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
Posted inData+Errata

Goreletter 5.01 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 5, #1, with the title "Cold Cuts" was mailed to subscribers on 20/Oct/2007 @ 12:39 pm est. It contains extra material not available here on the weblog version, including a subscriber-only Halloween Costume contest where you can win $75 in free books! If you subscribe and did not receive this issue, e-mail me for a replacement or review the archives at gorelets.com. Subscribe today...it's painless, fun and free! (Well...probably not completely pain-free). Issues are mailed only four-to-six times a year, so your inbox won't be glutted. This Bram Stoker Award-winning newsletter has just begun its fifth year…
October 20, 2007Posted inData+Errata
Posted inInstigation

Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers

+ Write a story from the viewpoint of a groundskeeper at the graveyard -- avoiding any of the typical trappings of the horror genre. Make it mundane, even. Avoid using speculative fiction technique at all until you get to page three. Then, if you need to jazz things up, let her rip. + Devise a plot surrounding a schoolyard bully...when he's elderly, in the nursing home. + Describe a tuft of stiff hair that has grown in a very unexpected place on your main character's body. *** If you publish something instigated by this department, let me know and I'll…
October 19, 2007Posted inInstigation