Apron of the Abattoir

Author Carole Lanham (aka "The Horror Homemaker") has posted a fun collection of aprons, including a funny old one from the Michael Arnzen Dying photoshot and Kim Paffenroth roasting his Bram Stoker Trophy. Speaking of trophies, it's Stoker season right now and the final ballot for last year's best horror fiction has recently been announced on the Horror Writers Association website.  Congratulations to all!  Extra helpings of kudos to Horror Library Vol. 3 (collection category) and The Book of Lists: Horror (non-fiction category), both of which include my work. But back to the happy Horror Homemaker: read Carole's fabulous zombie…

Winner Chosen for LibraryThing Giveaway

Congrats to LibraryThing member Sarah who just won a copy of my book 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories as part of a "member giveaway" raffle!   Sarah was one of over 200 entrants; I have a list of the top five picks and may be giving runner-up prizes as I can afford them to a handful of others.  Thanks to all who participated in the fun! LibraryThing is a great place for book lovers to share their book catalogs.  I'm a lifetime LT author and welcome your visit.

Horror-Ku Winners Posted

If you'd like to read a few quick horror haiku, click on over to the Little Blog of Horrors over at Horror-Web.com.  They've posted the top three entries of a horror-ku contest I recently judged.  Congrats to winners CS McBride, Bruce Boston and John Pupo!

Horror Haiku Contest

Jimmy Z. -- the new purveyor of Horror-web.com -- has invited me to judge a horror haiku contest they're presently running, with cash prizes. If you write poetry, or simply love to wax pithy with expressions of zombie philosophy, you still have time to send him your submissions. The deadline is Feb 1st. You might read Ryan Mecum's Zombie Haiku for inspiration.

Horror Library III Contest (ended)

Visit The Horror Library Blog-o-Rama for a very easy, but quickly ending, chance to win free horror fiction, including the recently-published collection, Horror Library Vol. 3. UPDATE:  This contest has ended.  Visit the Horror Library Blog for winners list. Didn't win?  You should look into buying HL3 anyway...it's an outstanding collection of stories! -- Mike Arnzen