Posted inArnzen News

Snark Infested Interview — and a Special October Offer

My hour long interview with the internet radio show, Snark Infested Waters, is now up on their website. It was a funny-yet-serious chat about all things horror, including such topics as: sick elephants, mutant beards, cows dangling from meat hooks, sleep apnea hoses, ebooks, M. Night Shamayalan, collectible books, goreno, the relationship between zombies and coffee, and much more. The interview includes three high quality streams of selected tracks from my horror-story-meets-sound experiment, Audiovile, followed by deep discussion of each. Check it out and have a few laughs. Snark Infest Waters is posting a new horror-related podcast every day in…
October 5, 2010Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

microcosms of horrors

Throughout this Halloween month, microcosms twitterzine is posting horror poetry of 140 characters or less via twitter. I'll have about five of them in the mix, with the first one -- "Sick Taxidermist" -- posted just today. Check 'em out, and follow microcosms (and me too!) if you're on twitter. The internet radio show, Snark Infested Waters, is posting a new horror-related podcast every day in October, too. They interviewed me about -- and will be playing a selection of tracks from -- my Audiovile CD in a few days. The interview was funny...it's now available for your listening pleasure.
October 4, 2010Posted inArnzen News
Posted inInstigation

Twisted Prompts for Sicko Writers (29)

+ Write a paragraph for each tick of the clock during a countdown to an execution or bomb blast. + Steal the title of a computer game at random ("Angry Birds", "Fallout", "Civilization V") and use it for the title of a horror/crime/science fiction story that has nothing whatsoever to do with the game's premise. + Begin a story in the chapel of a hospital. *** Review the entire "Instigation" department for more prompts. You can share your writing here on The Goreletter by clicking on the 'comment' link.
October 3, 2010Posted inInstigation
Posted inDictionscary

ichor

Ichor. You want it to taste like liquor, but it doesn't. It's just icky. Pronouncing the term aloud is enough to make most people reach for some hand sanitizer and drink a glop of that instead. It's a weird word, so it's no surprise that you'll stumble over it in horror stories everywhere. "Ichor" is used quite a bit by HP Lovecraft and others of his ilk to describe oozy things like the slime that dribbles from the dread nostrils of the Great Old Ones (especially that nasular monstrosity known only as "Achoolu"). It's a fun word to say, since…
October 3, 2010Posted inDictionscary1 Comment
Posted inArnzen News

Upcoming Arnzen Events – October 2010

Halloween encroacheth, so I'm climbing out from under my writer's rock to make a few spot appearances on the dark side: I'll be reading at the Morgantown Poets night (they have a facebook group) on Thursday, Oct 21st, 7pm-8pm. If you're in the West Virginia area, come on by the Monongalia Arts Center, 107 High Street, in Morgantown, WV (located next to the Hotel Morgan) and be horrified. Directions and contact info available on booktour.com I'm also going to be featured in the Snark Infested Waters radio program in October, discussing tracks they'll be streaming from my audio CD, Audiovile!…
September 23, 2010Posted inArnzen News