- Author: Michael A. Arnzen Author Record # 2902
- Birthplace: Amityville, New York, USA
- Birthdate: 17 May 1967
- Language: English
- Webpages: gorelets.com, Wikipedia-EN
- Used These Alternate Names: Michael Arnzen, Mike Arnzen
- Additional Biographical Data: Bio:Michael A. Arnzen
- Author Tags: horror (1)
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Novels
- Grave Markings (1994)
- Play Dead (2005)
- Writhing in Darkness: Part I (1997) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Writhing in Darkness: Part II (1997) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Paratabloids (2000)
- Fluid Mosaic and Other Outre Objects D'Art (2001)
- Freakcidents: A Surrealistic Sideshow (2003)
- Gorelets: Unpleasant Poems (2003)
- 100 Jolts: Shockingly Short Stories (2004)
- Audiovile (2007)
- Proverbs For Monsters (2007)
- Skull Fragments (2009)
- The Gorelets Omnibus (2012)
- The Goreletter
- The Goreletter (2001)
- Dying (2003) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Freakcidents (2003)
- A Donation (1989)
- Baby Teeth (1990)
- Convictions (1990)
- Receiver (1990)
- An Eye for an Eye (1991)
- Doctor Thomas's Brainstorm (1991)
- Next-Door (1991)
- Phrenological Love (1992)
- Spring Ahead, Fall Back (1992)
- Sight to the Blind (1992)
- A Change in Policy (1993)
- Inside the Man with No Eyelids (1993)
- The Man in the Moon (1993)
- Writhe (1993) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- In Fur (1994)
- A Straight Flush with a Dead Kicker: an excerpt from Play Dead (1994)
- Sinking Sandy (1995)
- The Blood Ran Out (1995)
- Cheese (1995)
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps (1995)
- Falling Back (1995)
- Screwge (1996)
- The Piano Player Has No Fingers (1997)
- Stigmata (1997) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- Immaterial Girl (1998) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- My Wound Still Weeps (1998)
- Fluid Mosaic (2000)
- Mr. Pipecleaners (2001)
- Bookworm (2002)
- Flunking the Assassin (2002)
- Stretch (2002)
- Tugging the Heartstrings (2002)
- Latex (2002)
- Burning Bridges (2002)
- A Worse Mousetrap (2002)
- Punishment (2002)
- Take Out (2002)
- Taking Care of Baby (2002)
- Who Wants to Be a Killionaire? (2002)
- Mortichinery (2002)
- In the Middle (2002)
- Crusty Old Age (2002)
- Face of Clay (2002)
- The Curse of Fat Face (2002)
- Canines (2002)
- Gasp (2002)
- Revenge of the Mummy (2002)
- Beyond Undead (2002)
- Choppers (2002)
- Little Stocking Stuffers (2002)
- Mother's Haunted Housecoat (2003)
- On the Filthy Floor (2003)
- Second Helping (2003)
- Surgical Complications (2003)
- The Seven-Headed Beast (2003)
- White Out (2003)
- Obictionary (2003)
- Stomachine (2003)
- Valendine (2003)
- Contused (2003)
- Disgruntled (2003)
- Dying (2003) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Limber (2003) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- Her Daily Bread (2003)
- Jack the Teacher (2003)
- Knock Off the Auction Block (2003)
- Mustachio Moon (2003)
- How to Grow a Man-Eating Plant (2003)
- How to Put a Cat to Sleep (2003)
- Diving In (2003)
- Doofus (2003)
- Fissures (2003)
- Gardener (2003)
- Gastroanatomy (2003)
- Resonant Eyes (2003)
- Skull Scraper (2003)
- Soft Spots (2003)
- Strange Trout (2003)
- Tapping Charlie (2003)
- The Bitter Wife (2003)
- The Strangest Skull (2003)
- The Ugly Thing (2003)
- Trimachine (2003)
- Up for Air (2003)
- The Boblin (2003)
- Research Subjects (2004)
-
Skull Fragments (2004)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Skull Fragments [French] (2009)
- The Cow Café (2004)
- Brain Candy (2004)
- Amputating the Phantom (2004)
- An Evil Eye (2004)
- Anniversary Meal (2004)
- Blind Spot (2004)
- Chanting Richard (2004)
- Degrees of Separation (2004)
- Diagara (2004)
- Domestic Fowl (2004)
- Dreamachinery (2004)
- Hand in Marriage (2004)
- Handicapped Spot (2004)
- In the Balance (2004)
- Little Devils (2004)
- Nightmare Job #1 (2004)
- Nightmare Job #2 (2004)
- Nightmare Job #3 (2004)
- Nightmare Job #4 (2004)
- Nightmare Job #5 (2004)
- Partners (2004)
- Pop-Up Killer (2004)
- Psycho Hunter (2004)
- Return of the Living Dead (2004)
- Returns (2004)
- Skullduggery (2004)
- Stabbing for Dummies (2004) with Vincent W. Sakowski
- Stress Toy (2004)
- Surge (2004)
- Tassels (2004)
- The Cow Cafe (2004)
- The Cut of My Jib (2004)
- The Dead Head (2004)
- The Eight Ball in Big Mouth's Pocket (2004)
- The Killer Descends (2004)
- The Leaf Pile (2004)
- Turn of the Season (2004)
- While Knitting Your Hat (2004)
- Womachine (2004)
- The Dead Lantern (2006) with Edgar Allan Poe [also as by Michael A. Arnzen]
- Help Yourself (2006) with Mark McLaughlin
- Blasphemebus (2006)
- Counterpoint (2007)
- Exorcystland (2007)
- Imaginary Trivia (2007)
- Involunteer (2007)
- Mr. Mouth (2007)
- People Repellent (2007)
- Screwy Louis (2007)
- Throb (2007) with Mark McLaughlin
- Voodoo Movie Trilogy (2007)
- You're Not Getting Sleepy (2007)
- Guarded (2008)
- She Screech Like Me (2009)
- Last Drink Bird Head (2009) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- The Hungry Heart (2010)
- Endless Shrimp (2010)
- Graphic Violence Equalizer (2012)
- Pillars of Light (2013)
- All Naughty, No Nice (2016)
- End of a Millennium (1990)
- The Bite (1990)
- Our Last Halloween Party (1990) with Ree Young
- Spell Singer (1990) with Ree Young
- After Words (1991)
- Changing Channelers (1991)
- Double Burial (1991) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- Exogenesis (1991) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- Glarewolves (1991) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- In Daddy's Workshop (1991) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- Life Isn't as Short as They Say (1991)
- Memorabilia (1991) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- Rest Note (1991) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- Stripper (1991) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- The Cold Man (1991)
- Jesus Wept, But (1991) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- The Rub (1991) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Brazilian Night (1991) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- After the Neo-Dark Age (1992) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Censorship (1992) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Environmental (1992) with Ree Young
- Lunge (1992) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Morning: Cyrogenic Sleep Chamber (1992) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- Pick Up (1992) with Ree Young [only as by Mike Arnzen and Ree Young]
- So Say the Dead (1992) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- Varicose (1992) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Death of Horror Poetry - or Kill the Peckers (1992) with Steve Eng and W. Paul Ganley and Joey Froehlich and Wayne Edwards and Lisa Lepovetsky and Marge Simon and Ree Young
- Awake (1993) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Eclipse of Reason (1993) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- In the Box (1993) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Watching You Dance Between Punchlines (1993) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Feelers (1993) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- The Hanging (1993)
- Upon Finding Her Body Frozen in Snow (1994)
- Resuscitation (1994) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- Learning to Write (1995)
- Piano Lessons (1995) [only as by Mike Arnzen]
- The Past in Realtime (1995) with Keith Allen Daniels and Lisa Lepovetsky and Mark Kreighbaum and Joe Haldeman and Marianne Dyson and Robert L. Fleck and Martha Soukup and Lawrence Schimel and Susan Noe Rothman and Joy Oestreicher and John Nichols [only as by Marianne Dyson and Robert L. Fleck and Joe Haldeman and Mark A. Kreighbaum and Lisa Lepovetsky and John Nichols and Joy E. Oestreicher and Susan Noe Rothman and Lawrence Schimel and Martha Soukup and Michael A. Arnzen and Keith Allen Daniels]
- Siamese Blood Brothers (1996)
- Chew Again (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Commute (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Darkroom Cuts (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Dried Red Leech Found in a Dusty Book (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Frothing (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Green (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Harvest Soliloquy Silent (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- rockface (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Smoker (1998) [also as by Michael Arnzen]
- Stand Up Comic (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- The Astronaut's Camping Trip (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- The Night the Nativity Set Came Alive (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- The Poem Wall (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Wine (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Kids Watch in Horror as Clown Chokes To Death on Balloon (1999) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- umbilicle (1999)
- Wasp Sting Makes Barber Slash Man's Throat (1999) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Deck Stain (2002)
- Terms They Never Illustrate in Dictionaries (2002)
- Wet Tissue (2002)
- Breakdown for Breakfast (2002)
- tortuous aorta (2002)
- Uncleanex (2002)
- Bone Cancer (2002) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Scream 6 (2002) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Suicidiot (2002) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Finding Her Stitches (2003)
- Heartfelt (2003) [only as by Mike Arnzen]
- Why She Leaps (2003)
- A Personal Computer (2003)
- Born Every Minute (2003)
- Boy's Heart is on the Outside of His Body (2003)
- Claw Head (2003)
- Freakshow Breakup (2003)
- Freaky Deak's Splatfall (2003)
- Genetic Defect Jennie (2003)
- Girl Abandoned at Birth Raised by Rattlesnakes (2003)
- Mad Head (2003)
- Mutant Marcus (2003)
- Needle Baby (2003)
- Polka Clots (2003)
- Soft Spot Sally (2003)
- Spiderboy (2003)
- Test Tube Tommy (2003)
- The Conjoined Triplets (2003)
- The Creep with No Head (2003)
- The Hairy Baby (2003)
- The Incredible Edible Fred (2003)
- The Scab (2003)
- Triple Face (2003)
- Umbilicile (2003)
- Upon Suicidal Tendencies Among Sword-Swallowing Shellfish-Eating Circus Freaks (2003)
- Venting Frustrations (2003)
- Werecat Wally (2003)
- Woman Gives Birth to Full Grown Man (2003)
- The Chandelier (2003)
- Everyone's Too Busy (2004)
- eyebawl (2004)
- The End of the Fly (2004)
- six short films about chauncy the serial killer (2004)
- How the Zombie Holocaust ... (2005)
- Those Who Landed, Surprised to Discover That Zombies Had Taken Over the Planet (2005)
- muscle boy (2006)
- Not the Reaper (2007)
- The Divorcée at the Airport (2007)
- Proverbs for Monsters (2007)
- Unhinged (2007)
- Marnie Checks In (2011)
- The Trappings of Poetry (2016)
- Switched at Birth (unknown) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Horror Haiku (1991)
- The Pro Shop: Reading Texts, or, My Bookstore Is Talking To Me (1993) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- R.E.F. Donations (1993) [only as by Mike Arnzen]
-
Treasurer's Report (Star*Line, July-August 1993) (1993)
only appeared as:
- Variant: Treasurer's Report (1993) [as by Mike Arnzen]
- R.E.F. Donations (1993) [only as by Mike Arnzen]
- Uncovering the Poetic Inscriptions of David C. Kopaska-Merkel (1994)
- Dealer's Choice (1994)
-
Treasurer's Report (Star*Line, January-February 1994) (1994)
only appeared as:
- Variant: Treasurer's Report (1994) [as by Mike Arnzen]
- Treasury Report (1994) [only as by Mike Arnzen]
- "Behold the Funhole": Post-Structuralist Theory and Kathe Koja's The Cipher (1995)
- Introduction (Stigma: Afterworld) (1997)
- Introduction (Poking the Gun: The Selected Poetry of John Grey) (1998) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Liner Notes (Fluid Mosaic: And Other Outre Objects D'Art ) (2001)
- Introduction: Choking to Death: Musings on Kurt Newton's Dark Demons (2002) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Childhood and Literacy in The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (2002)
- Introduction: Minimalist Horror (2002)
- Perfect Pitch (2003) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- There Is Only One: The Restoration of the Repressed in The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen (2004)
- Introduction (Disposal) (2007)
- Scene and Structure in Horror (2009)
- Familial Ideology in The Exorcist (2011)
- Introduction to the Monstrance (2012)
- Introduction (Bone Whispers: A Collection of Short Fiction) (2013) [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- The Muse Beneath the Madhouse: An Introduction to Hysteria (2013)
- Hungry: A Commentary (2017)
- In These Final Days of Sales: A Commentary (2017)
- Rat Catcher: A Commentary (2017)
- The Giveaway: A Commentary (2017)
- The Last Moments Before Bed: A Commentary (2017)
- Whatever You Want: A Commentary (2017)
- Why Steve Rasnic Tem Matters (2017)
- Devil in the River and Other Poems (1990) by John Grey
- Werewoman (1991) by Ann K. Schwader
- Sorceries and Sorrows: Early Poems (1992) by Jessica Amanda Salmonson [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Cybertexts (1992) by Bruce Boston
- Underfoot (1993) by David C. Kopaska-Merkel [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Handy Office Guide to Corporate Monsters (2002) by Mark McLaughlin [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- The Scars Are Complimentary (2003) by John Edward Lawson
- An Interview: Ree Young (1990) with Ree Young
- Brian Herbert: Maud' Dib and SF Poetry (1990) with Brian Herbert [only as by Michael Arnzen]
- Michael A. Arnzen: Psychopaths & Other Dark Brews (1995) by uncredited
- On Writing Flash Fiction (2004) by Jerry Schatz