John is a Stoker Nominee!!!

Royce Icon has made a short film inspired by John’s poem “Raw Dog Screaming” which, of course, is also the inspiration for the name of our company. I guess John’s just an inspiring type of guy. Here’s the movie: I also had to laugh reading this critique of the interview d_j_l did with John: “Interview?…

It’s cool to have so many people give us a high-five about the PW review. There’s nothing like general good-will to make a publisher feel all rosy inside. I spent most of today trying to do a paypal shopping cart thingy so people can order RDSP titles directly from us. In the beginning I didn’t…

The third entry in our Small Press Month series is the unusual literary publisher Atticus Books. Give a brief overview of what you publish. Our mission at Atticus Books is to deliver a first-class experience to the reader. Period. We specialize in genre-busting literary fiction—i.e., titles that fall between the cracks of genre fiction and…

Another Chicago area reading and this one’s a doosie! February 13 • 8 PM Eckhard Gerdes reading along with Ralph Berry, Adam Jones, Steve Katz, Lance Olsen, Yuriy Tarnawsky, Lidia Yuknavich Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art 2320 West Chicago Avenue Chicago, IL 60622

Our third novella deal is a very exciting one. We are so pleased to announce that we’ve signed Eden Royce’s novella Hollow Tongue! This is one creepy story that we think readers are going to love. Novella line editor R.J. Joseph says, “The thing that initially struck me about Royce’s story was how effortlessly her…