My second novel, PLAY DEAD, is back from the printers and now available in hardcover! This is the trade edition; a wild, special limited run (see the pictures!) will be coming soon, but there is presently no paperback or e-book edition in the works. You won’t be disappointed — it’s a great product — a beautiful work of offset printing, with a slick dustjacket, cream cloth cover, red foil stamping and tight binding. Worth the $27 cover price! Most major internet booksellers are now taking orders online:
Shocklines Bookstore (signed) | ProjectPulp.com | Amazon.com | Barnes and Noble | Powell’s Books | Buy.com | Books a Million | Bloodletting Books (signed) | Clarkesworld Books (signed)
Or if you want to ask your local retailer to stock it, here are the publishing details:
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| PLAY DEAD by Michael A. Arnzen. Raw Dog Screaming Press. ISBN 1-933293-04-7, trade hardcover, 280 pages, $27.00, August 2005. |
Advanced Acclaim:
“With PLAY DEAD, Arnzen has created a masterpiece of eloquent depravity. It features all of the sins of Vegas, slathering on heaping portions of insane greed, savage sex, irredeemable blasphemy, and skull-crunching violence. You’ll get sucked in on the first page, and won’t put the book down until you reach the breathless finale. Arnzen writes like someone has a shotgun to his head, and Mike might be the one pulling the trigger…” – JA Konrath, author of BLOODY MARY
“PLAY DEAD reads like white lightning. The wonderfully grungy characters and staccato-fast chapters grab you by the face, haul you in, and won’t let go, while the richly metaphoric style begs for savoring on every page. Arnzen wears a wry gaming grin even as he reminds us the universe is little more than a horrorshow comprised of pure plain chance. This terrific (in all senses of the word) novel hits the ground running and just won’t stop.” – Lance Olsen, author of 10:01
“…a fast-paced, brutal, gritty, and unflinching novel.” – Cemetery Dance
“Play Dead is a fun story full of power, life and death, intricacies of relationships, mysticism and survival. Arnzen weaves a gripping tale with just the right blend of intrigue, horror, and morality. Very entertaining.” – Horror-Web
“Las Vegas is as diseased a city as there is, and Mike Arnzen knows this as well as anyone. In Play Dead, he distills its essence down to a uniquely brutal game and brings together as fascinatingly repellent a bunch of losers ever to make a grab for the corroded brass ring. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas? Jesus, let
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