Posted inArnzen News

Win a Signed Copy of 100 Jolts

[This contest has unfortunately ended.  Thanks to everyone who entered!] [ACT QUICK!  This opportunity expires today. There are over 200 entrants so far!] You can win a free signed copy of my book, 100 Jolts, by entering a request at the "member giveaway" raffle at LibraryThing.com.  You'll need to sign up for LibraryThing if you're not already on the bookshelf sharing site...luckily, they offer free limited membership (and a cheap pricetag for unlimited membership).  I'm a LTAuthor -- come check it out!  (I'm also an author on GoodReads.com if you prefer that site...but I don't, so no freebies for you!) You'll need to…
February 5, 2009Posted inArnzen News
Posted inData+Errata

Horror-Ku Winners Posted

If you'd like to read a few quick horror haiku, click on over to the Little Blog of Horrors over at Horror-Web.com.  They've posted the top three entries of a horror-ku contest I recently judged.  Congrats to winners CS McBride, Bruce Boston and John Pupo!
February 3, 2009Posted inData+Errata
Posted inOnline Gizmo of the Month

The Haunt’s Horror Arcade

I should be working, but how can I when there are maniac clowns on the loose? The new "MySpace for Horror Fans Only" website, The Haunt, hosts a bounty of online "flash" games you can play online for free in their macabre Arcade section. I'm not too old to admit I thoroughly enjoyed the silly survivalist massacre known as Clown Killer 2.   After a ten minute session, I became the champion player of CK2 with a new high score...which will surely be defeated soon by some John Wayne Gacy wannabe who has more time on his or her plastic-gloved hands. I'm haunting the…
January 30, 2009Posted inOnline Gizmo of the Month
Posted inData+Errata

Horror Haiku Contest

Jimmy Z. -- the new purveyor of Horror-web.com -- has invited me to judge a horror haiku contest they're presently running, with cash prizes. If you write poetry, or simply love to wax pithy with expressions of zombie philosophy, you still have time to send him your submissions. The deadline is Feb 1st. You might read Ryan Mecum's Zombie Haiku for inspiration.
January 27, 2009Posted inData+Errata
Posted inWeblog Exclusive

Write Horror at Seton Hill University

How cool is my University? The above image is a sneak preview of an ad campaign they'll be releasing soon for our graduate program in Writing Popular Fiction, where students can earn a Master's degree for writing a horror novel. Instructors include luminaries in the horror/fantasy genre you might be familiar with, like Tim Waggoner, Gary Braunbeck, Timons Esaias and Lawrence C. Connolly and many others. We're currently brainstorming "taglines" to go with the above image (like: "Don't fear commercial success.") so if you want to recommend any (before my meeting with the powers that be on 1/28), go right…
January 26, 2009Posted inWeblog Exclusive