Posted inSnippets of the Strange

My Monstrous Lecture on the Horror Genre: “Horror is the Removal of Masks”

I'm presently wrapping up a full semester of teaching Horror Writing to undergrads at Seton Hill University, and we've been having a blast doing all sorts of multimedia work -- especially work using SoundCloud for audio critiques. Along the way, I've been been playing with the site, too, uploading lecture excerpts and strange sound prompts and other weird things. I even recently gave a little presentation about the class experiments for a conference we held on campus called the iTeach gallery. During the term, I discovered the above excerpt (from my article in the wonderful book for dark authors, WRITER'S…
April 27, 2013Posted inSnippets of the Strange
Posted inArnzen News

Fund The Fridge of the Damned … Get the INSTIGATION Ebook!

For the month of January, Raw Dog Screaming Press, Microhorror.com and Gorelets.com are joining forces to campaign on Kickstarter to make The Fridge of the Damned: a twisted poetry word tile set (based on something that old fans of this site will be familiar with) that will make any sticky metal surface even stickier! We need your help. Kick in a few bucks and if our dreams become a reality, you can use these demented fridge magnets however you please... in fact, with a little creative play, they might "instigate" you to come up with poetry, stories, art or even…
January 2, 2013Posted inArnzen News
Posted inAmbulations

Poster for My Horror Writing Class at SHU in Spring

I love my day job, teaching terror. This class in "Horror and Suspense Writing" meets the requirements for our new undergraduate "Certificate in Genre Writing" at Seton Hill University. [Got a BA and looking to write a novel? Then check out our MFA in Writing Popular Fiction!] Recognize the image? That's "The Dark Librarian" from my flickr gallery.
October 21, 2012Posted inAmbulations1 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 inArnzen News

To Write Well…

The following is an excerpt from the front page of my Fiction Writing syllabus at SHU, which I posted to scribd and soundcloud as part of the course. I was surprised to find out tonight that it was highlighted as a "Featured Document" by scribd.com! Neat. To Write Well Here's the audio version, recorded for the students in the class to respond to. Teaching does take time away from my writing, but it's just as rewarding to me, and it's fun to share in the students' creative spirits. Our class is going to be doing a lot of experiments with…
August 22, 2012Posted inArnzen News