I'll be performing a reading at CONFLUENCE in Pittsburgh on Sunday 1pm. Doubt anyone reading this will be able to make it, but I thought it prudent to post the news anyway, just in case. For more info on Confluence, visit: trfn.clpgh.org/parsec/conflu/index.html
-- Mike Arnzen
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(7/13/02 9:07 am) Reply
E-Anthology Released: Switch.Blade
[Thought I'd share this press release -- my twisted story, "Flunking the Assassin," appears in it (the anthology actually debuts Monday at Fictionwise.com). The next edition will feature Halloween stories. I recommend fictionwise.com to anyone reading this who has a handheld computer. They released my collection, FLUID MOSAIC, as an e-book recently, too.]
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SWITCH.BLADE -- Fictionwise.com's first all-original e-anthology -- is released!
July 15, 2002 -- For immediate release
Leading sf/f/h e-book publisher Fictionwise.com [ www.fictionwise.com ] will debut it's first all-original anthology in e-book form on July 15, 2002. Edited by Nebula nominee Amy Sterling Casil, Switch.Blade will be something like a magazine, featuring new work by Fictionwise.com's speculative authors each quarter, focused on a seasonal or holiday theme, for the low price of just $4.99.
The first issue of Switch.Blade -- "School's Out" -- features ten tales involving the theme of "school" or "summer break" in creative and suprising (and predominantly humorous) ways by award winning or popular sf/f/h authors. The contents include:
"Connections," by Matt Horgan
"Penny Lombard and the Heart Ken Found," by Alan Rodgers
"Oh-Oh," by Ron Collins and John C. Bodin
"Hell Week at Grant-Williams High," by Vera Nazarian
"High-Stakes Test," by James Van Pelt
"Nord's Gambit," by Tobias Buckell
"The Universe in the Bottom of A Cereal Box," by Amy Sterling Casil
"Flunking the Assassin," by Michael A. Arnzen
"Safe as the Dark," by Lisa Silverthorne
"Why I Bring A Bag Lunch Now," by Tom Gerencer
Switch.Blade is just $4.99 for 66,000 words of pure SF/F/H entertainment, available in all popular e-book formats.
Membership in Fictionwise.com is completely free and makes you eligible for downloading free e-books and receiving many benefits ranging from cheap short story downloads under a buck to winning prizes and participating in book ratings. Visit www.fictionwise.com today for more information!
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Demonboy
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(7/14/02 4:55 pm) Reply
Arnzen's "Take Out"
If you like Mike's bizarre poetry, you'll love his contribution to magazine minima mentioned two entries ago. After reading his short but potently descriptive contribution, "Take Out," you will never look at pizza quite the same again. Check it out.
NOTE TO SURFERS: magazine minima is a Flash ezine. You have to wait until the the entire issue loads before viewing.
gorelets Registered User
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(7/15/02 9:34 pm) Reply
also...
Thanks demonboy, for that devilish nod of support! Are you trying to corrupt pizza lovers everywhere?!
I recommend Susanna Breslin's and D. Harlan Wilson's pieces at minimamagazine.com, too -- nice little numbers. What a great mag. I'm inspired to do my own flash animated poetry now -- stay tuned to www.gorelets.com for the results of my experiments!
gorelets Registered User
Posts: 23
(7/17/02 5:24 pm) Reply
secret's out: disco inferno
Well, the secret's out: I've posted a strange multimedia e-poem on my website at www.gorelets.com and no one has told me it sucks yet. So I'm going with that. It doesn't suck. Here's the link:
TURN ON your computer speakers first, folks... and put on your dancing shoes.
-- Mike Arnzen
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(7/31/02 10:54 am) Reply
last chance to get postcard action
I'm closing down the weekly postcard option to gorelets.com sometime within the next week. So if you want a piece of that collectible action, get over to gorelets.com right away! For $8 you can get the remaining postcards in the series + access to the gorelets archive.
After that, if you want to read the poems you'll have to wait until the book comes out from Fairwood Press in 2003!
-- Mike Arnzen
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(8/6/02 9:09 pm) Reply
WIRED and RADIATED
Hey all,
Did you catch WIRED NEWS today? They ran a piece by MJ Rose which featured my site, gorelets.com. It's in the culture section, in a piece called "Roses are Red, Your PDA's Dead":
Also: there's a strong likelihood I'll be on the radio tomorrow (8/7/02) circa 8pm EST. Visit www.culturelover.com/ or www.kdvs.org/ for more info and/or a live audio stream over the net!
-- Mike Arnzen
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(8/26/02 7:09 am) Reply
gorelets.com anniversary
My poetry experiment at gorelets.com is coming to an end this week. I can't believe I've published a poem a week for a whole year and received so much great feedback and support. And I'm excited that Fairwood Press www.fairwoodpress.com will be publishing the collection next year.
I hope to continue broadcasting new work to subscribers via PDA (but not as often -- and not on postcard anymore) over the coming year, since I seem to still be getting subscribers and donations, even with only one poem left in the series. So feel free to get your free subscription at www.gorelets.com
gorelets Registered User
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(8/26/02 7:11 am) Reply
correction
[if those links above don't work, go to the address bar in your browser and delete the commas tagged at the end]
-- maa
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(8/27/02 8:52 pm) Reply
two fictionwise stories
2 new short stories went online at Fictionwise.com today:
"Counterpoint" -- about a man who tries a radical technique to get over his fear of needles....
and
"Marked" -- one of my earliest biker stories, originally appearing in OUTLAW BIKER TATTOO REVIEW, about an artist on the run from a gov't censor who keeps her art alive in flesh...
p.s.
Did you catch my review of Kurt Newton's book in HELLNOTES this week? If not, order hellnotes at www.hellnotes.com
-- Mike A.
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(9/18/02 7:05 pm) Reply
ther gorelet-ter
I want to encourage readers to drop by my homepage, www.gorelets.com tonight, and subscribe to my tri-weekly e-mail (or Mazingo) newsletter. The premiere issue is going to launch VERY soon. It won't just be filled with news of new publication releases. It'll also have original miniarticles, microfiction, short poems, and all sorts of odd little tidbits of interest to horror readers, from strange websites to bizarre quotes.
Check it out. The worst that could happen is that you have to unsubscribe!
gorelets Moderator
Posts: 35
(9/26/02 8:50 am) Reply
thanks!
Thanks, Mikey! Yes, Travolta has a dark side. (Scientology's dark side...hmmm...). I think all Disco is creepy. Hell is polyester chafing.
Thanks for subscribing to my newsletter folks! It launches tonight (9/26). It'll include some special things, including a link to more multimedia pieces like "Disco Inferno".
Cheers,
-- Mike A.
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(9/27/02 10:54 am) Reply
goreletter sample online
You can now sample The Goreletter and see if it's something you'd like to get in your inbox here:
And that's enough to fill the night. For more Arnzen news and oddball writing, sign up for The Goreletter on my website: www.gorelets.com Issue #2 is set to be released Oct 17th.
-- Mike Arnzen
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(11/15/02 5:19 pm) Reply
Goreletter #3
The 3rd Edition of "The Goreletter -- Arnzen's Weird Newsletter" -- is now out with the following departments:
* BLATHER (article): "Halloween Costumes I Wish I Would Have Seen" (My personal favorite? "Placque")
* WEIRD WEBSITES OF THE MONTH: URLs to "Odd Artists Taking Odd Requests"
* GORELETS: "Sketching the Mutant Nude" (new poem)
* INSTIGATION: Twisted Writing Prompts
* SADISTIC STATISTICS: Surprising data about the Friday the 13th Series this month...
* ONLINE GIZMO OF THE MONTH: The Intestine Creator!
* COUPONS on horror discounts!
* EXCLUSIVE Arnzen offers, too!
You have to read it to see it. Visit www.gorelets.com and click on the big "subscribe" button!
-- Mike Arnzen
Psychoboy
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(11/17/02 4:41 pm) Reply
Goreletter
Just wanted to let everyone who hasn't yet signed up for Mike's newsletter, this month's edition is a great place to start. It's the best one yet! More entertaining and informative than 20-20...More intelligent than an episode of Charmed...More satisfying than a bowl full of monkey brains...(Or is it more satisfying than an episode of Charmed and more intelligent than a bowl full of monkey brains?) Stop reading this and click on Mike's link, hit SUBSCRIBE and you'll find out for yourself.
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