Instigation Prompts: Horror for the Holidays

In last November's issue of The Goreletter, I posted the following list of story starters for "Horror for the Holidays." Since the season will soon be upon us, I thought I'd share it here on the blog, to help the sicko writers out there get started on corrupting their holiday imaginations early. If you didn't see this before, it's because you don't subscribe to my newsletter. SUBSCRIBE and you'll get Instigation fresh off the grill. And if you want whole trove of things like this, pick up my ebook, Instigation: Creative Prompts on the Dark Side Horror for the Holidays…

The Goreletter 10.1 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 10, #1 -- the first issue of 2015 -- was delivered to mailing list subscribers on 6/24/15 @ 10:15pm est. It contains extra entertainment/material not available here on the weblog version, including a new gorelets poem, information on upcoming summer signings, and new art. The image below, for instance, was included in the newsletter, and you can see more weirdness like it in my flickr gallery. If you subscribe and did not receive this issue, or just want to see the back issues, review the archives at gorelets.com. If you need to check or update your subscription’s…

The Goreletter 9.5 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 9, #5 -- the last issue for 2014 -- was delivered to mailing list subscribers on 11/27/14 @ 9:30pm est. It contains extra entertainment/material not available here on the weblog version, including info about the bonus materials in the 20th Anniversary re-release of my novel Grave Markings, the best poems from my Halloween night poetry slam with Stephanie Wytovich, a #HorrorSelfies contest and a new poem based on an piece of weird art I made called "Chernobyl Potatoes". A version of the image above was also included in the newsletter -- if you like it, you can…

The Goreletter 9.4 Mailed

Happy Halloween Season! The Goreletter Vol. 9, #4 was delivered to mailing list subscribers on 10/20/14 @ 10:00am est. It contains extra entertainment/material not available here on the weblog version, including breaking news about the re-publication of my first novel, Grave Markings, an extended Dictionscary entry musing over names for different lobes of the brain, and a list of funny hashtag games on twitter. A version of the image above was also included in the newsletter -- if you like it, you can download a large size of it from my flickr gallery. FYI: The newsletter erroneously was delivered with…

The Goreletter 9.3 Mailed

The Goreletter Vol. 9, #3 was delivered to mailing list subscribers on 6/13/14 @ 11:00pm est. It contains extra entertainment/material not available here on the weblog version, including a "scratch and dent" sale item exclusive to subscribers, new creative writing, a photo from WHC 1996, and even a sequel to the infamous poem, Fuzzy Bunnies. A version of the image above was also included in the newsletter -- if you like it, you can download a large size of it as a desktop wallpaper on my flickr gallery. If you subscribe and did not receive this issue, review the archives…