Teeth of the Wolf Cover Reveal Teeth of the Wolf, the second book in The Path of Ra series by award-winning authors Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray, will be published internationally in e-book and print on October 4, 2018 from Raw Dog Screaming Press! Let’s have a peek at the thrilling cover, which sets the stage for this next dark mystery. The ethereal and industrial cover was designed by the Italian professional illustrator Daniele Serra. Among other accolades, he is a two-time winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Artist. You can pre-order the book directly from us or...
0509/2018June 7, 2025
Steel Time Blog Tour: Second Annual State of the Empires
But wait, you might ask: If book 4 of the Steel Empires series is coming out this week, shouldn’t this be the FOURTH Annual State of the Empires? Well, that’s easy to answer. I didn’t come up with this clever idea until last year, when book 3 came out. While I wish I could retcon this blog series to make it the fourth post (or even the fifth or fifteenth, depending on when you consider the origins of this series), we’re stuck with what we’ve got. That doesn’t mean it hasn’t been a busy year, or that I don’t have...
2308/2018June 7, 2025
COVER REVEAL: Steel Time
Undercover: The Meaning Behind the Image This week J.L. Gribble revealed the cover for STEEL TIME on her blog to much approval. We are always excited to share covers and particularly so when the artwork comes from Brad Sharp. While his covers are eye-catching from a distance, what really sets them apart is the level of detail and meaning he infuses into each one. So I thought it would be fun to break down the various elements he’s included in this cover using a few dramatic slices. For the full reveal you’ll have to visit Gribble’s blog though! In this...
1308/2018June 7, 2025
Launching IN A SUSPECT UNIVERSE
This week we’re launching Albert Wendland’s IN A SUSPECT UNIVERSE, the prequel to THE MAN WHO LOVE ALIEN LANDSCAPES. Both books tempt you to travel to exotic, far-flung places to learn about alien cultures and both feature the intrepid explorer, Mykol Ranglen. On this page we’ll be doing a round up of all the blog posts to do with IN A SUSPECT UNIVERSE and featuring some alien landscapes and interstellar artwork. Wendland has probed many complex subjects to do with both the story itself and the process of creating it. Order IN A SUSPECT UNIVERSE from Amazon or from us...
0908/2018June 7, 2025
BOOK DEAL: Children’s Book from Deane & Margiotta
Katrina & Pounce Coming Soon Raw Dog Screaming Press is excited to announce the deal to publish a children’s book, Katrina and Pounce, written by Gothic musician Andy Deane and illustrated by painter Kristen Margiotta. For fans of Deane’s music the book promises both a bit of Gothic melancholy and playful surprise. Anyone who enjoys Margiotta’s Tim Burtonesque paintings will thrill to see the way she brings the characters of Katrina and Pounce to life on the page with whimsy and energy. “We’ve worked with both Andy and Kristen in the past so when Andy came to us and proposed...
0907/2018June 7, 2025
COVER REVEAL: In a Suspect Universe
New Noir Planetary-Romance, Space Adventure, In a Suspect Universe for August Release Raw Dog Screaming Press is very happy to reveal the cover of In a Suspect Universe, a novel by Albert Wendland Ph. D., author and co-creator of the Seton Hill University MFA Writing Popular Fiction program, to be released on August 15, 2018 under the Dog Star Books imprint. Pre-order from RDSP (shipping now) or Amazon (shipping soon). About the Artist The cover was created by UK artist Bradley Sharp who makes a living by designing magazine spreads, but freelances with vector illustrations, allowing him to create...
2405/2018June 7, 2025
Balticon Schedule
Author and editor John Edward Lawson from Raw Dog Screaming Press and Dog Star Books authors J.L. Gribble and K. Ceres Wright will be attending Balticon 2018 at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. The convention runs 24 hours a day May 25 to May 28 but our authors will be participating every day except Thursday. If you plan to attend there are plenty of chances to meet them. Here are their combined schedules: Friday 4pm The Blurring of Genre Borders (panel) J.L. Gribble Freelancing in the Publishing Industry (panel) John Edward Lawson 5pm Introduction to SFF Poetry (panel) John Edward Lawson 6pm There’s...
1604/2018June 7, 2025
Nightly Owl, Fatal Raven Cover Reveal
Raw Dog Screaming Press is proud to publish the fantasy novel Nightly Owl, Fatal Raven this June. We are excited to show readers the cover and announce its availability for pre-order! Nightly Owl, Fatal Raven, by Jessica McHugh combines speculative world-building and a deep appreciation of the works of Shakespeare. This is a Fantasy novel with a fully-realized world of brutal struggles, but it is also crafted with lyricism. While the female protagonist who fights to change a heartless and cruel world will be familiar to readers of Dystopian fiction, the brutality and bitter battles echo the Grimdark movement in...
2402/2018June 7, 2025
StokerCon 2018 Schedule
RDSP Author and Editor Appearances at StokerCon Vending in the Dealers Room: Raw Dog Scream Press, Ego Likeness and Artist Steven Archer: Thursday, March 1: 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, March 2: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, March 3: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 4: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. THURSDAY 4:00 Independent Publishing: Outlook for the Future: John Edward Lawson 6:00 Dan Rabarts, Lee Murray reading FRIDAY 12:00 Knock Out Fight Scenes: Lee Murray 12:00 Shirley Jackson: Master of Horror – Jennifer Barnes 1:00 Don’t Be A Social Media Train Wreck – Moderator:...
1402/2018June 7, 2025
All Saints
All Saints Launch, or: Getting to Know Jason Jack “Please have a sweet Valentine’s Day, and show Jason’s book some love by sharing All Saints online, or ordering a copy for someone you care about.” When I attended the Western Maryland Small Press Festival in autumn 2011 I had no idea how significantly that one event would alter the course of my career, and even my life. Jennifer and I took turns manning the table throughout the day, and it was during one of my stints away on a panel that I met Heidi Ruby Miller. She was a protégé...
1807/2017June 7, 2025
Steel Blood Blog Tour: First Annual State of the Empires
As part of the blog tour for Steel Empires Book 3: Steel Blood, author J.L. Gribble has dropped by to give RDSP readers a backstage pass to what it takes to write a series on a regular schedule, along with a few clues to what’s coming up next. You can find information about the next blog tour stops on her blog. In the past few months, since the official announcement of Steel Blood, people keep congratulating me on finishing my book trilogy. While many fantasy series do typically come in the three-story arc, I’ve got good news for you, kids....
1805/2017June 7, 2025
Tackling YA and Mysteries: Snowed Nominated for the Anthony Award
Raw Dog Screaming Press congratulates Maria Alexander on her nomination of Snowed for the 2017 Anthony Award in the category of Best Children’s/YA Novel! News of Snowed nominated for the Anthony Award comes on the heels of Snowed winning the 2016 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel. Either YA readers are growing interested in dark fiction, or authors and publishers in these genres are embracing the YA readership. When asked about the overlapping audiences of young adult fiction, mystery, and horror Alexander has a lot of insights. “In recent years, the YA horror market hasn’t been...
1005/2017June 7, 2025
John Edward Lawson at the Uniontown Library Author Series
Uniontown Library Author Series Poetry Event Author and editor John Edward Lawson will be giving a poetry presentation and reading, followed by a book signing, this Saturday May 13th from 4 to 6 p.m. In addition to addressing issues pertinent to both authors and readers, Lawson will be promoting his latest collection, SuiPsalms, as well as his forthcoming seventh volume of poetry Bibliophobia. This is a ticketed event that is free and open to the public. Tickets are available at the library’s main desk. For more details please visit the official Uniontown Public Library Author Series information page. Past author...
0805/2017June 7, 2025
Hounds of the Underworld Cover Reveal
Title: Hounds of the Underworld (Path of Ra Book 1) Authors: Dan Rabarts & Lee Murray Artist: Daniele Serra Release Date: July 26th About the Book On the verge of losing her laboratory, her savings, and all respect for herself, Pandora (Penny) Yee lands her first contract as scientific consult to the police department. And with seventeen murder cases on the go, the surly inspector is happy to leave her to it. Only she’s going to need to get around, and that means her slightly unhinged adopted brother, Matiu, will be doing the driving. But something about the case spooks...
0705/2017June 7, 2025
Steel Blood Pre-Order
Poll Results Thanks to everyone who voted in our poll to choose the Steel Blood cover. It was a very narrow margin but the “no teeth” version prevailed! You can see the two versions here. Pre-Order Now The release date is set for July 19th. Now that we’ve got the cover nailed down we can proceed with the pre-order! You can pre-order the paperback from Amazon or directly from us. There will also be an ebook edition but the pre-order for that is not available yet. Save Save Save
0405/2017June 7, 2025
Taking Risks and Reaping Awards
Returning from StokerCon 2017 This is the third year in a row that we’ve had books on the final ballot for the Bram Stoker awards and the third year that at least one of our authors has brought home a haunted house. By now people are expecting it of us and we already feel the weight of that expectation. I know there is a year coming when we will have nothing on the ballot, possibly many years, and I’m not looking forward to that. So we very much appreciate every word of congratulations extended and we plan to celebrate as...
1204/2017June 7, 2025
Steel Blood Cover Reveal
Decide the Steel Blood cover tiebreaker! We are proud to present the cover of Steel Blood, third in the Steel Empires series by J.L. Gribble. However, we do not have the final cover. That will be up to the public! Series cover artist Bradley Sharp has created another gorgeous cover and he asked us to decide between two slightly different versions but we couldn’t! So we are recruiting your assistance. The question is: teeth or no teeth? The first version has no fangs. In the second version they show faintly behind the word “Blood” in the title. Please make your...
0703/2017June 7, 2025
Snowed and Brothel on the Bram Stoker Ballot
We recently heard the good news that two RDSP titles have again made the final ballot for the Bram Stoker award. Snowed, by Maria Alexander, is in the category of Superior Achievement in a YA Novel and Brothel, by Stephanie Wytovich, in the category of Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection. Voting members of the Horror Writers Association are eligible to receive free copies for consideration. Qualifying HWA members can contact books@rawdogscreaming.com to request electronic copies of both Snowed and Brothel. [bctt tweet=”Voting members of the Horror Writers Association are eligible to receive free copies for consideration.” username=”RDSPress”] Snowed Charity...
0203/2017June 7, 2025
Diverse Authors Discuss Get Out
Get Out With DWASF This Sunday March 5th please join Dog Star Books author K. Ceres Wright, RDSP author and editor John Edward Lawson, and others from Diverse Writers and Artists of Speculative Fiction for a discussion of Jordan Peele’s smash success Get Out. From the role of minorities in horror, to the controversy surrounding the film, to sociopolitical analysis…we want to hear your thoughts! John briefly discussed his initial thoughts regarding the film as a guest of Speculative Chic at http://speculativechic.com/2017/02/28/sound-off-get-out/. He, Ceres, and the rest of the DWASF crew are looking forward to a lively discussion with callers...
2402/2017June 7, 2025
Who Needs Women in Horror Month?
Guest Blog by James Chambers Admission time: When I first heard about Women in Horror Month, I questioned the need for it. A visit to my bookshelves turned up ample evidence not only of landmark horror fiction written by women but also their consistent, ongoing contributions to the genre. I found Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Charlotte Gilman Perkins’ “The Yellow Wallpaper”; Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” The Haunting of Hill House, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle; Joyce Carol Oates’ Expensive People and The Accursed; Chelsea Quinn Yarbro’s Hotel Transylvania; Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire and The Vampire...
1602/2017June 7, 2025
The Dark Feminine and Allyship of Male Gatekeepers
By K.W. Taylor I’ve been writing speculative fiction all my life. In the decade and a half that I’ve gotten pieces accepted for publication, I’ve worked primarily in four genres: science fiction, fantasy, literary fiction, and horror. The last may be surprising for folks who primarily know my full-length novels—The Curiosity Killers (2016, Dog Star Books), a steampunk/time travel/science fiction adventure tale; and The Red Eye (2014, Alliteration Ink), an urban fantasy comedic mystery. But my first short story sale was actually horror, and it provides some of the roots of the macabre that later show up in The Curiosity...
0202/2017June 7, 2025
Women in Horror Starter Kit
For everyone who wants a quick introduction to the work being done by women in contemporary horror we have created a Women in Horror Starter Kit. This special bundle deal will be available all throughout February, which is Women in Horror Month, as we continue updating our site with features about our own authors, and those operating elsewhere in the publishing industry. The RDSP Women in Horror Starter Kit City Ash and Desert Bones by Laurel Myler 300 years in the future the world is run by the Theocracy and the Apostles are their representatives. The tiny, dusty and ironically...
2601/2017June 7, 2025
‘TIL DEATH poetry collection launch
‘Til Death poetry collection now available In December of 2015 Jim and Janice attended our first writing retreat at Bourbon Ridge. We discussed many things included a potential poetry collection. Today we’re celebrating the release of that book as our first poetry collection of the year, ’Til Death: Marriage Poems. This collection is a true collaboration. A quick glance at these poems will show this is a work many years in the making, just like their marriage. Also like marriage it has moments of transcendent beauty and times of overwhelming despair, there is brutal honesty here and many layers to...
2001/2017June 7, 2025
3 RDSP Titles Make the 2016 Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards
RDSP Titles on the 2016 Preliminary Ballot for the Bram Stoker Award The HWA has announced the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Award (full list below) and we are excited to see 3 of our releases from 2016 are included. This is not the final ballot so these books aren’t official nominees. However, we’re honored that they are being considered to be included in the final ballot. Congratulations to Maria Alexander, Matt Betts and Stephanie Wytovich! Snowed by Maria Alexander (Superior Achievement in a YA Novel) Underwater Fistfight by Matt Betts (Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection) Brothel by...
1201/2017June 7, 2025
Book Deal: Jessica McHugh
While Jessica McHugh has long been a known associate of RDSP it was awhile before we found the right project to work on together. Nightly Owl, Fatal Raven fits the bill perfectly since it combines speculative world-building and a deep appreciation of the works of Shakespeare. This is a Fantasy novel with a fully-realized world of brutal struggles but it is also crafted with lyricism. We are excited to have it as part of our publishing schedule for 2017. This photo of the author was taken as part of a photo shoot by Aalterra Studios and while it does not...