'Four Rode Out' is latest Cemetery Dance surprise release

The West gets weird with 'Four Rode Out,' a new novella collection from Cemetery Dance.
The West gets weird with 'Four Rode Out,' a new novella collection from Cemetery Dance.
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Small press publisher Cemetery Dance is in the midst of one of its busiest years ever, with surprise announcements coming one on top of the other. Today's announcement is the release of a long-in-the-works collection of Weird West novellas, Four Rode Out.


The collection features original works by two well-known genre authors, Brian Keene and Tim Lebbon, alongside a couple of lesser-known but supremely talented writers, Tim Curran and Steve Vernon.

Cemetery Dance describes the authors' contributions like this:


Brian Keene's "An Occurrence in Crazy Bear Valley" is a nasty look at a pack of cutthroat outlaws who find they've placed their boots into a bear trap of their own devising.

Tim Lebbon's "Another Hope" is the tale of a town besieged in a valley of unholy and ageless shadow.


Tim Curran's "Skull-Eater Campaign" will take traders on the trail of a fearsome cannibal band — right to the end of the trail and a little bit further.


Steve Vernon's "Rueful Regret" will let you know just how far one man will go to avenge a wrong done to him by another.  


The book is available in two editions: a limited edition of 750 copies signed by all authors for $40, and a leather-bound, traycased lettered edition of 26 copies, also signed by all four authors, which has already sold out.

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