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5-20-15 • Continuing a Successful Publishing Relationship Raw Dog Screaming Press is pleased to announce that it has signed a deal with Lucy A. Snyder to publish her next fiction collection titled While the Black Stars Burn. This deal comes on the heels of Snyder receiving the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a…

RDSP authors and editors will be attending this year’s World Horror Convention in Atlanta, GA. Here’s our schedule for the weekend: Thursday 8 PM Degrees of Dread: Horror Goes to College Michael Arnzen, Lucy Snyder Friday 9:00 AM Poe-etics: Setting Scene and Atmosphere in Supernatural Fiction Michael Arnzen 11:00 AM We Are Bizarro! John Edward…

Steven Archer’s cover for An Exorcism of Angels Today we’re revealing the cover and launching pre-orders for An Exorcism of Angels, the latest poetry collection by Stephanie Wytovich. Because she feels writing this book saved her life Stephanie has pledged to donate $1 out of every pre-order to SAVE: Suicide Awareness Voices of Education. **Pre-order the…

  We had scheduled this panel discussion in February for Women in Horror Month but it was postponed due to a snowstorm. However any month of the year is a good time for a Q&A with some of the most creative minds in the field, so we hope you’ll come out and join us. From…

Small press month continues with a spotlight on science fiction publisher Apex Publications Overview of Apex Apex Publications encompasses Apex Book Company, which offers a broad selection of books, and Apex Magazine, an online pro-zine published monthly. Apex’s mission is provide quality stories for fans of genre fiction and to support budding authors through reference…

Our second publisher spotlight for Small Press Month is the dynamic Valancourt Books. Give a brief overview of what you publish. At Valancourt, we specialize in the rediscovery of rare, neglected and out-of-print fiction. We have a strong focus on horror and supernatural but also bring back classic works of literary fiction. What inspired you…

Reader’s Choice 1st Round Voting This is the 2nd year for our Reader’s Choice Award and it includes all titles published by RDSP and its imprints in 2014. The first step is a poll anyone can vote in. Help us by choosing up to 3 books that you think should be considered for the award….

The Bram Stoker Nominees Are… We are excited to announce that three of our titles have made it to the final ballot for the Bram Stoker Award: Mr. Wicker by Maria Alexander (Superior Achievement in a First Novel) Soft Apocalypses by Lucy A. Snyder (Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection) Mourning Jewelry by Stephanie Wytovich…

Women in Horror Panel Now on YouTube We had originally planned at Women in Horror panel discussion as a bookstore event at Ukazoo Books in Towson, MD. However, there was a big snowstorm the day of the event so we had to postpone that and decided to try doing a Google On Air Hangout instead….

You are invited! We have decided to make our Women in Horror event available to everyone worldwide instead of just limiting it to the crowd at Ukazoo Books in Towson, Maryland. You can now participate via the Goodle+ On Air Hangout scheduled from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Standard Time today. February is Women…

Three RDSP titles have been included on the preliminary Bram Stoker Award ballot The Horror Writers Association annual Stoker Award preliminary ballot has been announced, and RDSP titles made it into three different categories: Mr. Wicker by Maria Alexander (Superior Achievement in a First Novel Soft Apocalypses by Lucy A. Snyder (Superior Achievement in a…

In Recognition of Women in Horror Month RDSP Presents: February is Women in Horror Month and we figured, what better way to mark the occasion than by having a Q&A with some of the most creative minds in the field. From horror poetry and short stories to novels and illustrations our panelists will make you…

In 2014 we posted 17 videos to our YouTube channel, mostly readings and interviews conducted at various events. Here are the 5 videos from this year with the most views: #5. “Hitler’s Dominatrix” by K. Ceres Wright   #4. Albert Wendland reads from The Man Who Loved Alien Landscapes   #3. J.L. Gribble reads “Real…

2014 was a great year for RDSP! We released a total of 13 books which included: 5 novels (3 were science fiction), 2 poetry books, 1 non-fiction title, 1 story collection and 3 from the “other” category where memoir and satire meet to party. Here’s the list in chronological order: Corpus Chrome, Inc. by S. Craig…

Here are the top 14 happenings for RDSP in 2014 We hosted our 1st writing retreat at Bourbon Ridge and probably had more fun than adults should be allowed to have. Mr. Wicker was the Library Journal debut of the month for October. RDSP acquired Anti-Oedipus Press. DogCon 3 was held in conjunction with Confluence…

December 5-7 • Bourbon Ridge Retreat in Hocking Hills, Ohio Join RDSP editors and authors Friday, December 5th – Sunday, December 7th for a weekend of writing! The primary focus will be on writing but you’ll have the chance to talk with other editors and authors over meals. Accommodations are in a luxurious lodge in…

November 6-9 RDSP is attending this year’s World Fantasy convention. We will have a table in the Dealers Room and are having a room party to celebrate the release of Maria Alexander’s MR. WICKER. Several of our authors will be on hand: Maria Alexander, Forrest Aguirre, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Jack Miller, Jeff VanderMeer &…