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Kaiju Death Spiral: A Class Poetry eBook

Happy National Poetry Month once again! This year, I'm sharing the work of students in my current undergraduate world literature course in Global Horror, where we're currently wrapping up the term at Seton Hill University. In that class, we studied everything from current folk horror novels to Serbian folk vampires. One week, we practiced Japanese poetic forms, inspired by our study of the Godzilla kaiju films, Junji Ito's classic horror manga, Uzumaki, and Jisei death poems. The results were so good, I compiled them into a fun and morbidly twisted ebook, called Kaiju Death Spiral, featuring a fantastic piece of…

By Michael Arnzen April 17, 2022Arnzen News, Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems

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Keep on Writing in the Dark

If you came to this post looking for Instigation, you've got it. And there's a prompt at the very end. Today one of my favorite publishers, Raw Dog Screaming Press (the team who brought you The Gorelets Omnibus and 100 Jolts and others), announced that they are taking pre-orders for my friend Tim Waggoner's latest writer's how-to guide, Writing in The Dark: The Workbook. I want you to buy it (and when I get to teach horror writing at Seton Hill University -- where, incidentally, Tim has taught beside me -- you can bet I'll be assigning this book). It's…

By Michael Arnzen March 31, 2022Arnzen News, Instigation

Data+Errata

Goreletter 13.2 Contest Winner Announced

In case you missed it, The Goreletter Vol. 13, #2 ("Necro Omicron") was delivered to mailing list subscribers on 1/28/2022. If you didn't get yours, please check your spam folder -- or re-enter your email address in the subscription page, or contact me. You also can always find a text-only version at The Repository archives! This issue featured a contest (as they usually do) -- this one was entered simply by telling friends on social media about the Goreletter -- and the winner this round was writer and editor, Den Shewman, a great guy who I recall fondly from his…

By Michael Arnzen February 15, 2022Data+Errata

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Sportuary FREE all Super Bowl Weekend!

rah rah rahwe're number oneraw raw rawthe end's begun Starting Friday, Feb 11th, 2022 (at Midnight, Pacific time) through Superbowl Sunday the 13th, you can download a copy of my ebook, Sportuary, absolutely free exclusively on amazon.com. Spread the word! Just head to my author page on amazon.com, look for Sportuary (it’s listed in the “Kindle” category), and download your free copy. Enjoy the “pentagramathlon of pain” and please do post a review on Amazon, Goodreads, your Facebook page, or anywhere you like. (Amazon usually ends these promotions at midnight pacific, fyi; better snatch it quick)! You can read Kindle…

By Michael Arnzen February 9, 2022Arnzen News

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Flash Audio Sale at Bandcamp

This Friday (Feb 4th, 2021) is known as "Bandcamp Friday" -- a day that happens every now and again, when the audio/music website, bandcamp, doesn't scrape any profit off the top of sales. This means a lot to the tons of indie musicians and artists they host, so a lot of bands will encourage their fans to buy their music on that day. Well, I'm no Richard Cheese, but all of my old audio releases (save for Freakcidents, which is exclusive to audible.com) are also on bandcamp, so -- as promised in the latest issue of The Goreletter -- I…

By Michael Arnzen February 3, 2022Arnzen News