Posted inNot Dead Yet: Print Reviews

Flash Reviews of Semi-Autobiographical Fictions

Sorry for the length of this section, but I'm making up for lost time. This time around I offer four three "flash" reviews of books that are quite effective because they inexplicably feel "autobiographical" in some way, despite being entirely, totally, and thankfully made up. >> Chimeric Machines by Lucy A. Snyder Snyder is a massively talented writer -- the sort who knows how to make you take a gulp when you hit the ending of a story or poem -- and this poetry collection made me gulp with awe on virtually every page. Although her poetry/fiction collection Sparks and…
June 13, 2009Posted inNot Dead Yet: Print Reviews
Posted inDictionscary

offal

It's funny: when I turn to my dollar-store dictionary for advice on the correct way to pronounce "offal" it says "awful"! I thought so. There's nothing wonderful about offal: it's all awful, even in its very utterance. Offal is butcher's term for the "less valuable edible parts of a carcass" -- which is another way of saying the "guts" that are left over after the "meat" has been cleaved into muscular, familiar chunks. But the important thing to remember is that while these aren't worth much, they're still "edible." I think horror writers often use the thesaurus to look up…
June 13, 2009Posted inDictionscary
Posted inOnline Gizmo of the Month

Evolving Your Monster

"Monster Evolution" is a clever online game from Nob Studio, in which you terrorize a city eating humans -- and if you eat enough of them, you can "evolve" into creatures with special powers and take out the shooters and tanks that come after you. It's like Cloverfield meets John Carpenter's The Thing. Almost. Try "Monster Evolution" for yourself, and play God(zilla) for awhile: http://www.nobstudio.com/games.html?fid=&gid=18
June 10, 2009Posted inOnline Gizmo of the Month
Posted inArnzen News

Darkness on the Edge: A Bruce Springsteen Anthology

PS Publishing is now taking orders for Darkness on the Edge: Tales Inspired by the Songs of Bruce Springsteen. It will soon be available in a signed and unsigned limited edition hardcover.  My story is called "The Hungry Heart" -- sort of like Poe meets the Boss.  Other contributors include Sarah Langan, Gary Braunbeck, Elizabeth Massie, Lawrence C. Connolly and lots of other great dark fantasy writers.  Edited by Harrison Howe, with cover art by the infamous JK Potter. Definitely worth a look!  The limited edition is available here, and likely to sell out quickly.
May 29, 2009Posted inArnzen News