Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems

Don’t Stop Bleeding

Just a vampire girl Livin' in a zombie world She took the midnight train Goin' anywhere Just a city boy Dead and raised in south Detroit He took a bite of brain Goin' anywhere Find a human in a smoky room The smell of blood and cheap perfume For a lifetime they can share the night It goes on and on and on and on Strangers shuffling Up and down the boulevard Shadows searching In the night Undead people Living just to find emotion Feasting somewhere In the night Slurping hearts till the lust's fulfilled Everybody's out to kill Doin'…
January 18, 2010Posted inGorelets: Unpleasant Poems12 Comments
Posted inDictionscary

gavage

Tap-tap-tap. Class, pay attention. I'm going to teach you a new word today. It's called "gavage." Say it out loud. No, not like "savage," Little Jimmy. It's pronounced like "garage." That's right, Mary: guhvahzh. Really resonate that last syllable in your mouth. What? No Patty, "garvage" is not a word. Gavage. Do any of you know what it means? No, Jimmy, it's not the trash you run over in your garage. No, Mary, it's not a battlefield dressing invented during the French revolution. What's that, Patty? No. Absolutely not. That's not even humanly possible. Take notes, class. "Gavage" is a…
October 31, 2009Posted inDictionscary
Posted inWeblog Exclusive

Clips from My Halloween Reading at SHU 2009

Last week the English Club at Seton Hill University invited me to read at a Halloween event they sponsored, and I had a lot of fun reading some new story sketches and poems with them. I recorded it, so I could share a few audio clips here in celebration. Click the play button below to hear "Endless Shrimp" (2:10), "Silence" (3:17) and "The Christmas Doll" (0:46). Happy Halloween (...and Christmas, too!) [audio:Michael Arnzen_Endless Shrimp-Live 2009.mp3,Michael Arnzen_Silence-Live 2009.mp3,Michael Arnzen_The Christmas Doll-Live 2009.mp3|titles=Endless Shrimp-Live 2009,Silence-Live 2009,The Christmas Doll-Live 2009|artists=Michael Arnzen,Michael Arnzen,Michael Arnzen] If you like it, investigate my produced CD -- Audiovile!…
October 25, 2009Posted inWeblog Exclusive
Posted inBlather

Return of the Son of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Cthulhu the Obscure A Connecticut Devil in King Arthur's Inferno The Golden Bowl of Blood The Isle of Dr. Moreau and Mr. Hyde As I Lay Resurrecting Creature from the Walden Pond Of Mice and Tentacles A Midsummer Night's Scream Jane Weyrewolf Oedipus Rex: The Boy With the X-Ray Eyes Uncle Tom's Cannibal Cabin A Poison Clockwork Orange Rabid Animal Farm Lord of the Giant Flies Clone King Richard the Thirtieth A Morgue of One's Own ** With irreverence for: Quirk Classics. [Update: The literati among you might also appreciate this essay at the 'Jane Austen's World' blog.]
October 12, 2009Posted inBlather