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Anis Shavani has chosen Welcome to Oakland as one of his Top Ten Books of the Year over at The Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anis-shivani/huffington-post-bloggers_b_372238.html

Charles Tan has done an excellent interview with Adam Golaski about his award winning collection Worse Than Myself and many other topics:
http://charles-tan.blogspot.com/2009/11/interview-adam-golaski.html

I should have posted this a long time ago!!!

Paul Toth will be appearing on the Red River Writers Live Blog tonight at 8pm (I think it's EST):
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/RedRiverWritersLive

Video of Dustin LaValley from the Rock & Shock panel:

Check out this awesome trailer for Party Girl:

Dustin LaValley will be on a literary panel this Saturday at 1:30 with Jack Ketchem at Rock n Shock in Worcester MA.

If you're there, be sure to heckle him!

Here's the full schedule of events.

Set up for Cursed is almost complete and the reviews keep coming in:



"Shipp has truly come into his own voice in this most idiosyncratic of books. Despite his experimental style and unorthodox structures, Shipp still tears at the reader's heartstrings as Nicky and his friends spiral deeper into the insane haze of the Curse."—The Podagogue

Read the full review here

You can now buy a postcard set with images from Better Haunted Homes and Gardens!

Here's the page to order: http://cherrysclosetmerchandise.bigcartel.com/product/cherrys-closet-postcard-set

Definitely check out the rest of the things in Cherry's Closet too.

The publishing schedule for next year is slowly coming together. One book I know we'll be releasing is a new collection by Harold Jaffe titled Anti-Twitter: 150 50-Word Stories



The cover was done by Norman Conquest. Here's a very brief description:

Anti-Twitter: 150 50-Word Stories employs extreme brevity to demonstrate that brief need not = dumbed down.

These rigorous 50-word stories describe a wide arc featuring high & pop culture, the personal & public, the sordid & exalted.

Congrats to three of our authors who have been recognized in The Best Horror of the Year vol. 1!



Adam Golaski's piece "The Man From the Peak" was chosen for inclusion. He also receive honorable mentions for:
“A String of Lights”
“The Animator’s House”
“The Dead Gather on the Bridge to Seattle”

All the stories can be found in his RDSP collection Worse Than Myself.

Jeremy Shipp also received an honorable mention for "Dog" which is part of the collection Sheep and Wolves.

And Darren Speegle was recognized for “The Lunatic Miss Teak” which is part of A Rhapsody for the Eternal.

Delaware Today magazine recently featured illustrator Kristen Margiotta and our children's Better Haunted Homes & Gardens:
"Margiotta’s spooky yet charming style brings author Jennifer Barnes’ characters to life."

Read the whole article


Photograph by Luigi Ciuffetelli

I've just heard that someone has recommended Red King Black Rook for the Stoker ballot in the short fiction category. I would love for this awesome chapbook to get some wider recognition.

Here's what Steampunk Magazine had to say about the book:

"A dark and claustrophobic tale of royalty, family, greed, and war, with the sense of a morality tale from several hundred years ago, the story of Red King Black Rook echoes throughout history, but leaves us free to chose whether to draw parallels with modern or ancient history."
—Steampunk Magazine

When Jeremy Shipp sent me the link to this recent interview he said he was particularly proud of it. I just got a chance to read it and I agree that it's one of his most interesting interviews.

Here's a section I really liked:

"The stories we Bizarros create tend to be absurd and surreal and strange, and our differences in style and content connect us just as much as our similarities. One of our commonalities is the tendency for Bizarro fiction to be equally entertaining and thought-provoking. That’s what I strive for, as far as my own fiction is concerned. I want to touch hearts and minds, but I don’t want to preach or pull teeth. I want my readers to enjoy themselves in the beautiful, horrible worlds I create for them."

A Halloween Treat!

Order any book from our web site and you'll receive a FREE, signed copy of Everybody Scream! by Jeffrey Thomas.

Simply place your order as usual and you will receive an email confirming your order and free book.

There's a great interview with D. Harlan WIlson about Technologized Desire in Saucytooth's Webthology. Really, you can't go wrong with something that has Saucytooth in the name!

"CURSED is:
1. Scary
2. Wonderfully original
3. At times, hysterical
and
4. Highly recommended if you're thirsting for something truly different."

—Horror Fiction Review

Read the full review

There's an interesting article over at the Small Press Reviews blog discussing how modern writers depict the poor and how the underclass is mostly absent from modern works. The essay talks about both Welcome to Oakland and Unintended Consequences. RDSP authors get points for addressing the issue but get knocks for being too angry.

For my money, there's nothing more enraging than the the ever increasing gap between the richest and the poorest.

Read the full article

ReGen Magazine recently ran some reviews for the books written by Ego Likeness members Donna Lynch & Steven Archer.

Luna Maris

"For anyone who is tired of the same cookie-cutter children's stories and wants a unique and fun tale to share with your young ones, Luna Maris is the book for you. Archer's debut book will entertain, educate, and entice - a winning combination in this field."

Red King Black Rook
"This is not your Aesop fable. This is not a feel-good story. This is Steven Archer in a dark, dark place, and when reading Red King Black Rook, you're there with him."

Isabel Burning

"Isabel Burning is more than just scary. It's morbid and grotesque. It's deeply disturbing and intensely mortifying. And you'll love every minute of it."

—Zak Vaudo

Read all three reviews

HorrorFind, tonight, be there!

We're having readings from 8pm-9:30pm with:
Steven Archer, Dustin LaValley, John Edward Lawson & Ronald Malfi

We'll also be vending in the dealer's room tonight, tomorrow and Sunday. Stop by and say hi!