halloween – gorelets

The Balloon (2024)

Team S2 the S Pro Presents “The Balloon”USA | 7 mins | ColorDirected by Stephanie SwiftWritten by Michael A. ArnzenProduced by DeJonna WilliamsMusic by Ayça AkinCinematography by Jeffrey SmeeEditing by Scott Danzig and Jeffrey Smee CastRick Dutrow as GuntherJess Uhler as Casey ConnorJacqui Wrae as “Betty”Andrew Nesky as DaddyMelissa Rayworth as MotherRoscoe List as Young GuntherStephanie Swift as Police OfficerDeJonna Williams as Police Officer "The Balloon" is a short liminal horror film (7 mins) that tells the harrowing story of a downtrodden mechanic who lives in a deteriorating paradigm... but there is more than meets the eye when the past…

By Michael Arnzen October 7, 2024Arnzen News

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“Beyond Undead”: A New Short-Short Graphic Novel

Happy October! My longtime friend Eric Hoffman and I have a Halloween surprise for you... a graphic fiction adaptation of my short-short story, "Beyond Undead"! Eric Hoffman ingeniously reframes the tale, intensifying the emotional elements of the piece with expressive line art. Check this free comic out at pancyfancer.com and be sure to browse around and see what else Hoffman has been up to lately. Eric, my old Army buddy, has performed comedy in Chicago and LA, starred in a few indie hits, and has written for several popular shows, from the film Girlfriend's Day with Bob Odenkirk to skits…

By Michael Arnzen October 1, 2023Arnzen News, Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems

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Raising the Dead Draft (& Other Fall Events)

Take a quick gander at my events page, and you'll see that I'm lining up a number of readings, talks and writing workshops for the 2022 Harvest season... hope you're able to join me at one of them! I always love reading live. But here I want to highlight a one-hour writing workshop I'm running that is also part of an awesome book launch. From Oct 8th-10th, Raw Dog Screaming Press and AllAccessCon are hosting "Writing Poetry in the Dark" -- a unique event featuring a roster of top horror poets, all talking shop to help writers learn about the…

By Michael Arnzen September 25, 2022Arnzen News

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Halloween Season 2021

Image by Jeff C. Carter Happy harvest time, loyal readers, old friends and new visitors! October is always the busiest month of the year for horror fiends, and my Halloween season this year is no exception. If you've seen my events page, you know I'll be reading at such places as the Chatham University library and a PARSEC panel of horror writers, along with an outdoor session by the fire at the annual Seton Hill University English Club spooky story night. I'll be co-organizing a meeting of the Pittsburgh chapter of the HWA at the Horror Studies archive at U…

By Michael Arnzen October 12, 2021Arnzen News

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Discounted Arnzen Ebooks for Halloween & NaNoWriMo 2019

Seasons greetings! During the week leading up to Halloween 2019 (10/27-10/31) only you can get the kindle version of my tale of Van Helsing (i.e. unauthorized Dracula sequel), Murrmann, for FREE! Just download it directly from Amazon.com from Sunday 10/27/19 through Thursday 10/31/19 and you'll have the ebook forever. Enjoy! (I'd love to see some new reader reviews, especially if you liked it.) Free from 10/27-10/31/19 PST! I've also reduced my other ebooks available on the kindle from Mastication Publications by a buck or two each for a limited time, so browse around while you're there! Also, since November is…

By Michael Arnzen October 25, 2019Arnzen News