Arnzen News

The "Licker Launch Party" chat online, hosted on 10/19 by The Lost and The Damned community, was a lot of fun. People asked nutty questions, I gave nutty answers, and people won free copies of my books. Licker from what I hear, is selling quite briskly in preorders. You can get your copy signed if you order from Shocklines Bookstore now! It should arrive well before Halloween.

Dark Cloud Press has just published Thou Shalt Not..., a very generous anthology of short horror and crime stories involving "The Ten Commandments" from the Old Testament. Contributors include Lawrence C. Connolly, Bev Vincent, M. Stephen Lukac and many more. My contribution, "Blasphemebus," invokes the biblical commandment against "misusing God's name" (a.k.a. "taking God's name in vain") and details the dark fate of a prankster who likes to playfully change the platitudes on those roadside church signs when no one is watching. You can order this unique new anthology now at Shocklines Bookstore or directly from Lee Howard, editor and…