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decomp magazine reviews CODENAME PRAGUE: "The novel blasts you like the glass that was sandblasted in my old house. It grates against you, sloughing off all your lazy thoughts and unrealised dreams. It wills you to live. It fills you full of something like the joy people vaguely remember to have experienced at least once as…

An excerpt from Paul A. Toth’s AIRPLANE NOVEL.

You can now pre-order Mickey Z.’s latest book, DARKER SHADE OF GREEN.

CODENAME PRAGUE is now available!!

Larry Fondation will be reading with Jason Flores-Williams Friday, January 7th, 8pm at Sherwood Magazines. Details here.

1. RDSP was include in the Huffington Post’s Top 15 Fiesty Presses 2. Cursed by Jeremy C. Shipp was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award 3. Bizarro Day at Backlist Books with D. Harlan Wilson, John Edward Lawson, Andersen Prunty & Michael Arnzen 4. RDSP signed a deal with Chengdou Rights for representation of…

I’ve posted pics and a short report on the Frostburg State Small Press Festival here.

Tonight at 8pm is the Twitter chat with Ronald Malfi. Join us at twitter.com/RDSPress and use the search key #retrospective to follow along and ask questions. Malfi’s book, The Fall of Never, is part of our ebook bundle or 3 books for $12.

Thursday is THE DAY YOUR HEART STOOD STILL…DAY. Bradley Sands needs YOUR help to defeat the evil Betty White. And you could win prizes for helping! View all the details here.

Our eBook bundle for October is now available. 3 spooky treats for $12 bucks: ISABEL BURNING by Donna Lynch, THE FALL OF NEVER by Ronald Damien Malfi and A DIRGE FOR THE TEMPORAL by Darren Speegle.

Daughters of Lilith is a collaboration between poet Donna Lynch and artist Steven Archer. This 7" by 10", full-color art book includes more than 25 poems and 50 paintings dedicated to all types of women, from the muse to the murderess. The Limited Edition Hardcover is signed by both the author and artist and only…

Here are a couple excerpts from the reading at Video Plus last week. I’ve also put up a page on the site with pics from that event and Fall for the Book: http://www.rawdogscreaming.com/fallforthebook.html

Got 2 great events coming up tomorrow and Friday: Sep 24 • 10:30-11:45 AMFall for the BookSandy Springs Bank Tent, outside the Johnson Center D. Harlan Wilson reading

We’ve got some exciting chats coming up! Today from 9-11pm EST Bradley Sands is a guest for #zinechat on Twitter. Saturday, September 11 at 7pm EST Jeffrey Thomas & John Edward Lawson will be doing a #retrospective chat on Twitter. Tuesday, September 14 at 8pm EST D. Harlan Wilson will be doing a #retrospective chat…

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Two reviews are out for the forthcoming collection by Jeremy C. Shipp: "The collection is unlike anything I’ve read before and thats where its appeal was, for me.  Each story was unique and the prose is so well done, the words perfectly manipulated to flow almost like poetry.   I was incredibly impressed that such…

My Heart Said No was reviewed by The Broad Set: "In MY HEART SAID NO, you can expect nothing but the most imaginative fiction. You’ll gulp it down, throw it up and finger paint with verbs." Read the full review.

D. Harlan Wilson is scheduled to be on The Funky Werepig this Friday at 9pm. Check the details: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/the-funky-werepig

It turns out that Cursed was reviewed in Booklist when it came out but somehow we totally missed it: "With his offbeat first novel Vacation (2007), Shipp joined a growing cabal of authors practicing what’s called “bizarro” fiction. Borrowing elements of sf, fantasy, and horror, the upstart genre appeals to readers interested less in story…

Twitter-Chat today with Jeremy C. Shipp! Just follow www.twitter.com/RDSPress between 4-6p PST to meet Jeremy, he’s funny, it’s free and he’ll have smurf-fritters for all!

We are kicking off a promotion in August to highlight some of our backlist titles. We’ve put together a bundle of 3 "Quick Bites", short story collection that read quick and cut deep. The books included are:100 Jolts by Michael A. ArnzenSheep and Wolves by Jeremy C. ShippWorse Than Myself by Adam Golaski You can…

The Velvet recently ran a hilarious interview with Bradley Sands. Here’s an excerpt where he describes his newest collection: " It’s like a falafel, but without the fried balls and tahini-based sauces. Instead, it consists of a whole bunch of humorous irreal/absurd stories inside a pita. Wait… that can’t be right. I think the stories…

I can’t believe I forgot to post this here: Independence Day: 15 Feisty Small Presses And The Books You’re Going To Want From Them  This feature in the Huffington Post has kept us busy over the past couple weeks responding to requests and following up on leads!

The Guardian recently ran an article on Bizarro which included some very complimentary things about Jeremy C. Shipp’s novel Cursed. "If I was an editor looking for the first break-out hit from the Bizarro genre, Jeremy C Shipp is where I would stake my six-figure advance." read the full article

Check out Slush Pile Hero’s interview with the clown that lives in Jeremy Shipp’s attic: http://slushpilehero.wordpress.com/