Got some great news yesterday from Darren Speegle. Ellen Datlow has recommended his story, Illusions of Amber, for the next Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror! The story was originally published in Underworlds but is also included in Dirge. I guess she still has to make her final decision about which stories will be reprinted and which will get honorable mentions but either way it’s great that he’s been recognized. I’m really not surprised at all, with all the great stories of his that have seen publication this year I don’t know how they could keep him out!

We’ve also had an email from Ellen Datlow ourselves saying that since Sick was released so late in 2003 it’s going to be considered for 2004 so there’s still hope that some of those stories might make it in.

Finally received the publishing financial software yesterday and have been testing it out. It’s a bit crude, the interface isn’t great. But so far it seems to do what it promised.

I’ve got the hub and cables necessary to network the two computers but the old machine seems to be missing some piece of software necessary for them to talk to each other. Rats!

Grrrr…

I knew before we ever got involved in this publishing thing that distribution and getting books into the stores was... View Article

Corrupter

Mike Arnzen’s eye-opening article, “What Corrupted Me” is now up on ReallyScary.com. It amazes me that Mike’s non-fiction is just... View Article

So much fun

We had so much fun at the Gallery Neptune reading/exhibit. First of all it was great to see D. Harlan... View Article

Inveterate Lurker

I’ve been trying to be more active on message boards lately partly as a means of spreading the Raw Dog... View Article

Increase Productivity!

I thought getting more work out the the RDSP duo would be like getting blood out of a stone…until I... View Article

Yesterday we received an excellent blurb from Gerard Houarner. Here’s part of what he said: “The Fall of Never is... View Article

A day off

We took a short spontaneous vacation on Tuesday evening and Wednesday. It’s hard to plan getaways because we never know... View Article

Psychological Horror

Ok, there’s a brand new Raw Dog quiz in town, What’s Your Psychological Horror Profile? This one was authored by... View Article

Good vibrations

Things have been going pretty well lately and a really good feeling about the momentum of RDSP has been building... View Article

Apparently Mike Arnzen was mobbed at his signing this past Thursday, which is great to hear. It sounds like his... View Article

New books, events, and retailers

New review in for 15 Serial Killers over at Horror-Web. It’s a thoughtful and honest response that pretty much sums... View Article

Look out for that…tidal wave

WHOOSH! That big crashing sound you just heard was the wave of interest that smashed over us in the past... View Article

Scream, then scream again

So we realized yesterday at the last minute that we need a dust jacket for the hardcover edition of Everybody... View Article

Ahhhh freakout!

I nearly had a major freakout last night when I was looking over the printed pages of what we had... View Article

*sizzle* John (rdsp) has really been burning up the livejournal lately. He’s been adding people left and right and posting... View Article

Phew! Things are busy, busy, busy. We finally have the edited manuscript for Everybody Scream!!!!! Jeff sent it while we... View Article

The whole story

I didn’t know if it would be worth it to go all the way to New York to spend just... View Article

Returning triumphant

Yep, we’re exhausted but the Stokers were a blast. It was especially exciting being there when Mike Arnzen won his... View Article

Road trip!!

Tomorrow we’ll be getting up bright and early to catch a bus to New York City. This is only my... View Article

Take the Raw Dog quiz

I’m always seeing these quizzes on people’s livejournals so I decided to make one of my own. It’s actually pretty... View Article

Last night I announced the Everybody Scream! special edition on the web site. I think it’s quite a striking book... View Article

100 Jolts has received its first recommendation for a 2004 Stoker award. I would love to see Jolts get onto... View Article

Got the car back Wednesday and have been trying to catch up on all those things you need to have... View Article

Been working overtime on pulling The Dream People together. The pieces are all formatted now I’m just waiting for Vincent... View Article