New Review at Substack

Over at my Substack, I have a new review of the latest novel from Bob Freville. 

Read it here, and please consider subscribing if you haven't.

A Door is a Door is a Door is a Jar

I've had three poems in the latest, winter 2022, edition of Door is a Jar magazine. 

You can either get it from the website or pick it up at the nearest Barnes and Noble.

Two Halloween Poems + Ebook Sale

Over at the Malarkey Books website, I have two gloomy poems for Halloween. 

Also, for the remainder of Halloween today, my book of plays is only $0.99 at Godless.com.

Corpses on the Vine at Substack

Over at my Substack, I posted a surrealist piece that used AI to assist in its creation. 

Read it here.  

New Story at Expat Press

My short story, "Messages from Paradise," has been published over at Expat Press. It's a surreal horror piece written as a series of text messages. Thank you very much to the kind folks at the press for publishing this on their site. 

Read it here. 

Out Now: PLAYS/hauntologies

PLAYS/hauntologies is out now from Madness Heart Press. You can get the ebook directly from the Madness Heart website, or from Godless. Physical copies are available from the Madness Heart website and Amazon. You can also get the ebook on Kindle. 

You can watch the book trailer for it here on YouTube. 

Christina Pfeiffer of the Mothers of Mayhem podcast had this to say about the book: ""Every play is stunning, beautiful, and forces the reader to question things. But 'An American Demon' is, by far, one of the most beautiful works I have read this year. Just... this is going to live rent free in my head until I die."

If you enjoy the book, please consider giving it a review on Goodreads. 

Thank you everyone for your support. 

Coming Soon: PLAYS/hauntologies

Coming September 18th from Madness Heart Press 

"Having dabbled in texts for performances in his prior books, PLAYS/hauntologies sees Ben Arzate’s first full-length foray into works for the stage. Combining the absurdity of Samuel Beckett, the cruelty of Antonin Artaud, the postdramatic vision of Heiner Muller, and a wide mix of inspirations from genre fiction, these pieces are a deeply eclectic mix.

From the surreal science fiction of “The Doomed Flight of the Taurus-19” to the pitch-black humor of “The Confessor” to the searing anti-war monologue “An American Demon,” these plays are guaranteed to entertain, horrify, and bring the minds of readers to new and strange places."

Pre-order the book here.