Posted inSnippets of the Strange

Morbid Curiosity Cures The Blues

I love this dangerous and disturbing book, and highly recommend it...especially if you're getting bored with the run of the same old mills: Learn more... Read that book. And if you're still hungry for more, and you can find back issues of the (now defunct) magazine that spawned this book, you might find my memoir of Amityville lurking in Morbid Curiosity #7.
September 21, 2009Posted inSnippets of the Strange
Posted inInstigation

Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers (28)

Funereal Fun + Describe an operation or autopsy that transpires in total darkness. + Reveal a secret during an open casket funeral. + Discover a "pattern" among the gravestones. *** Review the entire "Instigation" department for more prompts. You can share your writing here on The Goreletter by clicking on the 'comment' link.
September 7, 2009Posted inInstigation
Posted inArnzen News

Book Trailer — The Writer’s Workshop of Horror

I am hearing reports that Writer's Workshop of Horror has already gone into it's 2nd printing. This collection of advice from today's top authors of terror -- from Brian Keene to Joe Lansdale to Michael Laimo to many more -- is a virtual college classroom in a book when it comes to the craft of the crypt. I'm recommending it to all my students in our MFA in Writing Popular Fiction program at SHU. But even if you're not a writer, where else, I ask, can you get such "behind the scenes" insight from your favorite authors? Visit the order…
August 25, 2009Posted inArnzen News
Posted inData+Errata

Congrats to the Thriller Award Winners

The International Thriller Writers organization has announced their 2009 "Thriller Award" Winners. Congratulations to: The 2009 THRILLER Awards: Best Thriller Of The Year: THE BODIES LEFT BEHIND by Jeffery Deaver (Simon & Schuster) Best First Novel: CHILD 44 by Tom Rob Smith (Grand Central Publishing) Best Short Story: THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN by Alexandra Sokoloff (in The Darker Mask) ThrillerMaster Award: David Morrell Silver Bullet Award: Brad Meltzer Bravo! As a new member of this organization, I was pleased to read of these selections...all strong, worthy stories and authors.
July 12, 2009Posted inData+Errata