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Forward Interview

Forward, the slick alumni magazine at Seton Hill University (where I teach) ran this excellent feature story on me this Fall, after I won the Bram Stoker Award. [Warning: clicking that link loads a 500kb .jpg image file converted from a .pdf document, so it might take a minute to appear]. I'm very lucky to work at a college that supports my horror writing so wonderfully. If you're a genre writer with a BA, you might consider our low-residency Master's program in Writing Popular Fiction. Horror/fantasy/sf writers who teach in our program include James Morrow, Gary Braunbeck, Tom Monteleone, and…
January 26, 2005Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Coming in 2005

2004 was a killer year for me. I won my second Stoker Award, saw the 10th Anniversary re-publication of Grave Markings, published 100 Jolts, and generally got my groove on. And since this is the end of Volume #2 of The Goreletter, I thought I'd write a little summary of where we're headed in the year to come. I don't like to talk about projects in the works very often because I don't want to let any cats out the bag (or to make any promises I can't keep), but I'm revving up my novel writing engine this year. (I'd…
January 14, 2005Posted inArnzen News

"The fish dies because he opens his mouth." -- Anonymous Spanish Proverb

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Prime Slime Puree

I heard on the news the other day that a Cleveland man is suing NBC television for $2.5 million because their program, Fear Factor, made him vomit when they showed contestants drinking a dead rat milkshake. After he puked, he was so light-headed he ran into a doorway and banged his violated head. Obviously, this is a frivolous lawsuit. I don't need to argue how silly it is, or to go into details about how he hand-wrote the complaint (rife with errors) or how he refuses to speak about the suit "unless it is a paid-interview situation" (his words). Clearly…
January 13, 2005Posted inBlather