LET ME TELL YOU A STORY Launch Day 

Last Chance Discount

Our preorder discount has been extended to include launch day! Today is the LAST DAY to get a $5 discount on the hardcover and $2 discount on the paperback of LET ME TELL YOU A STORY.

This latest guidebook takes a different approach, foregrounding Waggoner’s prolific, decades-long career as a professional author. Partly autobiographical, partly tutorial and diagnostic, each chapter features one of Waggoner’s stories followed by reflection on the historical context of publication, insightful commentary, and exercises for writers who are just learning their craft as well as those who have already made a name for themselves.

"Scarily good advice from a master of horror practice.” —Lee Murray, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, co-author of the Path of Ra series

  Tim on the Family Fright Night podcast  

Listen to Tim talk about Let Me Tell You a Story, his career, writing tie-ins and his advice to new authors with Chase Will.

 PREORDER 12 Hours by L. Marie Wood 

Tomorrow we be revealing the cover Lynne Hansen created for the next novella in our Selected Papers from the Consortium for the Study of Anomalous Phenomena novella series but newsletter subscribers can get a jump on the preorder NOW.

You'll get $1 off and copies will be signed by the author.

  Novella Deal: HIS UNBURNED HEART 

David Sandner Channels Mary Shelley

We've signed two pieces by David Sandner as part of our novella line. His Unburned Heart, is the story of Mary Shelley’s quest to retrieve her husband’s heart from his publisher. History tells us that Percy Shelley was cremated, though his heart failed to burn, but the rest of the details are lost to time. Sandner has channeled Mary Shelley herself to share the story with us. The second piece in the book is The Journal of Sorrow, named after Mary Shelley’s personal journal, and imagines Percy Shelley’s demise. Read the full announcement.

  Novella Deal: BOTTLING HIS GHOSTS 

First Wave of Novella Line Complete

Bottling His Ghosts is the 7th book we've signed for our novella line which completes the first wave of scheduled releases. It's a Victorian gothic novella that follows 25 year old Henrietta “Netta” Ward after she returns to her family’s country estate, Daunderhead Hall, to mourn her husband’s death. Further grief awaits when she discovers Thorn, her cousin raised as a brother, has also come home in shame, having been stripped of his job as coroner’s officer due to alcoholism. But the dark corridors and quiet farm lanes surrounding the house are far from empty. Apparitions begin to appear, stalking Netta, and Thorn is taken by uncharacteristic bouts of violence. In order to save them both, Netta must uncover how a house never haunted is now held captive by the supernatural. Read the full announcement.

  The Poison Garden is Open 

ON THE SUBJECT OF BLACKBERRIES Released

Stephanie Wytovich says, "My poetry collection is officially released into the world, and with it comes a giant sigh of relief, a fresh breath of air, and my sincere gratitude for everyone who has taken a moment to preorder, or talk about the book, or share a picture or two." Read more about this book's journey on her substack.

  10 Days Left to Submit to Beyond the Bounds 

Deadline: October 15th

Editors Vaughn A. Jackson & Stephanie Pearre have been hard at work reading stories for Beyond the Bounds of Infinity and their labors will soon deliver creepy treats. Submissions will close at midnight on October 15th. They are looking for stories written by people from historically marginalized groups. You can read all the guidelines here.

  An Earnest Blackness wins Britsh Fantasy Award 

Congratulations to Eugen Bacon & Anti-Oedipus Press

An Earnest Blackness, a volume of personal essays written by Eugen Bacon, has received the British Fantasy Award for non-fiction. Published by RDSP imprint Anti-Oedipus Press, this book offers critical perspectives on blackness, Afrofuturism, colonialism, historicity, and (mis)recognition as she explores the untapped possibilities of speculative fiction.

  MEDIA MENTIONS  

Follow us on Blue Sky: @rdspress.bsky.social

Read Stephanie Wytovich's tribute to Carrie

Variations on a Theme post by Tim Waggoner

  UPCOMING EVENTS  

October 15 • 1-3 pm

Matt Betts Signing at Fireside Books

29 North Franklin Street

Chagrin Falls, OH, 44022

October 30 • 4-7 p.m.

Darkreads: A Celebration of Dark Fiction

Bollinger Family Conference Center (K100 in the K Building)

Carroll Community College, 1601 Westminster Road, Westminster MD

John Edward Lawson, Jessica McHugh

November 3-4

Halloween Hangover

Barnes & Noble, Libbie Place, Richmond, VA

RJ Joseph, Daniel Kraus, John Edward Lawson, Cynthia Pelayo, L. Marie Wood

November 18 • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Books by the Banks

Duke Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH

Matt Betts