Posted inBlather

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
Posted inArnzen News

Paura

Paura (Spanish for "fear") is a new anthology series of contemporary terror, just released from Bibliopolis Fantastica in Spain. It includes a Spanish translation (my first!) of my short story "Spring Ahead, Fall Back." Also representing the US in this volume is Melanie Tem, with a translation of her story, "The Dancing Doll."
January 7, 2005Posted inArnzen News
Posted inInstigation

Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers

+ Write an instructional guide for making something ghastly, but don't refer to the thing itself. Have your reader try to guess what it might be. + Discover an alien ear. + Describe a monstrous living landscape. *** Instigation is a WEEKLY department in Hellnotes newsletter (returning in February). If you publish or post something instigated by this department, let me know and I'll mention it here!
January 3, 2005Posted inInstigation