Upcoming Arnzen Events – Spring 2012

MARCH 21-25, 2012 | Orlando, FL | ICFA-33 DIVERSE READINGS & PANELS "The Monstrous Fantastic": The 33rd International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts will be held at the Orlando Airport Marriott. I will be respondent to a roundtable discussion about my article on horror pedagogy, "The Unlearning: Horror and Transformative Theory." I'm also scheduled to read from my new book, The Gorelets Omnibus, and moderate a panel on contemporary horror film directors. Other writers in attendance include featured guests China Mieville and Kelly Link, Bruce Boston, Marge Simon, Andy Duncan, Bryan Dietrich and many more.     MARCH…

A note of thanks to all who pre-ordered my next book — and a glimpse at the jacket…

Just a quick note of thanks to all who pre-ordered The Gorelets Omnibus directly from the publisher. Soon you'll have a smooth clean first-on-the-block book in your hands along with a collectible all-original poem on fancy paper for your kindness.  Oh, and lots of embarrassingly outrageous exclamations in public when you're not otherwise dry heaving.  Enjoy! I think this weekend was the deadline to pre-order, but so long as those buttons on their website allow you to preorder, you still might qualify for the free extra during the grace period if you're quick.  If you didn't preorder, don't be shy: …

Holiday Round-Up

  Happy Holidays! I've been extremely busy on many fronts, personal and professional -- and now that I'm on a brief holiday break, I'm catching up with obligations and promises.  I plan to get the next issue of The Goreletter out soon, but for now I thought I'd give everyone a quick round-up of what's happening in Arnzenland lately: Big news:  The Gorelets Omnibus is scheduled for a January 2012 release!  If you preorder a copy directly from Raw Dog Screaming Press (publisher of my other books, 100 Jolts & Play Dead), you'll get a free collector's item! Get the…

The Cowbird Diary: http://cowbird.com/author/mike-arnzen/

I was kindly invited to keep a personal diary on the impressive new website, cowbird.com and despite my heavy workload I decided to give it a whirl.  The whole cowbird website might pull you in -- there are some amazing things happening there, with tons of authentic storytelling, lots of great photos and some humbling reports from the trenches of everyday life.  The shared "saga" approach to community journalism is unique, too.  You can find my profile on http://cowbird.com/author/mike-arnzen/  Haven't been journaling for awhile now, and while I've always preferred to keep my daily life private, this still seemed like…

Wicker Park Press Catalog — features Poe’s Lighthouse

Just shared this Chicago publisher's catalog on my scribd.com page -- go there if your browser can't load it below. AMAZING COVER ART on this publisher's catalog (art: "Poe Rendering" by J.M. Demetrius, copyright 2011)! Includes good overview in the front pages for the upcoming reprint of POE'S LIGHTHOUSE, edited by Christopher Conlon -- due in paperback soon -- which includes one of my short stories. The book is a collection of stories that complete an unfinished fragment of fiction by Edgar Allan Poe...with amazing results. Preordering is available on amazon.com, or directly from Wicker Park Press. Check out their…