Posted inAmbulations

Gorelets.com Returns to its Mobile-Friendly Roots

While "responsive" is a word I usually associate with "Things Doctors Say In Intensive Care Units," it's also a word that now applies to this website. "Responsive" means that the site automatically recognizes if you're reading it with a touchscreen device and it changes to make it more mobile-friendly. [The same is true of the Arnzen Social Network page at http://michaelarnzen.com/ and most of the other main pages linked in my menu.] While I doubt it's perfect, you can now far more easily read the text and browse pages while on the road, riding in the back of your hearse…
August 5, 2012Posted inAmbulations
Posted inData+Errata

New Audiovile Review + Twitter Contest Winners Announced

Weird John C. -- union leader of Gravediggers Local 16 -- just posted a fantastic review of my spoken word cd, Audiovile. Jump to the Gravediggers website to take a look. It's rather in-depth, reviewing each track deeply. "Rather than coming of as simple readings, many of the tracks seem closer to songs or poetry....Michael Arnzen has a voice that’s well-suited for telling offbeat stories, both in terms of tone and his ability to adopt different styles of delivery depending on the track....and the flash fiction that makes up this release always kept me guessing." -- Gravediggers Local 16 To…
July 31, 2012Posted inData+Errata
Posted inInstigation

Every Horror Writer’s Nightmare

This image from Futurama (found on the wonderful TvTropes.com) cracks me up, but it also encapsulates every horror writer's dilemma: escaping the conventions and the dominant trappings of the genre. This is one of the reasons why I continue to publish the Instigation series of "dark prompts for sicko writers," even if my tongue is sometimes in my cheek. But here's a few for you now, inspired by this comic: + Imagine what lies beyond the side of the frame. What is chasing the creatures? Or where are the characters being chased to? + Take a page from King: Write…
July 24, 2012Posted inInstigation1 Comment
Posted inData+Errata

Winner of the Goodreads Gorelets Giveaway Announced

Congratulations to Samantha Mostek -- winner of my Friday the 13th giveaway of The Gorelets Omnibus on the website for booklovers, GoodReads.com. [You can follow my profile here: http://www.goodreads.com/MichaelAArnzen ]. Samantha will be receiving a signed paperback copy as well as one of the rare broadsides I produced to celebrate the book launch. Didn't win? Sad? Well, contests for all sorts of things always appear in The Goreletter. Subscribe today! The Goreletter WILL run a contest for a few of the remaining broadsides I have on hand, so come join the mad party and stay tuned with all things Arnzen.…
July 13, 2012Posted inData+Errata