A cd release just isn't complete without a music video. Check out this animated short for the Audiovile track "Brain Candy."

You can still pre-order Audiovile from Shocklines or directly from our web site.

Listen to more sample tracks on the MySpace page: http://www.myspace.com/arnzen

Order the expanded hardcover of 100 Jolts together with Audiovile and get a $3 discount.

This will only be available for the month of July.

July 5-6
Odyssey Fantasy Workshop
Saint Anselm College
Mt. Vernon, NH
Michael Arnzen Guest Lecturer

July 5-8
Science Fiction Research Association
38th Annual Conference
Kansas City, Missouri
D. Harlan Wilson

July 17 • 7:00 pm
Series A Readings
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Avenue
Chicago, IL
Eckhard Gerdes

July 19-22
Necon 27
Roger Williams University
Bristol, Rhode Island
Matthew Warner

July 27-29
Confluence SF Convention
Pittsburgh, PA
Reading and Screening with Michael Arnzen

Horrorfind is one of our favorite events of the year and we hope to see you there! We'll have a table in the dealer's room all weekend and we'll be hosting an Audiovile release party Saturday night.

Don't miss out on meeting: John Edward Lawson, Matthew Warner, D. Harlan Wilson, Michael A. Arnzen & Donna Lynch

François Happe, a well-known Professor of Literature at University of Orleans, has agreed to translate 15 Serial Killers and write an introduction.

Punktown's health agents are charged with keeping the public safe from infectious disease. Between inter-planetary travel, super-mutant strains of bacteria and criminal genetic manipulation they certainly keep busy.

"Wild, weird, clever and brutal, Health Agent is a crazed ride into the heart of that bizarre reality known as Punktown."—Jack O'Connell, author of Word Made Flesh

Congrats to Paul Finch whose story, "Elderly Lady, Lives Alone," published in Bare Bone #9 was on the list for Best Short Fiction award for 2006 given by the British Fantasy Society.

Vacation has impressed authors like Susan Straight, Jeff VanderMeer and Piers Anthony. What do you think it is about the book that's so compelling?

Perhaps part of the answer is that writing Vacation was a very compelling experience for me. I wrote from a place of potent energy inside; a place swirling with hatred and love and slight nausea. I felt as if I finally found my narrative voice and style, after about 13 years of developing them, and I was more connected with my work than ever before. That?s gotta mean something, I wager.

The horror and science fiction genres seem to have had an impact on your work yet the novel doesn't fall squarely into either one. How do you see a book like Vacation in relation to genre?

I could never have written Vacation without all the science fiction and horror novels, movies, TV shows that I?ve experienced over the years. They?re an important part of me. In writing the novel, I was conscious of the speculative elements that I utilized, but I didn?t allow any knowledge of genre conventions to limit my imagination. To me, it?s important to know what boundaries are, and what they mean, before crossing them. And this isn?t just in writing books, but in life as well.

Vacation is a fun read but also deeply serious. What do you hope people will take away from the experience? Do you believe that fiction can have an impact on day to day life?

Here?s a bit of a review, written by Courtney Sachse: ?Vacation challenged me in many ways. It forced me to re-evaluate the actions I take in my daily life as well as how they impact the world at large. It made me consider the person I'm supposed to be versus the person I am. I will admit, there were sections where I was confused. But then you have a revelation: about the plot or about your own life?both worthwhile.? Every once in I while, I receive feedback like this, and this is what I?m hoping for. Sure, I?m happy enough if someone reads the book and has a fun and interesting experience, but when my words affect a reader beyond this level, I?m a very happy camper, with extra s?mores. I believe that fiction, and ideas in general, are very powerful, and can affect
individuals and societies in significant ways. Then again, I also believe in faeries.

What is the most satisfying aspect of being an author for you? What is the most frustrating?

In terms of the writing process, I find it very satisfying and almost magical when various elements of a story come together in ways I didn?t quite expect, and yet it?s as if they were meant to fit together all along. Like falling in love with the right person, almost.

I also really enjoy hearing from my readers.

The waiting for more than a year to hear back from a publisher can be a tad frustrating at times, but I?m not complaining. I can channel this frustration into new stories about baby robot cannibals, and then everything?s peachy keen.