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Five More Ways I’d Prefer Not to Die

This past fall, one of my favorite releases was 555 Vol. 2: This Head, These Limbs, put out by Carrion Blue 555. Every story in this book is 55 words a piece; every author in the book (myself, John Edward Lawson, Stephanie Wytovich, Jonathan Moon and several others) contributed 55 of them each. That might sound like meaningless literary gamesmanship, but the results are staggeringly strong. It's a pretty impressive volume, and deserves more attention. My contribution is a short story series called "55 Ways I'd Prefer Not to Die," which explores just that: worst case scenarios for "the end"…
December 24, 2016Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems
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New Christmas Horror Short Stories

Collected Christmas: Horror Shorts -- the new anthology from Kevin Kennedy and Brandy Yassa -- has just been released, just in time to raise your holiday spirit (literally). Includes a new story I'm really proud of, "All Naughty, No Nice," which takes a post-apocalyptic approach to the legend of Old Saint Nick. But that's just one many great tales by a number or new writers and authors any genre fan might recognize. Get this collection of great yuletide terror from the UK cheap on amazon.com today! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Publisher's Description Christmas is often thought of as a time of joy…
November 30, 2016Posted inArnzen News
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The Gobbling

THE GOBBLING It was a normal Thanksgiving meal like any other, until I heard the gobbling from the kitchen, where my mother was checking on a pie. The sound refused to cease. One by one my family members stood up from the table and went to investigate while the rest of us ate with bemused expressions on our faces and gravy on a few of our chins. Gobble-gobble-gobble. I presumed that high pitched chortling was just some goofy turkey day sound effect, like the phony screams that plastic door knockers make on Halloween. But when only my brother and I…
November 24, 2016Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems
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FREAKCIDENTS: Free on Election Day 2016!

The presidential campaigns this year have been something of a freaking circus and a nutty free-for-all. So I've decided to make my book, Freakcidents, free on Election Day to all you nutty Americans. Just head on over to amazon.com to download the kindle version of this Bram Stoker Award-winning horror poetry collection anytime on November 8th, 2016. Aside from a new president, you'll get thirty disturbing mutants for the price of air. Get your copy now! But promise you'll do me just one favor in return: VOTE! Offer is for one day only and ends at midnight (PST), when the…
November 7, 2016Posted inArnzen News
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Proverbs for Monsters — A Halloween Special from Dark Regions Press

ALERT! Get my huge Bram Stoker Award-winning story collection, Proverbs for Monsters, for just $.99 from Amazon in the week leading up to Halloween! Dark Regions Press has set this title on a "Kindle Countdown" and this limited offer runs from 10/25-10/31. Read the full book description and contents listing here on gorelets.com On amazon. Happy Halloween, everyone. p.s. A bonus Halloween treat: hear me read the new poem, "Murder Sauna: Live" along with a great set of other writers sharing their audio on the Science Fiction Poetry Association's 2016 Halloween Readings site!
October 26, 2016Posted inArnzen News