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Horror Poetry Reading on 11.10.12 at DV8 Downtown Greensburg

If you live in the Pittsburgh/Greensburg area, join me for a horror poetry reading alongside writer Stephanie Wytovich at DV8 Espresso Gallery and Cafe in Downtown Greensburg, 7pm, on Nov 10th. We're informally calling it "Halloween Resurrection." Come on by; it's free and freaky. I'll have my latest books in hand if you'd like to pick up a signed copy, too. (DV8 is located on 208 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, Greensburg, PA 15601. Phone: 724-219-0804. More venue information on Facebook) or their website). UPDATE: Stephanie has posted a fun Facebook Event page that will be useful for those of you with…
November 3, 2012Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems

MUTTERVERSE: All Halloween Day and Night Long!

Throughout #Halloween day I will tweet new poems inspired by my recent trip to @muttermuseum #MutterMuseum with hashtag #MUTTERVERSE— Michael Arnzen (@MikeArnzen) October 31, 2012 Happy Halloween! I enjoyed the Zombie Haiku tweet marathon on Halloween last year (which later was printed in The Gorelets Omnibus) so much that I am doing it again -- but it will be a little more somber and diverse this time with short free verse pieces about disease, deformity, body horror and medical freakitude, all inspired by my recent trip to the Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia (and based on…
October 30, 2012Posted inArnzen News, Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems1 Comment
Posted inArnzen News

Fall 2012 Appearances for Michael Arnzen

OCT 13 11a-4p | Frostburg, MD Western Maryland Indie Lit Festival Downtown Frostburg Arnzen will attend with several Raw Dog Screaming Press authors, including Jennifer Barnes, John Edward Lawson, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Jack Miller, and K. Ceres Wright. The event, sponsored by the Frostburg State University Center for Creative Writing, brings together editors and publishers with writers and educators of the local community, and features panel discussions on various creative genres, DIY publishing, self-publishing, promotion and marketing, writing local, and reading and writing online. The event is free and open to the public, with sessions and book sales available…
October 3, 2012Posted inArnzen News1 Comment
Posted inSnippets of the Strange

Put this under your child’s pillow when they lose a baby tooth…

Don't put money under your child's pillow if they put their lost tooth there before bedtime. Put something like this under there, waiting for them to awaken in the morning... money better spent! Berkeley dollmaker Kerry Kate is doing some wonderfully macabre artwork with her collectable handmade doll series at October Effigies. Above is her Tooth Fairy Stuffed Print Doll from May 2010; I also found her "Wormbelly" doll quite disturbing. Visit her blog for the latest.
November 30, 2011Posted inSnippets of the Strange