 Retrospective acknowledges that, too often, The Next Best Thing usurps the place of The BEST Thing. For their Retrospective event, Raw Dog Screaming Press has gone through the shelves and pulled out a collection of past releases for your enjoyment.
Featuring authors such as D. Harlan Wilson, Donna Lynch, Michael Arnzen and Jeremy C. Shipp, Retrospective covers a range of styles and genres.
Launched on August 1st, the Retrospective features reviews, bonus features, give-aways, author chats and special offers on books. The event will run through the end of the year.
What's happening in September:
September's book highlights are Dr. Identity by D. Harlan Wilson, Health Agent by Jeffrey Thomas (HorrorTalk review) and Sick: An Anthology of Illness edited by John Edward Lawson. You can check out the first two chapters of Dr. Identity here and read a sample story from Sick here.
Click the banner to order PDF eBook bundle of all three September titles for only $12!
There will be author chats and giveaways on Twitter on September 11th at 7:00p EST with Jeffrey Thomas & John Edward Lawson. And on September 14th at 8:00p EST, D. Harlan Wilson joins the Twitter party.
For those of you College Park, Maryland, D. Harlan Wilson and John Edward Lawson will be doing a reading at Video Plus (9925 Rhode Island Ave, College Park) on Thursday, September 23rd at 7:00p.
  
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Remember, the Retrospective Writing Contest is still going on. Here are the details:
WRITERS: participate in our writing contest with prompts based on these books! The winning stories will be published on the Raw Dog Screaming Press website and the winners will receive a prize pack of goodies.
Rules: 1 piece of fiction per prompt, for a maximum of 3 per person. No piece can be longer than 1000 words, not including title and information. Attached to email as a .doc, sent to publicity@rawdogscreaming.com. Work must be obviously based on the prompt, poetry acceptable. Submission deadline: Oct. 1, results posted no later than Oct. 31.
100 Jolts prompt: Take one of the lines from "Stabbing for Dummies" (from 100 Jolts and/or Audiovile) and use it as the opening sentence of a new story. You can alter the point of view to suit your need. The tale must build to an outrageous conclusion, and fall under 1000 words. If you don't have your copy of 100 Jolts handy, use this line: "Knowledge of the circulatory system can save time."
Prize Pack: publication of the winning story on the RDSP website, a signed horror movie postcard, a signed copy of "Audiovile" and the Bram Stoker Award winning poetry collection, Freakcidents (from Shocklines Press, 2005)
Sheep and Wolves prompt: The story "Those Below" helps the reader to understand and sympathize with the plight of zombies. Write a story (1000 words or less) about another traditional monster, and make sure the reader comes away from the story with a new understanding of these misunderstood beings. (Those Below can be read here.)
Prize Pack: publication of the winning story on the RDSP website, an Attic Clown bookmark, a copy of the DVD short Egg and a signed copy of Cursed.
Worse Than Myself prompt: The story "Weird Furka," includes a series of radio shows featuring the local DJ Frank Shockler. These shows are true ghost stories told by people from the town of Furka. Write an episode of "Weird Furka" in script format.
Prize Pack: publication of the winning story on the RDSP website, a keychain and a copy of Horror Isn't a 4-Letter Word: Essays on Writing & Appreciating the Genre by Matthew Warner.
For more information, check out the Raw Dog Screaming Press site, the Retrospective page (where you can get in on some book deals) or follow Raw Dog Screaming Press on Twitter!
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