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2009 Stoker Award Winning Books

The 2009 Bram Stoker Award winners were announced by the Horror Writer's Association at World Horror Convention in Brighton, England, last weekend. I read almost all of these titles and I can vouch that they are superlative reads. (In fact, I lauded Lucy Snyder's poetry-winning book here in The Goreletter). See the HWA's announcement for a complete list...congratulations to all the winners! I contributed work to two of the books (though the editors, not me, rightfully get the awards!). These are pretty amazing books to be a part of, so I want to celebrate them here (and share some breaking…
April 3, 2010Posted inArnzen News1 Comment
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Cool April Fool

Dark Regions Press pulled a cool April Fool prank yesterday when their newsletter announced the Crypt Keeper would now be their spokesman, after reading my book, Proverbs for Monsters... My own April Fool's scare was pretty lame. But you can still see it on my twitter profile. Visit Dark Regions Press for all sorts of great books that ARE worthy of the Crypt Keeper's time. I suspect their collection, Nostradumus' Fate, will be out in the months ahead. Keep you're eyes on this press....they're doing great things. In fact, if you subscribe to their newsletter you not only get funky…
April 2, 2010Posted inSnippets of the Strange

"If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning." - C.S. Lewis (died 1963)

Ignorance Is Bliss (For The Mole People)
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“Bizarro Day” Bookstore Event Follow-Up

Had a fabulous time last weekend at Backlist Books in Massillon, Ohio -- a great new indie bookstore that does a knock-out job supporting not only speculative genre fiction (horror, science fiction and fantasy literature), but also the independent press.  It's good to see a place like this in the Midwest region of the country.  They carry any number of books that I have only heretofore seen available online (especially when it comes to 'bizarro' fiction), lots of genre magazines, classic titles of science fiction and fantasy... They had LOTS of collectibles and rarities. I even spotted a quirky line…
March 10, 2010Posted inArnzen News1 Comment