Gorelets: Resurrection

The website has been reorganized. The gallery and bibliography are still under reconstruction, but the blog and other components are already resurrected and hungry for your brain. Click "The Blog" above for the main menu!

MikeArnzen - Le freak, c'est eek.

Many Genres, One Craft

My latest book is a hefty handbook for authors, by authors, called Many Genres, One Craft: Lessons in Writing Popular Fiction (co-edited with Heidi Ruby Miller, Headline Books, May 2011). Visit our special weblog for information and exclusive extras.



See The Creations page for my complete bibliography.

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Praise & Press

In a little over a decade, Michael A. Arnzen has achieved what few writers manage in a lifetime. He has become the master of a brand of literature that is uniquely his own, and I do not doubt that his approach to horror will soon (if not already) be referred to as ‘Arnzenian.’ When you begin an Arnzen story, you embark on a journey where the old maps do not apply. Soon you find yourself deep in new territory, barreling through landscapes more fascinating and twisted than any previously encountered. Be assured: you will be amazed, startled, amused, and creeped out along the way, but whatever the road has in store, you will not be able to stop reading until the story ends. Horrifying, captivating, ironic — Arnzenian! — the works of Michael A. Arnzen are in a class all their own. Fasten your seat belts and enjoy the ride! — Lawrence C. Connolly, author of Veins