San Francisco: World Horror Con Agenda
by Michael Arnzen ~ April 26th, 2006Here’s where you can find me at World Horror Convention, May 11th-14th, in San Francisco. I especially welcome people to come to my fiction reading Saturday night, when I plan to read my short story “Exorcystland” if time permits. If you aren’t attending the convention, but are in the SF area, then come to the public event sponsored Thursday night by Borderlands Bookstore.
- Thursday, May 11th
- 8pm: SIGNING at Borderlands Bookstore, Downtown San Francisco
- Friday, May 12th
WORLD HORROR CONVENTION
at Golden Gateway Holiday Inn, San Francisco
- 2pm: PANEL, “Writing the Other,” with Rita Oakes, Jacob Strunk, Lucien Soulban, Michael A. Arnzen, Thomas M. Sipos/
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- 4pm: PANEL, “Is the Web the Future of Horror Publishing?” with Michael A. Arnzen (m), Nickolas Cook, David Wellington, Lawrence Santoro, Steven Shrewsbury.
8pm: SIGNING, Mass Autograph Session in Hotel Main Hall - -
- Saturday, May 13th
WORLD HORROR CONVENTION
at Golden Gateway Holiday Inn, San Francisco
- 8:30pm: READING of “Exorcystland” (or other work tba)
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Delirium Squared
by Michael Arnzen ~ April 22nd, 2006If you are interested at all in science fiction, fantasy, or horror poetry, you might find the latest issue of Mythic Delirium to your liking. It just came out and it has a knock-out lineup, with writers like Mikal Trimm, Ian Watson, and Suzette Haden Elgin between the covers.
I love that title, “Mythic Delirium.” I’m happy to have a dark poem, called “muscle boy,” in this issue. And I just realized that this makes two publications I’ve been in this year with the word “Delirium” in the title. (The other one was an anthology, called In Delirium, published by — who else? — Delirium Books). I wonder what that means? A delirious year, perhaps. No, I’m sure of it…I feel like the guy on the cover…
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Wee Small Hours is Clocking Out
by Michael Arnzen ~ April 15th, 2006Wee Small Hours — the online fiction challenge, responding to creative writing prompts plucked from my weekly column in Hellnotes newsletter — has gone on hiatus. Read the final (?) entry (Bev Vincent’s excellent story, “Therapy”) while it’s still available free online. Bev wrote a very grim, very moving, tale! I just wanted to say how proud I was to be the instigator for WSH. Although only one tale was chosen each month, it has produced many great stories that are still in circulation and it thrills me to be a part of all that creative energy. UPDATE 5/5/06: It turns out that Hellnotes magazine itself is undergoing radical changes. Editorial hands are changing from Judi Rohrig to David Silva, and the newsletter is now a free weblog! Go to Hellnotes for details. My “Instigation” department is no longer a part of Hellnotes, but I promise to continue to running Instigation in The Goreletter, for as long as I publish it. |  |
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Freakcidents Happen
by Michael Arnzen ~ April 7th, 2006| I’m happy to announce that FREAKCIDENTS is officially a finalist for the 2005 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Poetry Collection!
FREAKCIDENTS (think “freak+accidents”) is a series of character studies of wild mutants and crazy sideshow attractions. This title has always been one of my personal favorites. You can still read some excellent reviews and sharp literary criticism about the book online in Sidereality, Strange Horizons, FeoAmante.com, and Chiaroscuro. Shocklines Press still has copies of this limited edition book available in an affordable trade paperback and a short run of very special signed/lettered hardcovers. UPDATE, 4/14: Shocklines is offering 30% off the softcover for a limited time! Congratulations to all the Bram Stoker Award Nominees, especially my fellow poet nominees: Gary Crawford, Dan Shields, and Charlee Jacob. |  |
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