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
Posted inWeird Sites of the Month

Taboo Taxidermy

Rogue Taxidermy A Case of Curiosities Experimental Taxidermy in amazing 3D! *** I dedicate this month's entry to my brother, Dan, who gave me the wonderful "Magic Mummified Miniature Mystery Hand" you see pictured above as a Christmas gift. This exquisite piece of art is a Custom Creature original by rogue taxidermist, Sarina Brewer.
January 3, 2005Posted inWeird Sites of the Month
Posted inWeblog Exclusive

Left Behind

This collage appears in Eye Contact, the literary magazine I advise at Seton Hill University where I teach. The theme for this particular issue of the magazine was "truth." I clipped words and phrases out of Weekly World News; when I began, I thought I'd build a collage of freaky and bizarre headlines, but I found myself instead pulling out the more "normal" terms and assembling them in an abnormal way. The "shout out" style of the excessive typography, I'm hoping, renders everything strangely familiar. I believe the "left behind" phrase at the center originally referred to that whole "Left…
December 10, 2004Posted inWeblog Exclusive