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Play Dead Giveaway on Goodreads – Ends 7.8.13

Happy 4th of July to my American readers. To celebrate, I'm offering a chance to win one of two giveaway advanced paperback copies of my novel, Play Dead! These will be signed and mailed to two lucky winners. Don't need to be American to win, but you must be a member of GoodReads. Follow my Author Profile there to stay up to date and share your thoughts about my work. Reviews posted to goodreads are echoed on the bottom of most of the book pages here on gorelets. And don't forget that if you preorder the paperback directly from the…
July 4, 2013Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News Online Gizmo of the Month

Playful Dead – New Tumblr Blog

Just a quickie note to say that to celebrate this month's release of Play Dead in paperback from Raw Dog Screaming Press, I have launched PLAYFUL DEAD -- a new blog on the tumblr.com website dedicated to sharing images and links related to the "playful" side of the horror genre: interactive games, dark tarot, twisted playing cards, and more. I consider Playful Dead to be the equivalent of the "Online Gizmo of the Month" department of this weblog, so if you've found yourself looking for those, head over to the new tumblr page. Visit http://playfuldead.tumblr.com/ If tumblr isn't your thing,…
June 29, 2013Posted inArnzen News, Online Gizmo of the Month
Posted inArnzen News

PLAY DEAD Returns in Paperback — Preorder to Win a Rare Book!

This summer, Raw Dog Screaming Press is releasing my hard-to-find second novel, Play Dead, in paperback (and ebook) form for the very first time. PREORDER THE PAPERBACK and you're entered to win this rare special sculpture-bound edition... *** "Set in a neon-lit metropolis where desperation and moral corruption are commonplace and the difference between life and death is mere luck, this viciously realistic look into the not-so-glamorous world of high-stakes gambling (and the sinister individuals who exist in its shadows) is as utterly repellent as it is addictively readable. Gambling aficionados as well as horror, mystery and crime fiction fans…
June 3, 2013Posted inArnzen News
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