Michael A. Arnzen's Blog
April 18, 2009
This Spring will see a handful of my short works transformed into European languages, so I want to publicly express thanks to the translators.
Piotr Leszczyński has written a number of excellent Polish versions of my short-shorts for the online journal, Minimal Books , over the past few years — and several of his translations have appeared in print this month in the Polish literary magazine, Red.
Jerome Charlet has been busy translating my work into French, and a fine chapbook edition of “Skull Fr
April 13, 2009
April 10, 2009
Remember Telephone — the “pass it down” game of crazy miscommunication from your youth? Well you no longer have to get uncomfortably close to your neighbor to whisper into their ear. Broken Picture Telephone is an ingenious game of text and stick figure drawing that will have you laughing for hours. It involves responding to obscure messages by drawing what they say — and vice versa — until you get a very bizarre story reminiscent of David Lynch’s surrealism. For example, my first test of t
March 29, 2009
March 28, 2009
March 14, 2009
In August 2008, Kensington Books released a great nonfiction title called ZOMBIE CSU: The Forensics of the Undead, written by Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry, that is definitely worth a look-see if you’re a fan of this subgenre of the undead. Reminiscent of — but far richer in scope than — Max Brooks’ classic Zombie Survival Manual, Zombie CSU covers far more than just “Crime Scene Unit” material. It is, in fact, a thick cultural guide to virtually everything associated with these
March 11, 2009
February 14, 2009
February 12, 2009
February 5, 2009
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You can win a free signed copy of my book, 100 Jolts, by entering a request at the “member giveaway” raffle at LibraryThing.com. You’ll need to sign up for LibraryThing if you’re not already on the bookshelf sharing site…luckily, they offer free limited membership (and a cheap pricetag for unlimited membership). I’m a LTAuthor — come check it
