Shirley Jackson Award Nominations

Shirley Jackson Award Nominations

We were stunned to hear that four Raw Dog Screaming Press titles have been nominated for the Shirley Jackson Awards this year! Congratulations to all the authors and to novella line editor RJ Joseph on this amazing recognition. These are the nominated titles: Eynhallow by Tim McGregor was nominated in the Novel category The title story from His Unburned Heart by David Sandner was nominated in the Novelette category Hollow Tongue by Eden Royce was nominated in the Novella category A Place Between Waking and Forgetting by Eugen Bacon was nominated in the Short Story Collection category We are very...

COVER REVEAL: Bottling His Ghosts

COVER REVEAL: Bottling His Ghosts

PREORDER FOR $2 OFF * Coming July 15th, 2025 From the Afterword: “Cooper’s vivid characterization twists tropes and snatches them for her own. Bottling His Ghosts remains a singular tale of the ties that bind, the enduring and stubborn love of a sister for her adopted brother.”—Elizabeth Broadbent, author Blood Cypress About the Artist Lynne Hansen is a horror artist who specializes in book covers. Her art has appeared on the cover of the legendary Weird Tales Magazine, and she was selected by Bram Stoker’s great-grandnephew to create the cover for the 125th Anniversary Edition of Dracula. Her clients include Valancourt Books,...

Book Deal: Gwendolyn Kiste Short Story Collection

Book Deal: Gwendolyn Kiste Short Story Collection

We are beyond thrilled to announce that we’ve signed a deal to publish Gwendolyn Kiste‘s short story collection The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own. “I’ve been a fan of Kiste’s work from the beginning and I couldn’t be happier to finally have a chance to publish a book by her,” says managing editor Jennifer Barnes. This landmark collection is a legacy book that exemplifies Kiste’s impact on modern literatue and in particular the horror genre. The collection includes her Bram Stoker Award winning story “The Eight People Who Murdered Me (Excerpt from Lucy Westenra’s Diary)” as well as several...

Black Cranes on Parallax Honor List

Black Cranes on Parallax Honor List

About the Award “The jury considers works published in the preceding year. So these winners were published in 2020, the jury deliberated in 2021, and then the pandemic complicated matters  for us,” explained Carl Brandon steering committee member Yang-Yang Wang. “All winning authors will receive a $1,000 cash prize in addition to the physical award.” About the Anthology Almond-eyed celestial, the filial daughter, the perfect wife. Quiet, submissive, demure. In Black Cranes: Tales of Unquiet Women, Southeast Asian writers of horror both embrace and reject these traditional roles in a unique collection of stories which dissect their experiences of ‘otherness’, be...

Lee Murray Named Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Lee Murray Named Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit

Award-winning speculative fiction writer, editor and mentor Lee Murray was named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her significant services to literature. Murray has long been a champion both for Kiwi writing and for the genre of horror. She has worked tirelessly behind the scenes to showcase the quality and range of modern horror and has used her writing to bring about positive change for minorities, as well as to highlight themes of mental health. While she has personally achieved many firsts, she has also helped many writers along the way. Having worked with Lee on...

COVER REVEAL: Blood Cypress

Today we’re revealing the darkly magical cover created by artist Lynne Hansen for Elizabeth Broadbent’s Southern Gothic novella, Blood Cypress. Hansen has managed to channel both the heart of the book and the atmosphere of the setting. “This cover really captures the essence of the novella—the way the danger and creeping horror of the swamp hangs over everything. Lynne Hansen did an amazing job of capturing that. She’s a dear friend, and means the world to me to see her work on the cover of my book. Her painting is beautiful and dangerous and everything I’d hoped for.”  PREORDER FOR...

Clearing the Shelves—Buy One Get One

2024 was a productive year for Raw Dog Screaming Press. We expanded our novella series by 5 installments, finished up the Steel Empires series, released two novels, an anthology, a short story collection, two poetry collections, a graphic novel and a paperback edition of a hardcover-only release. We also completed recording for 3 audiobooks. We’re really proud of the books we released in 2024 and think they are some of the best yet. 2024 Releases: Buy One Get One Sale After years of supporting indie authors and indie presses we’ve amassed quite the book collection. We’ve finally reached critical mass...

BOOK DEAL: Vellum Leaves and Lettered Skins

We’ve signed a deal with poet Colleen Anderson to release her Rapunzel-themed collection, Vellum Leanves and Lettered Skins in 2025. This lush garden of poems has been seeded in a fairytale realm but has grown in many directions. Poetry editor Stephanie Wytovich explains, “As someone who adores witchery and fairytales, I’m so excited to work with Colleen on this collection. I’ve admired her work for years, and I’m honored to collaborate with her and help make this book as magical and fierce as possible.”   About the Author Colleen Anderson is a Canadian author writing fiction and poetry and has had...

Cover Reveal: DEMO REELS AND ARTHOUSE MADNESS

Today we’re revealing the cover for Demo Reels and Arthouse Madness the poetry collection from Vince A. Liaguno. This is a heavily themed collection so we wanted to choose an artist in line with those themes and one who could bring Liaguno’s vision to life. Although we haven’t worked with Scott Cole before he seemed like the perfect choice. As Liaguno puts it, “Sometimes you cross paths with someone, creatively, and it’s pure kismet. That’s how it felt working with Scott. When we were first introduced, I shared with him that I had a concept [for the cover] stuck in...

Cover Reveal: BESTIAL MOUTHS

PREORDER FOR $2 OFF • Coming November 14th PREORDER FOR $2 OFF About the Book Bestial mouths whisper, calling you into a labyrinth of nightmares, metamorphosis, and the liminal spaces of the beautiful grotesque lurking within the human psyche. Tolian’s debut poetry collection is an unequivocal battlecry for the exploited. Stripped of ornament, the language bites deep, revealing a suspended symbology of human and beast, intimacy and violence, life and death. This book bites deep, exploring themes of identity, metamorphosis, and the primal urge for survival, weaving through time, myth, and shifting perspectives.  About the Artist

COVER REVEAL: Tiny Oblivions and Mutual Self Destructions

Our latest cover reveal is not for the weak-willed because if some who have looked too long have been unable to every look away. So take care not to linger too long or you may be transported to another darker dimension! “I gave Lynne only the vaguest of ideas for this one and she came back with something truly extraordinary that captures both the epic scale of Gold’s collection and the darkest depths it plumbs. The image is both beautiful and terrible to behold,” says Managing Editor Jennifer Barnes. PREORDER NOW for $2 OFF • Coming August 22nd PREORDER NOW...

COVER REVEAL: The House on the Cover of a Horror Novel

Take a close look at this one because the creepy is in the details! We’re unveiling the cover created by Lynne Hansen for EV Knight’s classic-with-a-twist The House on the Cover of a Horror Novel. Author EV Knight explains, “I have wanted to write a novel set in Savannah since I moved here. Old money houses surrounded by ancient oaks draped in Spanish moss haunt the city. I wanted to evoke that feel in my novel. I wanted the reader to step into my town and wonder what secrets are whispered in the epiphytic breeze.” PREORDER THE PAPERBACK NOW for...