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Little Things Mean a Lot: Arnzen in Post-Gazette

Kate Luce Angell's wonderful profile on my work, "Little Things Mean a Lot in Writing Horror" was just published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It includes a good photo from my reading at Zombiefest and some great elements of our interview. Excerpt: "I'm interested in potent nuggets of narrative, and horror has always been a shorter genre," he said. "Look at Edgar Allen Poe's stories and poems." The little things also loom large in the subjects of his work, in which he finds the frightening in minutely observed, everyday details, like a janitor's glove (or IS it a glove?) and a…
November 1, 2007Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Halloween Fever

Halloween Comes Early: [This just in: See the Post-Gazette article on this event.] I'll be attending Zombiefest in Pittsburgh this weekend (10/27-8) to kick off the Halloween-week frenzy early. I'll be presenting a reading on a panel with Greg Lamberson and Scott Johnson on Saturday at 2pm. Other guest writers include Gary Braunbeck, Max Brooks, Kim Paffenroth, Edward A. Holsclaw II, and the guys from Bloodtype Online. Zombiefest culminates in an attempt to break the world record in a zombie walk through the Monroeville Mall (setting for the original Dawn of the Dead) for charity. A Halloween Bargain: I was…
October 26, 2007Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Fear Zone on Audiovile

I really enjoyed reading Greg Lamberson's meaty review of my audiobook, Audiovile, which was published last night at the great new horror site, Fear Zone: "16 tracks of brain damaging terror. Stories like "Psycho Hunter," "Stabbing for Dummies," and "Six Short Films About Chauncey the Serial Killer" will have you alternately cackling and gasping. The brilliance of these tales -- amplified by Arnzen's pitch perfect delivery -- is that within the space of a couple of minutes, each one sets a grin on your face, then slaps it off, then kicks you in the groin and leaves you gasping (but…
October 23, 2007Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Readings this Weekend (Oct 19 & 20, 2007)

I'll be reading at two events in Western Pennsylvania this coming weekend, in celebration of Halloween: On Friday, Oct 19th, at 7:30pm, you can catch me live at the Bottle Works Ethnic Arts Center (411 Third Ave.) in Johnstown, PA. I'll be reading alongside Gerry LaFemina. Free and open to the public. Visit http://www.bottleworks.org/ for details. On Saturday, Oct 20th, from 8-10pm, I'll be chugging coffee and getting weird at the "Get Lit" event (see poster above) at DV8 Espresso Bar and Gallery (208 S. Pennsylvania Ave.) in Greensburg, PA. Free to all coffee lovers and horror fans. Visit http://www.myspace.com/dv8espressobarandgallery…
October 20, 2007Posted inArnzen News