Kurt Newton reads “The 39 Steps”– audio from the Sea of Alone book launch at...
Kurt Newton reads his poem, “The 39 Steps,” at the book launch event for A Sea of Alone: Poems for Alfred Hitchcock (Ed. Christopher Conlon, Dark Scribe Press, June 2011). Recorded live at the 2011...
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Skullrise: Halloween Wallpaper
Skullrise Happy Halloween! Here’s the next annual Halloween graphic treat: “Skullrise”: a new original widescreen desktop wallpaper art available at the Arnzen Flickr Gallery, or click on the image...
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The Freaksicord
The Freaksicord Many see the Freaksicord as if it were a mirage when they first encounter it. It stands — astonishingly — like a walking stomach. Only as an afterthought does one notice the head, which...
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On the Irrelevance of Genre Poetry [Live]
Photo by Jessica McHugh At the fun “Raw Dog Screaming Press Book Party” at the Morgantown Poets group in West Virginia last month, I opened my reading by sharing a piece I’d written for Locus Magazine,...
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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...
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Live from the “Poedown Throwdown” at DV8 11.10.2012
Stephanie Wytovich throws down the “Blackbird”. Photo by Nicole Peeler Arnzen retaliates with “The Stuffed Black Cat” and others. Photo by Nicole Peeler. I had a wonderful time reading poetry alongside...
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Outlaws At the Treffpunkt: the 5-2 Crime Poetry Weekly
In co-celebration of National Poetry Month with my friends at The 5-2: Crime Poetry Weekly, I’d like to take a moment to put the spotlight on a writer I am becoming fond of lately. His name is Angel...
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Scary Movies (and More) by my Horror Writing Students (Spring 2013)
Since January, I have had the great fortune of teaching a 15 week course in Horror & Suspense Writing at Seton Hill University. As their final project, the students were asked to create a...
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Shared Psychosis: An Interview with Sara Tantlinger
Celebrating Nat’l Poetry Month with the 52! One of the things I enjoy about National Poetry Writing Month (aka “NaPoWriMo”) is Gerald So’s “30 Days of the 5-2” Crime Poetry blog tour. He asks poets and...
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