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Enter a Caption and Win!

UPDATE: CONTEST DEADLINE HAS PASSED... COMMENTS ON THIS ENTRY ARE NOW CLOSED! Time for a new contest! Come up with a witty caption for the image below and you will be eligible to win one of the following "book & comic series" prizes (...there will be two winners chosen!) : An almost-impossible-to-find signed "Advanced Review Copy" of The B*tchfight by Arnzen + the first four issues of Jai Nitz' horror comic series, Heaven's Devils (Image). A signed copy of Arnzen's (now out-of-print and still out-of-its-mind) novella, Licker + the first four issues of Army of Darkness vs. Reanimator (Dynamite Comics).…
June 12, 2008Posted inWeblog Exclusive
Posted inArnzen News

Worlds of Horror

Get out of here and go read my guest blog entry at the Horror Library Blog-o-Rama, called "Worlds of Horror." (If you're on myspace, go here instead, where the conversation is). I issue horror fans a challenge to read more international horror writers and break out of their "literary isolationism" -- and I offer some titles to help you get started on a tour of scary world literature. Here's a very short excerpt: Browse your bookshelves and your video racks. What percentage of these titles are all published and produced in the same country in which you live? How many…
June 10, 2008Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Ghoulish Goals

From the June 2008 Pittsburgh Professional Magazine:   Ghoulish Goals: Seton Hill writing professor keeps collecting awards for his horror fiction by Kathleen Ganster (photos by Jim Judkis).
June 6, 2008Posted inArnzen News
Posted inBlather

Rejected Wack-ee Packages

PRODUCT NAME: Toast Tito's Corn Chips ARTWORK: Corn Chip Bag brimming with crisped brown foot ailments. REASON FOR REJECTION: Too sick, even for us. The pictured dip is...worse. PRODUCT NAME: Axe Devitalizing Shower Gel ARTWORK: "Psycho" shower scene with axe-wielding maniac in silhouette behind a curtain. REASON FOR REJECTION: This is more an idea than a product parody. Besides, Axe is for men, and the sudsy nude in the shower is cleary female. PRODUCT NAME: BloodGeyser ARTWORK: Brown bottle spraying blood from top. REASON FOR REJECTION: Not bad, but pun is too easy. It would help if the bottle wasn't…
June 5, 2008Posted inBlather
Posted inData+Errata

5.02 Contest Winners Announced

"He has his mother's eye(s), and his father's teeth." -- Dean M. Watts "I'm James Newman, and I endorsed this message. Paid for by The Union of Concerned Ophthalmologists." -- Jason Jack Miller Congratulations Dean and Jason! You've both won free copies of the Exquisite Corpse DVD for entering the photo caption contest from the latest issue of The Goreletter! (Other entrants can be found on the Arnzen myspace page). And many thanks again to James Newman (and family) for sharing that bloody wonderful photo (itself a prize-winner last Halloween!) Subscribers to the e-mail edition are eligible for contest prizes…
June 4, 2008Posted inData+Errata