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This is compulsively readable so far... I'm morbidly curious to see how far these authors will go into the disjecta membra of abjection. So far, four stories into the antho, I can say that I feel like they're all still playing it a little too safe, but the writing is good and I'm discovering new authors. Gaia Holmes' "Universal Stain Remover" is the tops for me so far -- a great mix of humor and psychology!

Almost done and I'm still laughing at Ryan's audacity and still often admiring the artistic treatment of monstrosity and uberviolence. But the book is really just too rapey for my taste. I guess that's a cliche of prison culture, here taken to an extreme, but it also is a one note gag that is replayed too much in this book. Nevertheless, it's amazing how much variety Ryan is able to pack into a 1000 page fight scene.

Am I too old for this? Too much of an intellectual? Nah. Halfway through this thick comic tome of black-and-white SF uberviolence and kind of loving the hilarious extreme horror and non-stop audacity of it all. I'm new to Johnny Ryan's work, but I love how this is putting me right back into the sketchy mood of the underground zine world, and I'm racing through the book.

Digging the bug history so far.

Still weird. Violent. I like it.

My book of prompts and essays for writers, Instigation: Creative Prompts on the Dark Side, is discounted on amazon.com this month (Nov 2019) in support of National Novel Writing Month. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...

I am still entranced by this book… more bizarro than Alice in Wonderland.

Guess what, goodreaders? You can get my ebook, Murrmann: A Tale of Van Helsing from amazon kindle for free till Halloween at Midnight (pst)! Expires 10/31/19. Reviews are always most welcome. -- Mike Arnzen

Hilarious so far. I had no idea.

canto x was rather mundane and pedestrian for a convo with shades in their coffins!

The cantos continue. I'm admiring the way Dante addresses >collective< suffering.

The descent grows darker.I

"I somehow found myself upon the rim of hell’s great valley, the abyss of sorrows that gathers numberless wails into one roar..."

The endnotes are wonderful in this edition.

The chapter with the "bro-bots" should be canon.

It's snowing. A good time to read this book.

Happy Thanksgiving. I've posted a new story on http://gorelets.com called "The Gobbling" for you.

ALARM: Election day special ends at midnight! Get my FREAKCIDENTS horror ebook free from Amazon: http://amzn.to/2fUmJ0J
This is to celebrate the end of the political circus. In fact, the book is #1 in Circus Theater bestseller list right now! And just hit #6 in "American Poetry" overall! :-) Enjoy and let your freak flag fly. VOTE, Americans! http://amzn.to/2fUmJ0J

Dark Regions Press has put Proverbs for Monsters on short-term sale! 99c through Halloween only! A great Kindle countdown on a huge Bram Stoker Award-winning horror collection -- it's "the best of Arnzen." Act quick! http://amzn.to/2eK1Pyx

Dark Regions has put Proverbs for Monsters on short-term sale! 99c through Halloween! A great Kindle countdown; act quick. http://amzn.to/2eK1Pyx

Right on. Dark Regions has just released the first ebook edition of my "best of" collection, Proverbs for Monsters. Get yours early on amazon and please share your thoughts!

The amazon giveaway for this one has ended. But I see there is a sample of the book AND the audiobook on goodreads for those who are interested in this freaky title. I've also just uploaded the book trailer. Enjoy and let us know what you think. Cheers, Mike Arnzen, gorelets.com

I've added a two-chapter preview of my new novelette, Murrmann: A Tale of Van Helsing, to goodreads. Go to the book page https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3... and click on the "Read Book" link (the one that says "preview" uses the shorter sample from amazon). The pdf is downloadable. If you like, you can also acquire this at http://scribd.com/Arnzen Thanks for any rates/reviews! -- Mike Arnzen

LAST CALL! #AmazonGiveaway for Stoker-winning book: Freakcidents. NoPurchNec just click: https://giveaway.amazon.com/p/003644a... … ENDS TONIGHT at 11:59 PDT