Posted inData+Errata

Congratulations to the Microhorror Contest Winners

If my book, 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories, left you hungry for more and more sick flash fiction, then you might want to check out microhorror.com, to get your quick fix of terror. A few weeks ago I guest-judged (along with Nathan Rosen and Oonah Joslin) a writing contest they held on the site for short-short horror stories related to the common theme of "art." It generated a huge response, and I read a lot of very sick stories that made it a difficult process to select the very best. My hat's off to the winners: Caelin Beaty (for "Chiseled"),…
December 29, 2012Posted inData+Errata1 Comment
Posted inAmbulations

“French Smilie” — Outtake from Video in Progress

Working up a video related to "The Fridge of the Damned" (which is something exciting to announce in the New Year!). This snapshot of two overlapping fridge magnets is an outtake I kind of liked and felt compelled to share here. I posted a similar one to flickr last night. [The mouths on both are from an old "Freaky Faces" magnet set we picked up in a gift shop years ago.] You'll be hearing a lot more about the Fridge of the Damned soon... hope you'll participate!
December 28, 2012Posted inAmbulations
Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons

It Came In Peace

This Saturday morning, let's cartoonically commemorate the whole end of the world madness of 2012 with a cautionary tale.  The animation team at Dice Productions presents: "It Came in Peace":     That's just a hint at their creative genius. Dice Productions has this thing about small things in big places and vice versa. You should also take a gander at their award-winning, touchingly gross full-length feature, All Consuming-Love (Man in a Cat).  
December 21, 2012Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons
Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons

The Cat With Hands by Robert Morgan

Maybe you wouldn't call this a cartoon, but I don't care, because you need to see this. The Cat with Hands (2001) is an awesome short film by award-winning British filmmaker Robert Morgan, mixing live action and animated wax in a very uncanny and disturbing way. Film Threat magazine called it "mandatory viewing for anyone who wants to write a horror movie. Not because of what Robert Morgan does, but because of what he doesn’t do." True. But I'd say what he does accomplish in this film is also just as brilliant. Morgan's latest film is Bobby Yeah (see review…
December 15, 2012Posted inSaturday Morning Cartoons1 Comment
Posted inArnzen News

Something in Your Ear for Christmas

If you haven't been listening to the 6'+ ('six foot plus') podcast, you've been missing out on some weird, strange and spooky music -- from psychobilly to demented surf to horror spoken word. The latest episode (#45: "The Holidays are Horrible") includes a track from my CD, Audiovile, called "Little Stocking Stuffers" -- and it's neat to hear how well it fits in with the rest of the battery of horrifying holiday beats. Stream it online, or subscribe via iTunes. If you dig it, be sure to check out Audiovile -- download it on iTunes or buy a CD for…
December 14, 2012Posted inArnzen News