GET TO KNOW US

We’re Devil’s Party Press. We began in 2017 as a way to publish the writing of a small writing group we managed and hosted in our home. We soon realized we wanted to publish more authors, and more genres. To that end…

…we’re also Out of This World Press, where we publish sci-fi and speculative (and even a little fantasy is on the horizon) like the riveting and unusual new book HIBERNACULUM by Anthony Doyle.

We’re also Hawkshaw Press, where we publish hardboiled and cozy mysteries, like the amazing hardboiled novel, LET’S SAY JACK KENNEDY KILLED THE GIRL.. and Stan Charnofsky’s CHARLOTTE SMART series.

We’re huge horror fans, and for this reason we launched Gravelight Press. Having trouble staying awake at night? Gravelight Press can help! Start your horror journey with one of our award-winning HALLOWEEN PARTY anthologies, featured at the horror event, Horrorgasm, and available on Kindle and in Paperback! Watch for our new classic horror series: great old stories with new art and informative introductions!

And now we’ve really gone and done it! Through an amazing cooperation between us and some authors we love, we’re launching a poetry imprint. Old Scratch Press (OSP) is starting from scratch, and going to see what a group of people who love poetry and short form writing can do to bring it to the world. You can follow OSP from scratch, and watch as we develop our sense of self as a place to publish poetry (not an easy thing to do) and appreciate poetry. You can also follow and have a front row seat to the “science experiment” of a shared mission as it unfolds. It’s not the 1960s anymore, can a collective make it work?

I guess they say that most small businesses don’t make it past year one. And then, the ones that hang on, sometimes they hit a tipping point, and they begin to grow.

Over the years since we began, we (Dianne and Dave) have given our blood, sweet, tears, and quite substantial editing and design hours to our authors over and over again. Yes, we always need another week on that project. But we were so excited about it! We cannot wait to see the book in print, and to read it again, and again! And we love giving authors a chance to reach someone with their words. All we all want, all authors, are readers. And as we grow, we’re finding a way to give more opportunities. Some as editors/curators of collections, and some as artist/illustrators. We love late bloomers! We’re (fairly) late bloomers! And if you want to find out about the kind of late bloomers folks like us hang out with, you can see them here. It’s true, they’re my favorite people.

Follow us for great writing, free stuff, interviews with authors, and publishing opportunities too, and we have an account for all submissions through Duotrope. If there’s nothing available currently, check back. We’re dancing as fast as we can.

How’s about you? You look like you could use to put down your phone and pick up a book. Have I got a book for you!

IT’S THE TENTH AGAIN. DI’S ON AUTHORS ELECTRIC

Do you consider yourself a world-builder? Check out my post!

And thank you for reading~

PS: There are so many good authors there. I also really enjoyed this recent post (click the image to view it!):

REALIZING A DREAM

Photo of a Lawrence Ferlinghetti quotation seen on the street that says: Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations.

I am so excited… poetry (chapbooks and short-form writing) is coming, soon, as its own thing, to the Devil’s Party Press family.
Watch this space for more information. And look for clues about it here.

COPYRIGHT LAW (in the USA) EXPLAINED

To visit click the photo or HERE.

What a great little resource this is. Isn’t it wonderful how some sites offer so much for no charge at all?
We buy copyright for all of our single-book authors, and it is important to have, and our pleasure to provide.

As an offshoot of this topic, I am often asked by authors if they can republish with a publisher something they have self-published on the web, or stuck on Wattpad, things like that. The short answer is no, at least not with us. Publishers want new content, not ABC (already been chewed) content. If people have been reading it for free, publishers usually do not then want to try and sell that. So, think about that. Building your readers and your brand, you may decide to give some of yourself away for free, and that’s not a bad thing to do, but keep the stuff you want to try to sell a publisher on private, until you’ve found your publisher. AND, what if you see many other people writing in the same genre and the idea is close to yours and so why is yours better???

Yours should be tasty for a publisher because it is better: it has that spark: talent. How do you get talent? Well, some folks can dance, and some folks can dance. (You do not want to see me dance….) Everyone is not going to have talent, and everyone is not going to get to “publisher-good.” That doesn’t mean your writing won’t be loved by thousands when you self-publish. Readers are not necessarily as choosy as publishers. But, if you have a certain something, a good editor can help you push your own envelope, and fan those sparks into a full-on fire. Something to think about.

Great information from the Copyright Alliance, in any case. Keep writing, and be safe with your writing. Good luck~

POETRY AND THE GRAMMY AWARDS

Want to read all about it? CLICK HERE

Poetry is more and more getting its due. Why is that? Could it be because poetry soothes the soul, and so many souls need soothing? Could it be because poetry is easy to read quickly, on your phone? What other thoughts do you have?

Dianne here, and I earned my MFA in poetry writing, and I am a fan of the stuff. We try, at DPP, to incorporate poetry into our anthologies, and certainly I love putting it in Instant Noodles. And I wish I could do more.

WATCH THIS SPACE.

We’re doing our best to hatch something poetic at DPP. So, stay tuned!

In the meantime, let me recommend a few poems for you:

THE BARBARIANS HAD ACTED REGRETTABLY – COLIN JAMES

SOMETIMES AN EGG – ALICE ROMANO

BLUE PERIOD #3 – R. GERRY FABIAN

SATURDAY – GREG HILL

NOTHING’S BETTER LEFT UNSAID – GABBY GILLIAM

TROUT FISHING – STEPHEN BARILE

CHRISTMAS DAY WALK ~ ALAN BERN

SUMMER ZUPPAI – ROBERT FLEMING

HOLY ILLUSIONS ~ VIRGINIA WATTS

STOLEN PLUMS – BENJAMIN B. WHITE

MOSS SOUP AND MANICOTTI – JOHN JOHNSON

ABOVE SNICKER’S GAP ~ MORGAN GOLLADAY

CHRISTMAS EVE FROM UNDER THE TRAIN TABLE – R. DAVID FULCHER

PARTY CRASHER SASHA ~ JANE FITZGERALD

MY HEART NOW – BUFFY AAKAASH

FREEBIE

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Subscribers got early access to the current (12/25/22) issue of Instant Noodles (that’s right, they got the password to get to read it before the general public!).

And this month, we have a freebie that we hope authors can use to help them meet their goals.

FREEBIE

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HAVE YOU SUBMITTED TO SOLSTICE VOLUME 3?

Submissions are open. Click the image above, or go to the DPP SUBMISSIONS page.

We make a pretty nice-looking book….

HAVE YOU READ “THE STOIC” BY ANTHONY DOYLE?

INSTANT NOODLES DECEMBER 2022 DEVIL'S PARTY PRESS COVER

Anthony Doyle has a novel, Hibernaculum, coming out in the spring of 2023 from Out of This World Press. Anthony is a very strong and talented author and off-beat in just the way I like off-beat. He has a story in the current Instant Noodles, poetry in the current Solstice, and a story in last summer’s Instant Noodles as well.

Hibernaculum is a story about man’s quest to improve life through periodic periods of hibernation, like bears. What could be an easier way to lower your own carbon footprint? Just take a long and very restful nap. You’ll slim down too!

Check out Solstice

or “The Stoic”

or “Shark Fishing”

or “Sam Bakki,”

and get ready for Hibernaculum, all written by Anthony Doyle, an Irish guy living in Brazil.

FREEBIE

Have you signed up for the DPP newsletter?

Subscribers got early access to the current (12/25/22) issue of Instant Noodles (that’s right, they got the password to get to read it before the general public!).

And this month, we have a freebie that we hope authors can use to help them meet their goals.

FREEBIE

So, sign-up today!