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+ | THE GORELETTER: | ||
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+ | Michael Arnzen' | ||
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+ | http:// | ||
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+ | +++Vol. 12.1 | July 2017+++ | ||
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+ | **Body Bag Moving** | ||
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+ | ====BLATHER==== | ||
+ | Blather. Wince. Repeat.\\ | ||
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+ | The following is an excerpt from a potential series of new flash fiction I have in progress. | ||
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+ | **HOW CAN I HELP YOU?** | ||
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+ | I enter the superstore, fully prepared to encounter the elderly greeter. | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | I march up to encroach his space and stand at attention, then mimic him like a robot. | ||
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+ | Nervously, the old man stiffens. "How can I help you?" | ||
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+ | "I need a job," I reply. | ||
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+ | His jowls quiver as he smiles. "Oh! The Employment Office is right in the back. Just follow the signs to Customer Service." | ||
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+ | I don't blink." | ||
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+ | He blinks thrice. "Um... I hear there' | ||
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+ | "I need a job." I lean forward on the balls of my feet. | ||
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+ | He leans back. "Sir, I just told you --" | ||
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+ | The next four responses are punctuated by my actions: | ||
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+ | I flick his red-white-and-blue namebadge. " | ||
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+ | I tug his apron lapel down harshly. " | ||
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+ | I flick his left jowl. " | ||
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+ | I flick the right jowl. " | ||
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+ | He starts looking around the entryway for help. He doesn' | ||
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+ | People are streaming past me into the store, and I can't tell if this | ||
+ | makes him more uncomfortable than me. | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | "Greet this," I say, revealing my machete. | ||
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+ | He sticks his hands up like someone who has been robbed before. | ||
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+ | He doesn' | ||
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+ | "Thank you," I reply, and check my watch, mentally clocking in. Then I hack. | ||
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+ | ====ARNZEN NEWS==== | ||
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+ | **YEAR' | ||
+ | Includes the flash series, "55 Ways I'd Prefer Not to Die" | ||
+ | # | ||
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+ | The Year’s Best Hardcore Horror Vol. 2 , recently published by Comet Press, is getting very good reviews, including a fantastic one from Publisher’s Weekly (https:// | ||
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+ | Buy it now (http:// | ||
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+ | # | ||
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+ | **A PRIMER TO STEVE RASNIC TEM** | ||
+ | # | ||
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+ | I'm excited to share the first in a new series edited by Eric J. Guignard , called " | ||
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+ | **NEW INTERVIEW** | ||
+ | "I think part of [why I write horror] is obviously seeing the effect it has on other people. Maybe this is why I teach and try to help other writers. It has the benefit of the instant reaction. Writing is a kind of prompt toward an emotional response, isn’t it?" | ||
+ | # | ||
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+ | **SOCIAL NETWORK UPDATE** | ||
+ | Minor note: my social network hub, michaelarnzen.com, | ||
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+ | ====GORELETS: | ||
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+ | MORE EFFICIENT BODY BAGS \\ | ||
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+ | full body suffocation sacks \\ | ||
+ | skyscraper rooftop hammocks \\ | ||
+ | one big passenger bus air bag \\ | ||
+ | blow-up lifeboats \\ | ||
+ | prison yard sleeping bags \\ | ||
+ | poison center community sick sacks \\ | ||
+ | cliff jump balloon rides \\ | ||
+ | hospital mattress covers \\ | ||
+ | dispensable murder tarps \\ | ||
+ | freeway crossing safety vests \\ | ||
+ | firing squad zipsuits with built in blindfold \\ | ||
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+ | ====MEET MIKE ARNZEN==== | ||
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+ | **Confluence 2017** | ||
+ | **Aug 4th-6th | Pittsburgh Airport Sheraton** \\ | ||
+ | http:// | ||
+ | Panels, readings, literary beers and more are scheduled throughout the weekend at Pittsburgh' | ||
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+ | **Indie Lit Fest 2017** \\ | ||
+ | Oct 13-14, 2017 | Downtown Frostburg, MD\\ | ||
+ | https:// | ||
+ | At the 8th Annual Indie Lit Festival (https:// | ||
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+ | **More... **\\ | ||
+ | http:// | ||
+ | There will likely be a Halloween season reading in PA added to the list. Tentative plans are also brewing for attending AWP (https:// | ||
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+ | ====TWO NEW AUDIO RELEASES==== | ||
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+ | **Vampire Stories: Arnzen Live in Transylvania** \\ | ||
+ | https:// | ||
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+ | This May, I had the amazing experience of attending the 2nd International Vampire Film & Arts Festival in Transylvania (http:// | ||
+ | # | ||
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+ | I was also proudly part of the literary track, and had the opportunity to perform something vampiric -- so I crammed a dozen or so poems and stories into a really fun reading that was recorded for posterity. It includes a few pieces most readers probably haven' | ||
+ | # | ||
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+ | **Attack of The Bleu Man Group: Extended Digital EP** | ||
+ | # | ||
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+ | Awhile back, I did a mini-giveaway of CDs that included a musical performance of " | ||
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+ | When you're visiting my bandcamp page, check out my other recordings -- there' | ||
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+ | **DISCOUNT CODE FOR SUBSCRIBERS: | ||
+ | 15% OFF anything at arnzen.bandcamp.com : | ||
+ | enter " | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====INSTIGATION: | ||
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+ | **BODY MOVING** | ||
+ | # | ||
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+ | This time around, I give you random phrases related to bodies. Steal them for a title, freewrite a response, play with the words in a poem, use them as a product slogan...do whatever you like in words! Consider whether you can shoehorn the title concept -- "body moving" | ||
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+ | + Fear of Hair\\ | ||
+ | + Clip-free Fingernails\\ | ||
+ | + Ghost Skin\\ | ||
+ | + Liposuction Cups\\ | ||
+ | + Feet with Eyes\\ | ||
+ | + Six Arms, One Leg\\ | ||
+ | + Go Go Nads\\ | ||
+ | + Decapitated Necking\\ | ||
+ | + Explosive Kneecaps\\ | ||
+ | + Tattoos That Bite\\ | ||
+ | + Flesh Pockets\\ | ||
+ | + Tumors with Feelings\\ | ||
+ | + Lung Perfume\\ | ||
+ | + Heart Head\\ | ||
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+ | If prompts are your bag, don't forget that my book, Instigation: | ||
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+ | # | ||
+ | # | ||
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+ | ====ONLINE ROUNDUP==== | ||
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+ | I hit my semi-centennial in May, and decided to celebrate all year. This summer was a highlight, as I took a breather from work to just enjoy some overseas travel to Transylvania and Germany, and to generally get closer to friends and family. Feel free to vicariously share the experience by perusing various photos I've posted to instagram if you like! | ||
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+ | # | ||
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+ | You also might find the recent posts to the blog at gorelets.com of interest. | ||
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+ | # | ||
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+ | The Fridge of the Damned remains open! Get your magnetic tiles from Raw Dog Screaming Press and make your own sick poetry! And please always feel free to share your work with me for inclusion in the online fan gallery of crazy poems on flickr. | ||
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+ | # | ||
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+ | ====PITHY MORBID THOUGHTS==== | ||
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+ | "For what is it to die but to stand naked in the wind and melt into the sun? ... Only when you drink from the river of silence shall you indeed sing... And when the earth shall claim your limbs, then shall you truly dance." | ||
+ | -- Kahlil Gibran, died 1931 \\ | ||
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+ | ====COLOPHON==== | ||
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+ | Read the back issues (http:// | ||
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+ | Copyright 2017, Michael A. Arnzen - All rights reserved | ||
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+ | You are reading a “plain text” version of The Goreletter. The newsletter is now designed with HTML in mind, so I recommend you review your subscription options and choose HTML if your email reader or browser will allow it. | ||
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+ | VIEW THE FANCY HTML VERSION OF THIS NEWSLETTER WITH ARTWORK AND MORE: \\ | ||
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