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Inspiration for EYNHALLOW Who was the Bride of Frankenstein, the creature intended to be the mate of Frankenstein’s monster? Strangely, Mary Shelley gives us no clues to her identity. Forced to comply with the Creature’s demands for a mate, Victor Frankenstein travels to a sparsely populated island in the Orkneys to repeat his experiment and…

Today we’re revealing the cover for the second book in our novella series, The Selected Papers for the Consortium for the Study of Anomalous Phenomena. Yes, it’s a mouthful! Lynne Hansen has done a wonderful job capturing the gritty background for L. Marie Woods’ strange tale. PREORDER NOW TO GET $1 OFF YOUR SIGNED COPY…

ABOUT THE NOVELLA Bottling His Ghosts is a Victorian gothic novella that follows twenty-five-year-old Henrietta “Netta” Ward after she returns to her family’s country estate, Daunderhead Hall, to mourn her husband’s death. Further grief awaits when she discovers Thorn, her cousin raised as a brother, has also come home in shame, having been stripped of his…

Today we welcome Professor David Sandner as a contributing member of the consortium! We’ve signed his novella and a bonus piece of short fiction to be published together in one volume of the journal. We invite you to share virtual cake to celebrate with us in our virtual break room. ABOUT THE NOVELLA His Unburned…

We’re excited to announce we’ve signed a deal with Elizabeth Broadbent to add her story Blood Cypress to our novella line. Managing editor Jennifer Barnes explains, “I’m excited about this addition because I feel there’s still much to explore in the realm of generational horror and the horrors of daily life. Blood Cypress peers into…

Beyond the Bounds of Infinity is an anthology of cosmic horror that will feature authors from historically underrepresented groups. WHY KICKSTARTER?  This is the first book we’ve attempted to Kickstart and you may be wondering why we chose to go this route. To be brutally honest anthologies are a tough sell, everyone wants to be…

About the Book Welcome to the garden. Here we poison our fruits, pierce ourselves with thorns, and rip off our skin under the light of the full moon. Mad and unhinged, we fall through rabbit holes, walk willingly into fairy rings, and as our hair falls out near the creek out back, we dance in…

Our fourth novella deal is with Sarah Hans for her story Asylum. Editor R.J. Joseph says, “Hans created a lead character in Ashleigh who leapt off the page in the first few lines. Her authorial voice cannot be denied and it was the authenticity and palpable longing this voice perpetuated that had me in its…

Tim Waggoner is back with more writing tips for dark fiction Our non-fiction imprint, Guide Dog Books, has signed a new book from Tim Waggoner in the award-winning Writing in the Dark series! This series has a lot of momentum right now since the second book, Writing in the Dark: The Workbook, just won a…

Our third novella deal is a very exciting one. We are so pleased to announce that we’ve signed Eden Royce’s novella Hollow Tongue! This is one creepy story that we think readers are going to love. Novella line editor R.J. Joseph says, “The thing that initially struck me about Royce’s story was how effortlessly her…

We’re excited to announce another novella signed from our open call. L. Marie Wood’s experimental 12 Hours had us spellbound from the start. Editor R.J. Joseph says, “The opportunity to work with L. Marie, a horror genre leader, is an editorial dream. With all I know about writing, I’m still sure to learn something new through the…

We’re excited to be able to announce the novellas we’ve signed from our open call in March. Sonora Taylor really spooked us with her story Errant Roots. Because it has themes that explore family dynamics, heritage and birth rights this story fit right in to our novella line. The quick pace delivers an immersive reading…

Lynne Hansen Brings the Gothic Vibes To launch our new novella line we knew we’d need not just a cover but a template flexible to fit other books in the line, so we went to Lynne Hansen to develop the cover. “The design was inspired by those ornate scientific journals of the 1800’s, (think Scientific American.)…

A New Poetry collection from Stephanie M. Wytovich Coming this Fall Raw Dog Screaming Press (RDSP) is excited to announce a book deal with award-winning poet Stephanie Wytovich for her next collection, On the Subject of Blackberries. It will come out in September in hardcover only. The style in this collection is a departure from…

Raw Dog Screaming Press Launches Audio Line Raw Dog Screaming Press is now working with Findaway Voices to produce and distribute audiobook editions of many of their books. The first title, Hounds of the Underworld by Dan Rabarts & Lee Murray, has just been released. The book has dueling siblings so required two narrators. Dan…

About the Book PREORDER NOW to get a $2 discount and receive a signed copy “E.F. Schraeder’s wonderful collection The Price of a Small Hot Fire is a gleaming poetic knife: strong, sharp, and heart-carving.” – Lucy A. Snyder, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Exposed Nerves “Schraeder writes with teeth sharpened by decades of grit…

A mysterious discovery in space, the ruthless destruction of a cargo ship, and a desperate plea for help from a friend lead Mykol Ranglen, the hero of The Man Who Loved Alien Landscapes and In a Suspect Universe, on a dangerous interstellar quest that, if it fails, could lead to war between planets. Joining forces with a fierce…

RDSP Signs E.F. Schraeder’s Debut Poetry Collection Raw Dog Screaming Press (RDSP) is thrilled to announce the signing of a book deal with author E.F. Schraeder for her debut full-length poetry collection, The Price of a Small Hot Fire, to publish this summer. A careful study on estrangement and loss, The Price of a Small Hot…

Eugen Bacon Talks Craft, Chasing Whispers, and Makes Strides in Literary World Eugen Bacon is setting the literary world on fire globally with her distinct fiction. Her writing is trailblazing and important as we listen and learn from diverse voices and share their talents. Bacon’s work is seeped in the speculative but defies one genre…

Vial Thoughts for 2023 and Beyond Raw Dog Screaming Press (RDSP) will be releasing the debut novel Vial Thoughts by Van Essler in May of this year. If you like gothic horror meshed with dark fantasy and dystopian themes, which also offers other cross genre bending twists like science fiction in the vein of Mary…

Today, we have the reveal of the gorgeous cover by award-winning author Daniele Serra that just beckons readers on so many levels with its layers of haunting appeal. Daniele has created art for the covers on many award-winning books for RDSP and we are very thrilled he’s painted an eye-catching piece that helps complete the…

Audiobook Edition of Path of Ra Book 1 RDSP is excited to announce the preorder of our first audiobook, Hounds of the Underworld, by Dan Rabarts & Lee Murray. The book is a collaboration between Lee Murray, who pens the chapters from Penny’s point of view, and Dan Rabarts who writes Matiu. To maintain this…

Raw Dog Screaming Press Announces New Novella Line and Editor At Raw Dog Screaming Press, we have worked to connect transcendent literature and non-fiction with audiences who crave and connect with those voices. It is in continuing with this spirit of pioneering individuality that we are thrilled to announce the launch of our new novella…

Raw Dog Screaming Press (RDSP) is thrilled to announce a book deal with award-winning author Kate Maruyama for Bleak Houses: Safer & Family Solstice—a pair of horror novellas presented in one volume for readers and to be published in 2023. It will launch RDSP’s novella line, led by editor RJ Joseph. “I have always wanted…

A Place Between Waking and Forgetting Raw Dog Screaming Press (RDSP) is pleased to announce another exciting book deal with the award-winning and acclaimed author Eugen Bacon for her dark speculative fiction and Afro-Irreal short story collection, A Place Between Waking and Forgetting, for release in 2024. A Place Between Waking and Forgetting collects transformative…