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The Gorelets Omnibus – Cool 99c SALE Videos

Raw Dog Screaming Press has been running a .99c sale on The Gorelets Omnibus ebook edition on Amazon.com -- if you've never read the book, now's your chance to get a copy very cheap! But act quick, because this deal runs out on June 4th, 2023. Or better yet, get two books, with a similar deal being offered on The Underside of the Rainbow by BE Burkhead (who you can see reading a gorelets-inspired poem from that book, by memory, at a fantastic reading event we shared several Halloweens ago in Baltimore, to launch the 20th anniversary edition of Grave…

By Michael Arnzen May 28, 2023Arnzen News, Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems

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Veterans in Horror

I rarely talk about my days in the military. I am also anti-war and loathe the crassness of July 4th (as does my cat). But freedom means everything to me, and I'm proud to be a veteran. Serving in the Army helped me not only meet some amazing people and make good lifelong friends, but supported my first-generation entry into college afterward. It was also where I wrote my first horror story, because I was reading so much of it, and tried on a lark to see if I could be as clever as Stephen King. I wasn't. But even…

By Michael Arnzen November 11, 2022Arnzen News

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Why I Love Horror

I recently was invited to share a guest post on Becky Spratford's RA for All: Horror blog, answering the deceptively simple prompt question, What do you love about horror? What's not to love? Such a difficult question, and I got stuck on how to answer this question until I started separating it out into the infamous "seven types" of love, identified by Greek philosophers. That sounds awfully geeky, but I had a lot of fun with it. You can read this interview on the 31 Days of Horror section of RA for All: Horror In the entry, I explain why…

By Michael Arnzen October 17, 2022Arnzen News

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Win a Book from Galactic Terrors

On Oct 13th, 2022, I read some work at the fabulous "Galactic Terrors" series of video casts, which is run by the NY chapter of the Horror Writers Association. It was a good time, reading alongside Michelle Brittany and Steven Van Patten, who both enlightened and entertained. You can catch the episode on youtube if you missed it. But even better, if you sign up for the Galactic Terrors newsletter, you have a chance at winning one of two Arnzen books, an ebook from Steven Van Patten, or a handmade Halloween journal from Michele Brittany! The only catch is you…

By Michael Arnzen October 14, 2022Arnzen News

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Raising the Dead Draft (& Other Fall Events)

Take a quick gander at my events page, and you'll see that I'm lining up a number of readings, talks and writing workshops for the 2022 Harvest season... hope you're able to join me at one of them! I always love reading live. But here I want to highlight a one-hour writing workshop I'm running that is also part of an awesome book launch. From Oct 8th-10th, Raw Dog Screaming Press and AllAccessCon are hosting "Writing Poetry in the Dark" -- a unique event featuring a roster of top horror poets, all talking shop to help writers learn about the…

By Michael Arnzen September 25, 2022Arnzen News