Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems
Posted inInstigation
Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers
+ Dramatize an electroshock therapy session in second person, future tense. + Sketch a humorous conversation involving the devil's accountant. + Adapt the features and traits of any cartoon character into a "real" creature or man, exploring the freakish results. (e.g. What would a "Spongebob Squarepants" creature >really< be like, if living flesh in the real world? Write it out, obliterating the original reference to the cartoon in the process.) *** If you publish something instigated by this department, let me know and I'll mention it here next issue!
Posted inOur Odd Triple Feature
Monstrous Trees
For your next movie night, rent: From Hell it Came (Milner, 1957) The Grandmother (Lynch, 1970) Little Otik (Swankmajer, 2000)
Posted inArnzen News
Help Yourself to a Cemetery Dance
Cemetery Dance magazine issue #55 has just been published and will soon be delivered to subscribers and a magazine rack near you. It features a story I co-wrote with Mark McLaughlin, called "Help Yourself" -- a surreal and humorous tale about a very strange 'self-help' bookstore that preys on its visitor's self-esteem. Artist Keith Minnion's great illustration for the story is viewable on his website. You can order a copy of the magazine from the Cemetery Dance website; check out the book, Poe's Lighthouse, while you're there!