Rising Tide Week: Three Ravens Publishing
By Odin's beard!
The year is 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Traditional Publishing is cast in ruin. Small publishing houses are reborn! A strange new world rises from the old. A world of savagery, super-science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for pulp! With his companions, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous pen against the forces of evil. He is LawDog the Barbarian!
Hillbilly—also known as William Joseph Roberts—of Three Ravens Publishing was the first publisher to treat me like a peer, shake my hand, and simply say, "If you need something, let me know." No caveats, no conditions, no limits. Just, "How can I help?"
As you can figure, Hillbilly is a genuine salt-of-the-earth guy, and quite honestly, Rita and I count him and Word Witch as dear friends. He is also a veteran—again, recurring theme, right?
Three Ravens Publishing is probably best known for their It Came From The Trailer Park anthologies, and their work in Steve Jackson's Car Wars IP, but they publish some horror, some Mil Sci-Fi, a little Fantasy, a little Science Fiction, and some work from the legendary Robert Silverberg.
A little bit of everything, really.
You'll find Three Ravens Publishing all across social media, but in the vein of: "Don't Let Ian Touch The Tech!*" I keep hearing, we'll restrict the list to the ones I'm familiar with:
Facebook.
YouTube.
And apparently something called a "Discord Server.” Damfino, y'all will have to figure that one out**.
Three Ravens has been having some Life Issues pop up and huck some Big Ol' Pocking Wrenches into things, but I have faith that they'll come out just fine.
Go tell five friends who don't know them about Three Ravens, say, "Hi!" on their social, and go browse their backlist. They've got good stuff.
(Cross-posted on The LawDog Files.)
Ian
*Computer and internet stuff is just magic. If people would let me hit it harder, pretty sure the spirits would straighten up and start acting right.
**People think I'm joking when I refer to the "Magic Elf Box" and "Sacrificing a bucket of KFC" to fix it. I'm not.
Love the love towards all these new publishers you're giving. It shows great solidarity and gives many of us authors who've been struggling to make it hope that yes, there is now a whole group of publishers looking to replace the monolith in NYC.
And make sure to attend their con panels! At least their LibertyCon ones have been top notch hilarity. I hope to finish Space PEW PEW by the weekend and catch up on all the Trailer Parks I've missed.