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Arnzen Podcast with “Writer’s Talk” — airing on WCBE (Ohio NPR) tonight

Halloween approacheth. Look for the "Writer's Talk" series on WCBE (Ohio's NPR station), which will be airing interviews with Michael Arnzen, Gary Braunbeck, Lucy Snyder, and Lawrence Connolly each Wednesday in October. The topic is "The Business & Life of Writing Horror" and all of us had a blast together answering questions about this crazy genre of dread and terror. The Arnzen session airs tonight on WCBE (10/8/08) at 8pm, and I think it turned out really well. If you miss it, don't worry:  you should be able to hear the podcast online, provided by Doug Dangler and the Ohio…
October 8, 2008Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Podcast Interview at Chronicles of the Necromancer

Gail Z. Martin, author of the Chronicles of the Necromancer series, recently interviewed me for her ongoing series of podcasts with dark fantasy, paranormal and science fiction writers. Our chatty conversation about gore, humor, death and the attraction of horror stories is now available in a podcast on Gail's site, which presently features an all-star roster of writers, including Jeffery Thomas, Tony Ruggiero, Justin Gustainis, Alethea Kontis, and Mark Chadbourn. Gail's latest book is The Blood King, available now from amazon.com, and her new book, Dark Haven is due soon from Solaris Books. Topics we discuss in our interview: fantasy…
July 12, 2008Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

Horror Writing Courses & Academics in 2008

This morning I saw that Boing Boing posted news about the Alpha SF Workshop for Teens -- and it occurred to me that I've been remiss about announcing that I'll be teaching at this writer's workshop for young genre fans this year, alongside Tamora Pierce, Timothy Zahn, and the very cool Chris McKitterick. Application deadline is March 1st. I will also be leading a Flash Fiction writing workshop at Context SF Convention in September. It was exceptionally cool to be the Horror Guest of Honor at Context last year; this year's guest horror writer is Brian Keene, and other horror…
January 27, 2008Posted inArnzen News
Posted inArnzen News

How to Grow a Man-Eating Plant

Pseudopod: The Sound of Horror has just podcast my short story, "How to Grow a Man-Eating Plant" (read by Sheila Unwin). Happy Halloween! If you are unable to listen to podcasts, and you haven't already read it in 100 Jolts, then you might be able to find the story in print online in its original publication somewhere on my online bibliography. [audio:http://media.libsyn.com/media/pseudopod/PseudoFlash008_GrowAManEatingPlant.mp3]
October 18, 2007Posted inArnzen News