halloween – gorelets

“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

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Proverbs for Monsters — A Halloween Special from Dark Regions Press

ALERT! Get my huge Bram Stoker Award-winning story collection, Proverbs for Monsters, for just $.99 from Amazon in the week leading up to Halloween! Dark Regions Press has set this title on a "Kindle Countdown" and this limited offer runs from 10/25-10/31. Read the full book description and contents listing here on gorelets.com On amazon. Happy Halloween, everyone. p.s. A bonus Halloween treat: hear me read the new poem, "Murder Sauna: Live" along with a great set of other writers sharing their audio on the Science Fiction Poetry Association's 2016 Halloween Readings site!

By Michael Arnzen October 26, 2016Arnzen News