Prick of the Spindle has reviewed Finale. Here’s an excerpt: “Paul A. Toth’s novel Finale concludes in a surrealist declension, in the sense of both the grammar and plot, which collides with all the fractal possibility and random order of a Jackson Pollock painting….Dramatic? Yes. Entertaining? In its entirety.”—Cynthia Reeser Read the full review.

Raw Dog Screaming Press Launches Audio Line Raw Dog Screaming Press is now working with Findaway Voices to produce and distribute audiobook editions of many of their books. The first title, Hounds of the Underworld by Dan Rabarts & Lee Murray, has just been released. The book has dueling siblings so required two narrators. Dan…

The first few reviews have come in for Blankety Blank. I was starting to worry since we sent out a lot of copies but hadn’t seen any reviews yet. Ideally it’s best to have a semi-steady stream of reviews starting a month or two before the book comes out until at least several months after…

Mickey Z. will be doing spoken word during the Astoria Music Now! festival, Sunday, August 21, 3:45-4:00 pm, Hellgate stage. More details here.

Pulse Magazine recently ran an article on Jeffrey Thomas: “Author Jeffrey Thomas, a Westborough native, is most likely deeply disturbed, as many artistic geniuses are. What else could explain the harrowing, mind-bending, pulse-pounding fiction that he pumps out on such a regular basis?” Read the full article

So we’ve been back from HF for a few hours now but we’ve still got that darkly luscious stink on us. Spent too much time trying to make the sales sheet match up with the copies we brought home and the cash we had. It’s been a bit like trying to force your own hand…