Appearances in July 2008

July 19th, 7pm | Alpha Booksigning | Barnes and Noble Bookstore | Greensburg, PA Arnzen reading and book signing, along with sci-fi writer Timothy Zahn (known for his Star Wars books) at Barnes and Noble Bookstore in Greensburg, PA. Students participating in the Alpha SF/F Workshops will be a part of this event (I'm teaching in the program this year). Free and open to the public. UPCOMING APPEARANCES: Aug 15-16 | HorrorFind | Adelphi, MD Join us at Horrorfind for the FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY for Raw Dog Screaming Press! I'll be there, in addition to reading at this HUGE annual convention…

Horror Writing Courses & Academics in 2008

This morning I saw that Boing Boing posted news about the Alpha SF Workshop for Teens -- and it occurred to me that I've been remiss about announcing that I'll be teaching at this writer's workshop for young genre fans this year, alongside Tamora Pierce, Timothy Zahn, and the very cool Chris McKitterick. Application deadline is March 1st. I will also be leading a Flash Fiction writing workshop at Context SF Convention in September. It was exceptionally cool to be the Horror Guest of Honor at Context last year; this year's guest horror writer is Brian Keene, and other horror…

Film Encore/Reading | Seton Hill U. – Nov 30th

I'll be giving an encore presentation of the film based on my poetry and flash fiction, Exquisite Corpse, at Seton Hill University (Greensburg, PA) on November 30th, 2007, at 4pm in room 308 in the Administration Building. This event will also include readings of new work and a listening sample from Audiovile. Open and free to the public. Information is available here. 11/24 Postscript: Congratulations to producer Jim Minton for winning another award for Exquisite Corpse: the "Best Visual Effects" award at the 2007 Sansevieria Film Festival! [Exquisite Corpse is now available on DVD. To purchase in the US send…

Little Things Mean a Lot: Arnzen in Post-Gazette

Kate Luce Angell's wonderful profile on my work, "Little Things Mean a Lot in Writing Horror" was just published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It includes a good photo from my reading at Zombiefest and some great elements of our interview. Excerpt: "I'm interested in potent nuggets of narrative, and horror has always been a shorter genre," he said. "Look at Edgar Allen Poe's stories and poems." The little things also loom large in the subjects of his work, in which he finds the frightening in minutely observed, everyday details, like a janitor's glove (or IS it a glove?) and a…