There’s a very thoughtful review of Harold Jaffe’s Jesus Coyote in the Mad Hatter’s Review. Jaffe’s books are always a challenging read and the reviews often miss the mark as to Jaffe’s intentions but this one seems to be right on the money: “In his exploration of Manson, Jaffe is reasserting the necessity of righteous…

I’ve been working on a chapbook of poems by Donna Lynch titled Ladies and Other Vicious Creatures. We’ll be using it to promo her novel Isabel Burning. I like doing layout for boutique projects like this because there’s lots of space to make things look real spiffy. Plus it has great illustrations from artist Steven…

The Velvet recently ran a hilarious interview with Bradley Sands. Here’s an excerpt where he describes his newest collection: " It’s like a falafel, but without the fried balls and tahini-based sauces. Instead, it consists of a whole bunch of humorous irreal/absurd stories inside a pita. Wait… that can’t be right. I think the stories…

RDSP Signs J.L. Gribble Raw Dog Screaming press is pleased to announce we have signed a deal to release J.L. Gribble’s debut novel Steel Victory in 2015 under our  imprint Dog Star Books. Originally a thesis novel from Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction graduate program, Steel Victory is an alternate-history urban fantasy. The independent…

I forgot to mention yesterday who would be participating in the Horror of Writing workshop; Brian Keene, Douglas Winter, Matthew Warner. Ronald Damien Malfi (brotherrabbit) and John Edward Lawson. One thing I found very interesting at the Women of Horror mass signing was how often promotion came up. The signing was actually part of a…

The Dream People has had a pretty long and colorful history for an online zine and now it will be reinvented yet again. D. Harlan Wilson is taking over editorial duties and has already put together a new site. He’s looking for submissions so head over and check it out. http://www.msu.edu/~dhw/dreampeople/home.html I’m kind of sad…