"The Dark Librarian" by Michael Arnzen (see flickr)

The Goreletter Has Ended (and What’s Happening Now)

If you're reading this, you might be curious: what happened to your newsletter, Arnzen? When did you last send out The Goreletter? I clicked on a link to subscribe and it took me to a dead webpage. Is my subscription still valid? The instability of the internet strikes again. I am ending The Goreletter, as we know it. This website continues with sporadic updates about publications and events, and I've got some fresh ideas moving forward. But the newsletter is hereby retired. So here's what has been happening. The last issue was sent quite a while ago: in January 2022.…
Goreletter 13.2 Contest Winner Announced

Goreletter 13.2 Contest Winner Announced

In case you missed it, The Goreletter Vol. 13, #2 ("Necro Omicron") was delivered to mailing list subscribers on 1/28/2022. If you didn't get yours, please check your spam folder -- or re-enter your email address in the subscription page, or contact me. You also can always find a text-only version at The Repository archives! This issue featured a contest (as they usually do) -- this one was entered simply by telling friends on social media about the Goreletter -- and the winner this round was writer and editor, Den Shewman, a great guy who I recall fondly from his…
The Tale of the Horribly Bloated Souffle

The Tale of the Horribly Bloated Souffle

Welcome to my 2021 website reboot! I apologize if you've come to gorelets.com and not found what you were hoping to find. The site is about twenty years old, and was getting very crusty with old content and dozens of broken links... and in mid-2020 collapsed like a horribly bloated and badly malformed soufflé. It's such a mess that I decided to restart from scratch. Lots to rebuild. Lots of new things to share with you. But for now you just have this little sticky note on the door of the kitchen, saying come back later when it's ready.

Goreletter 12.1 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 12, #1 was delivered to mailing list subscribers on 7/24/17 @ 1:30am est. If you didn't get yours, check your spam folder -- or re-enter your email address in the subscription page, or contact me. You also can always find a text-only version at The Repository archives! This issue features extra material not available here on the weblog, including an excerpt from a flash series in progress, "body moving" Instigation prompts, a new gorelets poem, information about my latest book appearances, news about upcoming appearances and events and a discount code for subscribers only on the full…

Goreletter 11.2 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 11, #2 was delivered to mailing list subscribers on 9/24/16 @ 10pm est. If you didn't get yours, check your spam folder -- or re-enter your email address in the subscription page, or contact me. It contains extra material not available here on the weblog, including a funny "Craft Brew Calendar," a new gorelets poem, information about my latest books -- Murrmann: A Tale of Van Helsing and Proverbs for Monsters re-release -- news about upcoming appearances (Transylvania next year!) and a discount code for subscribers only on any of my new audio albums now streaming at…