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Horror Stories for Xmas 2018!

Editor Kevin Kennedy is back with yet another batch of horror stories for xmas with Collected Christmas Horror Shorts Vol. 2, now available on amazon.com in ebook and paperbook formats. It includes a paranormal story by me I think you'll enjoy called "Catching Santa" and the entire collection is a great way to bring in the holiday spirit (literally). Publisher's Description: Some people love Christmas for religious reasons, others prefer it for the food, drink and parties, but for some other people, it's just another time of year to get up to mischief. This anthology is filled with tales of…
December 23, 2018Posted inArnzen News
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The Year’s Best Hardcore Horror II

There sure are a lot of horror fiction anthologies out there, and often it's too overwhelming to know which ones will deliver the goods. That's one of the reasons why a "Year's Best" antho is always a safe bet. One to look for this year is the Year's Best Hardcore Horror Vol. 2, recently published by Comet Press. It's getting very good reviews, including a fantastic one from Publisher's Weekly, and it's doing well on the bestseller charts. A reprint of my series, "55 Ways I'd Prefer Not to Die," leads off the book, and there are a number of extreme,…
July 3, 2017Posted inArnzen News
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Five More Ways I’d Prefer Not to Die

This past fall, one of my favorite releases was 555 Vol. 2: This Head, These Limbs, put out by Carrion Blue 555. Every story in this book is 55 words a piece; every author in the book (myself, John Edward Lawson, Stephanie Wytovich, Jonathan Moon and several others) contributed 55 of them each. That might sound like meaningless literary gamesmanship, but the results are staggeringly strong. It's a pretty impressive volume, and deserves more attention. My contribution is a short story series called "55 Ways I'd Prefer Not to Die," which explores just that: worst case scenarios for "the end"…
December 24, 2016Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems
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New Christmas Horror Short Stories

Collected Christmas: Horror Shorts -- the new anthology from Kevin Kennedy and Brandy Yassa -- has just been released, just in time to raise your holiday spirit (literally). Includes a new story I'm really proud of, "All Naughty, No Nice," which takes a post-apocalyptic approach to the legend of Old Saint Nick. But that's just one many great tales by a number or new writers and authors any genre fan might recognize. Get this collection of great yuletide terror from the UK cheap on amazon.com today! HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Publisher's Description Christmas is often thought of as a time of joy…
November 30, 2016Posted inArnzen News
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(It Really Is) The Best of Horror Library

In case you missed the news elsewhere, Cutting Block Press and Farolight Publishing have released The Best of Horror Library, Vols 1-5... and it really is the best! The anthology contains top-rated stories by a treasure trove of great writers. Having worked with editor RJ Cavender and crew at different times over many years now, I can totally testify: they care a lot about quality. And it shows in this collection, which gathers the top 30 stories out of over 150 tales they've published over the past decade in their thrice-Stoker nominated series of chilling horror and dread. I can't…
May 29, 2015Posted inArnzen News