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Looking for a book for the long holiday weekend?

Our third yearly anthology is now available!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DF6J2RLV

With 80 poets and almost 150 pages of poetry, prose poetry, and critique.

Now's the best time to pick up a copy, while the book has first release pricing.

If you haven't seen it yet, our third yearly anthology of poetry from our zine issues is available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DF6J2RLV

With poetry from last year's October / November issue through the new August / September issue.

An advance look at the cover art for our forthcoming 3rd yearly anthology of poetry from our zine issues.

Is that Bigfoot on the cover?

Yes! Yes, it is. 😀

Our previous two anthologies (and a few more books) are available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3QKYKX?binding=paperback

Interested in Shakespeare, especially the Oxford authorship controversy?

There's a free Zoom webinar tomorrow afternoon (Sunday) at 4 PM Eastern / 1 PM Pacific.

Discussion of a lesser-known play, along with excerpts read by professional actors.

https://shakespeareoxfordfellowship.org/king-john-illuminated/

Cover art for LARPing IRL, the third chapbook in our Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association grant project.

The book is an illustrated collection of Dungeons & Dragons-inspired poetry by debut author S. Michael Shrawder, similar to a punk rock version of Stranger Things in tone and style.

Cover art and illustrations by Dave Sims:

tincansims.com

An advance look at the cover art for A Registry of Omens, the newest chapbook in our Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association grant project - a collection of dark fantasy poetry by Kendra Preston Leonard.

Kendra's first book with us, GRAB, is up for an Elgin Award.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CHL3RPNH

If you're looking a few poetry chapbooks to round out your reading list for the Sealey Challenge ... we can help you out with 11 to choose from. 😀

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH3QKYKX?binding=paperback&ref=dbs_dp_awt_sb_pc_tpbk

https://www.thesealeychallenge.com/

Our August / September issue is live!

https://ogre.red/issues/2024-08/2024-08-introduction/

With our trademark mix of poetry and visual art, a new article in our regular critique column, and several music tracks.

A wonderful interview by Ambrielle Butler of Katie Beswick, author of our newest chapbook, Plumstead Pram Pushers:

https://ambriellebutler.wordpress.com/2024/07/30/interview-with-katie-beswick-plumstead-pram-pushers/

Get your copy here:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D69RKGYP

Happy Monday!

A quick note - our August issue is now full.

Which means, of course, we're opening the reading period for the October issue:

https://redogrereview.submittable.com/submit/300236/october-2024-poetry-visual-art

We're excited to officially release our newest chapbook - Plumstead Pram Pushers by Katie Beswick - a coming of age collection set in South East London.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D69RKGYP

Readers describe the book as vivid, visceral, and deeply humane.

Check it out! 😀

We're a week ahead of officially releasing the newest chapbook in this year's series - Plumstead Pram Pushers by Katie Beswick - and the book is already in Amazon's Top 100 for poetry.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D69RKGYP

Early reviews are unanimously positive! 😀

We're gearing up to officially release Plumstead Pram Pushers by Katie Beswick, the newest chapbook in our in-house series.

For a look ahead of time:

https://ogre.red/info/books/2024-chapbook-beswick-katie/

https://katiebeswick.com/

We've had stellar early reviews! 😀

I haven't written much flash, so it's especially exciting to have a piece in this year's UK National Flash Fiction Day!

https://flashfloodjournal.blogspot.com/2024/06/surly-lizards-by-matthew-bullen.html

A little piece about dragon tropes. 😀

And you can't mention Castlevania or that scene without mentioning Le Castle Vania's highly relevant track:

https://soundcloud.com/lecastlevania/le-castle-vania-nobody-gets-out-alive

For reference:

https://youtu.be/dfLfOcgJNg4?feature=shared

Skip to around 3:50 for Dracula.

I'm just thrilled to have my Castlevania anime / Wagner opera mashup as this week's poem by The Friday Poem:

https://thefridaypoem.com/vlad-dracul-is-pissed-off/

It's one of my favorite recent pieces. 😀

Happy Saturday!

Our June issue is live with our trademark mix of poetry and visual art, along with a bit of creative nonfiction flash and a new essay in our regular critique column.

https://ogre.red/issues/2024-06/2024-06-introduction/

I'm delighted to have my contribution to the discourse of the day live in MEMEZINE's new "The Slop" special issue - a little poem about an adventurous bear.

https://www.memezinelit.com/slop-issue-1/interesting-landscapes-matthew-bullen

Matt, ROR EIC

I'm delighted to have a piece in Blackstone / Whitestone's new Found Things zine - a surreal word collage composed from marketing copy taken from a pack of CVS hairbands.

https://blackstoneonawhitestone.wordpress.com/found-things-zine/

Matt, ROR EIC