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Sick Alternative Cover Art Concept for The Gorelets Omnibus!

I just shared this photo, "Dismembered Handheld Computing," over on my flickr gallery... it's one of the original cover concepts I shared with the publisher during the production stages of my latest book, The Gorelets Omnibus. Head on over to flickr to read more about the backstory, if you're not already running for the bathroom with a hand clamped over your mouth... The art is sort of an inside joke about the 'gorelets' poetry. Visit gorelets.com to learn more about this project and my weird work.
March 11, 2012Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

The Gorelets Omnibus for Kindle and More on Amazon.com

You can now get the Gorelets Omnibus as an e-book for the Kindle along with all the other editions, from amazon.com. I think this is very cool, because gorelets -- which, a decade ago, were originally a series of poems that were written for PDAs, the first handheld e-readers -- are now available in ebook format for your cell phone (if you have the Kindle app). This feels like coming full circle. Just so you're aware: the Kindle edition is an electronic adaptation of the paperback edition. Remember that the Hardcover is substantially expanded, with bonus poetry galore and it…
March 2, 2012Posted inArnzen News2 Comments
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Horror Poetry Writing Workshop in The Gorelets Omnibus

My fellow weird writers might want to take note of this. One of the neat bonus features available only in the hardcover edition of The Gorelets Omnibus is a "horror poetry writing workshop" that includes a handful of essays I've written about the craft over the years (for places like Byline magazine and the Science Fiction Poetry Association's Star*Line magazine, among others). The chapter titles are: "The Poetics of Horror" "The Element of Fear in Horror Poetry" "Horror Haiku" "The Dead Draft: When Poetry Fails" "New Media Horror: Six Lessons from an E-Poet" Rounding out this virtual workshop in the…
March 1, 2012Posted inInstigation
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Is the horror genre dead? Garth Marenghi has the answer.

That's Garth Marenghi above, responding to a question about whether the horror genre is dead. I did a spit take when I watched this (as I did with the rest of the DVD).  It's a childish response ("you are!") from a faux has-been in the genre.  I love it.  And yet there's some nugget of truth here, some wisdom to the comedy.  Genre critics have suggested that genres go through stages of evolution, with parody becoming the zenith of a genre (and a sign of its impending doom).  Garth Marenghi's Darkplace television series is to horror what Blazing Saddles was…
January 31, 2012Posted inBlather