Excerpt from Freud: The Penultimate Biography by D. Harlan Wilson I spent years with Tibetan monks so that I could learn how to lower my pulse rate to zero and effectively stop my heart from beating. After awhile people thought I was dead and tried to bury me. Hence the expression: “Everybody’s gravedigger.” The experience was as exhilarating as…

I’ve just heard that someone has recommended Red King Black Rook for the Stoker ballot in the short fiction category. I would love for this awesome chapbook to get some wider recognition. Here’s what Steampunk Magazine had to say about the book: "A dark and claustrophobic tale of royalty, family, greed, and war, with the…

We took a short spontaneous vacation on Tuesday evening and Wednesday. It’s hard to plan getaways because we never know when we’re going to be busy so it worked well just to take off on the spur of the moment. One piece of news that has kept me happy for days is that we were…

I did make the deadline for submitting all those titles by the end of March. In fact, we actually got one extra edition through. I realized that in the past five weeks alone we’ve done 4 conventions and at least 9 editions. While we were working on those things we kept telling people we’d have…

They raised the minimum rate for media mail another 10 cents. I know it doesn’t sound like much but with the amount of books we mail out it makes a difference. Five years ago, when we started, media rate was $1.42. This is why we aren’t able to do many multi-author projects. The more contributors…

OK you all, the RDSP/Two Backed Books message board is starting to get some traffic but we could use a lot more. Quick, click this link http://www.twobackedbooks.com/forums/default.asp and post something! Tell us the story you enjoyed most from Sick, or which authors you’d like to see on RDSP or your absolute favorite flavor of ice…