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I’m pretty excited about the Westermead limited edition we’re going to do. It’s been somewhat up in the air because I hadn’t been able to keep the printing cost down low enough but I think I’ve finally found a way! It’s not going to be a Grimoire but I think it’s going to be just…

The more busy a person is the more likely they are exactly the person you’d like to blurb your book. So, on the rare occasion that they actually say they will look at the manuscript as long as you can get it to them quick, you’ve got to send it as soon as possible. That’s…

It’s cool to see a positive response to the Pseudo-City cover. I just love these jetpack, bowler-hatted guys the artist made. I can’t stop using them for stuff! One thing I’ve added to the site is a specials section on the catalog page. Right now you can order A Dirge for the Temporal and Bare…

I spent the weekend and Monday doing the website over to get rid of the frames. So now I can post links directly to any page and you can too! The site doesn’t look too much different though for all the time it took. However, the sidebar now changes depending on which page you go…

Things have been moving along quite well. The authors have gone over the PDFs for Pseudo-City and Spider Pie and sent back minor changes. We’ve got someone working on the Pseudo-City cover and the preliminary images have been very cool. The ARC’s should be coming for Play Dead in the next couple weeks and I’m…

I’ve been working on this cover for Play Dead for quite awhile. I think I’ve finally got it pretty close to how I want it. I’m still conflicted about it though. Since this is going to be our first book with a real print run we need to count on catching the eye of more…

I’ve copied and pasted most of the entries from the rdsp community into this journal. Unfortunately I lost a lot of the formatting like links and such but the text is there. I was able to backdate the entries but too lazy to put the correct times the original posts were made. It was weird…

That was the first day I posted on livejournal so this community is almost as old as the press itself. But I’ve been wanting to change over to a personal journal for a long time since mostly nobody uses this journal like a community. It’s harder for other lj’ers to find this journal and I…

The all poetry issue of The Dream People is now online. I had absolutely nothing to do with this issue, John did the entire thing by himself. There’s some really excellent pieces and lots of great new writers. The artwork for this issue is also very cool, including the collage works of cakeearthhead which will…

Mitch Garnet, infamous Punktown forcer, sent us a copy of the Boston Globe article about Jeff Thomas and his signing for Everybody Scream!. I didn’t realize the mail delivery between Punktown and Earth was so fast. I’ve transcribed the article and scanned one of the pictures for anyone and everyone to read. http://www.angelfire.com/zine2/thedreampeople/rds/eventframe3.html I also…

I finally got mr_graig’s blurb for Spider Pie up on the page about the book. I was excited about his response: “These stories will bitchslap your sensibilities and molest your pets. Each macabre absurdity is better than the last. I laughed, I winced, I bled spontaneously from every orifice. With Spider Pie, Alyssa Sturgill firmly…

So the verdict on Bare Bone #6 is in. Horror-web has spoken. #6 is the best issue yet! And, as usual, Bloody Mary had a few colorful things to say about RDSP too, “Those bastards at Raw Dog pull more tricks than a coked out hooker in Vegas.” To read the whole review go here:…

3 RDSP titles are now available for pre-order from Shocklines.com and ProjectPulp.com: Spider Pie pre-order at Shocklines pre-order at ProjectPulp Tempting Disaster pre-order at Shocklines pre-order at ProjectPulp Westermead pre-order at Shocklines pre-order at ProjectPulp Check out the discounts at ProjectPulp! Westermead is already on the advance orders bestsellers list at Shocklines. Remember you don’t…

Thanks to wretlind there is now a super-snazzy logo to announce the PLAY DEAD poker tournament on the front page of the website. The coolest thing about having a Raw Dog Street Pack is when you don’t have time to do things like that you can just ask someone else to do it. I love…

So the coolest thing about WHC is we’re going to sponsor a Poker tournament to celebratePlay Dead!!! You can watch Tom Monteleone, F. Paul Wilson, Jack Ketchum, Mike Arnzen and 16 more authors cry like babies when they don’t make their flush draw on the river. This is going to be so much fun and…

WHC is shaping up to be pretty cool this year. It will definitely be cool to hang out with Michael, Jen and Oliver from Cthulhu Sex again. But we’ll also get to meet wretlind and he’s promised to give us a one-of-a-kind, home-brewed, leather bound chapbook of his work that’s been trimmed with a hacksaw….

Ack! It’s almost been a week since my last update. Bet you thought I was slacking but, no, I’ve been hard at work. Got the lettering done for Spider Pie so that’s another cover wrapped up. I’ve now got pages for both Spider Pie and Westermead up on the site plus I’ve linked them in…

Another cover is completed. John’s the mastermind behind this one. The Two Backed Books site has been update with the cover and a new table of contents. There’s also been updates to the info about the Horror Between the Sheets antho too so check it out. I’ve been working on ads lately, we’ll have a…

There’s nothing more satisfying than coming up with a cover the author is truly happy with. It took awhile to find the right image but I think I finally got something great for Westermead. Both Scott and his brother Jeff feel it conveys the magic and mystery of Westermead so I’m very excited. I hope…

dreampeople I did some minor updates to the site. I know, it’s terrible that I haven’t done more, the site needs a major overhaul but that’s not likely to happen any time soon. The biggest thing is we now have a publication schedule for 2005. Here it is: SPRING     Tempting Disaster (on the…

by cakeearthhead See what I mean? I love this collage! I would put up scans of the buttons but I don’t think they would scan that well.

The buttons arrived the day before yesterday and they are really cool! The RDSP pins kick much butt and the Everybody Scream! ones turned out well too. If you ever need buttons or collage work definitely contact cakeearthhead. The card he made to advertise Never Lost Buttons is too cool. I love the slogan too;…

I’m about a quarter of the way through the layout for Westermead now. It’s a fascinating collection with an old time mysteriousness about it and a certain richness you don’t find in most writing today. Scott Thomas really has brought the realm of Westermead to life. He recently sent us a link to an interview…

Got some cool reviews from darren_speegle yesterday. One will run in Flesh and Blood #16 which will also feature a story of Darren’s. Here’s a little tidbit from a detailed and glowing review: “…a feast for the horror fan who prefers his fiction rich with imagery, symbolism, and beautiful prose…His tales brim with complex characters…

The rumors that John and I were taken to te funny farm are totally false! It’s true that some things lately have been pretty stressful for us but nothing could ever be as bad as high school and we made it through that without (too many) casualties. Can you believe it’s 2005? Actually doing the…