12May 2016 by Jennifer Barnes

Ridley Scott, S. Craig Zahler and Me

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On Publishing a Book that Will be a Movie Do you know what’s crazy surreal? Seeing something you wrote paraphrased and referenced in The Hollywood Reporter. Recently the news broke that Wraiths of the Broken Land, a novel written by S. Craig Zahler, published by Raw Dog Screaming Press, is going to be made into a movie for 20th Century Fox by Ridley Scott, Drew Goddard and the amazing team behind The Martian. We had known this deal was possible and had a little forewarning, but it didn’t prepare us for the avalanche of news that poured in once the deal was announced. I found myself reading article after article and most of them had something similar to The Hollywood Reporter’s: “[Wraiths of the Broken Land] has been described as…
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05Apr 2016 by Jennifer Barnes
Underwater Fistfight is Here!

Underwater Fistfight is Here!

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Today is launch day for the new poetry collection from Matt Betts. As editor Stephanie Wytovich will surely tell you Underwater Fistfight is like no other poetry collection you've read! Betts is a pirate-poet who takes science fiction and throws it in the brig with horror while he sits outside the cell, laughing as they duke it out. He’s a regular Davy Jones, a sailor’s devil, claiming the lives of these poems and dragging them down to the locker to dissect, inspect, and sift through their stories and characters like plunder. Excerpt: The Great Zombie Pyramid Scheme The toughest part is convincing those first two people. After that, everyone is more than happy to bite their friends. Buy from Us • Buy on Amazon Praise for Underwater Fistfight “Quirky is…
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02Apr 2016 by Jennifer Barnes
Cover Reveal: Brothel

Cover Reveal: Brothel

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Coming May 2016 Our 4th poetry collection from Stephanie M. Wytovich will be released in May. All the poems included are exclusive to this volume and have not been published elsewhere! Pre-order HERE The Brothel Theme Brothels are places that are constructed as—sometimes legal, but mostly illegal—houses to buy and/or pay for sex. Run by a madam, typically an older woman who houses and provides for her girls, the business attracts clients of all shapes and sizes, all genders and behaviors. Sometimes business conducts itself without concern, a steady in-and-out, a quick fuck and profit, but other times, there are problems, problems that arise because of, disobedience, greed, anger. So what happens when a girl gets confused and she starts to like the pain? When the idea of murder turns…
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23Feb 2016 by Jennifer Barnes

2 RDSP Books Make the Bram Stoker Ballot for 2015

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We're excited to announce that two of last year's releases have made it into the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards. An Exorcism of Angels, a poetry collection by Stephanie Wytovich, and While the Black Stars Burn, a short fiction collection from Lucy A. Snyder have both made the final cut. Congratulations to these talented authors and all the others on the ballot! View the entire ballot here. Praise for While the Black Stars Burn “Malevolent lineages and emotionally fraught familial relationships propel the plots of most of the 13 genre-spanning stories in Snyder’s strong collection….Snyder excels in her depictions of characters struggling desperately—and often futilely—to extricate themselves from terrifying snares set by loved ones. Readers will find her stories a cut above most other tales of interpersonal and…
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04Feb 2016 by Jennifer Barnes

Women in Horror Interviews Compiled

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RDSP has made a concerted effort to support women in horror and we consider it one of our biggest accomplishments to have had 3 releases from female writers on the Bram Stoker Ballot in the same year! This post is a round-up of interviews and conversations we've had on the subject of women's contributions to the Horror genre. Interviews Maria Alexander Donna Lynch Andrea Marie Jessica McHugh Lucy A. Snyder Damien Angelica Walters Deena Warner Stephanie Wytovich Tips for supporting gender equality in the arts When you read a great book by a woman (or experience any great art by a woman) make sure to spread the word, whether by doing a review or mentioning it to a friend, word of mouth is crucial If you see a list of…
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12Jan 2016 by Jennifer Barnes

Announcing STOLEN AWAY by Kristin Dearborn

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Horror Novel Coming in 2016 RDSP is excited to announce that we will are scheduling the release of paperback and ebook editions of Stolen Away by Kristin Dearborn for June, 2016. Previously Stolen Away had only been available as an $85 limited edition from Thunderstorm Books and is now completely sold out. Brian Keene recently included Dearborn's novel in his honorable mentions for best book of 2015 and we are happy to be able to bring it to a wider audience. Book Description: Trisha will admit she's made a few mistakes in her life but that checkered past is behind her. She loves her kids, even if it's tough being a single mom. But her loyalties are put to the test when her infant son disappears in the middle of the…
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04Jan 2016 by Jennifer Barnes

My Top 10 Reads of 2015

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10 Great Books I Read in 2015 In 2014 I easily met my first reading goal of 52 books and had to move it up to 100. So for 2015 I challenged myself to 115 books. What was I thinking?! At one point I was 17 books behind schedule and considered giving up, but hate to let a goal go. So in the last few months of the year I limited myself to only short works (but still novel length) and managed to meet my goal. In fact, because I forgot to set dates on two of my completed books, I actually wound up with a total of 117. That was definitely too much and a lot of the pleasure went out of it just trying to keep that pace.…
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09Nov 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

STEEL MAGIC

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RDSP signs the sequel to STEEL VICTORY Raw Dog Screaming Press is pleased to announce we have signed a deal to release the sequel to J.L. Gribble’s debut novel Steel Victory. Book 2 of the Steel Empires urban fantasy/alternate history series, Steel Magic, will be released in 2016 under our imprint Dog Star Books. In Steel Magic, warrior-mages Toria and Kane are finally ready to begin their mercenary careers and debating between monster hunting and cushy bodyguard jobs. Instead, they are hired to investigate a much more serious problem—the world’s mages are disappearing. But when a friend is kidnapped, they’ll have to travel across the globe to save her, save themselves, and save magic itself. About the Author By day, J. L. Gribble is a professional scientific editor. By night,…
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27Oct 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

Readers Choice Award Winner for 2014 Announced

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Wytovich is the new Readers Choice Champ As part of DogCon IV, RDSP's annual press party, we announced the winner of our 2nd annual Readers Choice Award. Mourning Jewelry, Stephanie M. Wytovich's poetry collection from 2014, was the winner. We were lucky to have inaugural champion Matt Betts in attendance to pass the belt on. Last year Matt received the belt for his debut novel Odd Men Out. As our current champ Stephanie will hold onto the belt for a year and hopefully be on hand to present it to next year's winner. Although the judges were not able to attend we did take the time to thank both Pam Emmanuel and Daniel Haeusser for reading all five books that made it to the final round and choosing their favorite.…
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09Oct 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

Introducing K.W. Taylor

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K.W. Taylor Release Scheduled for 2016 RDSP is happy to announce that we've signed K.W. Taylor's time travel novel The Curiosity Killers for release in 2016 under the Dog Star Books imprint. K.W. Taylor is the author of the urban fantasy Sam Brody series, about a dragonslaying disc jockey (The Red Eye and The House on Concordia Drive, both 2014 from Alliteration Ink). She has an MFA from Seton Hill University. Taylor lives in a restored Victorian home in Ohio with her tech writer husband and—unlike every other novelist in the world—an insanely photogenic kitten. She teaches college English and Women’s Studies and blogs at kwtaylorwriter.com. The Curiosity Killers is her first science fiction novel. In The Curiosity Killers, Ben Jonson is a failure—a failure at living up to his…
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05Oct 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

Cover Reveal: Andy Deane’s All the Darkness in the World

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  The Darkness Revealed Daniele Serra's magnificent representation of the evil smoldering in the darkness of a small town is the perfect match for Andy Deane's slow burning vampire apocalypse. Coming October 24th • pre-order now All the Darkness in the World will debut at DogCon (free and open to the public) in Philadelphia on October 24th. Begins with a Spark, Builds to a Bonfire High school is hard for many but Jace has more than his fair share of troubles. It’s bad enough that his parents’ fights have become explosive and he’s the target of a bully at school but all that pales when he happens on the scene of a brutal back alley crime. Though he survives this terrifying encounter he’s left wondering and unsure about exactly what…
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23Sep 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

DogCon 4 Schedule

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What is DogCon? Every year RDSP throws a big shindig to celebrate books, authors and all our supporters. It's a chance for the RDSP family to get together, meet each other, show off the latest works and begin new creative ventures. This year's DogCon (IV) is being held in Philadelphia and promises to be the best one yet. All DogCon activities are open to the public, you can join in on any of them or just come to one. We're friendly, love meeting new people and we promise not to bite! Here's what's planned: Friday, October 23rd • 7 pm, FREE Michael Arnzen's presentation on “The Uncanny Valley” on Friday at Meagher Theater, on the campus of Neumann University. More details, Saturday, October 24th -Group tour of Eastern State Penitentiary…
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07Sep 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

RDSP Authors at the Baltimore Book Festival

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Baltimore Book Festival • September 25-27   Both John Edward Lawson and K. Ceres Wright will be on panels held at the SFWA tent during the Baltimore Book Festival. Here's the schedule:   Friday, Sept. 25, 2 pm • Blurring the Edges of Genre Writers of literary science fiction, poetry, horror, slipstream and weird fiction talk about the genres they love. Learn what those labels mean, and what happens when you defy labels. Panelists: Anatoly Belilovsky, Robin Wyatt Dunn, Carmen Maria Machado, Denise Clemons, John Edward Lawson Saturday, Sept. 26, 4 pm • Charming? Baltimore City as a template for futurism What does Baltimore look like in the future? SFWA Guest of Honor Tobias Buckell and a panel of writers, futurists and social designers discuss Charm City's future through the…
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21Jul 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

Dog Star Authors Appearing at Confluence

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Confluence • July 24-26 Confluence is Pittsburgh's premier Science, Fiction & Horror literary conference and this year it's at the Doubletree by Hilton Cranberry. Three of our Dog Star authors, J.L. Gribble, Albert Wendland & K. Ceres Wright, will be on hand participating in panels, signing books and even doing their own kaffeeklatsch. Here's their complete schedule: Friday, July 24 6pm Work-life balance for freelance writers - Gribble 7pm Reading - Gribble, Wendland 8pm Big Ideas: "Philosophical" Science Fiction - Wendland 11pm Kaffeeklatsch: Genre Blending - Gribble, Wendland, Wright Saturday, July 25 11am Disasters, Crises, and Progress - Wright 12pm The Work of Theodore Sturgeon - Wendland 2pm Steel Victory book signing - Gribble 3pm Not Just Anglos: a multicultural solar system - Wright 5pm Deep Places: caves, dungeons &…
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22Jun 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

FREE Author Signing at Seton Hill University

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June 26, 7-9pm • Greensburg, PA As part of their writing workshop Seton Hill University hosts a massive author signing every June. Though you have to register for the workshop the signing is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. This is the 4th year that Raw Dog Screaming Press and its imprint Dog Star Books have participated and each year has been better than the last. RDSP authors who are participating this year: Michael A. Arnzen • Matt Betts • J.L. Gribble • John Edward Lawson • Heidi Ruby Miller • Jason Jack Miller • Albert Wendland • K. Ceres Wright • Stephanie Wytovich The book signing is held in the gym on the Seton Hill campus in the McKenna Center from 7-9 pm. On this map it is building…
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09Jun 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

The Underside of the Rainbow Cover Reveal

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Unveiling the Rainbow Artist Steven Archer has created a raw, textured cover to match B.E. Burkhead's gritty, and unapologetic realism. In this poetry collection Burkhead shows readers what happens when they take off their rose-colored glasses and look at the world around them. Instead of fields of freshly grown flowers, he writes of alleys with broken bottles and hypodermic needles, no happily-ever-afters, just blunt and honest truths, sometimes with endings, sometimes without. Just as life doesn’t hand out answers, Burkhead doesn’t sugarcoat its truths. Coming in July You can pre-order this collection now! "Underside took me on an unexpected emotional journey I relished long after reading. To me that’s the mark of a damn fine collection–and one that will remain in my library forever.” —Jessica McHugh, author of The Green…
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04Jun 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

Reader’s Choice Poll Results

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The votes are in! The readers have voted and picked the books that will go on to the final ballot. The vote was supposed to choose the top 4 books, however, we had a tie for fourth place which resulted in 5 books moving on to the final ballot. These books will be read and ranked by a panel of judges to declare the winner. The winner will be announced on October 24th during DogCon in Philadelphia. Note that the ballot incorrectly listed Greenshift when it should have said Ambasadora. Both books are by Heidi Ruby Miller and take place in the same world.   The finalists are: Wasteland Blues by Scott Carr & Drew Conray-Murray How to Read by Eckhard Gerdes The Man Who Love Alien Landscapes by Albert…
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27May 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

4 Lessons Learned Hosting a Writing Retreat

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So far we have hosted two writing retreats, both held at Bourbon Ridge in Hocking Hills, OH. I learned a lot about hosting writing retreats during our first one but there were new lessons discovered during the second. Here are a few of them: Every group is different Our second retreat had a totally different vibe than the first. Part of that was because we had an extra day so things were less frenetic. But we also had mostly new attendees (only 3 of us attended the inaugural retreat) and they interacted in different ways. There seemed to be a social collaboration between writers in the second group and a tendency toward group jokes and a collective mythology. The first group was more likely to talk over meals and spend…
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20May 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

Book Deal Announcement

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5-20-15 • Continuing a Successful Publishing Relationship Raw Dog Screaming Press is pleased to announce that it has signed a deal with Lucy A. Snyder to publish her next fiction collection titled While the Black Stars Burn. This deal comes on the heels of Snyder receiving the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection for Soft Apocalypses which RDSP published in 2014. RDSP sees While the Black Stars Burn as something of a sequel to Soft Apocalypses and hopes to build on the momentum of the first book. This new collection is heavily influenced by Lovecraft and The King in Yellow mythos. It includes two stories that have received honorable mentions from The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror series. Italian artist Daniele Serra has been commissioned to…
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14May 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

On Publishing Bram Stoker Award Winning Books

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RDSP has had a few brushes with the Bram Stoker award in the past: 100 Jolts was a finalist for fiction collection in 2004, The Troublesome Amputee for Poetry Collection in 2006, Cursed was a finalist for novel in 2009 and Hysteria for poetry collection in 2013. I'd long ago learned to be happy with a release being a finalist and leave it at that. So when we discovered that 3 of our titles were finalists we celebrated like crazy! Eventually we also decided to make the trip to the World Horror Convention (our first time back in 8 years). I was excited and relieved that the books were in different categories and not in competition against each other. But, looking at the strength of each category, I had no…
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28Apr 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

RDSP World Horror Convention Schedule

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RDSP authors and editors will be attending this year's World Horror Convention in Atlanta, GA. Here's our schedule for the weekend: Thursday 8 PM Degrees of Dread: Horror Goes to College Michael Arnzen, Lucy Snyder Friday 9:00 AM Poe-etics: Setting Scene and Atmosphere in Supernatural Fiction Michael Arnzen 11:00 AM We Are Bizarro! John Edward Lawson 1:00 PM African-American Spec-Lit From Afro-Futurism to Beloved John Edward Lawson 2:00 PM Stabbing Through the Glass Ceiling: Advice for Women Writers Starting Out Lucy Snyder 3:00 PM What Editors Are Looking For Now In Horror  Jennifer Barnes 4:00 PM Terrifying Top Trends in Specialty Press Publishing John Edward Lawson 4 :00 PM Panel: Readings and Shenanigans for THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD and QUALIA NOUS 5:30 PM Reading Lucy Snyder 6:30 PM Author Mass Signing Maria…
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23Apr 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

An Exorcism of Angels Cover Reveal

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Steven Archer's cover for An Exorcism of Angels Today we're revealing the cover and launching pre-orders for An Exorcism of Angels, the latest poetry collection by Stephanie Wytovich. Because she feels writing this book saved her life Stephanie has pledged to donate $1 out of every pre-order to SAVE: Suicide Awareness Voices of Education. **Pre-order the paperback on 4/23 and receive a $2 discount** Pre-order the Kindle ebook   About the Artist Steven Archer is an artist and musician living near Baltimore, MD. When not recording, DJing, or producing art, he and his wife, author Donna Lynch, tour with their dark electronic rock band Ego Likeness. He has a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art in Washington DC and has shown his work at galleries and other venues throughout the…
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19Apr 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

Small Press Spotlight: Deadite Press

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Meet Jeff Burk from Deadite Press March was Small Press Month, and during that time we ran a series featuring many of the other independent publishers in operation. These small press spotlights were so popular that we have decided to continue them as a regular feature, and today we bring you Jeff Burk of Deadite Press. Give a brief overview of what you publish. I am the head editor of Deadite Press and have published almost ninety titles. Deadite focuses on extreme and cult horror. We’re the ones all about sex, violence, pus, and monsters. Think grindhouse flims, EC Comics, and hardcore punk – all mashed together. What inspired you to go into publishing? Really just a love for horror books that I thought weren’t reaching as wide of an…
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16Apr 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

Women in Horror Spotlight: Andrea Marie

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Andrea Marie on Horror Q: How did you first get into acting and modeling? Which do you prefer?  I have always aspired to do both, but modeling came first when a photographer friend and I decided to put a portfolio together in 2006. Then in 2011, I started building up film and television contacts and it sort of took off from there. Acting always interested me from a very young age, but I was not comfortable to do so until I started modeling. The modeling certainly helped build up the self esteem and confidence that allowed me to perform. Q: Tell us about a few of the projects you've been involved in.  The latest completed project is Fuzzy Monkey Fims' "Milfs VS Zombies", which will debut at the Scares that Care weekend convention…
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28Mar 2015 by Jennifer Barnes

Small Press Spotlight: Omnium Gatherum Books

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Omnium Gatherum Books joins us to discuss publishing as part of the Small Press Month celebration. Give a brief overview of what you publish. Omnium Gatherum publishes dark fantasy, weird fiction and literary thrillers. When selecting titles, I look for characters with distinct voices. Most have an unexpected point of view or explore a mythology or psychology that isn’t standard in genre fiction. What inspired you to go into publishing? There’s a saying that goes something like, don’t quit your day job. Authors rarely make a living writing fiction. I hate that defeatist attitude so much. Why does creative work have to be pushed to the side? Omnium Gatherum is still a relatively new company and no one is earning a full-time living yet, but we still have hope. And…
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