Michael A. Arnzen's Blog: News from Gorelets.com, page 20

Attack of the Bleu Man Group — Live at Morgantown Poets

Happy Halloween!

The Science Fiction Poetry Association has gathered together a number of new readings of poetry related to Halloween on their website, as part of an annual tradition of terror. I’ve shared a clip from my live reading at Morgantown Poets this past June, which was a lot of fun: “Attack of the Bleu Man Group.” This poem, which appears in The Gorelets Omnibus, actually had its very first publication in the form of a musically-enhanced number on this website a few Halloweens ago, which you can still listen to right here.

Visit the SFPA Halloween Readings to hear it live.

Author information Michael Arnzen Writer. Professor. Wroffester.Michael Arnzen is an award-winning author of horror fiction and an English professor at Seton Hill University, where he has taught writing since 1999. His trophy case includes four Bram Stoker Awards and an International Horror Guild Award for his often funny, always disturbing stories. Join his social network at michaelarnzen.com.TwitterFacebookGoogle+

Poster for My Horror Writing Class at SHU in Spring

Enroll if you Dare, Setonians!

I love my day job, teaching terror. This class in “Horror and Suspense Writing” meets the requirements for our new undergraduate “Certificate in Genre Writing” at Seton Hill University. [Got a BA and looking to write a novel? Then check out our MFA in Writing Popular Fiction!]

Recognize the image? That’s “The Dark Librarian” from my flickr gallery.

The Mystic Order of the Koo-Koo-Ma-Hatcha!

Good morning. Let’s turn on the time machine and watch an original nightmare cartoon from last century’s Depression-era cultural dreamscape: “Bimbo’s Initiation” (1931). This classic animation from the great Max Fleischer is a surrealist haunted house story as much as it is a edgy, pre-Hays Code, Betty Boop classic.

Join the Mystic Order of the Koo-Koo-Ma-Hatcha!



“Bimbo’s Initiation” is currently featured on the Fleischer Studios front page — or you can catch it on YouTube

If you like this kind of thing, you’ll also dig Fleischer’s “Swing You Sinners,” which transpires in an uncanny graveyard. Both films are detailed in Cracked.com’s article, “5 Old Children’s Cartoons Way Darker than Most Horror Movies.”

Halloween 2012 Wallpaper: scatterscream

“scatterscream”

Happy Halloween! Here’s this year’s annual Halloween graphic treat: “scatterscream”: a new original widescreen desktop wallpaper art available at the Arnzen Flickr Gallery, or click on the image above and then save the result to your computer.

DogCon is On

Raw Dog Screaming Press – longtime publisher of many of my books — like 100 Jolts, Play Dead, Audiovile and The Gorelets Omnibus — are preparing for the launch of their — gasp! — TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY, by hosting an exclusive (invite-only), limited engagement called “DogCon” in Bowie, MD. I won’t be able to attend it this year (maybe next!), but I will be there in cyberspace for a reading over the internet on Saturday at 4 p.m. via FaceTime (followed by a reading by the great bizarro D. Harlan Wilson).

The DogCon group will be hosting a Google+ Hangout for those who can’t attend the event. For more info on DogCon — or to watch the web for news of next year’s event — be sure to follow Raw Dog Screaming Press on Facebook or watch their website.

Arnzen Coming to Neumann University on 10.26.12

“The Popular Uncanny” — Event Poster by Julie Smith

[As announced on The Popular Uncanny webpage:]

I will be giving a talk about “The Popular Uncanny”, free and open to the public, at Neumann University (near Philadelphia, PA) on Oct 26th. Come join us at 4:30 p.m. in the Bruder Life Center. In the spirit of Halloween, there will be weirdness, laughter, and intriguing conversation, followed by a book signing for my new, massive poetry collection, The Gorelets Omnibus and other Arnzen titles.

Read more details from Neumann University.

Or check the event information on Facebook.

The Hangnail

Today’s twisted Saturday Morning Cartoon is another classic, featured in the Spike and Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation: it’s “The Hangnail” by Shane Acker (2000). And it’s a real nailbiter.

Hominid

Here’s today’s Saturday Morning Cartoon (posted in the eve for the late night crowd). A wild skeletal fantasy called “Hominid” by Brian Andrews:

Hominid from Brian Andrews on Vimeo.

Fall 2012 Appearances for Michael Arnzen

OCT 13 11a-4p | Frostburg, MD

Western Maryland Indie Lit Festival

Downtown Frostburg

Arnzen will attend with several Raw Dog Screaming Press authors, including Jennifer Barnes, John Edward Lawson, Heidi Ruby Miller, Jason Jack Miller, and K. Ceres Wright. The event, sponsored by the Frostburg State University Center for Creative Writing, brings together editors and publishers with writers and educators of the local community, and features panel discussions on various creative genres, DIY publishing, self-publishing, promotion and marketing, writing local, and reading and writing online. The event is free and open to the public, with sessions and book sales available throughout buildings in downtown Frostburg. Just follow the signs.

OCT 26 | Philadelphia, PA

Neumann University, Guest Lecture on “The Popular Uncanny”

Michael Arnzen visits the campus of Neumann University to host a discussion of his work on The Popular Uncanny. FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Books will be available for a signing after the event. More details to come

Nov 2 , time TBA | Greensburg, PA

DV8 Gallery and Cafe, 208 S. Pennsylvania Avenue, Greensburg, PA

Horror poetry reading with Arnzen and Stephanie Wytovich. Musical interludes expected. Tentatively scheduled for Friday, November 2nd. Details forthcoming.

The Lady and the Reaper

Today’s fun and freaky Saturday Morning Cartoon is THE LADY AND THE REAPER (La Dama Y La Meurte) — a 2010 Oscar nominated short created by and winner of 30 other awards. See the film’s website or production company Kandor Graphics for more information.