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John tells me our copies of PLAY DEAD arrived today and they are a marvel to behold…super-high quality books! Of course the book doesn’t come out until August so we’ve got between now and then to crank up the hype. What worries me is that the books will be sitting in a warehouse with the…

We’ve got two big projects going to the printer (or at the printer) right now. I’ve known for ages that we would have to pay $7000+ for these printings but I didn’t quite realize they would come at the same time. I’m reasonably certain that we will make a profit on these ventures but I…

John’s been hard at work getting a lot of our older titles set up as ebooks through LSI. That means they will soon be available on Amazon.com. Recently he’s done A Dirge for the Temporal, The Fall of Never, Spider Pie and Terror-Dot-Gov. There may be more that I can’t remember right now. Although not…

It sounds like the Writer’s Weekend went really well for brotherrabbit. He sold all the books we sent and could have used more copies of The Fall of Never! It’s one of our books that I’ve consistently heard people say good things about. Most of our titles people either love or hate depending on their…

I’m making progress with Fugue XXIX but it feels really slow. This one is going to be hardcover and paperback so I’m working on the dust jacket now. I’m always surprised by how much time it takes to create stuff for those extra flaps on a dust jacket. Plus I’m too stubborn to just stick…

The approval for Play Dead went out several days ago. It won’t be too long before we get to hold that sucker in our hands. I also sent off the files for the special edition of Westermead yesterday. Design-wise that has been my favorite project to work on and I think the extras go way…

For those of you interested in the convoluted inner workings of the small press there’s an interesting discussion going on over at the Horror-Web message board about the “impending doom” of the industry. John has been making quite a few posts on the thread and it’s a lively discussion. Unfortunately I don’t have the time…

Mike Arnzen’s chapbook of zombie poems, Rigormarole, is now available for pre-order from the Naked Snake Press website, http://www.nakedsnakepress.com. It looks like it has some great illos from John Skipp, plus it’s a signed, limited and only $9.95. And while you’re over there pick up John’s chap The Horrible. Maybe you’ve never been a fan…

The new issue of The Dream People (http://www.dreampeople.org) guest edited by Royce Icon is now online. This time I wound up doing the work to put the thing together. I tell you, getting that thing up can be a hassle. I don’t know when I’ll get around to sending out the announcement that it’s gone…

Congrats to David Magitis who has been nominated in the Best Artist category for the British Fantasy Awards. He’s done quite a bit of art for us including the covers for Everybody Scream!, Sick and the chapbook Hell on the Installment Plan plus he’s let us use his artwork for The Dream People too. He’s…

It sounds like Forrest had a great time at WisCon last week and did an excellent job of representing RDSP. He gave us a full report right after the con but I just haven’t had the chance to do an update until now. Apparently lots of people were interested in our press but hadn’t heard…

oldcharliebrown has agreed to carry Westermead and Fugue XXIX on his table at World Fantasy so we can still debut those two titles. We just need to get in touch with Borderlands Books to see if they will help us out with the other titles like Play Dead and Pseudo-City and then we’ll be totally…

On Sunday we took some time off for a baby shower. It was too much fun and great to see a lot of friends we haven’t seen for a looong time. I thought some of you might get a kick out of this. Here’s a few portraits showing what our families and friends think our…

It sounds like a good time was had by all at D. Harlan Wilson’s book signing today. Author Paul Toth was one of the people who dropped by. If you’re in the Michigan area but missed this signing he’ll be at Way Station Books & Stuff this coming Thursday (11:00-2:30, 5-7) & Friday (11-2:30). We…

We had been planning on attending the World Fantasy con in Madison this year (or at least one of us) but with everything going on we didn’t reserve a dealer’s table and now I see they’re all sold out! We’re releasing two books in particular that we thought were perfect for that con Westermead and…

The files for Play Dead went off to Thompson-Shore yesterday! Working with them has been so much different (and better) than my past experiences with printers. Of course the job is barely started but so far it’s been great. We actually got to pick out the jacket cloth, foil stamp color and headband color. All…

We interrupt this regular publishing schedule to buy a new car. Not new as in never-owned but new as in new-to-us. The Dodge finally got too expensive to fix so we really didn’t have a choice. Here’s a simple equation that sums up this week so far: new car + baby on the way =…

Meet D. Harlan Wilson There will be signings for Pseudo-City at two bookstores in Michigan this month on 3 different days. Pages Books – Flint, Michigan Friday May 20, 4:30-6:30 Way Station Books & Stuff 223 S Washington Sq, Lansing, Michigan Thursday May 26, 11-2:30, 5-7 Friday May 27, 11-2:30 RDSP author and editor Forrest…

The logo I did for Blindside Publishing is now up!! Check out the very cool site: http://www.blindside.net/ blindsidepubs really made the logo look good with such a classy site. I can’t wait to see this logo on some books! When Jon first asked me to do the logo I wasn’t sure I could pull it…

I’ve been working on a logo for blindsidepubs‘s new publishing venture and I ran my ideas by him today. It looks like one of the two struck his fancy so I’m glad it will be used. It’s pretty satisfying to make a visual representation of a feeling or idea someone wants to convey. In this…

A very cool review just came out for The Fall of Never at SFReader.com http://www.sfreader.com/read_review.asp?ID=563 “I’ve been complaining lately about the lack of inventiveness in horror and paranormal fiction, pondering if there are any bold writers out there willing to try something wildly different. Ronald Damien Malfi has officially shut my yap. Complex, chilling, surprising…

Things are going pretty well with the company but since the upcoming changes in our lives are bound to take away time from RDSP we’ve been considering trying to get more help. I tend to be one of those people who can’t leave things up to someone else, especially when it comes to RDSP because…

It’s still a bit early to tell but I think our theory that new releases spark interest in the old ones is coming true. There looks to be renewed interest in both 15 Serial Killers and 100 Jolts which are the two oldest books we have out besides Sick. I hope the interest keeps up!…

Since the cover artist for John’s book now has internet access I figured it’s time to slap a picture of his novel up here and let you know it is available for pre-order from Shocklines for a special $2 discount. http://store.yahoo.com/shocklines/labuinhebyjo.html Although the book doesn’t have a lot in the way of supernatural happenings it…

I’m surprised and pleased that there seems to be quite a bit of buzz around Spider Pie. John said a couple people asked about it at the con and khaibit108 has had people asking her when the book will be available. I hope to be uploading the file soon and maybe we’ll have review copies…