Posted inArnzen News

Signing at CMU Bookstore Pittsburgh 10.19.13

I'll be signing books at Carnegie-Mellon University at 1pm on Saturday, 10/19 -- part of Raw Dog Screaming Press' "Pittsburgh Bookshop Hop." If you come to town, tour the area bookstores and meet all five of the Raw Dog Screaming Press authors who will be on hand across the city. CMU should have copies of my novel Play Dead on hand, along with other titles. I'll bring some Fridge of the Damned magnets, too. Mike Arnzen at 1pm at the CMU Bookstore - 5032 Forbes, 15213 Stephanie Wytovich at 2pm at The Big Idea Bookstore - 4812 Liberty, 15224 Matt…
October 8, 2013Posted inArnzen News
Posted inAmbulations

Photos from Killercon V

KillerCon V (Sept 2013) -- a scary-sounding and small-but-professional convention for authors of dark crime, horror and thriller fiction -- was really a blast to attend last weekend. It was my first con West of the Mississippi in a really long while, so it was good to reunite with old friends and to make all sorts of charming and alarming new ones.  My reading and panels were fun, and perhaps I'll share some audio soon.  I also was pleased to sell a lot of copies of my novel, Play Dead, since this book is SET in (a fictionalized version of)…
September 25, 2013Posted inAmbulations1 Comment
Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems

Skeeter

Read [an archived version of] "Skeeter" -- a short-short "clickable" story posted to [the now defunct] Tapestry. I wrote this goofy thing by messing around on an ipad. Tapestry files were "sequential" stories. To read, click on the screen to forward page by page.
September 6, 2013Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems
Posted inWeird Sites of the Month

My Favorite Dexter Remakes and Riffs

I'm a big follower of the Showtime TV series Dexter, currently airing its final season. For the past year I've been rescreening the entire run, posting a running series of notes to twitter under hashtag #dexternotes (see the archive in The Nest), and my next personal reading project is to catch up with Lindsay's Dexter book series (the program is a fascinating study in adaptation, as it departs wildly from the books) in preparation for the upcoming release of a new title, ironically called Dexter's Final Cut (releasing end of August 2013 on Kindle and in mid-Sept in hardcover). As…
August 12, 2013Posted inWeird Sites of the Month1 Comment