# Is "Come Out Tonight" by Richard Laymon a First Edition?

> **Quick answer.** A first edition of Come Out Tonight by Richard Laymon (Cemetery Dance, 1999) is identified by: Cemetery Dance Publications signed limited hardcover first edition, 1999, limited to 1,250 copies with every copy signed by Laymon on the limitation page. The 1999 Cemetery Dance limited is the true first, and the publisher describes it as such.

**Checklist — a true first has these:**
- Cemetery Dance Publications signed limited hardcover first edition, 1999, limited to 1,250 copies with every copy signed by Laymon on the limitation page
- Full-color dust jacket art by Vince Natale and illustrated endpapers by Earl Geier, with the signed and numbered limitation leaf serving as the identifying first-state point
- Publisher imprint reads Cemetery Dance
- Not a book-club edition (see below)

| | |
|---|---|
| Author | Richard Laymon |
| Publisher | Cemetery Dance |
| Year | 1999 |
| True first | UK edition |
| Format | Hardcover (trade) |
| Key point | Cemetery Dance Publications signed limited hardcover first edition, 1999, limited to 1,250 copies with every copy signed by Laymon on the… |
| Book-club edition exists? | No |

## Points of issue
Cemetery Dance Publications signed limited hardcover first edition, 1999, limited to 1,250 copies with every copy signed by Laymon on the limitation page. Full-color dust jacket art by Vince Natale and illustrated endpapers by Earl Geier, with the signed and numbered limitation leaf serving as the identifying first-state point.

## Is this the true first?
The 1999 Cemetery Dance limited is the true first, and the publisher describes it as such. The UK Headline edition followed in 2000, and the Leisure US mass-market paperback came later still.

## Telling it from reprints & book-club editions
N/A; small-press limited identified by the signed and numbered limitation page (one of 1,250), the Natale jacket, and the Geier endpapers. No book-club edition.

## Source
New Mexico Literacy Project — Is *Come Out Tonight* by Richard Laymon a first edition? https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/first-edition/come-out-tonight
CC BY 4.0. Part of the Canonical First-Edition Points of Issue dataset (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/api/first-edition-titles.json). Last reviewed 2026-07-04.