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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(!)…

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,…

(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…

  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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.”…

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…

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….

To celebrate the cover reveal for Greenshift, the e-book will be temporarily 99 cents at Amazon! A tale set within the world of Ambasadora. Mari’s rare eye color makes her a pariah within Upper Caste society, which is why she prefers plants to people…except David, the former Armadan captain who shuttles scientists around on a…

  THE REVELATIONS OF PRESTON BLACK BY JASON JACK MILLER Coming June 2013 from Raw Dog Screaming Press Cover Art by Brad Vetter Preston and Katy face a new darkness…. Sometimes a battle between good and evil doesn’t look much like the ones they show in movies. The good guys don’t always wear white, and…