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RDSP will be running a workshop for Fleeting Pages in Pittsburgh, PA on Saturday, May 21st at noon and then again at 3 pm. The short story on Fleeting Pages:Taking over (taking back?) a space, left empty by a failed big box bookstore, for one month, starting MAY 7th, and filling it with independent &…

Here’s a new interview with Mickey Z.: Raise Your Weapons

There’s an excellent review of CODENAME PRAGUE in this month’s Pedestal Magazine: "Writer, critic, and cultural theorist D. Harlan Wilson is one of the most intelligent, provocative, and fiendishly inventive writers I have ever encountered in any genre….the novel’s nonstop action and refreshing lack of pretensions make the book a mind-bending and rewarding read not only for…

Check out this cool book trailer that Jeffrey Thomas made to promote Scott Thomas’ books, including WESTERMEAD.

Mickey Z’s novella DARKER SHADE OF GREEN is now available. Get it on Amazon.com. Here’s a pic from the debut at Bluestockings Bookstore:

There are 5 more days left to enter the GoodReads contest to win a copy of CODENAME PRAGUE by D. Harlan Wilson. Enter here.

Mickey Z.’s novella DARKER SHADE OF GREEN will be debuting April 30th at Bluestockings Bookstore. Come out to meet the author and wish him a happy birthday starting at 7pm. You can also preorder

FINALE by Paul A. Toth is now available as an ebook for Kindle, Sony, Palm, Stanza and several other formats. There’s a coupon if you buy the book here: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/49287. Use the code UK97U.

Mickey Z. Zezima recently appeared as a guest on CFUV radio. The podcast is archived here: http://tinyurl.com/3f56weh and Mickey’s section is about half an hour in.

Coming in June You really can’t read Proust in Texarkana. A modern alchemist falls prey to a magic darker than his own. The Antichrist’s mother goes on the run in Spain. In his garage a physicist builds a tribute to his beloved. An old man and his mule tour the roadside wastelands of the Gulf…

CPR FOR DUMMIES is available as an ebook for the first time. On sale for $2.99 at Amazon. The world is creeping towards destruction—no, not theoretically—it’s really happening. In these last hours will humanity come together to correct their collective wrongs? Or will there be rampant beatings and kinky sex? A group of strangers are…

The Kindle edition of VACATION is now on sale for $2.99 at Amazon.

SF Signal did a great, in-depth review of MONSTROUS CREATURES. Here’s an excerpt: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A selection of reflections, interrogations, and dialogues about the state and nature of fantastic literature from the perspective of one of fantastika’s most discerning writer/editors. The collection puts forth not just VanderMeer’s thoughts on making art, genre, and literature, but elaborates his…

PopMatters is featuring a MONSTROUS CREATURES review. Read the full review.

Here’s a photo from the release party for MONSTROUS CREATURES by Jeff VanderMeer held during FogCon. Jeff is reading and to directly to his right is fellow RDSP author Jake Fuchs.

We were recently contacted by Farley’s Bookshop, an awesome indie store that wants to build a stronger relationship with indie presses. They offered to showcase our titles on a revolving basis. Here’s a pic of the first bunch of titles on display.

MONSTROUS CREATURES by Jeff VanderMeer debuted at FogCon this weekend and is now available in both paperback and hardcover from Amazon.

There’s a new book award launching to showcase indie booksellers and presses. RDSP is included on the list so booksellers can vote for our 2010 titles as part of the Independent Booksellers Choice Awards. Read the Huffington Post article.

"The Sun Never Rises in the Big City" from FUNGUS OF THE HEART received an honorable mention in BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR. Congrats to Jeremy C Shipp! See the complete list of honorable mentions.

  There’s a short but sweet interview with Jeff VanderMeer up on best-selling author Julianna Baggott’s blog.

Weird example of life imitating art, in this case, the novel DR. IDENTITY where professors regularly send their doppleganger’s to teach classes.

"VanderMeer has jammed his scalpel into the heart of the beast, here. The first essay alone is worth the price of admission. It’s staggering…like a best-of record for the wild and fast discussions of art, literature, and monstrosity born of the beehives of the blog-o-sphere." J.M. McDermott

There’s still time to pre-order the MONSTROUS CREATURES limited edition but it’s been pretty popular so I suggest getting your order in now. If you want to spread the word about the book you can snag these banners and have them link to: http://www.rawdogscreaming.com/imonstrous.html  

I was quoted in a recent article about the small press on SF SIGNAL: "In fact, many smaller presses have reported their best years in 2010. Jennifer Barnes from Raw Dog Screaming Press attributes their successful 2010 to aiming more for direct to consumer and online sales in order to offload the burden of returns from…

Paul Toth talks about his forthcoming book AIRPLANE NOVEL.