Arnzen News

Delirium Books reports that the hardcover edition of Grave Markings has shipped today, so if you ordered a copy, it's on the way! The sold-out leatherbound edition will ship in about a month. I'm told there are only twelve hardcovers remaining, so if you had any inkling of getting your hands on this Stoker-award winning collectable directly from the publisher, act now! It may be difficult to get from distributors after this week. Hint: the online bookseller Shocklines, by the way, offers a slight discount on this title if you subscribe to The Goreletter. Sign up and you'll get the…

If you're attending World Horror Convention in Phoenix this week (4/8-11), be sure to drop by my reading on Thursday at 3:30pm or the debut/signing of my short story collection, 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories, outside the dealer's room on Saturday at Noon. I'll also be on two panels -- "Common Mistakes in Writing Horror" and "Dark Short Fiction" (unrelated topics, I assure you) -- and in the Mass Autograph gathering. Come on by.

Great news this morning. I just learned that this newsletter, The Goreletter, is now a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Alternate Forms. My poetry collection -- Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems -- is also on the final ballot for the Stoker Award in poetry. I'm speechless right now, but very honored that my fellow pro horror writers deemed these titles worthy. Thanks, HWA! And thanks to all of you reading this for your support over the years. Keep reading. [Collectors take note: There may be a few signed/lettered editions of Gorelets left in the Fairwood Press coffers…