We had a great time at Horrofind this year. Check out the pics including many 6 foot sub portraits...

You can see an interview with RDSP done by the Mutantville Players in the dealer's room

and also an interview with author Donna Lynch

Donna Lynch's new poetry collection was our best seller at Horrorfind.

This is a limited edition only available through our site and at live events so pick one up now before they sell out.

Now Available

An irreverent and illustrated look at death featuring 26 ways to die, one for each letter of the alphabet. This collaboration between John Edward Lawson, Dustin LaValley and illustrator Darin Malfi absolutely is not suitable for childen!

The book will debut at Zombiefest in Pittsburgh, PA over Halloween weekend.

September 1st
Champaign, IL
12 pm Eckhard Gerdes will be on WEFT 90.1 FM

8 pm reading at Channing Murray,
Unitarian-Universalist Campus Center
at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

September 28-30
Context 20 SF/F/H Convention
Midwest Hotel &
Conference Center
Columbus, OH
Michael Arnzen will be Horror Guest of Honor

September 28-30
Baltimore Book Festival
Mount Vernon Place
600 Block North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
RDSP Dealer's Table
John Edward Lawson
Ronald Damien Malfi

October 13, 9 am - 4 pm
MonsterFest
Chesapeake Public Library
298 Cedar Rd.
Chesapeake, VA 23322
Matthew Warner

October 27-28, 2007
Zombiefest
Monroeville Mall, PA
Michael Arnzen reading, John Edward Lawson, Dustin LaValley & Darin Malfi signing at the RDSP table

Your new chapbook includes a CD with spoken word tracks and songs from your band, Ego Likeness. How do music and writing fit together for you?

Music and writing are so intertwined for me that I am guilty of plagiarizing myself. Occasionally even on purpose. I actually used one of the poems in the chapbook for lyrics in an upcoming song. I really couldn't help it. I was singing it as I wrote it, then couldn't get it out of my head.

Your work often embraces the flaws in people. Is this a conscious choice?

When you live with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, you spend much of your life learning how to cope when things don't go the way you imagine they should. Otherwise, every turn of event, big or small, becomes an obstacle and you accomplish nothing. I think by finding and endearing myself to these severely flawed characters, often in out of control situations, I am able to recognize and use to my advantage my own flaws, instead of letting them consume me.

It's interesting to see the classical theme of the muse addressed from a feminine perspective. How did you come up with the theme?

Many artists have talked about the idea that the things you create don't really come from within yourself, but are already embedded in the ether, and it is the artist's job to pull them out for people to see. I like that idea quite a bit. For me, the mythology of the muse ties right in to that. Not so much that they give you the ideas, but help you see them, or make you want to see them. My muses remind me that there is inspiration to be found in everything. It might be a little dramatic, but it helps me along.

As a child what kind of stories were your favorites? Do you think your childhood experience of stories and storytelling had an impact on your writing today?

I like subtlety, I like atmosphere, and I don't care as much about scaring or shocking people as I hope to make them uncomfortable. I think that came from my having unlimited access to a more adult library growing up. Horror movies were off limits, but I was allowed to read anything I wanted. So at a very young age I introduced myself to The Brothers Grimm, Tolkien, Vonnegut, a wide assortment of abnormal psychology books, and books on anatomy. I didn't understand much of what I was reading then, but I knew they made me feel uncomfortable in a thrilling sort of way. And of course, I always had Dr. Seuss and Richard Scarry to run back to when things got too threatening. Although I do think Richard Scarry may have had something to do with my OCD, what with all the labeling and categorizing.