So apparently the Quimby’s Bizarro Fiction event last week went really well. There are a bunch of videos up on YouTube where you can catch both D. Harlan Wilson and Eckhard Gerdes reading. These guys are both excellent readers so it’s worth checking out. The video is in 6 parts so you can start with…

Take a close look at this one because the creepy is in the details! We’re unveiling the cover created by Lynne Hansen for EV Knight’s classic-with-a-twist The House on the Cover of a Horror Novel. Author EV Knight explains, “I have wanted to write a novel set in Savannah since I moved here. Old money…

This weekend we added another editor to the growing RDSP team. We are excited to announce that Stephanie Wytovich has signed on to be our poetry editor. In the past we have published a few memorable books of poems, however, poetry is not something that we have been able to fully pursue due to lack…

Back cover text is one of  the most important elements for selling a book. However writing it is not easy, even for the author, or maybe, especially for the author. If they could have said everything they needed to in a couple of paragraphs then why write a book? Since good back cover text is…

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…

Finally the layout for our second book, Sick, is complete! After a huge sigh of relief I began to contemplate the totally thankless nature of book layout. If you do it right, no one should notice. The recent boom in self and small press publishing has been great for variety but is often hard on…