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Photos from June 2013 SHU Residency in Writing Popular Fiction

Throughout last week, Seton Hill U hosted both our usual MFA writer's residency and a very successful alumni workshop/gathering called "In Your Write Mind," which featured a mass book signing and even a "Princess Bride" costume ball. Raw Dog Screaming Press attended, with pre-release copies of my novel Play Dead and plenty of Fridge of the Damned poetry magnets for sale. On top of all the academics, these folks really know how to have a good time. Here are some images I gathered during the experience. Along with my usual courses, the alumni group also invited me to give a…
July 3, 2013Posted inAmbulations
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The Fridge of the Damned Gallery

The Fridge of the Damned is currently landing in backer mailboxes everywhere, and people are having a blast with the weird horror poetry magnets, and sharing their photos online. If you're one of them, I invite you to email me a shot or post a link to one to contribute a photo to the Fridge of the Damned gallery on Flickr. People are also sharing shots on twitter with hashtag #TFOTD. I love what I've seen so far! The Fridge of the Damned is now offered for sale for $12 each by Raw Dog Screaming Press, while supplies last.
March 8, 2013Posted inArnzen News
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Found Bones and other Word Art/Poems

Inspired by the terrifc response we're getting to the Fridge of the Damned magnetic word tile campaign, I'll be posting poems (made with real or virtual poetry magnets) and related "word art" to the project's Flickr set. Drop by and check them out from time to time. This set can also include your own poems written with The Fridge of the Damned in the mind, if you care to share. Just email photos to me and I'll post them. Remember: the kickstarter campaign ends February 1st, 2013. Act swiftly if you want to be a part of the action!
January 7, 2013Posted inAmbulations
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“French Smilie” — Outtake from Video in Progress

Working up a video related to "The Fridge of the Damned" (which is something exciting to announce in the New Year!). This snapshot of two overlapping fridge magnets is an outtake I kind of liked and felt compelled to share here. I posted a similar one to flickr last night. [The mouths on both are from an old "Freaky Faces" magnet set we picked up in a gift shop years ago.] You'll be hearing a lot more about the Fridge of the Damned soon... hope you'll participate!
December 28, 2012Posted inAmbulations
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Bizarro Reading in Morgantown

I drove out to Morgantown, WV to see the Raw Dog Screaming Press reading event -- sponsored by the Morgantown Poets society -- for stalwart "bizarro" writers and old friends John Edward Lawson and D. Harlan Wilson. This event marked the official print release of Lawson's new book, SuiPsalms, which he introduced by announcing the number for the Suicide Hotline and explained that his book fell in with a new genre he hadn't been aware of until he started writing the book, Suicide Poetry (example here). D. Harlan Wilson read a hilarious excerpt from the tongue-in-cheek Hitler: The Terminal Biography.…
August 17, 2012Posted inAmbulations