Why I Love Horror
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Why I Love Horror

I recently was invited to share a guest post on Becky Spratford's RA for All: Horror blog, answering the deceptively simple prompt question, What do you love about horror? What's not to love? Such a difficult question, and I got stuck on how to answer this question until I started separating it out into the infamous "seven types" of love, identified by Greek philosophers. That sounds awfully geeky, but I had a lot of fun with it. You can read this interview on the 31 Days of Horror section of RA for All: Horror In the entry, I explain why…
October 17, 2022Posted inArnzen News
Win a Book from Galactic Terrors
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Win a Book from Galactic Terrors

On Oct 13th, 2022, I read some work at the fabulous "Galactic Terrors" series of video casts, which is run by the NY chapter of the Horror Writers Association. It was a good time, reading alongside Michelle Brittany and Steven Van Patten, who both enlightened and entertained. You can catch the episode on youtube if you missed it. But even better, if you sign up for the Galactic Terrors newsletter, you have a chance at winning one of two Arnzen books, an ebook from Steven Van Patten, or a handmade Halloween journal from Michele Brittany! The only catch is you…
October 14, 2022Posted inArnzen News
Raising the Dead Draft (& Other Fall Events)
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Raising the Dead Draft (& Other Fall Events)

Take a quick gander at my events page, and you'll see that I'm lining up a number of readings, talks and writing workshops for the 2022 Harvest season... hope you're able to join me at one of them! I always love reading live. But here I want to highlight a one-hour writing workshop I'm running that is also part of an awesome book launch. From Oct 8th-10th, Raw Dog Screaming Press and AllAccessCon are hosting "Writing Poetry in the Dark" -- a unique event featuring a roster of top horror poets, all talking shop to help writers learn about the…
September 25, 2022Posted inArnzen News
Blackjack Book Sale — 1 week only — 7/14-7/21!
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Blackjack Book Sale — 1 week only — 7/14-7/21!

Buy One for $10 or All Three for $21! SALE ENDS 7/21 at midnight For one week only (7/14-7/21/22) I'm offering a special on some of the books I've got on hand, leftover from con trips and books signings! Get Play Dead, Grave Markings or 100 Jolts in paperback for just $9 each...or all three books in a bundle for $21 (while supplies last)! Postage is NOT included, but I will price it at an additional $2 for the first two books in the USA. (International orders will be an additional $15 postage total no matter how many books, no…
July 14, 2022Posted inArnzen News
Kaiju Death Spiral: A Class Poetry eBook
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Kaiju Death Spiral: A Class Poetry eBook

Happy National Poetry Month once again! This year, I'm sharing the work of students in my current undergraduate world literature course in Global Horror, where we're currently wrapping up the term at Seton Hill University. In that class, we studied everything from current folk horror novels to Serbian folk vampires. One week, we practiced Japanese poetic forms, inspired by our study of the Godzilla kaiju films, Junji Ito's classic horror manga, Uzumaki, and Jisei death poems. The results were so good, I compiled them into a fun and morbidly twisted ebook, called Kaiju Death Spiral, featuring a fantastic piece of…
April 17, 2022Posted inArnzen News, Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems