dance Publications; Hardcover/eBook; forthcoming in 2023
- reprinted by Buchheim Verlag; Germany hardcover; forthcoming in 2023
Novellas
![The Longest December](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/longestdec-258x400.jpg)
The Longest December
A Face in the Crowd & The Longest December
by Stephen King, Stewart O’Nan, and Richard Chizmar
Featuring cover artwork for both sides by Ben Baldwin
Interior artwork for each novella by Mark Edward Geyer
Special Editions include additional artwork by François Vaillancourt
This will be another World’s 1st Edition from Cemetery Dance Publications: a unique new book published in the old-fashioned “double” tradition!
A Face in the Crowd by Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan (FIRST TIME IN HARDCOVER!)
Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’s past, all of them occupying that seat behind home plate. Until one day Dean Evers sees someone even eerier…
The Longest December by Richard Chizmar (EXPANDED VERSION!)
Bob and Katy Howard are a typical middle-aged couple living the good life in the suburbs. They’re happily married, have successful careers, and a grown son starting college. Their recently widowed next-door neighbor, James Wilkinson, is practically a member of the Howard family. When police show up at the Howard’s doorstep one snowy December morning with the news that they have been investigating Wilkinson for a series of violent crimes, Bob and Katy are left in shock and disbelief. The elderly James Wilkinson they know and love is kind and gentle. He shared their Thanksgiving table just a couple weeks earlier. He couldn’t possibly be responsible for the gruesome deeds of which he’s being accused. Or could he?
The Longest December (a revised and expanded version of Chizmar’s acclaimed novella, A Long December) is a cat-and-mouse, Hitchcockian thriller that will shock you with its brutal twists and turns while also breaking your heart. Stephen King calls it “…a really terrific piece of work. I couldn’t put it down. Chizmar played his cards with great craft. I’m an old hand at this, but I kept chasing the red herrings.”
Trade Hardcover Edition
• Printed on acid-free paper
• Bound in cloth with colored head and tail bands
• Featuring hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine
• Wrapped in a full-color dust jacket
• Retail price $28
Slipcased Artist Gift Edition Hardcover:
• Limited to just 750 copies signed by the artists
• Housed in a custom-made slipcase
• Printed on 60# acid-free archival quality paper
• Bound in a fine material with colored head and tail bands
• Featuring hot foil stamping on the front boards and spine
• Printed and bound with fine endpapers
• Smyth sewn to create a more durable binding
• Includes bonus full-color artwork by François Vaillancourt
• Limited ONE TIME printing of this special edition
• Retail price: $100
Signed & Traycased Deluxe Hardcover Lettered Edition:
• Limited to just 52 signed and lettered copies personally signed by Stephen King, Richard Chizmar, Stewart O’Nan, and the artists on TWO signature sheets!
• Housed in a custom-made deluxe case that will display this special edition in a unique way
• Featuring considerable upgrades in every aspect of production from the Artist Edition — this will be the most beautiful special edition we’ve ever published!
• Bound in a fine imported leather with colored head and tail bands
• Lined with deluxe endpapers created exclusively for this edition
• Page edges gilded by hand by an expert book crafter
• Smyth sewn to create a more durable binding
• Includes an ORIGINAL PIECE OF ARTWORK by François Vaillancourt in your book — not a print, not a reproduction, but an original painting unique to your copy!
• Limited ONE TIME printing of this special edition
• Retail price: $4000
The Girl on the Porch
- originally published by Subterranean Press; U.S. hardcover/eBook; August 2019
- reprinted by Poltergeist Press; Russian hardcover/trade paperback/eBook/audiobook; 2020
- reprinted by Cemetery Dance Books, revised & expanded trade paperback; forthcoming in February 2023
Widow’s Point (written with W.H. Chizmar)
- originally published by Cemetery Dance Publications; U.S. trade hardcover/limited edition/eBook; 2018
- Audio edition; Crossroads Press; July 2018
- reprinted by Independent Legions Publishing; Italy; July 2018
- reprinted by Pleiad; Bulgaria; 2018
- reprinted by Buchheim Verlag; Germany; 2018
- reprinted by Poltergeist Press; Russian hardcover/trade paperback/eBook/audiobook; 2020
- reprinted by Darkside Books; Brazil; 2021
- reprinted by SST Publications, U.K. limited edition hardcover; London; forthcoming in 2023
Gwendy’s Button Box (written with Stephen King)
- originally published by Cemetery Dance Publications; U.S. hardcover/eBook; May 2017
- Audio edition; Simon & Schuster; May 2017
- reprinted by Hodder & Stoughton; U.K. hardcover/audio/ebook; June 2017
- reprinted by Gallery Books; U.S. trade paperback/ebook; October 2017
- reprinted by SST Publications; U.K. limited edition hardcover; London; 2018
- reprinted by Hodder & Stoughton; U.K. paperback; September 2018
- reprinted by RH Germany (Heyne); hardcover; Germany; 2018
- reprinted by Livre de Poche; hardcover; France; 2018
- reprinted by Sperling & Kupfer; hardcover; Italy; 2018
- reprinted by Penguin Random House/Suma; hardcover; Spain; 2018
- reprinted by House of Books; Netherlands; 2018
- reprinted by Editora Scwarcz; Brazil; 2018
- reprinted by Albatros; Poland; 2018
- reprinted by Homeward; Taiwan; 2018
- reprinted by Klidarithmos; Greece; 2018
- reprinted by AST; Russia; 2018
- reprinted by Bard; Bulgaria; 2018
- reprinted by Hemiro; Ukraine; 2018
- reprinted by Beta; Czech Republic; 2018
- reprinted by Inkilap; Turkey; 2018
- reprinted by Storytel Sweden AB; Swedish/Danish/Icelandic; eBook; forthcoming in 2023
Darkness Whispers (written with Brian James Freeman)
- originally published by Scarlet Galleon Publications; U.S. hardcover; 2016
- reprinted by Journalstone Publications; U.S. trade paperback/eBook; 2017
- reprinted by Pleiad; Bulgaria; April 2019
- reprinted by SST Publications; U.K. limited edition hardcover; London; forthcoming in 2023
![A Long December](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/longdecember-200x300.jpg)
A Long December
- originally published in A Long December; Subterranean Press; 2016
- reprinted by Buchheim Verlag; German hardcover/eBook/Audiobook; forthcoming in 2023
Brothers (written with Ed Gorman)
- originally published by SST Publications, England; hardcover, trade paperback and eBook; 2015
- reprinted in A Long December; Subterranean Press; 2016
![Dirty Coppers](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/image1-269x400.jpeg)
Dirty Coppers
- written with Ed Gorman; Gauntlet Press; hardcover; 1997
- reprinted in eBook edition; Cemetery Dance Publications; 2012
- reprinted in The Long Way Home; PS Publishing; 2018
Script Books
![A Little Silver Book: A Screenplay](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
A Little Silver Book: A Screenplay
- “Black House” written with Johnathon Schaech; Borderlands Press; hardcover; March 2021
A Little Silver Book: A Screenplay (written with Johnathon Schaech)
- adaptation of Black House by Stephen King & Peter Straub; Borderlands Press; numbered hardcover; March 2021
![The Washingtonians (written with Bentley Little and John Schaech)](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/little17large-231x300.jpg)
The Washingtonians (written with Bentley Little and John Schaech)
- Cemetery Dance Publications; hardcover; August 2018
![The Poker Club (written with Ed Gorman and John Schaech)](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/poker-club-book-189x300.jpg)
The Poker Club (written with Ed Gorman and John Schaech)
- Ramble House; hardcover and trade paperback; 2010
Miscellaneous & Non-Fiction
![The Devil’s in the Flaws](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
The Devil’s in the Flaws
- Introduction; Crossroads Press; 2022
![Dead Heat edited by Jason Meyers & RJ Roles](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
Dead Heat edited by Jason Meyers & RJ Roles
- Introduction; Crimson Pinnacle Press; 2022
![Ravenous by Ray Garton](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
Ravenous by Ray Garton
- Afterword; Gauntlet Press; 2021
![If I Die Before I Wake edited by R.E. Sargent & Steven Pajak](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
If I Die Before I Wake edited by R.E. Sargent & Steven Pajak
- Foreword; Sinister Smile Press; 2021
![The Ape Man’s Brother by Joe R. Lansdale](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
The Ape Man’s Brother by Joe R. Lansdale
- Introduction; Subterranean Press; 2020
![The Lost Memories of Freddy Frehling by James Newman](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
The Lost Memories of Freddy Frehling by James Newman
- Love Letters: An Introduction; In Your Face Books; January 2020
![Hodder & Stoughton Online Blog](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
Hodder & Stoughton Online Blog
- Essay; Return to Castle Rock; November 2019
![It’s Alive: Bringing Nightmares to Life edited by Joe Mynhardt and Eugene Johnson](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
It’s Alive: Bringing Nightmares to Life edited by Joe Mynhardt and Eugene Johnson
- (Introduction; Crystal Lake Publishing; 2018)
![Entertainment Weekly Online](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
Entertainment Weekly Online
- Essay; Stephen King at 70: A Tribute to the Gunslinger; September 2017
- reprinted in The Long Way Home; PS Publishing; 2018
- reprinted in Tracing Trails by Chad Clark; Darker Worlds Publishing; 2018
![Something is Going to Happen Online](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/EQM_MarApr2017-278x400.jpg)
Something is Going to Happen Online
- My Father and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine; 2017
- reprinted in The Long Way Home; PS Publishing; 2018
![Reading Stephen King edited by Brian Freeman](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/readingsk-265x400.jpg)
Reading Stephen King edited by Brian Freeman
- Christine essay; Cemetery Dance Publications; 2017
- reprinted by Pleiad; Bulgaria; April 2018
- reprinted by Independent Legions; Italy; 2018)
![Blood and Kisses by James H. Longmore](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
Blood and Kisses by James H. Longmore
- Introduction; Hellbound Books; 2017
![Eternal Darkness by Tom Deady](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
Eternal Darkness by Tom Deady
- Introduction; Bloodshot Books; 2017
![The Good Old Days](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/unearthed-200x300.jpg)
The Good Old Days
- Unearthed chapbook introduction; Apokrupha Press; 2016; More information
![Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories edited by Doug Murano and D. Alexander Ward](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/gutted-191x300.jpg)
Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories edited by Doug Murano and D. Alexander Ward
- Foreword; Crystal Lake Publishing; forthcoming in 2016
![Horror 201: The Silver Scream edited by Joe Mynhardt and Emma Audsley](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/horror201-199x300.jpg)
Horror 201: The Silver Scream edited by Joe Mynhardt and Emma Audsley
- “The Washingtonians”; Crystal Lake Publishing; 2016
![Stephen King Revisited](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/skr-cover-197x300.jpg)
Stephen King Revisited
- Online Blog; Cemetery Dance Publications; 2014-present
![Do-Overs and Detours by Steve Vernon](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/doovers-200x300.jpg)
Do-Overs and Detours by Steve Vernon
- Introduction; “Steve Vernon: I Knew He’d Be Back”; Dark Regions Press; 2014
![Rick Dempsey’s Caught Stealing by Johnathon Schaech](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/rickdempsey-200x300.jpg)
Rick Dempsey’s Caught Stealing by Johnathon Schaech
- Contributing writer; 1658, Inc. & Cemetery Dance Publications, trade paperback; 2014
![Christine by Stephen King (30th Anniversary Edition)](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/christine-221x300.jpg)
Christine by Stephen King (30th Anniversary Edition)
- Afterword; PS Publishing; 2013
![Turn Down the Lights edited by Richard Chizmar](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/turndownthelights-189x300.jpg)
Turn Down the Lights edited by Richard Chizmar
- Introduction; Cemetery Dance Publications; 2013
![12 Scary Guys: 2005 Calendar](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/12scary-294x400.jpg)
12 Scary Guys: 2005 Calendar
- Featured author; Borderlands Press; 2005
![The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association by Thomas F. Monteleone](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mothersandfathers-197x300.jpg)
The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association by Thomas F. Monteleone
- Introduction by Richard Chizmar; Borderlands Press; hardcover; 2003
![The Best of Cemetery Dance edited by Richard Chizmar](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/bestofcd-209x300.jpg)
The Best of Cemetery Dance edited by Richard Chizmar
- Introduction; Cemetery Dance Publications; 1998
![Eyes of Prey by Barry Hoffman](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/themes/richchiz/images/placeholder.jpg)
Eyes of Prey by Barry Hoffman
- Afterword; Gauntlet Publications; 1998
![Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association edited by Mort Castle](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/writinghorror-188x300.jpg)
Writing Horror: A Handbook by the Horror Writers Association edited by Mort Castle
- “Writing for the New Pulps: Horror Theme Anthologies” & “Dark Light Focus: Cemetery Dance”; Writer’s Digest Books; 1997
![Firefly…Burning Bright by Barry Hoffman](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/firefly.jpg)
Firefly…Burning Bright by Barry Hoffman
- Afterword: An Open Letter to the Reader; Gauntlet Publications; 1996
![Cold Blood edited by Richard Chizmar](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/coldblood-210x300.jpg)
Cold Blood edited by Richard Chizmar
- Foreword; Mark V. Ziesing Books; 1991
![Mystery Scene Magazine](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/mystery-scene-221x300.jpg)
Mystery Scene Magazine
- Regular column; “Little Shop of Horrors”; 1990-1991
![Words from the Editor](https://richardchizmar.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/cd-mag-236x300.jpg)
Words from the Editor
- Editorial; Cemetery Dance magazine; 1988-present