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+ | THE GORELETTER: | ||
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+ | +++ Vol 1 #12, July 5, 2003 +++ | ||
+ | |||
+ | **Some Hypnotic Suggestions** | ||
+ | |||
+ | ---- | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====BLATHER==== | ||
+ | Blather. Wince. Repeat. | ||
+ | |||
+ | You're Not Getting Sleepy | ||
+ | |||
+ | You're not getting sleepy. Why not? | ||
+ | I've tried every trick in the hypnotist' | ||
+ | handbook. From the swinging gold | ||
+ | watch to the spinning spiral top to the | ||
+ | repetitious patterning of my deep, | ||
+ | monotone voice...and nothing works. | ||
+ | |||
+ | How dare you test my mental | ||
+ | dominance? I have degrees in | ||
+ | parapsychology AND television | ||
+ | advertising. I have studied ancient | ||
+ | unbound manuscripts in libraries that | ||
+ | are kept secret from even the real | ||
+ | magicians, like Doug Henning. But I | ||
+ | have gone farther into the mysteries of | ||
+ | the mind than most; there is no | ||
+ | hypnotic method I have not mastered. I | ||
+ | have memorized trade secrets from | ||
+ | how-to books by used car salesmen | ||
+ | and I know all the tricks from every | ||
+ | "How to Get a Person in Bed" book | ||
+ | ever published. Yet you seem | ||
+ | impenetrable to every mind-bending | ||
+ | technique. | ||
+ | |||
+ | You think you're so smart. You believe | ||
+ | that no one can bend your freewill, | ||
+ | except, perhaps, brain surgeons who | ||
+ | know how to trigger reactions by | ||
+ | prodding the scarlet sponge with their | ||
+ | cold instruments. Uncivil brutes! I can | ||
+ | manipulate your nerve endings without | ||
+ | even touching flesh. I can seduce you | ||
+ | with my eyes in a stare that puts Bela | ||
+ | Lugosi to shame. I can lull you into a | ||
+ | waking dream state with my voice in a | ||
+ | way that makes nursing mothers and | ||
+ | day care workers jealous. When I pull | ||
+ | and your aura with my electric fingers, | ||
+ | you will feel me in every way. I can | ||
+ | seduce your optic nerves into seeing | ||
+ | things that aren't there -- indeed, | ||
+ | Hollywood wishes they could market | ||
+ | me. When it comes to the trance state, | ||
+ | I'm more potent than a pill or a history | ||
+ | book. My methods of persuasion | ||
+ | require no technology. My power is | ||
+ | genuine. | ||
+ | |||
+ | So why do you still resist? Why do you | ||
+ | not succumb to my charm? | ||
+ | |||
+ | Don't you understand? | ||
+ | |||
+ | I will not simply put you to sleep. I will | ||
+ | make you dream that which is not | ||
+ | possible within your puny perception of | ||
+ | the world. | ||
+ | |||
+ | But still you resist. | ||
+ | |||
+ | I will not make you cockle-doodle-doo | ||
+ | like a chicken whilst flopping your | ||
+ | elbows. I will serve you a fricassee of | ||
+ | air that you can taste and swallow and | ||
+ | actually feel hot in your gullet. In fact, I | ||
+ | could even get you to cannibalize other | ||
+ | people who I > | ||
+ | a chicken, and relish the taste of their | ||
+ | meat. My powers are that strong. | ||
+ | |||
+ | But still you resist. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Enough. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Look into my eyes. Deeply. See the | ||
+ | vast expanse of the universe -- the | ||
+ | galaxies of sparkling stars, spiraling | ||
+ | into the center of two blacker-than- | ||
+ | black black holes. Feel them pulling | ||
+ | you into their vacuum, gently -- like a | ||
+ | raft of driftwood pulling slowly away | ||
+ | from shore. Feel the genuine release | ||
+ | of your worries as you cascade around | ||
+ | the swirling shower of light. Your mind | ||
+ | is free from the bindings of your heavy | ||
+ | body. Your eyelids are losing their | ||
+ | power as you swirl in the vortex of my | ||
+ | abyss. Freedom waits around every | ||
+ | turn and twist. You are getting sleepy, | ||
+ | sleepy.... | ||
+ | |||
+ | When I snap my fingers, you will | ||
+ | believe that this job interview was the | ||
+ | best you have ever conducted. You will | ||
+ | not only want to hire me, you will give | ||
+ | me the maximum salary and benefits | ||
+ | and turn the other way when I seduce | ||
+ | secretaries and charm accountants | ||
+ | and beat the boss at golf. | ||
+ | |||
+ | One. Two... | ||
+ | |||
+ | Oh, come on! Please? | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====WEIRD SITES OF THE MONTH==== | ||
+ | |||
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+ | |||
+ | ====NOT DEAD YET: PRINT REVIEWS==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Maybe you've read medical thrillers by | ||
+ | the likes of Robin Cook or Tess | ||
+ | Gerritsen. Sure, they' | ||
+ | biters, but they' | ||
+ | mainstream for my taste. The life-and- | ||
+ | death nightmares get blended down | ||
+ | into a something of a dark smoothie for | ||
+ | mass consumption. They' | ||
+ | suspense thrills and medical ethics, but | ||
+ | otherwise low on imagination and | ||
+ | fantasy, often written with a desire to | ||
+ | educate or impress rather than | ||
+ | confront taboos or horrify you in the | ||
+ | gut. After all, most of the writers are | ||
+ | doctors -- people with a clinically | ||
+ | detached, observational viewpoint on | ||
+ | the body -- who have learned to port | ||
+ | their bedside manner into profitable | ||
+ | fiction but refuse to entertain the | ||
+ | fancies of the supernatural or the | ||
+ | madness of unreason. The narratives | ||
+ | are all ultimately about salvation | ||
+ | through science and the re-institution of | ||
+ | comfortable domestic bliss. | ||
+ | |||
+ | But If you're looking for a > | ||
+ | nightmare in the operating room, you | ||
+ | might have to snoop around in the | ||
+ | small press, where genuine horrors | ||
+ | can still be found. To get your feet wet | ||
+ | in the extreme creativity of the horror | ||
+ | genre operating on the margins of | ||
+ | publishing, I recommend a recent book | ||
+ | called "PAIN and Other Petty Plots to | ||
+ | Keep you in Stitches" | ||
+ | and several collaborators. PAIN is part | ||
+ | of a relatively new genre which might | ||
+ | be termed " | ||
+ | stories that stare in hallucinatory | ||
+ | wonder at the agony of the operating | ||
+ | room, the icky-ness of illness, and the | ||
+ | surrealism of surgery. If such a genre | ||
+ | exists, then Clark' | ||
+ | its kind. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Although it's actually an anthology of | ||
+ | stories and art, PAIN is centered | ||
+ | around a novella and most of the work | ||
+ | in the book is collaborative in some | ||
+ | way. The opening novella -- "PAIN and | ||
+ | Other Petty Plots" -- is a collaboration | ||
+ | between Clark and writer Randy Fox | ||
+ | set in the Facility -- an imaginary | ||
+ | hospital where nightmares are probed | ||
+ | via the body in search of emotional | ||
+ | truths, ranging from the absurd to the | ||
+ | profound. The tale is essentially an | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | with many interesting twists and turns | ||
+ | as sick doctors do sick things to not- | ||
+ | so-sick patients. Laced with an IV drip | ||
+ | of humor as black as a body bag, this | ||
+ | novella is a carnival ride through a | ||
+ | surreal series of sick surgeries, | ||
+ | banking off Clark' | ||
+ | full-page pieces of art -- a series of | ||
+ | paintings which inspired the writing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | It's a crazy collection -- disturbing but | ||
+ | also funny. And even though much of | ||
+ | the art is reprinted from various | ||
+ | sources (esp. the rare collection, The | ||
+ | Pain Doctors of Suture Self General, a | ||
+ | progenitor of sorts to this later project), | ||
+ | PAIN is highly original. You just don't | ||
+ | find books like this on the shelf and | ||
+ | Barnes and Noble. While the narrative | ||
+ | vacillates a little unevenly between the | ||
+ | existential angst-ridden mood of | ||
+ | Kafka' | ||
+ | silliness of Peter Jackson' | ||
+ | the sheer imaginative risk that this | ||
+ | novella takes makes for compelling | ||
+ | reading. Reading through the stories | ||
+ | and perusing the art makes every page | ||
+ | of PAIN a page of demented pleasure. | ||
+ | |||
+ | PAIN not only dramatizes hospital | ||
+ | room anxiety like no other book I can | ||
+ | think of, it's also an art book (the sort | ||
+ | you might toss on the coffee table in a | ||
+ | waiting room in Hell). Clark -- a | ||
+ | renowned, multiple award-winning | ||
+ | artist of the outr‚ -- not only designed | ||
+ | this full-sized (8-1/2 x 11") book for his | ||
+ | own press (IFD Publishing) but also | ||
+ | created all of the dark and disturbing | ||
+ | illustrations that are copiously | ||
+ | scattered throughout the book -- about | ||
+ | 30 total, from my count. Even the | ||
+ | borders and frames and dingbats | ||
+ | throughout the book -- mini-drawings of | ||
+ | scissors or scalpels or rib-spreaders -- | ||
+ | are fun to look at. Since the art inspired | ||
+ | the stories, the art has been " | ||
+ | as opposed to stories being | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | brand new book, Imagination Fully | ||
+ | Dilated: Science Fiction to get an idea | ||
+ | of what this means at | ||
+ | http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | The wrap-around cover (featuring the | ||
+ | grim reaper standing above a body on | ||
+ | the table, surrounded by twisted | ||
+ | demonic-looking " | ||
+ | operating theater of the damned) is the | ||
+ | only rich color image; the interiors are | ||
+ | a monochromatic black-and-white that | ||
+ | really delivers -- each of Clark' | ||
+ | paintings is a marvel to behold. From | ||
+ | an extreme close-up rendering of a | ||
+ | virus in action to an apocalyptic image | ||
+ | of the medical " | ||
+ | sky full of bleeding clouds, Clark' | ||
+ | creative range knows no bounds, no | ||
+ | limits. Indeed, PAIN is a testament to | ||
+ | this artist' | ||
+ | images come from a variety of sources | ||
+ | that he's kindly reprinted here. | ||
+ | |||
+ | After Clark & Fox's novella, the second | ||
+ | half of the book consists of three short | ||
+ | stories "To Keep You in Stitches" | ||
+ | Clark collaborating with writers like | ||
+ | Mark Edwards, Jeremy Robert | ||
+ | Johnson and Troy Guinn. These are all | ||
+ | good gross-out stories which go way | ||
+ | over the top in depicting bodily excess, | ||
+ | terrifying transformation, | ||
+ | phantasmagoric torture. There' | ||
+ | wicked glee that these writers take in | ||
+ | diving into Clark' | ||
+ | universe of catheter tubes and body | ||
+ | fluids. But as Dr. F. Paul Wilson (MD) | ||
+ | puts it in his introduction, | ||
+ | fiction -- this is what really happens" | ||
+ | psychologically when you enter into the | ||
+ | terror of any hospital visit. You give | ||
+ | your body over to some alien system | ||
+ | where your life and identity are at risk. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The only disappointment with PAIN -- | ||
+ | aside from the b/w art which makes | ||
+ | you want to see it all in color -- is a | ||
+ | minor one: the book's readily apparent | ||
+ | reliance on reprints. There' | ||
+ | credits to fill the 8-1/2x11 | ||
+ | acknowledgements page. The art | ||
+ | pieces are from everything from | ||
+ | biology textbooks to limited edition | ||
+ | hardbound books -- and two of the | ||
+ | stories are reprinted from hard-to-find | ||
+ | sources. But this is not really a fault; | ||
+ | unless you're a Clarkophile, | ||
+ | this book will be new to you -- and if | ||
+ | you are already a fan of Clark, then | ||
+ | you'll get to see some work you never | ||
+ | knew he created. Besides, Clark | ||
+ | created at least five brand new | ||
+ | paintings just for this book -- what | ||
+ | more can you want? | ||
+ | |||
+ | In addition to the fantastically imagined | ||
+ | novella, the closing memoir by Alan | ||
+ | Clark makes the collection well worth | ||
+ | the price of admission ($16). "The | ||
+ | Unseen and Unknowable" | ||
+ | autobiographical piece as shocking as | ||
+ | anything else in this already very | ||
+ | shocking book -- and perhaps it's the | ||
+ | most memorable entry. Here Clark | ||
+ | talks frankly about a near-death | ||
+ | experience that in some ways | ||
+ | accounts for his aesthetic as a well- | ||
+ | spring of inspiration. It's an honest | ||
+ | report about a very scary hospital | ||
+ | experience involving brain abscesses | ||
+ | and a wrestling match with alcoholism | ||
+ | that you'll not easily forget. Reading | ||
+ | this memoir makes you turn back | ||
+ | through the pages, lending a new level | ||
+ | of appreciation to the artwork, which | ||
+ | seems to purge his demons while | ||
+ | sharing Clark' | ||
+ | about the mysteries beyond everyday | ||
+ | life. | ||
+ | |||
+ | PAIN and Other Petty Plots | ||
+ | to Keep You in Stitches: | ||
+ | http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | Buy Clark' | ||
+ | http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====GORELETS: | ||
+ | |||
+ | Demon of Hendrix | ||
+ | |||
+ | these six strings distort time into a red\\ | ||
+ | chiaroscuro of hallucinatory painsound, | ||
+ | a pink crisp and blue crackle under\\ | ||
+ | the warlock' | ||
+ | gasolined heat muffling voices that\\ | ||
+ | drown in their wooden orchestral pit of\\ | ||
+ | despair; the shriek of soundsputter\\ | ||
+ | as he hammer-pulls an agony of souls\\ | ||
+ | from the beast before lifting lambent\\ | ||
+ | instrument over his head, high enough\\ | ||
+ | to pick at the fiery wires on its neck\\ | ||
+ | with the tines of his own metal teeth\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====ONLINE GIZMO OF THE MONTH==== | ||
+ | |||
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+ | |||
+ | Sure, there are plenty of " | ||
+ | dissection and mutilation kits on the | ||
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+ | |||
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+ | |||
+ | ====ARNZEN NEWS==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | + Several of my poetry books will be | ||
+ | coming into print as the summer winds | ||
+ | down. My publisher promises me that | ||
+ | Freakcidents will be available within | ||
+ | the next ninety days (probably less) | ||
+ | and apologizes for all unforeseen | ||
+ | delays. My new e-book, Sportuary, has | ||
+ | been tentatively slotted for an August | ||
+ | 15th release from Cyber Pulp. And the | ||
+ | long-awaited Gorelets: Unpleasant | ||
+ | Poetry series is destined for a late | ||
+ | October publication from both | ||
+ | Fairwood Press (print) and Double- | ||
+ | Dragon Publishing (e-book with bonus | ||
+ | section!). | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | + Self help for the strange: Two weird | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | available for free online. A sad memoir | ||
+ | of sorts, called "How to put a Cat to | ||
+ | Sleep," | ||
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+ | The Eternal Night. Follow the | ||
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+ | |||
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+ | |||
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+ | |||
+ | + I was humbled by Ed Bryant' | ||
+ | review of my Martha parody, Michael | ||
+ | Arnzen' | ||
+ | Locus. He wrote: " | ||
+ | crackerjack poet of the dark | ||
+ | fantastic...[his poetry] whipsaws the | ||
+ | reader from giggling to guffawing to | ||
+ | cringing, often all on the same page." | ||
+ | Yes -- I like to saw people and make | ||
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+ | |||
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+ | |||
+ | + My fun game show parody, "Who | ||
+ | Wants to be a Killionaire?" | ||
+ | on Horrorfind.com within the next | ||
+ | month. Your final answer indeed. | ||
+ | [Note that I'll also be attending the | ||
+ | Horrorfind Weekend in August (my | ||
+ | reading is on Sunday)]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | < | ||
+ | |||
+ | http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | + The reason this issue is a teensy bit | ||
+ | late is because I just wrapped up a | ||
+ | week of intensive teaching in the MA in | ||
+ | Writing Popular Fiction program at | ||
+ | Seton Hill University. If you're a writer | ||
+ | of any genre and thinking about | ||
+ | working toward an advanced degree, | ||
+ | you might want to look at our web site: | ||
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+ | |||
+ | ====SNIPPETS OF THE STRANGE==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Studies in Decomposition | ||
+ | |||
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+ | |||
+ | "The priest first made a small incision | ||
+ | down on the left side of the abdomen. | ||
+ | The organs were then removed | ||
+ | through this aperture to be washed, | ||
+ | salted, and bandaged in the same way | ||
+ | as the rest of the body. The brain was | ||
+ | removed through the nose. A metal | ||
+ | probe and small chisel were used to | ||
+ | break through to the cranial cavity | ||
+ | through the nostril. A long, thin bronze | ||
+ | hook was used to liquefy the brain so | ||
+ | that it could be poured out through the | ||
+ | nose." | ||
+ | -- ukm.uio.no/ | ||
+ | |||
+ | " | ||
+ | in mausoleums throughout the U.S., | ||
+ | blowing the liquefied body parts out of | ||
+ | the caskets -- explosions so strong that | ||
+ | they sometimes blow the heavy crypt | ||
+ | fronts off the crypts, with the danger of | ||
+ | killing persons who are in front of or | ||
+ | below the crypts. Families need to be | ||
+ | warned not to picnic beneath outdoor | ||
+ | crypts, as families are frequently seen | ||
+ | doing." | ||
+ | -- funerals-ripoffs.org | ||
+ | |||
+ | ====DATA + ERRATA = DRATTA==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | Last issue, I mentioned that horror | ||
+ | writer Tanya Twombly was conducting | ||
+ | a survey of "Top Ten Fears" for her | ||
+ | graduate research. Here are the | ||
+ | overall results of 300 people surveyed: | ||
+ | |||
+ | 1. Death of a family member\\ | ||
+ | 2. Living an insignificant life\\ | ||
+ | 3. Snakes\\ | ||
+ | 4. Death/The Dark (tie)\\ | ||
+ | 5. Spiders\\ | ||
+ | 6. Drowning\\ | ||
+ | 7. Fatal car accident\\ | ||
+ | 8. Slow death/long illness\\ | ||
+ | 9. Being alone\\ | ||
+ | 10. Harm to a family member\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | Given the distance between #1 and | ||
+ | #10, I conclude that we don't mind | ||
+ | harming our family members to the | ||
+ | brink of death so much. | ||
+ | |||
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+ | ====PITHY MORBID THOUGHTS==== | ||
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+ | "Our fear of death is like our fear that | ||
+ | summer will be short, but when we | ||
+ | have had our swing of pleasure, our fill | ||
+ | of fruit, and our swelter of heat, we say | ||
+ | we have had our day." | ||
+ | -- Ralph Waldo Emerson (died 1882) | ||
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