22Mar 2021 by Jennifer Barnes

COVER REVEAL: Like Sunshine After Rain

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A Charity Anthology from RDSP Raw Dog Screaming Press and international award-winning editor Heidi Ruby Miller are taking pre-orders for the charity anthology LIKE SUNSHINE AFTER RAIN. Proceeds benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The beautiful cover is by Brad Sharp. Interior illustrations by Sharon A. Ruby. This limited edition anthology is available in lettered hardcover and numbered paperback editions. It hosts short stories, poems, and essays from 82 authors, including: New York Times bestsellers Jonathan Maberry and Maria V. SnyderUSA Today bestseller Annette DashofyInternational bestseller Liz ColeyAmazon Charts bestsellers Cary Caffrey, Sasha Dawn, and Jennifer Foehner WellsDrue Heinz Literature Prize winner Randall SilvisBram Stoker Award winners Lee Murray, Christina Sng, Lucy A. Snyder, Sara Tantlinger, and Tim WaggonerInternational Horror Guild Award winners Michael A. Arnzen and Gary BraunbeckAsimov’s Readers…
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18Mar 2021 by Jennifer Barnes

BOOK DEAL: Children of Demeter

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RDSP Signs EV Knight for Second Novel, Children of Demeter Raw Dog Screaming Press (RDSP) is thrilled to announce signing a second novel from Bram Stoker Award nominated author EV Knight. Children of Demeter is a standalone novel from the author who earned the distinction this year for her 2020 debut novel The Fourth Whore, also from RDSP. Children of Demeter is set to be released on August 5, 2021, with a cover by the phenomenal horror artist Lynne Hansen. "Our first novel with EV was a great success and we couldn't be more proud of that release, so we're very excited to be working on a second novel from her,” said editor Jennifer Barnes. “Children of Demeter is a tense and terrifying story that I think horror fans will…
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08Feb 2021 by Jennifer Barnes

BOOK DEAL: Writing in the Dark Workbook

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Writing Workbook Announced as Companion to Waggoner’s Writing in the Dark Manual Raw Dog Screaming Press (RDSP) and Guide Dog Books is thrilled to announce the publication of a writing companion to award-winning author Tim Waggoner’s successful Writing in the Dark horror writing guide (published in Fall 2020). This workbook will be designed to complement Writing in the Dark, but can be used on its own as well, and will have a late 2021 or early 2022 release. Its focus will be entirely on providing exercises and resources that will jump start writers’ creativity and help hone their horror-writing skills. “I’m grateful to everyone who’s written to tell me how much they enjoyed reading Writing in the Dark and – most importantly to me – how useful they’ve found it…
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12Nov 2020 by Jennifer Barnes
BOOK DEAL: Monstrum Poetica

BOOK DEAL: Monstrum Poetica

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Raw Dog Screaming Press takes pride in bringing some of the strongest dark poetic voices, new and veteran, to readers each year. In that vein, RDSP is thrilled to announce the signing of Jezzy Wolfe's debut poetry collection Monstrum Poetica. It will be published in 2021 with a foreword by New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry. What Can You Expect? Everyone loves a good monster. They are the mysterious foe that haunts our nightmares. They are behind the strange, unidentified noises in the middle of the night. The suspicious creak in our closets or scratches under our beds. The shadows that hide as soon as we spin around. We are simultaneously terrified and enthralled by the creatures of our fantasies. "Monstrum Poetica is my love song to the monsters…
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28Oct 2020 by Jennifer Barnes

COVER REVEAL: Red Gear 9

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Red Gear 9 is the anxiously awaited followup to the critically acclaimed hit Odd Men Out by Matt Betts and it's coming January 21st, 2021! Red Gear 9 is set in the same alternate history civil war world as Odd Men Out and shares some of its characters, but this is a stand alone adventure. There are still plenty of airships, chewers lurking and even more perilous situations. Preorder from us and you'll receive your copy before the release datePreorder from Barnes & Noble • Preorder from Amazon About the Book: A daring prison break at Alcatraz Island sets Reeves, a former Confederate spy, on a path that can either lead him to freedom or back into war. As he and his fellow escapees struggle to make their way in…
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18Aug 2020 by Jennifer Barnes

Halloween Season Trick or Treat

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Every Day is Halloween To celebrate the release of Halloween Season we’ve put together a blog trick or treat. Here’s how it works: visit each blog post, read the host’s Halloween memories, and pick up a different “treat” from each post. There are many houses to visit on this block, the list of stops is below but first here’s a bit about the book. ~ Halloween Season launches October 5th but you can preorder now ~ Order from RDSP • Order from Barnes & Noble • Order from Amazon About the Book Halloween is the most wonderful part of the year for many of us. For dedicated fans, the season begins when the leaves start turning autumn colors and doesn’t finish until Hallowtide ends in November. With it comes a whole lot of fun: scary…
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23Jul 2020 by Jennifer Barnes
COVER REVEAL: Halloween Season

COVER REVEAL: Halloween Season

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Meet the artist, Lynne Hansen RDSP was looking for a cover that captured all things Halloween and turned to artist Lynne Hansen, "I have over fifteen years of experience in marketing and promotions including art and design. I started creating book covers when my husband Jeff Strand decided to make his humorous horror novel The Sinister Mr. Corpse available as an e-book. Once people saw Jeff’s next e-book Wolf Hunt, I started to receive requests to design covers for other authors. Now I get to tell other people's stories through the art of the book cover and I love every minute of it." For more info about Lynne head over to LynneHansenArt.com and make sure to browse her gallery. So without further ado, here's the cover! ~ Halloween Season launches October 5th but…
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15Jul 2020 by Jennifer Barnes
Fourth Annual State of the Empires

Fourth Annual State of the Empires

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There’s a common saying about how a writer needs to get out a million “bad” words as practice before they can start writing the “good” ones. Good, in this specific context, referring to collections of words that could theoretically be published. Or at least words you wouldn’t be embarrassed to have anyone other than your cat see. The good news: I wrote those million words back in middle school and high school and college. I dipped my fiction-writing toes into the waters of online fan fiction and decided I liked it. I hit the deep end of the pool with original fiction by the time I was in my later years of undergrad. The bad news: I wrote those million words before I actually knew anything about how to be…
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05Jun 2020 by Jennifer Barnes
COVER REVEAL: Blood of the Sun

COVER REVEAL: Blood of the Sun

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Raw Dog Screaming Press is excited to present to you the cover for BLOOD OF THE SUN, the third book in The Path of Ra series by award-winning authors Lee Murray and Dan Rabarts! The beautiful, atmospheric cover is by internationally acclaimed artist Daniele Serra. We feel it captures the mood of the story perfectly. Take a moment to be drawn into the cover and then read on as Lee Murray explains the thoughts behind bringing The Path of Ra covers to life, including this most recent one. Blood of the Sun comes out November 4, 2020 preorder here The Making of The Path of Ra Covers How the cover for the entire Path of Ra series came about:“Daniele Serra’s artwork has graced the covers of some of the biggest…
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05May 2020 by Jennifer Barnes
Latinx StoryBundle Bonus

Latinx StoryBundle Bonus

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One of my best memories from my years as co-founder of Raw Dog Screaming Press is when author Leland Pitts-Gonzalez came down from New York City to spend the weekend strategizing with the RDSP team, drinking all our diet Dr. Pepper, and talking about the Situationist International influence on punk rock in the 1980s. We had just accepted his novel The Blood Poetry, and knew we had something special on our hands. While the book didn't penetrate the mainstream it is still considered by some a benchmark for contemporary dark weirdness. If you haven't read The Blood Poetry, yet now's your chance to get in on this cult classic for the lowest price it's ever been offered at, all while helping charity, an under-represented group of authors, and getting yourself…
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25Mar 2020 by Jennifer Barnes
Launch Day: The Fourth Whore

Launch Day: The Fourth Whore

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We are excited to unleash The Fourth Whore onto the world! While the title may be a bit shocking you can be sure we're not slinging words lightly. In fact, EV Knight has said it is an attempt to reclaim the word whore and you can read her essay on the topic over at Ink Heist, "I wanted the book to stand out and say something. I wanted to be a warrior for women and I wanted the book to take the reader’s breath away with its horror and its strong female characters. I needed the buyer to know what they were getting into when they picked up the book." This debut novel is packed with meaning, lore, cultural critique and more, so we've been fascinated to see how reviewers…
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24Mar 2020 by Jennifer Barnes

You’ve Unlocked Free Events and Shipping

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By being our supporter you’ve unlocked free events and shipping! [caption id="attachment_6799" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] AllAccessCon graphic by SciFi&Scary[/caption] Have you heard? We're helping people deal with social distancing by offering free online events and free shipping on all orders to addresses in the United States. We understand everyone is stuck at home or, at the very least, unable to socialize, and we want to do our part to keep you happy and healthy — and out of bookstores for the time being (see the bookstore relief fund below for booksellers and comic book shops impacted by the novel coronavirus). The safety measures at RDSP and our business partners have resulted in not just cancelling face-to-face meetings but also our public events for the foreseeable future. Many of our authors and…
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17Mar 2020 by Jennifer Barnes

COVER REVEAL: Temporary Planets for Transitory Days

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Cover Reveal for Albert Wendland’s Temporary Planets for Transitory Days Poetry Collection Raw Dog Screaming Press (RDSP) is excited to show off this vibrant and beautiful cover by artist Bradley Sharp for author Albert Wendland’s debut poetry collection Temporary Planets for Transitory Days. PRE-ORDER HERE Wendland is the author of two other science fiction adventure books under their imprint Dog Star Books, The Man Who Loved Alien Landscapes and In a Suspect Universe. Both books are book one and two of a series which features the same protagonist, Mykol Ranglen, a space explorer. This collection is based on a journal full of poems this Ranglen has left behind so to speak, published now for the first time. “I loved the cover,” said Wendland. “It tops even the other two that Brad has…
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21Jan 2020 by Jennifer Barnes
3 Books Make the Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Award

3 Books Make the Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Award

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We are excited to hear that three of our titles have been included on the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Award. Two of our poetry releases, The Apocalyptic Mannequin by Stephanie M. Wytovich and Choking Back the Devil, made the list along with the story collection On the Night Border by James Chambers. Thanks to all the readers and reviewers who have taken the time to check out these releases and post about them! Voting HWA members who haven't had the chance to read any of these works can email us (books at rawdogscreaming.com) to request copies in these formats: hardcopy, ePub, mobi or PDF. The preliminary ballot is not a nomination but it's always an honor to be included. The final ballot will be announced on February 23rd…
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31Dec 2019 by Jennifer Barnes
2019 Highlights

2019 Highlights

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We accepted the Specialty Press award from the HWA during StokerCon(easily the highlight of our year!) We partnered with Night Worms to sponsor April's subscription box AllAccessCon Was Fully Funded In addition to our usual activities three things stood out in 2019. StokerCon was a great event for us and receiving the specialty press award was a true honor. We were also honored to work with Night Worms in their inaugural year. If you haven't checked them out yet put that on your to-do list for 2020. Another unexpected but awesome development was John Lawson founding and funding AllAccessCon as a way to bring events to those who can't travel. 6 Book Projects Signed The Fourth Whore by EV KnightThe Price of Faces by James ChambersWriting in the Dark by…
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17Dec 2019 by Jennifer Barnes
BOOK DEAL: Poetry from Albert Wendland

BOOK DEAL: Poetry from Albert Wendland

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Raw Dog Screaming Press Signs Deal with author Albert Wendland for Poetry Collection Raw Dog Screaming Press (RDSP) is thrilled to announce another book deal with Albert Wendland, author of two science fiction adventure books under their imprint Dog Star Books, The Man Who Loved Alien Landscapes and In a Suspect Universe. The new book under contract, Temporary Planets for Transitory Days, is a poetry collection. Wendland’s main protagonist, space explorer Mykol Ranglen, has left behind a journal full of poems and they are published for the first time. In his science-fiction novel, In a Suspect Universe, Ranglen often had with him a small notebook which he showed to no one. During the story, another character snuck a peek into that notebook and found poems, several fragments of which were…
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17Dec 2019 by Jennifer Barnes
Last Minute Book Bundles

Last Minute Book Bundles

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Order by December 20th to receive before Christmas in the U.S. Feel good about the gifts you're giving. When you buy books from an indie publisher you support the press, the author and book culture yourself. Plus these books look amazing under the tree, on the coffee table and on the shelves of your favorite reader. Of course you don't have to gift all three books, you may just want to keep one for yourself! ~Please CONTACT US FIRST for international shipping details.~ Dark Poets Bundle Give the decadent experience of tasting true darkness, exploring depthless new textures while lingering in the gloam. ($30 US shipping included) Dark Storytellers Bundle Will they escape? Heart-pounding horror and twisted mysteries await. $36 (US shipping included) Cult Classic Novels Here's a sample of…
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12Dec 2019 by Jennifer Barnes
COVER REVEAL: A Collection of Dreamscapes

COVER REVEAL: A Collection of Dreamscapes

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Cover Reveal for the Next Poetry Collection from Bram Stoker Award-winning Christina Sng Raw Dog Screaming Press (RSDP) is eager to present the beautiful cover by artist Steven Archer for Bram Stoker Award winning poet Christina Sng’s follow-up book A Collection of Dreamscapes. “I am absolutely thrilled and immensely grateful to have another Steven Archer painting as the cover of A Collection of Dreamscapes,” Sng said. “It is darkly rich with a deep air of mystery and symbolism, an apt combination for the tales unfolded in this collection.” A Collection of Dreamscapes will be released during StokerCon 2020 which is being held in Scarborough, UK, April 16-19 and Sng will be on hand to launch the book. Pre-order HERE to get a signed copy! In 2018, Sng won the Bram Stoker…
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21Nov 2019 by Jennifer Barnes
BOOK DEAL: Halloween Season by Lucy A. Snyder

BOOK DEAL: Halloween Season by Lucy A. Snyder

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In our Hearts Halloween is Never Far Away We are pleased to announce another book deal sealed in ink with the wonderful Lucy A. Snyder. RDSP's fourth release from Lucy A. Snyder is filled with tricks and treats for the reader. Titled aptly Halloween Season, it’s a collection of quirky seasonal tales that run the gamut from Urban Fantasy and Cosmic Horror to Sci-Fi and Satire. Snyder's characters are always vibrant and never predictable. While she maintains the undercurrent of darkness from previous collections, Snyder also adds some whimsy and off-kilter fun to the mix. “Some of the stories are fundamentally about Halloween; others are horror or fantasy tales that take place in autumn near the holiday,” Snyder said. “Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I tried to work in…
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05Nov 2019 by Jennifer Barnes

BOOK DEAL: RDSP Signs Gary Braunbeck’s Next Collection

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There Comes a Midnight Hour We are proud to announce that RDSP has signed a deal with Gary Braunbeck to release his next short story collection, There Comes a Midnight Hour, in 2020. The book collects some of Braunbeck's more whimsical and weird stories but maintains his trademark—artfully told dark stories. According to Braunbeck, "The purpose of There Comes A Midnight Hour was to collect a series of stories that were not only firmly within the horror genre, but also also contained elements of fantasy, mystery, science fiction and (gasp!) even romance.  I’ve never adhered much to traditional horror tropes, and as a result a lot of my fiction — especially recently -- has been difficult to categorize and therefore place.  There Comes A Midnight Hour is a collection I’m quite proud of,…
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26Sep 2019 by Jennifer Barnes

NOW AVAILABLE: The Apocalyptic Mannequin

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Wytovich's 6th Poetry Collection Released Stephanie Wytovich's latest poetry collection, The Apocalyptic Mannequin, is now available in paperback and ebook formats. Each of Wytovich's collections has a different texture, in part because each has a different muse. The Mannequin brings us the cold terror of near-future destruction, the realization that our collective actions have a life of their own and they have no love lost for us. The early reviews already have readers raving: "Every word counts. Sometimes it's slow. Often it's a gut punch. But whether these pieces are insidious or brazen, the result is the same. I am unsettled, entertained, and left thinking."—Tracy Robinson, GoodReads "With each successive collection, Wytovich excels in leaps and bounds, suffusing her distinctive energy within each of these books, maintaining the conjured rawness…
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12Sep 2019 by Jennifer Barnes

NOW AVAILABLE: On the Night Border

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On the Night Border Released The chill in the air is coming, soon the leaves will be falling and the nights will get longer. Just in time for the Fall reading season, On the Night Border is the perfect short story collection for evenings by the fire. It's available in 3 formats: paperback, hardcover and ebook. Here's where you can pick it up: Our site (US shipping included)Barnes and NobleAmazon "…a haunting exploration of the space where the real world and nightmares collide."—Booklist "…journey through the dark imaginings of James Chambers, an author with the talent to turn ordinary places and familiar people into our worst nightmares…" —Rena Mason, Bram Stoker Award® winning author of The Evolutionist and East End Girls "James Chambers tells stories with the uneasy familiarity of…
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10Sep 2019 by Jennifer Barnes

BOOK DEAL: RDSP Signs Award-winning Poet Christina Sng

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A Collection of Dreamscapes Raw Dog Screaming Press (RSDP) is thrilled to announce the signing of Bram Stoker Award winning poet Christina Sng for a follow-up book, A Collection of Dreamscapes. In 2018, Sng won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Poetry with A Collection of Nightmares (RDSP 2017). Sng is an internationally known poet and artist and has had her work included in many publications around the world. “My new collection is a montage of dreamscapes from mythologies, fairy tales, dystopias, transformations, and the dark side of human nature,” Sng said. “Woven throughout the book are themes of empowerment and the human capacity to channel our deepest inner strength to do whatever it takes to survive.” In A Collection of Dreamscapes Christina Sng broadens her horizons by…
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13Aug 2019 by Jennifer Barnes
COVER REVEAL: The Apocalyptic Mannequin

COVER REVEAL: The Apocalyptic Mannequin

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Cover Reveal for The Apocalyptic Mannequin  We’re releasing a new horror science fiction poetry collection, The Apocalyptic Mannequin, on September 26th from Stephanie Wytovich. Embrace the monsters of your soul, the plagues of your nightmares, and explore your own loss, abandonment, and grief as your breath shallows and doomsday looms. Who will you become when the apocalypse is over? Today, we’re thrilled to present readers with the beautiful cover by artist Steven Archer for The Apocalyptic Mannequin. We're now taking pre-orders and the first 30 people who order will receive free personalization from Wytovich. Pre-Order Available (First 30 receive FREE personalized copy) The first 30 pre-ordered books will include an extra page with the name you want the book inscribed to along with individual apocalypse survival tips penned by Wytovich…
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05Aug 2019 by Jennifer Barnes
Third Annual State of the Empires

Third Annual State of the Empires

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A post from author J.L. Gribble With the release of the fifth book this summer, Steel Shadows, the Steel Empires series continues to be the longest running series available from Raw Dog Screaming Press. Interestingly enough, it took me five books to write one that actually fits into the greater aesthetic of this publisher! Faceless shadowy beings with too many limbs. Strange alternate dimensions that shouldn’t exist. Figures from the past who are both dead and undead. But it’s still me writing these books, so there are also plenty of sarcastic shenanigans with delicious macarons on the side. Steel Shadows is available for your reading pleasure on August 8. It’s been a rocky year since I checked in last, which included twice as much travel as I usually do and…
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