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'''Michael Arnzen''' is a horror [[writer]] and English professor, currently teaching at Seton Hill University, near Pittsburgh, PA. | '''Michael Arnzen''' is a horror [[writer]] and English professor, currently teaching at Seton Hill University, near Pittsburgh, PA. | ||
| − | Arnzen was born in Amityville, NY -- the location of the infamous "horror house" -- in 1967. He first started writing in the Army, and began publishing horror poetry, short stories, reviews and articles in the small horror | + | Arnzen was born in Amityville, NY -- the location of the infamous "horror house" -- in 1967. He first started writing in the Army, and began publishing horror poetry, short stories, reviews and articles in the small press and [[http://zinewiki.com/Category:Horror_Zines horror zines]] during his undergraduate years at the University of Southern Colorado (now CSU-Pueblo). He was an active member of SPWAO -- the Small Press Writer's Artists Organization -- throughout the 90s. Arnzen and artist (later, wife) Renate Muller launched Mastication Publications in 1991 -- a small press imprint for poetry, responsible for two chapbooks in the early '90s: Chew and Other Ruminations (Arnzen's first poetry collection) and Psychos: An Anthology of Psychological Horror in Verse (an influential collection of poems that included writers like Steve Rasnic Tem, Marge Simon, and [[http://www.gorelets.com/books/psychos/ many more]]. |
Arnzen continues to write professionally. His latest book is [[http://www.rawdogscreaming.com/gorelets.html The Gorelets Omnibus]], published by Raw Dog Screaming Press in 2012. | Arnzen continues to write professionally. His latest book is [[http://www.rawdogscreaming.com/gorelets.html The Gorelets Omnibus]], published by Raw Dog Screaming Press in 2012. | ||
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*[http://www.gorelets.com Michael Arnzen's gorelets -- a creative horror website] | *[http://www.gorelets.com Michael Arnzen's gorelets -- a creative horror website] | ||
*[http://www.michaelarnzen.com The Michael Arnzen Social Network] | *[http://www.michaelarnzen.com The Michael Arnzen Social Network] | ||
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Revision as of 13:54, 18 August 2012
Michael Arnzen is a horror writer and English professor, currently teaching at Seton Hill University, near Pittsburgh, PA.
Arnzen was born in Amityville, NY -- the location of the infamous "horror house" -- in 1967. He first started writing in the Army, and began publishing horror poetry, short stories, reviews and articles in the small press and [horror zines] during his undergraduate years at the University of Southern Colorado (now CSU-Pueblo). He was an active member of SPWAO -- the Small Press Writer's Artists Organization -- throughout the 90s. Arnzen and artist (later, wife) Renate Muller launched Mastication Publications in 1991 -- a small press imprint for poetry, responsible for two chapbooks in the early '90s: Chew and Other Ruminations (Arnzen's first poetry collection) and Psychos: An Anthology of Psychological Horror in Verse (an influential collection of poems that included writers like Steve Rasnic Tem, Marge Simon, and [many more].
Arnzen continues to write professionally. His latest book is [The Gorelets Omnibus], published by Raw Dog Screaming Press in 2012.
Chapbooks
- PSYCHOS (as editor)
- Chew and Other Ruminations (as author)
