Posted inWeblog Exclusive

Outlaws At the Treffpunkt: the 5-2 Crime Poetry Weekly

In co-celebration of National Poetry Month with my friends at The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly, I'd like to take a moment to put the spotlight on a writer I am becoming fond of lately. His name is Angel Zapata. He doesn't know I'm doing this. And I don't know Angel at all. I only know him from a few pieces of writing I've seen online. And I think he's doing really interesting work. Angel Zapata strikes me as one of those guys who is writing for the love it. From my review of his website, I can tell that he…
April 4, 2013Posted inWeblog Exclusive1 Comment
Posted inArnzen News Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems

National Poetry Writing Month 2013

[NOTE: The entries containing poems originally appearing on the calendar below were lost during a blog software update... I may be able to recover them at a later time.] I've signed up over at NaPoWriMo.net, committing to try to write and post a new poem every day throughout April for "National Poetry Writing Month". My plan is to mix things up regularly: to post twitter poems, full-length gorelets, some audio recordings, videos, word art, and more Fridge of the Damned magnet poetry pieces. Return to this calendar page for all this, which I'm posting off the main blog to avoid…
April 1, 2013Posted inArnzen News, Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems1 Comment
Posted inArnzen News Instigation

Instigation: Creative Prompts on the Dark Side – New E-book Now Available!

Instigation: Creative Prompts on the Dark Side by Michael Arnzen: Instigation: Creative Prompts on the Dark Side is a treasury of twisted tips, strange scenarios and disturbing sparks to help ignite the fuel in your creative furnace. Its aim? To push you into the danger zone of your imagination, by thinking in unconventional ways and trying things you never thought — or dared — to try before in your writing, art, or dreams. See the catalog page for more information. DIRECT PURCHASE FROM MASTICATION for $3.99: ALSO NOW AVAILABLE FROM: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iTunes | Kobo |…
March 16, 2013Posted inArnzen News, Instigation
Posted inInstigation

Announcing the Instigation Showcase

Announcing the Instigation Showcase! From now on, anyone who publishes a response to a prompt or is inspired to write something specifically in response to Instigation: Creative Prompts on the Dark Side or the Instigation department on this weblog will be listed on the new Showcase page dedicated to helping broaden your audience. Over the years, I've received numerous emails from writers who produced new work based on the prompts in The Goreletter, and I'm happy to have finally figured out a way to showcase your work. Share your links to work (whether on a blog or in a book)…
March 15, 2013Posted inInstigation
Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems

Goldfisher

borrowing from Bond he brings home the bloated baggie and scoops out blissful killifish, dropping one after the other into his plastic aquarium: the translucent bucket of gold paint these goldfish never swim, and his net is clotted from skimming them back out so often, but he knows he will find the right species eventually -- there are tens of thousands and if he knows his evolution, then only the fittest will survive
March 9, 2013Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems