Registration for my next Horror University course has opened up! “Shifting Shapes” will be a 2-hour online session focusing on strategies for depicting transformation. Visit https://horror-university.teachable.com or see my Events page for more details. The class runs LIVE online on 2/5/24 at 8pm est, but registrants can also view the recorded session and access secret shared materials afterward. (Look for my past Horror U sessions on “The Uncanny and The Abject” and “Treacherous Settings,” while you’re there! HWA members may qualify for discounts! DESCRIPTION: Hair sprouting from flesh, eve ..read more

If you’re not listening to The Book Case with Kate & Charlie Gibson (of Good Morning America fame) then you’re missing out on some great conversations about not only today’s bestselling books, but also about the horror genre itself. Kate is a lively interviewer and such an intelligent reader — and lately has been having a blast trying to get her father Charlie to read and enjoy and understand the horror genre in his retirement, as together they read current books and talk about them with their guest authors. They also routinely interview people in the book business and include them in eac ..read more

Raw Dog Screaming Press has been running a .99c sale on The Gorelets Omnibus ebook edition on Amazon.com — if you’ve never read the book, now’s your chance to get a copy very cheap! But act quick, because this deal runs out on June 4th, 2023. Or better yet, get two books, with a similar deal being offered on The Underside of the Rainbow by BE Burkhead (who you can see reading a gorelets-inspired poem from that book, by memory, at a fantastic reading event we shared several Halloweens ago in Baltimore, to launch the 20th anniversary edition of Grave Markings). What makes this limited-time sale ..read more

I rarely talk about my days in the military. I am also anti-war and loathe the crassness of July 4th (as does my cat). But freedom means everything to me, and I’m proud to be a veteran. Serving in the Army helped me not only meet some amazing people and make good lifelong friends, but supported my first-generation entry into college afterward. It was also where I wrote my first horror story, because I was reading so much of it, and tried on a lark to see if I could be as clever as Stephen King. I wasn’t. But even now, decades and degrees later, I’m still trying. You can read my reflection on h ..read more

I recently was invited to share a guest post on Becky Spratford’s RA for All: Horror blog, answering the deceptively simple prompt question, What do you love about horror? What’s not to love? Such a difficult question, and I got stuck on how to answer this question until I started separating it out into the infamous “seven types” of love, identified by Greek philosophers. That sounds awfully geeky, but I had a lot of fun with it. You can read this interview on the 31 Days of Horror section of RA for All: Horror In the entry, I explain why horror is hot, why horror provides a kind of self-love ..read more

On Oct 13th, 2022, I read some work at the fabulous “Galactic Terrors” series of video casts, which is run by the NY chapter of the Horror Writers Association. It was a good time, reading alongside Michelle Brittany and Steven Van Patten, who both enlightened and entertained. You can catch the episode on youtube if you missed it. But even better, if you sign up for the Galactic Terrors newsletter, you have a chance at winning one of two Arnzen books, an ebook from Steven Van Patten, or a handmade Halloween journal from Michele Brittany! The only catch is you have sign up before 12pm on Oct 16 ..read more

Take a quick gander at my events page, and you’ll see that I’m lining up a number of readings, talks and writing workshops for the 2022 Harvest season… hope you’re able to join me at one of them! I always love reading live. But here I want to highlight a one-hour writing workshop I’m running that is also part of an awesome book launch. From Oct 8th-10th, Raw Dog Screaming Press and AllAccessCon are hosting “Writing Poetry in the Dark” — a unique event featuring a roster of top horror poets, all talking shop to help writers learn about the unique craft of dark poetry. I will be running a live-s ..read more

Buy One for $10 or All Three for $21! SALE ENDS 7/21 at midnight For one week only (7/14-7/21/22) I’m offering a special on some of the books I’ve got on hand, leftover from con trips and books signings! Get Play Dead, Grave Markings or 100 Jolts in paperback for just $9 each…or all three books in a bundle for $21 (while supplies last)! Postage is NOT included, but I will price it at an additional $2 for the first two books in the USA. (International orders will be an additional $15 postage total no matter how many books, no matter where in the world). I will of course sign these copies and if ..read more