New entries will pop up on my book pages, or you can find me on their Author's Directory.
Kopaska-Merkel, and C.
Keep your eyes on the new Gorelets bibliography for news. I invite you, too, to join in the fun. I'm also working on a new story for a book called Monster Noir, a story collection coming soon from Nyx Books. Here are the details: What: EXQUISITE CORPSE. The final ballot will be announced sometime in April.
I contributed a new article about horror in academia, called "Degrees of Dread," that talks about how to combine an interest in horror with college studies and going after your MFA. LICKER violates every possible notion of good taste, gleefully, and the result is an optimistic graveyard fandango. My annotated list of Must-Have Horror Anthologies just went live on the Reading Room at Horror Fiction News Network. In the process, I think he uncovers some of the secrets behind what makes a "gorelet" poem tick. News: I'll be sending out the next e-mail edition of The Goreletter shortly after I return. To learn more about Freakcidents, visit publisher Shocklines Press. [Note: their poetry contest for this issue is now officially closed. Audiovile is more than just storytelling. Arnzen's sure-footed, fast-paced storytelling, and his willingness to fly far beyond the bounds of good taste, make LICKER the one bizarre carnival ride that you must buy a ticket for. It will be an entertaining compact disc featuring 16 audio performances of horror stories from 100 Jolts and elsewhere. You can hear me perform "Why Zombies Lumber" (from my book, Rigormarole) with creepy musical accompaniment. com or from virtually any other book store, including the Writer's Digest Book Club. I'll be traveling to the International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts next week (March 15-19, 2006 in Ft. It also includes a savvy section on the horror market, education, and other resources for the aspiring writer. Devilish, bizarre and irreverent, this book has everything: an insatiable plot, fingerlicking prose, and characters who will eat your heart out with a wooden spoon! A lot of good books won the award this year. Arnzen, a novelette of rib-tickling terror quite unlike any you've read before.
Harlan Wilson and JoSelle Vanderhooft.
I'm happy to report that my book of mutant character studies-in-verse, FREAKCIDENTS, has just won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection!
And they've got lots and lots of Halloween tricks and treats in store for you all over their site.
This is my third Stoker, and I'm jumping with manic joy.
In an early review, Horror World calls it an "over-the-top, gross-out laugh riot. Vanderworld: Look for the fun interview, "Michael Arnzen Walks the Plank," scheduled to appear on fantasist Jeff Vandermeer's weblog in the weeks to come. Dissections also includes a handful of critical essays that "dissect" my horror poetry in Gorelets and my short-short fiction in 100 Jolts by Lawrence C. A delirious year, perhaps.
It was recently covered in a great article in the NY Times.