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Sponsor an Author, Feed the Dream We’ve started a fund to sponsor an author to attend our Bourbon Ridge Writing Retreat. Give someone who wouldn’t otherwise be able to attend a chance for a writing breakthrough. Writers need to be nurtured, good writing takes time and effort and a kind word here or a good…

December 5-7 • Bourbon Ridge Retreat in Hocking Hills, Ohio Join RDSP editors and authors Friday, December 5th – Sunday, December 7th for a weekend of writing! The primary focus will be on writing but you’ll have the chance to talk with other editors and authors over meals. Accommodations are in a luxurious lodge in…

November 6-9 RDSP is attending this year’s World Fantasy convention. We will have a table in the Dealers Room and are having a room party to celebrate the release of Maria Alexander’s MR. WICKER. Several of our authors will be on hand: Maria Alexander, Forrest Aguirre, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Jack Miller, Jeff VanderMeer &…

Bizarro Halloween, 10/25, Terrault Contemporary, 7:30p RDSP is celebrating Halloween with an emphasis on the weird this year. Our Bizarro Halloween event will feature readings along with the launch of Grave Markings: The XXth Anniversary Edition. To make sure we’ve got plenty of weird we’ve asked G. Arthur Brown a well-known bizarro and weirdo to…

The Underside of the Rainbow In 2015 RDSP will publish B.E. Burkhead‘s debut poetry collection The Underside of the Rainbow. This is not the first time the RDSP crew has worked with Burkhead, however, since he was a regular contributor to the zine The Dream People which was a proving ground for the launch of…

For the Halloween season we’ve compiled a list of the top 10 scariest RDSP books. Each provides a different kind of horrible thrill so here’s a handy guide to what type of spooky thrill you can expect. Cursed by Jeremy C. Shipp – Psychological creepiness at its finest: “The harder you struggle, the more you…

October 25th, Terrault Contemporary • 7:30pm RDSP is celebrating Halloween bizarro style at Terrault Contemporary art gallery in Baltimore and you’re invited! With the impending release of the 20th Anniversary Edition of Grave Markings we’ve got a whole lot of weird to celebrate. John Edward Lawson will be your emcee and there will be readings…

Context 27 • September 26-September 28 This year we have 3 authors participating in Context: Matt Betts, J.L. Gribble and Lucy A. Snyder. If you haven’t been before, Context is a friendly convention focused on speculative fiction literature and related games, comics and films. Below are the schedules for our authors but you can find more info and events…

Maria Alexander’s Reading & Signings MR. WICKER launched on September 16th and Maria Alexander is in the midst of doing may events where you can get your copy signed. You can order the book from us or from Amazon. She has also been featured on several blogs, you can read her excellent interview at The Qwillery and her writing tips for converting…

Bizarro Across America John Edward Lawson will participating in the Bizarro Across America book tour this September. Here is the official press release: “BIZARRO ACROSS AMERICA” BOOK TOUR BRINGS STRANGE NEW VOICES TO THE EAST COAST! In September 2014, the writers, artists and co-conspirators of the Bizarro genre are coming to Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and…

For Your Viewing Pleasure We are pleased to share the book trailer for Maria Alexander’s MR. WICKER with you! A lot of talented people were involved in making this awesome trailer. John Palisano directed and created the special FX, with backup from major Hollywood effects pro and author, Mike McCarty. The interstitial cards were created by…

Thursday, August 21st • 7pm at the MAC in Morgantown, WV It has become a tradition for the Morgantown Poets to host an RDSP author reading in August. 2014 marks the 3rd year in a row that we’ve been invited to read at the Monongalia Arts Center. This year K. Ceres Wright and Albert Wendland will be reading…

RDSP Titles Available Through Kindle Unlimited Amazon recently launched an ebook subscription service called Kindle Unlimited which allows you to read as many ebooks from the Kindle Unlimited library as you like for $9.99. RDSP reader Daulton Dickey helped us put together a list of our titles that are eligible to subscribers. Get the full…

RDSP Signs J.L. Gribble Raw Dog Screaming press is pleased to announce we have signed a deal to release J.L. Gribble’s debut novel Steel Victory in 2015 under our  imprint Dog Star Books. Originally a thesis novel from Seton Hill University’s Writing Popular Fiction graduate program, Steel Victory is an alternate-history urban fantasy. The independent…

July 25-27 • Four Points Sheraton Pittsburgh North Each DogCon has had its own personality and this one was no exception. This time around we worked with Confluence and did a con-within-a-con an approach we hadn’t taken before. Many thanks go to Kevin Hayes and the Confluence crew for making us feel welcome! To open the weekend John Edward…

Confluence • Friday, July 25th This weekend at Confluence we announced the winner of the RDSP Readers’ Choice Award, ODD MEN OUT by Matt Betts. Followers of our blog may recall that initially we had 15 books released in 2013 that were eligible and we used an internet poll to narrow that down to the top 8: Cog…

July 25-27, Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North This year DogCon 3 is being held during Confluence. Many of our authors will be involved in the regular programming. We will also have a rapid-fire reading, announce the winner of this year’s Readers’ Choice award and host an End of the World launch party for Lucy Snyder’s Soft…

Cover created by artist Ryan Rice Debuting 9/16 • PRE-ORDER for $2 off Mr. Wicker by Maria Alexander Alicia Baum is missing a deadly childhood memory. Located beyond life, The Library of Lost Childhood Memories holds the answer. The Librarian is Mr. Wicker — a seductive yet sinister creature with an unthinkable past and an agenda just as…

June 26-29 • Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA  Every year Seton Hill hosts a writing workshop that includes classes on various professional writing topics, guest lectures and workshops from industry professionals, pitch sessions a massive book signing (free and open to the public) and a costume ball. This is an excellent way for writers to…

Raw Dog Screaming Press May Update Our May newsletter has gone out but you can get a peek at it here. Back issues are archived in our Press Room. This month we’ve added a new feature, Writer’s Corner from John Edward Lawson, which collects links to exciting author opportunities like grants, residencies and classes. The newsletter is the…

May 30th-June 1st at Uniontown Mall in Uniontown, PA The Pennsylvania Literary Festival will feature industry exhibitors, author appearances, signings, readings, live music, a charity auction, cooking demos, free writing and publishing workshops, storytellers, writing contests, activities for kids, live tapings and interviews with FCTV and GoingLIVE, and a variety of food and beverages. Several…

It’s been announced that ODD MEN OUT by Matt Betts is a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award. Less than 10% of the titles under consideration become finalists so we’re quite honored that it received this recognition You can see a complete list of winners here. In addition, the cover that Bradley Sharp created for…

Congratulations to Dog Star Books author Albert Wendland who was recently named Professor of the Year by Seton Hill University. Wendland received his award during Spring Convocation and was also honored to give the keynote speech. In true writerly fashion he told a story instead. You can read the text of the speech here. Wendland…

We were extremely excited to hear that Publishers Weekly has given The Man Who Loved Alien Landscapes by Albert Wendland a starred review and made it the Pick of the Week! This is the first time one of our titles has received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. “In Wendland’s intricately plotted, character-driven debut, pulp…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RAW DOG SCREAMING PRESS ACQUIRES ANTI-OEDIPUS PRESS Raw Dog Screaming Press has acquired worldwide rights to publish all future and backlist titles from Anti-Oedipus Press under the imprint of the same name, effective immediately. Dedicated to publishing high-quality fiction and nonfiction, Anti-Oedipus Press was founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2013 by novelist, editor and…