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MUTTERVERSE: All Halloween Day and Night Long!

Throughout #Halloween day I will tweet new poems inspired by my recent trip to @muttermuseum #MutterMuseum with hashtag #MUTTERVERSE— Michael Arnzen (@MikeArnzen) October 31, 2012 Happy Halloween! I enjoyed the Zombie Haiku tweet marathon on Halloween last year (which later was printed in The Gorelets Omnibus) so much that I am doing it again -- but it will be a little more somber and diverse this time with short free verse pieces about disease, deformity, body horror and medical freakitude, all inspired by my recent trip to the Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia (and based on…
October 30, 2012Posted inArnzen News, Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems1 Comment
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“Dog Con” Launches a Yearlong Anniversary Party for Raw Dog Screaming Press

Welp, the very first ever "Dog Con" has come and gone, and as you'll see below, while I didn't go, I still went. The good folks at Raw Dog Screaming Press hosted a semi-private party-slash-convention to launch the celebration of their ten year anniversary, and from all reports, the festivities were nothing short of transformational. The press is renewed, launching a brand new science fiction imprint called Dog Star Books -- with Heidi Ruby Miller (co-editor of Many Genres One Craft) at the editorial helm. There will be a new website, a new focus on community, and pack of new…
October 24, 2012Posted inArnzen News1 Comment
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DogCon is On

Raw Dog Screaming Press -- longtime publisher of many of my books -- like 100 Jolts, Play Dead, Audiovile and The Gorelets Omnibus -- are preparing for the launch of their -- gasp! -- TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY, by hosting an exclusive (invite-only), limited engagement called "DogCon" in Bowie, MD. I won't be able to attend it this year (maybe next!), but I will be there in cyberspace for a reading over the internet on Saturday at 4 p.m. via FaceTime (followed by a reading by the great bizarro D. Harlan Wilson). The DogCon group will be hosting a Google+ Hangout…
October 17, 2012Posted inArnzen News
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Arnzen Coming to Neumann University on 10.26.12

[As announced on The Popular Uncanny webpage:] I will be giving a talk about "The Popular Uncanny", free and open to the public, at Neumann University (near Philadelphia, PA) on Oct 26th. Come join us at 4:30 p.m. in the Bruder Life Center. In the spirit of Halloween, there will be weirdness, laughter, and intriguing conversation, followed by a book signing for my new, massive poetry collection, The Gorelets Omnibus and other Arnzen titles. Read more details from Neumann University. Or check the event information on Facebook.
October 13, 2012Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Fall 2012 Appearances for Michael Arnzen

OCT 13 11a-4p | Frostburg, MD Western Maryland Indie Lit Festival Downtown Frostburg Arnzen will attend with several Raw Dog Screaming Press authors, including Jennifer Barnes, John Edward Lawson, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Jack Miller, and K. Ceres Wright. The event, sponsored by the Frostburg State University Center for Creative Writing, brings together editors and publishers with writers and educators of the local community, and features panel discussions on various creative genres, DIY publishing, self-publishing, promotion and marketing, writing local, and reading and writing online. The event is free and open to the public, with sessions and book sales available…
October 3, 2012Posted inArnzen News1 Comment