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
Posted inDictionscary

suppurate

If I didn't know any better, I'd think that "suppurate" described the after-effect of a satisfying dinner. A term for how you satisfied, sated, and sedated you feel when you sit on the couch after, say, a Thanksgiving meal, opening your belt. But no: "suppurate" is the fancy word we reserve to describe pustular discharge. Slimy, often freakishly yellow, leakage. The putrid rot that spills from a burst boil or infected blister. It comes from the Latin term "puris" which means "pus" though there's nothing pure about it, since pus is surely disgusting. I have a friend who once argued…
October 19, 2007Posted inDictionscary