It was December 1988: George Bush had just defeated Michael Dukakis in the Presidential Election. Pitcher Orel Hershiser and the Los Angeles Dodgers had beaten the Oakland A's in five games to win the World Series. People were waiting in line at movie theaters to watch Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman inRain Man.Tom Clancy'sThe Cardinal of the Kremlinand Anne Rice'sThe Queen of the Damnedwere atop the bestseller lists. The most acclaimed genre books of the year were Thomas Harris'sThe Silence of the Lambsand Peter Straub'sKoko.And twenty-two year old college student Richard Chizmar had just published the premiere issue of a horror magazine namedCemetery Dance.Twenty-five years later, there have been seventy issues ofCemetery Dancemagazine. There have been more than 275 signed Limited Edition hardcovers in the Cemetery Dance book line. There have been awards including the World Fantasy Award, the International Horror Critics Guild Award, and the HWA Board of Trustees Excellence in Specialty Press Publishing Award, as well as nominations for the British Fantasy Award, the American Horror Award, and the Bram Stoker Award, just to name a few.To celebrate the 25th anniversary of that premiere issue ofCemetery Dance, we're proud to announceTurn Down the Lights, an anthology of authors who helped make the magazine what it is today. These original horror stories by Stephen King, Norman Partridge, Jack Ketchum, Brian James Freeman, Bentley Little, Ed Gorman, Ronald Kelly, Steve Rasnic Tem, Clive Barker, and Peter Straub capture the genuine love of the genre that pushes Cemetery Dance Publications forward year after year.Now, turn down the lights, flip the page, take my hand, and start the dance…Table of Contents:"Turn Down the Lights..." an introduction by Richard Chizmar"Summer Thunder" by Stephen King"Incarnadine" by Norman Partridge"The Western Dead" by Jack Ketchum"An Instant Eternity" by Brian James Freeman"In the Room" by Bentley Little"Flying Solo" by Ed Gorman"The Outhouse" by Ronald Kelly"Lookie Loo" by Steve Rasnic Tem"Dollie" by Clive Barker"The Collected Short Stories of Freddie Prothero" by Peter StraubAfterword by Thomas F. MonteleoneVersion : 5.0