A Charity Anthology from Raw Dog Screaming Press, with Proceeds to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

From Raw Dog Screaming Press and Editor Heidi Ruby Miller

Like Sunshine After Rain:

A Charity Anthology to Benefit the
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

I’ve just pre-ordered a copy of this anthology to support this charity, the publisher, and its contributors. Check out the information below from Raw Dog Screaming Press and consider supporting as well:

“Raw Dog Screaming Press and international award-winning editor Heidi Ruby Miller are taking pre-orders for the charity anthology LIKE SUNSHINE AFTER RAIN. Proceeds benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The beautiful cover is by Brad Sharp. Interior illustrations by Sharon A. Ruby.

This limited edition anthology is available in lettered hardcover and numbered paperback editions. It hosts short stories, poems, and essays from 82 authors.”

Including:

  • New York Times bestsellers Jonathan Maberry and Maria V. Snyder
  • USA Today bestseller Annette Dashofy
  • International bestseller Liz Coley
  • Amazon Charts bestsellers Cary Caffrey, Sasha Dawn, and Jennifer Foehner Wells
  • Drue Heinz Literature Prize winner Randall Silvis
  • Bram Stoker Award winners Lee Murray, Christina Sng, Lucy A. Snyder, Sara Tantlinger, and Tim Waggoner
  • International Horror Guild Award winners Michael A. Arnzen and Gary Braunbeck
  • Asimov’s Readers Award winner Timons Esaias
  • Arthur J. Rooney Award winner Jason Jack Miller
  • Pittsburgh City Paper Best Local Writer winner Brian Butko
  • American Library Association Notable Book Award winner Lynn Salsi
  • Eugene V. Debs Foundation Literature Prize winner Eric Leif Davin

FROM THE FOREWORD BY HEIDI RUBY MILLER:

“When someone I loved was diagnosed with stage 4 leukemia in the middle of the pandemic, I spiraled into an existential disquiet. Everything was going wrong everywhere, and I felt helpless. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society was there for my family in so many ways, including guidance and emotional support. I wanted to help them and also give myself purpose. I did what I do best, I wrote…and I asked others for their writing with only two requests:

It must be upbeat.

It must be under 1500 words.

I heard the groans right through my email. That’s a pretty tight word limit. And, even those writers who weren’t part of the horror scene said they didn’t exactly go for upbeat in their projects. But they all agreed to try. And something unforeseen happened. My writing friends were experimenting with forms and genres, writing out of their comfort zones, sharing personal connections to cancer, to fear, to overcoming their sadness, and they thanked me for it.

Their willingness to search for the positive became an unexpected time capsule of perseverance and pushing onward when so many of us struggled to make it through one day at a time.”

To reserve your copy of LIKE SUNSHINE AFTER RAIN, visit  http://rawdogscreaming.com/books/like-sunshine-after-rain/.

LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY MISSION:

“Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.”

https://donate.lls.org/lls/donate

Thank you to SOFT APOCALYPSES giveaway entrants

The winner of the giveaway for the signed copy of SOFT APOCALYPSES was randomly chosen from the pool of entrants and he or she has been notified by email that their book is on its way.

Thank you to all who entered and I hope you each will still find the opportunity to read Lucy Snyder’s fabulous collection. Please do come back to check out reviews and enter other giveaways at Reading 1000 Lives in the future!

Finally, thank you again to Lucy Snyder and the generous folks at Raw Dog Screaming Press who were gracious enough to provide the signed copy for giveaway.

FINAL hours to enter for chance to win free signed copy of SOFT APOCALYPSES

I am very pleased to announce the FIRST Reading 1000 Lives free book giveaway, with many more hopefully to come in the future! 

Up for giveaway:
1 SIGNED copy of Soft Apocalypses, the new collection of stories by Lucy A. Snyder, courtesy of the wonderful folks at Raw Dog Screaming Press.

22246364“Lucy A. Snyder proves once again that she is fearless in mapping every corner of the literary landscape. Not content to be confined to any single region, she guides readers through dark realms of fantasy into the churning industry of steampunk, from the dizzying heights of science fiction down to the most desolate depths of horror.
The strength of the tales that make up this quiet cataclysm—for example “Magdala Amygdala,” winner of the 2013 Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction—do not compete. Instead they overlap to create a vista of ethical armageddons at once thorny and hopeful. Snyder’s irresistible prose and stunning eye for detail bind together a collection that defies expectation but delivers deep satisfaction.”

Paperback, 158 pages, signed by the author.

You can also check out this recent interview with Lucy A. Snyder at My Bookish Ways

WHO CAN ENTER: Anyone with a shipping address in the USA

HOW TO ENTER: Send an email to my hotmail email address (bacterialover[at]…) with “Soft Apocalypses Giveaway Entry” in the subject line. Include your name and mailing address in the body of the message so I know who/where to send the copy. I will not retain the information or use it for any other purpose.

The winner will be chosen randomly and informed by email prior to shipping.

DEADLINE: Monday 1st September 2014 at 5PM Eastern time.

Share this with your contacts and friends and please follow for more reviews, news, and giveaways in the future. And good luck!!

Lucy A. Snyder’s SOFT APOCALYPSES – Free Signed Copy GIVEAWAY!

I am very pleased to announce the FIRST Reading 1000 Lives free book giveaway, with many more hopefully to come in the future! 

Up for giveaway:
1 SIGNED copy of Soft Apocalypses, the new collection of stories by Lucy A. Snyder, courtesy of the wonderful folks at Raw Dog Screaming Press.

22246364“Lucy A. Snyder proves once again that she is fearless in mapping every corner of the literary landscape. Not content to be confined to any single region, she guides readers through dark realms of fantasy into the churning industry of steampunk, from the dizzying heights of science fiction down to the most desolate depths of horror.
The strength of the tales that make up this quiet cataclysm—for example “Magdala Amygdala,” winner of the 2013 Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction—do not compete. Instead they overlap to create a vista of ethical armageddons at once thorny and hopeful. Snyder’s irresistible prose and stunning eye for detail bind together a collection that defies expectation but delivers deep satisfaction.”

Paperback, 158 pages, signed by the author.

You can also check out this recent interview with Lucy A. Snyder at My Bookish Ways

WHO CAN ENTER: Anyone with a shipping address in the USA

HOW TO ENTER: Send an email to my hotmail email address (bacterialover[at]…) with “Soft Apocalypses Giveaway Entry” in the subject line. Include your name and mailing address in the body of the message so I know who/where to send the copy. I will not retain the information or use it for any other purpose.

The winner will be chosen randomly and informed by email prior to shipping.

DEADLINE: Monday 1st September 2014 at 5PM Eastern time.

Share this with your contacts and friends and please follow for more reviews, news, and giveaways in the future. And good luck!!

Soft Apocalypses – Win a give-away or Preorder

Books-softapocalypses1I always like to help out small presses when possible, and so far the folks at Raw Dog Screaming Press haven’t let me down with material I thought I’d enjoy, so this is a book I’ve been eager to preorder. Soft Apocalypses is a new short story collection by Lucy A. Snyder, including her Stoker-award-winning “Magdala Amygdala”, which was also featured as a reprint in April’s issue of Nightmare Magazine (put out by John Joseph Adams). You can find that story here to see whether this is something that might interest you, and you can preorder a copy of Soft Apocalypses and enter for a chance to win a pre-release copy on Goodreads too.