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THE GORELETTER Archive:
Publishing since 2002, The Goreletter is Michael Arnzen's Bram Stoker Award-Winning Weird Newsletter. Below you will find the complete archive of back issues of this strange and sickly delightful missive…
Click on the title of each issue for the archive in text format. For the original version in the off-site web archive, click on the appropriate HTML link.
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And don't miss the treasury edition of the best weird poetry and thinkpieces drawn from here (and elsewhere online) in a nice volume, available in hardcover, paperback or ebook format: The Gorelets Omnibus, from Raw Dog Screaming Press (2013).
If you get lost click the link to https://gorelets.com in the left column.
Volume 13 (2021-22)
Volume 12 (2017)
12.1 Body Bag Movin' – 7.25.2017 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/cW3N3f
Volume 11 (2016)
11.2 Halloween Brew – 9.24.2016 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/cggmm1
11.1 Reflections – 8.2.2016 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/b_PbQ5
Volume 10 (2015)
10.2 Household of Blood – 12.29.2015 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/bDrVf5
10.1 Zombifurcation – 6.24.2015 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/bp5x3r
Volume 9 (2014)
9.5 Chernobyl Potatoes – 11.27.2014 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/9uM8X
9.4 Horror is a Church – 10.20.2014 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/3OIaj
9.3 Friday the 13th, Part 46 – 6.13.2014 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/WdlYr
9.2 The Suck of Blood – 3.23.2014 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/QmVIT
9.1 And the Winner Is – 2.7.2014 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/NAC7b
Volume 8 (2013)
8.3 The Resolution – 12.20.2013 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/K4NNr
8.2 Telephone Etiquette – 11.17.2013 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/IYXcD
8.1 A New Goreletter – 10.31.2013 | HTML: http://eepurl.com/H17F1
Volume 7 (2013)
Volume 6 (2009-2010)
6.2 Weird Juice – 10.19.2010
6.1 Of Mice and Tentacles – 10.31.2009
Volume 5 (2007-2009)
5.4 Black Saabath – 6.14.2009
5.3 Wackee-Packed – 7.02.2008
5.2 Grim Henzen Productions – 4.02.2008
5.1 Cold Cuts – 10.19.2007
Volume 4 (2006-2007)
4.4 Blugh! – 7.18.2007
4.3 Introducing MyBlade – 2.11.2007
4.2 The Wink of the Cyclops – 9.21.2006
4.1a Extra - Arnzen Wins Bram Stoker Award – 6.19.2006
4.1 Tender Cuts – 5.26.2006
Volume 3 (2005-2006)
3.6 Extreme Makeovers – 2.11.2006
3.5 Avian Phlegm – 11.27.2005
3.4 Imaginary Trivia – 9.27.2005
3.3 Skittyphrenia – 7.18.2005
3.2 The Birds are Fowl – 5.05.2005
3.1 Mashing the Monster – 3.10.2005
Volume 2 (2003-2005)
2.13 Prime Slime – 1.15.2005
2.12 Sick-o-Mint – 11.09.2004
2.11 Pluck it Out – 10.02.2004
2.10 Hairy Spice – 08.19.2004
2.9 Proverbs for Monsters – 7.04.2004
2.8a A Bram Stoker Award Winner! – 6.10.2004
2.8 The Griddled Mermaid – 5.22.2004
2.7 Quirky Jerk – 4.06.2004
2.6 Grammassacre – 2.27.2004
2.5 Oddly Chilling Thoughts – 1.19.2004
2.4 Stump Hallucinations – 12.20.2003
2.3 Meat Overboard – 11.17.2003
2.2 Halloween Fantasies – 10.14.2003
2.1 Stop Making Sixth Sense – 9.07.2003
Volume 1 (2002-2003)
1.13a Extra -- Contest Winners – 8.06.2003
1.13 Too Taboo For You – 8.04.2003
1.12 Some Hypnotic Suggestions – 7.05.2003
1.11 Your Worst Fears – 5.30.2003
1.10 Zombunnies – 5.02.2003
1.9 Raw Meat – 3.24.2003
1.8 Gorelish – 3.03.2003
1.7 Nail-Biting Horrors – 2.09.2003
1.6 Sick Stuff – 1.19.2003
1.5 Skeletons! Skeletons! – 12.28.2002
1.4 Holiday X – 12.06.2002
1.3 Halloween Dreams – 11.13.2002
1.2 U-Hell – 10.17.2002
1.1 Scream Musings – 9.26.2002
Historical Notes
Volumes 1-7 (2002-2013) were distributed directly from gorelets.com utilizing DadaMail software.
In 2004, The Goreletter won the Bram Stoker Award for “Superior Achievement in Alternative Forms.” And it was nominated again the following year. This category was retired by the Horror Writers Association in 2006. You can read my acceptance speech.
In 2012, poetry from The Goreletter was selected to be included in the book, The Gorelets Omnibus, alongside the original “gorelets” series of short-short poems that predated (and actually created the desire for) the newsletter. Most of the writing prompts in the “instigation” department were also published in Instigation: Creative Prompts from the Dark Side in 2013.
Volumes 8-12 (2013-2017) were distributed via the mailchimp newsletter service, to allow for HTML formatting. The number of subscribers had also become too large for the server at gorelets to handle efficiently.
Volume 13 (2021-present) resumed distribution after a four year hiatus (due to security concerns), moving over to the robust Revue newsletter service. **Former subscribers have to re-enroll** to be on the mailing list for this new newsletter.