Lori Perkins's Blog

I guess Amazon decided to do a sale in all HUNGER GAMES-related titles.

This is a gay fiction which one reviewer called "a gladiator orgy."

We have a great book, but it’s not big enough, so we’re extending the deadline to February 23rd, and are hoping to publish March 1st, which is the anniversary of the establishment of the US Constitution.

We have a lot of professionals and people working in politics who have shared their daily resistance, but I’d really like to include teachers, librarians, health care workers, etc. Share your stories of personal boycotts and blackouts and not giving up.

So many of us are apprehensive about what is coming and what we can possibly do to not acquiesce.

I was frozen in my feeling of powerlessness, and then I remembered that there are many small things I do that are everyday means of protest.

As I tried to write an article about the ways in which I disagree, I realized that there must be many of us who do the same.

I posted on social media: Someone should do a BIG BOOK OF EVERYDAY RESISTANCE (hoping that some bigshot journalist with a huge following would say they were working on it) and someone who loves me wrote back- “Don’t you own a publishing company?”

So here we are

Call for Essays
THE BIG BOOK OF EVERYDAY RESISTANCE

2025 and beyond is going to be a trying experience for those of us who did not vote for this president and the direction in which the country is now headed.

I was asking myself, “What can I really do?” and realized there are already things I do every day that are acts of “resistance”:
• boycotting companies
• sharing information on how to live a more inclusive and progressive life
• speaking up and not remaining silent–even when it is safer to be quiet

Most importantly, through my work in publishing I am creating and supporting art that speaks of a different approach or examines the perils of where we are headed.

I realized I am actively participating in resistance every day.

And I am sure you are, too.

THE BIG BOOK OF EVERYDAY RESISTANCE will be a collection of essays (anywhere from 250 to 1,000 words) about what you do to resist, how you resist, and why you resist. I am hoping to publish this as a digital book for FREE on March 1 to ensure that everyone can access this information. Because it will be a free book, I am not offering payment to authors, and do not expect to make money on its publication.

The purpose of this book is to let us all know we are not alone, and that we are part of a large community of common purpose. Hopefully, with this book we will inspire each other and give each other ideas about how to resist those forces that seek to shut down our efforts toward a more progressive, inclusive society. However, I am not interested in, nor do I condone any calls for violence.

Please send your work as a Word doc or a jpeg for black and white editorial cartoons to submissions@riverdaleavebooks.com ASAP, and tell your friends and share this with like-minded peeps. I will need your contribution by February 23rd at the very latest.

Include your email address and phone number. If we use your piece, you will be sent an agreement to give us permission to publish. If you wish to publish anonymously, we can do that, but I must know who you are. Previously published material is allowed, as long as you have the rights.

Also, if you have ideas or suggestions, want to volunteer to edit, proof, or do publicity or marketing, please email me at lori@riverdaleavebooks.com.

We do hope to update the book throughout the year, but the deadline for submission is February 23 rd(but sooner is better!).


Lori Perkins
Publisher, Riverdale Avenue Books

2025 and beyond is going to be a trying experience for those of us who did not vote for this president and the direction in which the country is now headed.

I was asking myself, “What can I really do?” and realized there are already things I do every day that are acts of “resistance”:
• boycotting companies
• sharing information on how to live a more inclusive and progressive life
• speaking up and not remaining silent–even when it is safer to be quiet

Most importantly, through my work in publishing I am creating and supporting art that speaks of a different approach or examines the perils of where we are headed.

I realized I am actively participating in resistance every day.

And I am sure you are, too.

THE BIG BOOK OF EVERYDAY RESISTANCE will be a collection of essays (anywhere from 250 to 1,000 words) about what you do to resist, how you resist, and why you resist. I am hoping to publish this as a digital book for FREE on Jan. 20th, to ensure that everyone can access this information. Because it will be a free book, I am not offering payment to authors, and do not expect to make money on its publication.

The purpose of this book is to let us all know we are not alone, and that we are part of a large community of common purpose. Hopefully, with this book we will inspire each other and give each other ideas about how to resist those forces that seek to shut down our efforts toward a more progressive, inclusive society. However, I am not interested in, nor do I condone any calls for violence.

Please send your work as a Word doc or a jpeg for black and white editorial cartoons to submissions@riverdaleavebooks.com ASAP, and tell your friends and share this with like-minded peeps. I will need your contribution by January 13th at the very latest.

Include your email address and phone number. If we use your piece, you will be sent an agreement to give us permission to publish. If you wish to publish anonymously, we can do that, but I must know who you are. Previously published material is allowed, as long as you have the rights.

Also, if you have ideas or suggestions, want to volunteer to edit, proof, or do publicity or marketing, please email me at lori@riverdaleavebooks.com.

We do hope to update the book throughout the year, but the deadline for submission is January 13 (but sooner is better!).

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“Compulsively, enviably superb. THE ONLY CRIMINAL is a marvel! Lucas brilliantly weaves wit, romance and glorious wisdoms with maestro cool.”
- R.C. Matheson (Savages)

“I tried to sell this book as a New York literary agent for over two decades, but publishers just didn't get it. They said it was a prose version of a graphic novel. But it was ahead of its time,” explained Riverdale Avenue Publisher Lori Perkins. “It has haunted me for years and when I finally had my own publishing company, I was thrilled to be the one to bring it out into the world.”

The premise of this surreal novel is that in an alternate, naïve world, there is only one mythic, larger-than-life criminal, who is the subject of all the world’s daily news, and somehow involved in all its art and entertainment. No one has ever see his face and lived. The story is told through the eyes of Dr. Paul Vaguely, a psychologist who analyzes The Only Criminal’s deeds and counsels his victims. One day, The Only Criminal disappears without explanation and it becomes apparent that this world can’t survive without him.

“THE ONLY CRIMINAL has been incubating in me since early 1977,” author Tim Lucas explained. “I’ve finished it many times but it was never quite complete; even as it went through the final proofreading stages, it continued to evolve right through the final pass. Maybe it took this long for the time to be right for it. It makes sense now in more ways than it would have done 40, 30, 20 or even 10 years ago.”

He continued, “Today I’m holding the finished product in my hands for the first time. Writing it, seeing it come to fruition, has been one of the great adventures of my life. It’s a fable about obsessive-compulsive people who live in fear and isolation, a fantasy that’s very pertinent to the world we live in, the world we’ve inherited. It’s dark, it’s funny, and also a love story, and there are many ways it can be interpreted. I hope it finds its audience and stimulates a lot of discussion, or even debate.”

About the Author
TIM LUCAS is the author of four well-received novels: Throat Sprockets (1994), The Book of Renfield: A Gospel of Dracula (2005, revised 2023), The Secret Life of Love Songs (2021) and The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes (2022). Throat Sprockets, which is included in Jones & Newman’s Horror: Another 100 Best Books and was selected by Rue Morgue as one of 50 essential alternative horror novels, is set to be published in an expanded 30th anniversary edition by Valancourt Books. The revised edition of The Book of Renfield, published by Riverdale Avenue Books, won the 2023 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award for Best Classic Monster Fiction

I was the literary agent for this book and it was rejected more than 50 times. Another famous agent sent it out and it too was rejected. It has haunted me for years. I have waited 25 years to share this book with the world. YOU NEED TO READ IT AND SPREAD THE WORD.

Now up on pre-sale everywhere

Attn librarians, reviewers, bloggers THE ONLY CRIMINAL by Tim Lucas, a classic scifi/fantasy novel, is now on NetGalley for review. Pub date 9/27.

I was the literary agent for this book and it was rejected more than 50 times. Another famous agent sent it out and it too was rejected. It has haunted me for years. I have waited 25 years to share this book with the world. YOU NEED TO READ IT AND SPREAD THE WORD.

Now up on pre-sale everywhere

Attn librarians, reviewers, bloggers THE ONLY CRIMINAL by Tim Lucas, a classic scifi/fantasy novel, is now on NetGalley for review. Pub date 9/27.

As all eyes turn to the Democratic National Convention, Riverdale Avenue Books has released The Binge Watchers' Guide to the West Wing. The 10th book in Riverdale’s innovative Binge Watchers series looks back at the classic television show as it celebrates its 25th anniversary, as well as how the political ethics and situations can be viewed through today’s political prism.

Aaron Sorkin's political drama had an enormous influence on American politics. The show is a time capsule from the political moment after the Berlin Wall fell, but before 9/11. it also influenced political dramas including Shonda Rhimes' Scandal and even sitcoms such as Parks and Recreation.

This volume focuses on the first two seasons, examining how the television show explains political issues, scandals, and vision. The West Wing was a show about political optimism, something that just might be returning to the current political landscape with the nomination of Kamala Harris.

The author, Joshua Stein, Ph.D., said he has been working on this book for nearly a decade. “I wanted to write this book because The West Wing is an opportunity to explore what politics should be, and what it isn’t.” He also shared that he cut his political teeth by watching the show with his own father who worked on Al Gore’s Presidential campaign when Stein was a child and later ran for City Council in Oakland California. Stein added, “The West Wing…was the way my dad taught me about politics and values. The show was optimistic that politics could improve the lives of the most vulnerable in our society, provide for common good, and engage publicly with the moral issues of our time.”

To tie in with the Democratic National Convention and the 25th Anniversary of the show.

Pre-sale up now!