The Michael Arnzen Social Network

Social networking is a chaotic mess, so I've created a new weblog as a central hub for posting mobile photos, sharing errant items, weird notions, and personal items that don't quite belong here on The Goreletter. If you want to follow or friend me on your favorite social media site, drop on by: The Michael Arnzen Social Network: http://michaelarnzen.com My first plan for it is to post photos and more from the Bram Stoker Award Weekend in New York later this week.

2010 Halloween Haiku Contest Winners

The 2010 Halloween Haiku Caption Contest was difficult to judge, and all the entries were fantastic. Thank you for captioning all those weird art pieces!  We'll do it again sometime. It was difficult to pick one, but to me the clear winner is FJ Bergmann (fibitz.com), for penning a gross little number inspired by the art piece, "Fountain of Worm." Bergmann's haiku has dynamic action, impending doom, good reference to the image, and great language use, all telling a unique story in just 17 syllables!: FOUNTAIN OF WORM quivering with need undulating, gorged with blood the gut villi wait --…

Halloween Haiku Contest 2010

[Note: this contest is now closed to entries (though comments on the gallery are always welcomed, poetic or not). Winner announced soon. -MAA]. This one's easy. Post a haiku poem related to one of the artpieces on my gallery. Just enter it in the "comments" field, along with your byline (name) and e-mail address. This will automatically publish the poem. All adult language will be censored, so please don't use any -- suggest and evoke, instead. Entries are due by Halloween (Oct 31st) at Midnight. Arbitrary rule: I expect your haiku to be 3 lines long, in a 5-7-5 syllable…

Goreletter 6.02 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 6, #2 was e-mailed to subscribers on 10/20/10 @ 1:44am est. It contains extra material not available here on the weblog version, including a haiku contest exclusive to subscribers. If you subscribe and did not receive this issue, e-mail me for a replacement or review the archives at gorelets.com. Subscribe today...it's free and you can always unsubscribe if it terrorizes you too much. Issues are mailed only a few times per year, so your inbox won't suffocate. Happy Halloween, -- Michael A. Arnzen

scrawling

I've added a new area to the gorelets.com gallery, called "scrawl", to share visual texts and art work that doesn't quite fit anywhere. Drop on by.