armwrestling Originally uploaded by earsphere722. brotherrabbit is my hero! He actually arm-wrestled this girl into buy his book. She was a great sport. The Whitemarsh event was a blast. We met lots of cool people and sold a bunch of books plus we left many signed copies at the store. So if you couldn’t make…

Unlikely Stories recently interviewed psycho-analyzed Tom Bradley. That man has got all the right things wrong with him! Take for instance: “That is the true miracle and transformative revelation of Bizarro: its alchemical wedding of trash and serious literature, its transmutation of base pulp metal into literary gold–which I trust will be lining all our…

A letter to John from Drew Morse, Ph.D. Chair, 2007 Rhysling Poetry Awards: Congratulations. Your poem “Demands of the Voluptuous Virginal Sacrifice” has been nominated for a 2007 Rhysling Poetry Award (in the short form category). The Rhysling Awards recognize the very best speculative and fantastic poetry published during the previous calendar year. This is…

This has nothing to do with publishing but I woke up this morning, got ready to go and then looked outside to see a big empty space where the car had been parked last night. I’m not sure why anyone would want to steal that seven-year-old Dodge. It’s a fine car but a little worn…

Mike Arnzen’s chapbook of zombie poems, Rigormarole, is now available for pre-order from the Naked Snake Press website, http://www.nakedsnakepress.com. It looks like it has some great illos from John Skipp, plus it’s a signed, limited and only $9.95. And while you’re over there pick up John’s chap The Horrible. Maybe you’ve never been a fan…

Today I’m going to try not to be so controversial. Usually it’s John who causes all the ruckus. There is an absolutely KILLER review of Bare Bone #5 up at Horror-web. Read it if you dare. Any review that starts out, “Damn that crew at Raw Dog Screaming Press, Damn them all!” is tops in…