It’s too early for many details but I’m really excited about a novel we’ve signed for 2008, Isabel Burning, by Donna Lynch. Here’s a teaser image: I so wish that I could take credit for the brilliant design but this actually came from artist Steve Archer and the author. He’s got some awesome paintings up…

Raw Dog Screaming Press is quickly approaching its 10th year of publishing so I've been thinking a lot about how much things have changed during the business in those 10 years. For such a long time the same Agent-Publisher model was in place where, in order to be published, authors needed to get an agent…

Whew, we just got the shipping confirmation for our order of The Child’s Guide to Death. Unless something freaky happens with UPS we should have the books in time.

From the Locus site, in Matt Cheney’s “Best of 2005” summary: “Numerous other worthwhile collections appeared in 2005, including Fugue XXIX by Forrest Aguirre, Cultural Breaks by Brian Aldiss, Willful Creatures by Aimee Bender, Greetings by Terry Bisson, Nice Big American Baby by Judy Budnitz, Under the Dam by David Constantine, I Live with You…

Heard from Jeff Thomas who says he’s hoping to finish Everybody Scream! this weekend! He also sent along a blurb for the book, “Jeffrey Thomas has created an intricate and thoroughly engrossing world here, one that digs deep and lingers. Whether you’re a stranger to Punktown or a long time resident, this book will peel…

Booklist reviewed Isabel Burning! Lynch’s alternate/indie-rock music career serves her well in this lyrical first novel about some unsettling supernatural secrets that might be better left concealed. Isabel is a solitary young woman who burns with inner fires of intuition that guide her during life-altering decisions. One such fire urges her to accept a housekeeping…