Posted inData+Errata

Goreletter 4.01 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 4, #1, with the title "Tender Cuts" was mailed to subscribers on 25/May/2006 23:08 est. It contains two contests for prizes and extra material not available here on the weblog version. If you subscribe and did not receive this issue, e-mail me for a replacement or review the archives at gorelets.com. Subscribers to this newsletter receive bonus material -- and have access to exclusive discounts, contests, and other benefits. Subscribe today...it's painless, fun and free! (But probably not completely pain-free). -- Mike Arnzen
May 25, 2006Posted inData+Errata

"Time rushes towards us with its hospital tray of infinitely varied narcotics, even while it is preparing us for its inevitably fatal operation." -- Tennessee Williams (died 1983)

The Nurse Wears Black
Posted inInstigation

Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers

+ Reveal a horrifying disfigurement behind a woman's veil. + Something is "bulging" beneath Charlie's sweater. Jane is obsessively fixated on this. Dramatize the revelation of Charlie's hidden surprise. + Create a character who has no fingernails. What happened to them and what surprising skill can he perform without them? *** I'm sad to report that my weekly "Instigation" column will no longer appear in Hellnotes newsletter, because it is a newsletter no more. Moreover, the "Wee Small Hours" flash fiction webzine has been canceled. But not to fear: Hellnotes is still alive under the editorship of David B. Silva,…
May 20, 2006Posted inInstigation