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Book of Lists Bonus: “The Hands of Horror”
THE BOOK OF LISTS: HORROR (edited by by Amy Wallace, Del Howison and Scott Bradley for Harper Paperbacks) is hitting the bookshelves across the country this week. It's a knockout collection of lists both quirky and informative, about all things horror, featuring an amazing roster of horror authors and filmmakers -- from Stephen King to Eli Roth -- between its covers. You won't want to miss it...and you can order it now from amazon.com. My contribution to the book is an annotated list of "The Top Five Horror Colleges" -- something you'd never find in the US News & World…
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Horror is a Worldview: Arnzen Interview at Zombie Mall
Brian "Brains" Hardin asks me some deep questions about my audio cd, Audiovile, on the blog for his neat horror shop, the Zombie Mall. Here's an excerpt: Q: How do you cope with those people in your life that just don’t get it? Truth is, most people CAN be persuaded. First I try appeal to their reason: since horror is about fear, it is about humanity. If that doesn’t work, I try to educate them: many classic works of literature are horror stories. If that doesn’t work, I go for the gross-out joke. But there’s always going to be somebody…
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How to Dress for a Political Convention
How to dress for a political convention like the RNC: the Wolf Blitzer t-shirt from Mindjacket.com (the folks who produced the fabulous Raw Dog Screaming Press t-shirts that appeared at the Horrorfind Convention a few weekends ago).
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Interview with the Tombkeeper!
"Tombkeeper" JL Comeau interviewed me on video at the bleary-eyed end of this year's HorrorFind Convention, and our conversation is now available on the fabulous Count Gore de Vol website. Here's the interview, care of Vimeo: Meet Author Michael Arnzen from Gore De Vol on Vimeo. It was great getting to meet Judy and the Count Gore crew. (Judy also just posted a knockout review of Proverbs for Monsters on her section of the site, as well). Count Gore, if you didn't know it, is not only a staple of HorrorFind weekend, but also the vampiric host of the old…