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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
Posted inArnzen News

(It Really Is) The Best of Horror Library

In case you missed the news elsewhere, Cutting Block Press and Farolight Publishing have released The Best of Horror Library, Vols 1-5... and it really is the best! The anthology contains top-rated stories by a treasure trove of great writers. Having worked with editor RJ Cavender and crew at different times over many years now, I can totally testify: they care a lot about quality. And it shows in this collection, which gathers the top 30 stories out of over 150 tales they've published over the past decade in their thrice-Stoker nominated series of chilling horror and dread. I can't…
May 29, 2015Posted inArnzen News
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Photos from World Horror Con 2015

I am so glad that I attended the 25th World Horror Convention & 2015 Bram Stoker Awards Banquet in Atlanta, GA, this past weekend. I think I was laughing the whole time, giddy with the good times and gore. It was great to reunite with so many old friends (I actually attended the very first WHC, 25 years ago!), and as usual, made several new buddies, too. There were something like sixteen Seton Hill MFA program students, alums or faculty colleagues in attendance, a barrel of Raw Dog Screaming Press associates, and hundreds of gibbering weirdos, which meant I always…
May 12, 2015Posted inAmbulations