Posted inInstigation

Instigation Prompts: Horror for the Holidays

In last November's issue of The Goreletter, I posted the following list of story starters for "Horror for the Holidays." Since the season will soon be upon us, I thought I'd share it here on the blog, to help the sicko writers out there get started on corrupting their holiday imaginations early. If you didn't see this before, it's because you don't subscribe to my newsletter. SUBSCRIBE and you'll get Instigation fresh off the grill. And if you want whole trove of things like this, pick up my ebook, Instigation: Creative Prompts on the Dark Side Horror for the Holidays…
October 3, 2015Posted inInstigation
Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems

Zombifurcation

At the Nightsun writing conference in Frostburg, MD, last weekend, I had the privilege of performing a reading of fiction and poetry. Here's an audio clip from the event, along with the text for one of the pieces I read -- the Seussian horror poem, "Zombifurcation" -- which appears in the latest issue of The Goreletter. ZOMBIFURCATION A zombie crawled right, a zombie crawled left -- both shared the singular body I'd cleft. I'd chopped down his chest, and cut off his scream -- but still he came at me, splitting his seam. He pulled himself toward me in reanimation:…
July 30, 2015Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems
Posted inAmbulations

At the Lindemann ‘Skills in Pills’ Exhibit in Dresden

My wife and I snuck away to Germany early in July to visit with family and old friends, and during our stay, we took a side trip to the former east to spend a few days in the city of Dresden. It's a fantastic city, brimming with festive nightlife partying in the streets of the "neustadt" and overwhelming with architectural beauty and the high life of the "oldstadt." In the midst of it all, I had an unplanned encounter with Till Lindemann. Till is not only the lead singer of the uber-metal group Rammstein, but also the author of On…
July 20, 2015Posted inAmbulations
Posted inData+Errata

The Goreletter 10.1 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 10, #1 -- the first issue of 2015 -- was delivered to mailing list subscribers on 6/24/15 @ 10:15pm est. It contains extra entertainment/material not available here on the weblog version, including a new gorelets poem, information on upcoming summer signings, and new art. The image below, for instance, was included in the newsletter, and you can see more weirdness like it in my flickr gallery. If you subscribe and did not receive this issue, or just want to see the back issues, review the archives at gorelets.com. If you need to check or update your subscription’s…
June 24, 2015Posted inData+Errata
Posted inArnzen News

Lindemann’s ‘On Quiet Nights’ Released

Till Lindemann -- frontman from the German metal band Rammstein, also releasing a promisingly twisted new solo album this month -- has just published the English translation of his poetry collection, On Quiet Nights (aka In Stillen Nachten), through my favorite indie publisher, Raw Dog Screaming Press. I wrote the forward for this edition of the book, which I had the chance to read in original German as well as English. The poems make for a very unique read. Here's an excerpt from my intro: Poetry is about sound as much as it is about sense. Rammstein reaches a worldwide…
June 13, 2015Posted inArnzen News