07Jan 2014 by Jennifer Barnes

Corpus Chrome, Inc. Released

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Corpus Chrome, Inc. by S. Craig Zahler Now Available Where to get your copy: -direct from the publisher -Amazon hard copies -Amazon Kindle -Barnes & Noble Who should be given a second chance at life?  Decades in the future Corpus Chrome, Inc. develops a robotic body, dubbed a “mannequin,” that can revive, sustain and interface with a cryonically-preserved human brain. Like all new technology, it is copyrighted. Hidden behind lawyers and a chrome facade, the inscrutable organization resurrects a variety of notable minds, pulling the deceased back from oblivion into a world of animated sculpture, foam rubber cars, dissolving waste and strange terrorism. Nobody knows how Corpus Chrome, Inc. determines which individuals should be given a second life, yet myriad people are affected. Among them are Lisanne Breutschen, the composer…
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06Jan 2014 by Jennifer Barnes

2014 Publishing Schedule

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Schedule is Tentative and Subject to Change Corpus Chrome, Inc. by S. Craig Zahler •  January 7th Hitler: The Terminal Biography by D. Harlan Wilson • February 11 Freud: The Penultimate Biography by D. Harlan Wilson • February 25 Douglass: The Lost Autobiography by D. Harlan Wilson • March 11 Wasteland Blues (Dog Star Books) by Scott Christian Carr & Andrew Conry-Murray • March 20th Ambasadora Book One Marked by Light (Dog Star Books) by Heidi Ruby Miller • April 8th Mourning Jewelry poetry by Stephanie Wytovich • May 8th The Hideous Immaculate poetry by Chad Hensley • May 15th The Man Who Loved Alien Landscapes (Dog Star Books) by Albert Wendland • June 24th Soft Apocalypses by Lucy Snyder • July 23rd Mr. Wicker by Maria Alexander • September 16th  
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02Jan 2014 by Jennifer Barnes

Roll Call

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RDSP's Roll Call for 2013 One of our goals for 2013 was to involve more people in the operations of the press. Looking back over the year to assess whether we met our goals it seems that this one might have been our biggest success. We added two editors and two interns plus many Dog Squad volunteers. Note: this list DOES NOT even include all the bloggers who have helped with cover reveals. We had people who did everything from arrange events to book layout and from proofreading to morale boosting. Here's a shout out to (hopefully) everyone who helped out in 2013: Amy Drees Beverly Bambury Bradley Sharp Carrie Gessner Chris Stout D. Harlan Wilson David Fulcher David Slusarick David Smith Deanna Lepsch Deena Warner Diane Turnshek Emory Pueschel…
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31Dec 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

RDSP’s Top 13 for 2013

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13 Highlights from RDSP's 10th Year Dog Star Books, our sci-fi imprint, was successfully launched Despite all odds (the original venue fell through) DogCon 2 was a smashing success Odd Men Out by Matt Betts received a starred review in Booklist and was reviewed in all 3 big review venues (Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist) RDSP was mentioned in The Hollywood Reporter We were featured guests at the Penn Writers annual conference RDSP did its first ever bookstore hop which included 5 separate signings in one day Fangoria featured RDSP Hellbender by Jason Jack Miller was nominated for the Appalachian Writers Award Our record for most sales at an event was broken during just 2 hours at the SHU author signing We had a poetry reading in an asylum featuring Stephanie Wytovich, Michael Arnzen and John Edward Lawson The kickstarter we participated in to fund Michael Arnzen's Fridge…
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27Dec 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Mystery Mailer

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Until the End of the Year (CLOSED) Get 3 books for $10! We need to make space on our shelves for our coming 2014 releases so now's your chance to sample several RDSP titles. You'll get at least 3 books (maybe 4 if we can fit them). Choose a genre (horror, bizarro, science fiction, literary) or let us surprise you. Many of these titles are recent releases but we just have a few of each. Shipping is $5. Genre HorrorSciFiBizarroLiterarySurprise Me
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05Dec 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

3 for $15 (plus $5 postage)

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CLOSED Quantities are Limited  Choose any 3 books below for $15 (plus $5 postage). If you get 3 books by Jason Jack Miller they will all come signed by the author and you will receive a Preston Black guitar pick. Enter the numbers matching your choice from the list below: The Devil and Preston Black by Jason Jack Miller Hellbender by Jason Jack Miller The Revelations of Preston Black by Jason Jack Miller (The Jason Jack Miller 3-pack comes with a Preston Black guitar pick and all books signed by the author) Tempting Disaster edited by John Edward Lawson The Blood Poetry by Leland Pitts-Gonzalez Discouraging at Best by John Edward Lawson Gardens of Earthly Delight by George Williams Jesus Coyote by Harold Jaffe Darker Shade of Green by Mickey Z. D.D. Murphry, Secret Policeman by Alan Clark and Elizabeth Massie…
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28Nov 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Top 10 Firsts We’re Thankful For

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10 things we did in 2013 that we've never done before: one of our books received a starred review (Odd Men Out) RDSP was mentioned in The Hollywood Reporter one of our releases was reviewed in all 3 big review venues (Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist) attending Capclave which is in our very own state(!) & being guests at Penn Writers launching a sci-fi imprint participating in a bookstore hop (also broke our record for the most events in a weekend with 5 signings total) RDSP featured in Fangoria one of our books was nominated for the Appalachian Writers Award (Hellbender) broke our record for most sales at an event during just 2 hours at the SHU author signing doing a reading in an asylum  
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19Nov 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

The Irreal Reader

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Available now from Guide Dog Books  The Irreal Reader collects the best fiction from The Cafe Irreal Order direct or purchase from Amazon The Cafe Irreal: International Imagination, a pioneering web-based literary magazine, first went online in 1998 with the intention of publishing a type of fantastic fiction most often associated with writers such as Franz Kafka, Kobo Abe and Jorge Luis Borges. To this end, it has published more than 250 authors from over 30 countries. In the course of the past fifteen years, it has also seen its editors nominated for a World Fantasy Award and been named by Writer’s Digest as one of the Top 30 Short Story Markets. In this anthology, Edited by G.S. Evans and Alice Whittenburg, Guide Dog Books presents a selection of the fiction and essays from The Cafe…
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10Nov 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

$10 Hardcover Blowout

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(CLOSED) Limited Time Only At tax time we vowed not to have as much stock at the end of the year as last year. Well, the end approaches and we've got way too many books which will count against us in our yearly reckoning with Uncle Sam. Hence the hardcover blowout. There are only a few copies of each title and some may have a bit of shelf wear.   Title of the book you want   Shipping is $2 per book and will be added in the cart. You can order multiple copies by returning to this page and entering a new title. Read the book descriptions: CPR for Dummies Westermead Finale SOLD OUT Dr. Identity Meat Puppet Cabaret Pseudo City Technologized Desire SOLD OUT Gardens of Earthly Delight Worse…
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08Nov 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Wasteland Blues Cover Reveal

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  Of Mice and Men Meets The Odyssey in a Post-Apocalyptic Future Having only ever known the uncivilized wake of nuclear and biological apocalypse, three friends and their wheelchair-bound hostage set out on a perilous fool’s mission--to cross from one side of the devastated United States to the other, in the desperate, half-believed hope of finding a rumored haven.  Spurred by a dark vision and the murder of their father, rageaholic Derek Cane and his over-sized, simple-minded brother, Teddy, flee the only home they've ever known, a struggling shantytown on the edge of the vast Wasteland. Heading ever eastward, they are accompanied by their friend, John, an orphan brought up by a fanatical religious order, and Leggy, a crippled old drunk who brags that, in his youth, he once traversed the Wasteland…
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29Oct 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Giveaway

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2-Day Kindle Giveaway This 10th year in RDSP history will stand out as a banner one. As 2013 nears its end we'd like to thank everyone who has supported us and gotten us through these past 10 years. So we hope you will accept this Halloween gift from us, a free Kindle copy of WRAITHS OF THE BROKEN LAND by S. Craig Zahler. This novel is perfect for the occasion because it acknowledges that our roots are in Horror but, as a Western, is definitely cross-genre. WRAITHS maintains literary quality in its prose but with a breakneck plot that proves great literature doesn't have to be boring. In the end that is what RDSP is all about, bringing unclassifiable fiction into the world for those who don't want to read…
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29Oct 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Corpus Chrome, Inc. Cover Reveal

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COVER REVEAL   Who should be given a second chance at life?  Decades in the future Corpus Chrome, Inc. develops a robotic body, dubbed a “mannequin,” that can revive, sustain and interface with a cryonically-preserved human brain. Like all new technology, it is copyrighted. Hidden behind lawyers and a chrome facade, the inscrutable organization resurrects a variety of notable minds, pulling the deceased back from oblivion into a world of animated sculpture, foam rubber cars, dissolving waste and strange terrorism. Nobody knows how Corpus Chrome, Inc. determines which individuals should be given a second life, yet myriad people are affected. Among them are Lisanne Breutschen, the composer who invented sequentialism with her twin sister, and Champ Sappline, a garbage man who is entangled in a war between the third, fourth…
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21Oct 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

NOVA Horrorfest

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Oct 25-26th, 2013 | Manassas, VA Michael A. Arnzen will be the featured guest writer at the 2013 Horrorfest Fiction Workshop held at NOVA — Northern Virginia Community College – Manassas Campus. A public reading event will be open to the public on Friday, October 25th, followed by a public signing. Books will be available at the campus Barnes and Noble bookstore in Parrish Hall. Friday, October 25th, 7:00pm: READING open to the public, followed by booksigning. Saturday, October 26th, 10:30am-4pm: Writing Workshops: “A Sense of Dread” and “Catching Your Reader by Surprise” (for NOVA students only) Northern Virginia Community College – Manassas Campus 6901 Sudley Rd, Manassas, VA 20109
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17Oct 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

RDSP Signs Maria Alexander’s MR. WICKER

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Mr. Wicker RDSP is happy to announce that we have signed a deal to release Maria Alexander's debut novel Mr. Wicker in 2014. Based on a screenplay that placed highly in the prestigious Nicholl competition, Mr. Wicker is an urban fantasy about a woman who is missing a deadly childhood memory. She must find that memory before it takes her life — again. Located beyond life, The Library of Lost Childhood Memories holds the answer. But the Librarian is Mr. Wicker — a seductive yet sinister creature with an unthinkable past and an agenda just as deadly. Once you meet him, he will change your dreams forever… About the Author Maria Alexander writes pretty much every damned thing and gets paid to do it. She’s a produced screenwriter and playwright, published games writer,…
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16Oct 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Raw Dog Screaming Press Takes Pittsburgh

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Saturday, October 19th, 1-6pm • Pittsburgh, PA We'll be doing a one-day book tour of Pittsburgh with readings and signings at 5 different locations. Come to just one event or hop with us from store to store. Many of these stores will be offering discounts. 1PM Michael Arnzen at Carnegie Mellon Bookstore 5032 Forbes Ave, 15213 2PM Stephanie Wytovich at The Big Idea Bookstore, Inc 4812 Liberty Ave, 15224 3PM Matt Betts at The Muse Stand 4524 Liberty Ave, 15224 4PM Heidi Ruby Miller at the Station Square Bradley's Books 125 West Station Square Drive 15219 5PM Jason Jack Miller at Rickert & Beagle Books (formerly Eljays Used Books) 3233 W Liberty Ave, 15216
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08Oct 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Capclave Schedule

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October 11-13, 2013 • Gaithersburg, MD The Raw Dog gang will be at Capclave on panels, doing readings and taking pitches. We will also be launching a Dog Star Books release, Greenshift by Heidi Ruby Miller! More info can be found at the official Capclave site. Friday Schedule 4:00p So You Want To Be A Writer? Matt Betts 5:00p -Saturday Morning Cartoons Matt Betts -Diversity In Fiction John Edward Lawson -New to Conventions? Start Here K. Ceres Wright 6:00p -Buy My Book Jennifer Barnes, John Edward Lawson -Space Marines and Goblin Troopers K. Ceres Wright 7:00p -Doctor Jerky and Mr. Hide: Private & Public Personas Jennifer Barnes -Are Prose Superheroes Still Novel? Matt Betts -New Media, New Markets, New Business Models K. Ceres Wright 8:00p -Perishing Publishers Jennifer Barnes, K. Ceres Wright -Grim or Grin? Jason…
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27Sep 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

The Seventh Equinox Trailer Reveal

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THE SEVENTH EQUINOX by Matthew Warner will debut on November 6th but the pre-order starts today and we're celebrating with the reveal of the book trailer: “The best part of Warner’s easy-paced, almost pastoral tale is the friction between Bessie’s attraction to Robin, her longing to believe in magic, and her fear of trusting again—all of which run deep. This is a world-shattering crisis acted out in small scale, with a subtle appeal to romantic fantasy.” —Publishers Weekly From the Back: Her recent divorce left Bessie Henderson on guard against being exploited by any man. When she escapes to Augusta, Virginia, she’s captivated by the small town’s charm, but also its quirks: her intrusive elderly neighbor, the secret labyrinth of caverns beneath her Victorian house — and the man hiding from…
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24Sep 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Cover Reveal

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Kicking Against the Pricks Today is the cover reveal for Stephen M. Wilson's poetry collection Kicking Against the Pricks. We were happy to get artist Steven Archer (EgoLikness.com) to create a very fitting cover! This book is scheduled for release on October 16th but you can pre-order it now! From the Back: First century tillers used oxen to help them plow the land, and when the animal slowed or refused their commands, the tiller would use a prick to jab the animal and regain control. Sometimes the oxen would rebel and kick against the prick, and as a result, get stabbed even harder. It was a lesson of cause and consequence, of insurgence, of anarchy, both against their owners, and against God. Wilson takes this concept of rebellion and weaves…
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24Sep 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Baltimore Book Festival

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September 27-29, Mount Vernon Place We have a booth at this year's Baltimore Book Festival Hours: Friday & Saturday noon - 8pm Sunday noon - 7pm For the full schedule of events, directions and parking details be sure to visit The Baltimore Book Festival site. Saturday we'll have authors K. Ceres Wright, Jason Jack Miller and Heidi Ruby Miller joining us! All books will be offered at a discount and we have some freebies to give away too.Our booth is E26 in the East Park section in front of the Peabody Institute. You'll find a detailed map here. Photos from past Baltimore Book Festivals: 2007 and 2008  
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18Sep 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Lucy A. Snyder Joins Raw Dog Screaming Press

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Soft Apocalypses [caption id="attachment_1935" align="alignright" width="320"] Author photo by Michelle Pendergrass[/caption] Raw Dog Screaming Press is pleased to announce we have signed Soft Apocalypses, collected fiction by Lucy A. Snyder. Included in this collection is “Magdala Amygdala,” winner of the 2013 Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction. Soft Apocalypses will be published in 2014, in both trade paperback and eBook formats, and distributed by Ingram. For more information regarding release dates, event scheduling, and interviews please keep an eye on RawDogScreaming.com or contact publicist John Edward Lawson at publicity@rawdogscreaming.com. About the Author Lucy A. Snyder is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of the novels Spellbent, Shotgun Sorceress, Switchblade Goddess, and the collections Sparks and Shadows, Chimeric Machines, and Installing Linux on a Dead Badger. Her writing has appeared…
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31Aug 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Reading at Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

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Saturday, September 14th • 2pm  Three poets, two hours, one lunatic asylum! Michael A. Arnzen has thrown down the gauntlet to fellow poets Stephanie Wytovich and John Edward Lawson. The challenge? Each has to come up with poetry inspired by the work of Stanley Kubrick. This so-called Stan-Slam will be wild, woolly and full of unexpected surprises. Come for the poetry, stay for the ghosts. There will be a ghost tour of the asylum after the reading. The reading is free but the tour costs $10. The asylum is located at 71 Asylum Drive, Weston, WV 26452. For more info about the tours and directions visit the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum page.
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19Aug 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

DogCon 2 Recap by Emory Barrett Pueschel

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August 2-4, Columbus, OH We as human beings often don't stop to think about measures of time in relation to our average lifespans. Either an event occurs so long ago that we think of it as history, or it is coming towards us through the aether of the future and often barely registers as “impending.” Think now of ten years. A decade. One-seventh to one-ninth of your life expectancy. That is a big chunk of time to us. Not even a quark in an atom of the drop in the bucket on cosmic scales, really. For people, though, it is a long time and for a business it's a respectable amount. In the publishing industry it is an eternity. It is with that in mind that I am writing in…
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02Aug 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Bexley Public Library Reading – DogCon

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Bexley Public Library Reading Saturday, August 3rd, 4:00-5:30 As part of the DogCon 2 festivities day two will involve a mass Bexley Public Library reading. Come out to see support fantastic fiction from these authors: Michael Arnzen Matt Betts Donna Lynch Heidi Ruby Miller Jason Jack Miller D. Harlan Wilson K. Ceres Wright Stephanie Wytovich Read more info about our DogCon 2 weekend events:
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01Aug 2013 by Jennifer Barnes

Reading at Kafe Kerouac

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Friday, August 2nd, 7-9 pm Kafe Kerouac • 2250 N High St  Columbus, OH 43201 Run away and join the RDSP Literary Circus! Our band of merry authors will be reading poetry and short fiction at Kafe Kerouac. Readers include: Michael Arnzen Matt Betts John Edward Lawson Donna Lynch Heidi Ruby Miller Jason Jack Miller K. Ceres Wright Stephanie Wytovich Whiskey Tasting at 8pm! Read more info about our DogCon 2 weekend events
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