My second novel, PLAY DEAD, is back from the printers and now available in hardcover! This is the trade edition; a wild, special limited run (see the pictures!) will be coming soon, but there is presently no paperback or e-book edition in the works. You won’t be disappointed — it’s a great product — a beautiful work of offset printing, with a slick dustjacket, cream cloth cover, red foil stamping and tight binding. Worth the $27 cover price! Most major internet booksellers are now taking orders online:
Shocklines Bookstore (signed) | ProjectPulp.com | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble | Powell’s Books | Buy.com | Books a Million | Bloodletting Books (signed) | Clarkesworld Books (signed)
Or if you want to ask your local retailer to stock it, here are the publishing details:
PLAY DEAD by Michael A. Arnzen. Raw Dog Screaming Press. ISBN 1-933293-04-7, trade hardcover, 280 pages, $27.00, August 2005.
Advanced Acclaim:
“With PLAY DEAD, Arnzen has created a masterpiece of eloquent depravity. It features all of the sins of Vegas, slathering on heaping portions of insane greed, savage sex, irredeemable blasphemy, and skull-crunching violence. You’ll get sucked in on the first page, and won’t put the book down until you reach the breathless finale. Arnzen writes like someone has a shotgun to his head, and Mike might be the one pulling the trigger…”– JA Konrath, author of BLOODY MARY
“PLAY DEAD reads like white lightning. The wonderfully grungy characters and staccato-fast chapters grab you by the face, haul you in, and won’t let go, while the richly metaphoric style begs for savoring on every page. Arnzen wears a wry gaming grin even as he reminds us the universe is little more than a horrorshow comprised of pure plain chance. This terrific (in all senses of the word) novel hits the ground running and just won’t stop.”— Lance Olsen, author of 10:01
“…a fast-paced, brutal, gritty, and unflinching novel.”— Cemetery Dance
“Play Dead is a fun story full of power, life and death, intricacies of relationships, mysticism and survival. Arnzen weaves a gripping tale with just the right blend of intrigue, horror, and morality. Very entertaining.”— Horror-Web
“Las Vegas is as diseased a city as there is, and Mike Arnzen knows this as well as anyone. In Play Dead, he distills its essence down to a uniquely brutal game and brings together as fascinatingly repellent a bunch of losers ever to make a grab for the corroded brass ring. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas? Jesus, let’s hope so.” — Brian Hodge, author of DEATHGRIP