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Ready to Play…Dead?

My second novel, PLAY DEAD, is back from the printers and now available in hardcover! This is the trade edition; a wild, special limited run (see the pictures!) will be coming soon, but there is presently no paperback or e-book edition in the works. You won't be disappointed -- it's a great product -- a beautiful work of offset printing, with a slick dustjacket, cream cloth cover, red foil stamping and tight binding. Worth the $27 cover price! Most major internet booksellers are now taking orders online: Shocklines Bookstore (signed) | ProjectPulp.com | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble | Powell's…
July 28, 2005Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Rigormarole Details

Just a quick note to say that my wacky zombie poetry collection Rigormarole is now up for advanced orders on the publisher's website and at my favorite online bookstore, Shocklines.com, for $9.95. It'll be a signed/numbered limited edition of 250 copies, currently on track for a July release. Update: Horror-Web just posted an excellent review of the book: "An eclectic and often inspired collection...Arnzen provides for both those who love zombies and those who are sick of them, because you cannot help but laugh at some of these while being amazed at the zen-like depth of others." You can also…
June 17, 2005Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Coming Soon: Rigormarole!

Naked Snake Press is publishing Rigormarole later this summer! Here's the description from the back cover: Why do zombies lumber? What is the Resurrectal Cortex? What lurks in the Home Depot of the Dead? RIGORMAROLE is a score of poems for the walking dead by Michael Arnzen, the award-winning author of Grave Markings and Play Dead. Featuring original sketches by John Skipp, splatterpunk godfather and editor of Book of the Dead. "Reanimated flesh, cannibalism, brain succotash...the stuff that great poetry is made of! Mike Arnzen fuses humor and gore with a poetic sensibility to create his own fun subgenre! Come…
May 29, 2005Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Play Dead Update

My second novel, Play Dead, is at the printers and pre-orders are currently being taken for the hardcover edition. I'm told the book will have an off-white jacket cloth and metallic red foil stamp to emulate the look of a playing card. I continue to be impressed by the attention to detail that my publisher, Raw Dog Screaming Press, is putting into this book! The novel is due out in August. New pre-release acclaim has come in... "...a fast-paced, brutal, gritty, and unflinching novel." -- Cemetery Dance "Play Dead is a fun story full of power, life and death, intricacies…
May 15, 2005Posted inArnzen News
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Freakcidents!

This weekend I'm autographing the signed/limited edition of my next poetry collection, FREAKCIDENTS, so I thought I'd post a photo to let those folks who preordered long ago know that, yes, the book is finally here! Freakcidents (think "Freak+Accidents") is a collection of very twisted poetry featuring freaks, mutants, morons and sideshow splattractions. Come one, come all -- see the amazing "Needle Baby" or the frightening "Spiderboy"; feast your eyes on the incredible "Human Scab" or the man who can swallow himself whole! The book is richly illustrated by the artist, GAK, and I think it's my favorite of all…
May 7, 2005Posted inArnzen News