Arnzen News

My next book, LICKER, is now available for preorder from Shocklines.com for just $10. To be published in a limited edition of 150 paperback copies by Novello Publishers, LICKER is a comedic horror novelette about a boy who is having some difficulties controlling his tongue...and the growths that are forming on it...and the weird people at the carnival who are compelled to want a piece of it. In an early review, Horror World calls it an "over-the-top, gross-out laugh riot....Arnzen clearly had a lot of fun in trying to outdo himself, from the very first paragraph all the way to…

I'm happy to report that my book of mutant character studies-in-verse, FREAKCIDENTS, has just won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection! This is my third Stoker, and I'm jumping with manic joy. Thanks to all who have sent me kudos, and many thanks to the Horror Writers Association -- this is probably the highest honor for horror literature, and I honestly am humbled to receive it. You can read a transcript of my acceptance speech on gorelets.com if you are looking for something to help you go to sleep this evening. I don't have any…