Get Ready for AUDIOVILE

AUDIOVILE -- an "album of flash fiction" that's read aloud and set to freaky music -- should be available on CD soon from Raw Dog Screaming Press. I'll be posting links to samples and more info shortly, but if you want to be one of the first to get your hands on this disc, keep your eyes on the Audiovile page on my website, where I'll be posting preordering information and links as soon as it comes in. Horror World just posted the first review, calling it "pure genius...with more than enough laugh-out-loud, make you cringe moments to recommend it."…

A Dead Wheelbarrow

Richard Ristow just completed a spectacular literary analysis of a recent "Gorelets" poem, "The Fall Down the Stairs of the House of Usher," on his excellent weblog, Damned Critic. In it, he compares my style in that unpleasant poem to the imagism of writer William Carlos Williams, to show how much WCW has made an impact on free verse poetry. In the process, I think he uncovers some of the secrets behind what makes a "gorelet" poem tick. Amazing! "Arnzen vs. William Carlos Williams" by Richard Ristow In two parts: Part 1 and Part 2 So much depends on a…