HEIDI RUBY MILLER

EVENTS I'm hosting writing sprints during the third day of Tim Waggoner's Writing in the Dark Book Launch and Workshop  on Sunday, September 13 from 10 - 11 AM ET. The entire event begins on Friday, September 11 at 5 PM ET at AllAccessCon , the virtual convention arm of Raw Dog Screaming Press .

ARTICLES I've known Mike Arnzen for a long time and always suspected there was something a little different about him, something a little...uncanny. After his presentation at the December 2015 Parsec meeting and this interview, I'm convinced it's totally true. Read the entire interview at gorelets.com or in the SIGMA newsletter, edited by David Brody . His non-fiction book The Popular Uncanny is due out with Guide Dog Books in 2016. Here's a video where Mike goes into a bit more detail about the uncanny.

BOOKS In 2011 I read 34 books-- you can see them all here . In 2012 I read 40 books-- you can see them all here. In 2013 I read 20 books-- you can see them all here. In 2014 I managed to surpass my goal, just barely, and read 33 books. They are below. 2014 Reading Challenge Heidi has completed her goal of reading 30 books in 2014! hide 34 of 30 (100%) view books (NOTE: The Goodreads widget shows 34 books because for some irritating reason it counts Corpus Chrome twice. I didn't, as I just thought that was cheating.) INTERESTING STATISTICS ABOUT MY 2014 BOOKS: 23 - print books (5 signed) 16 - books from Big 5 publishers 12 - books by authors I have read previously 10 - female authors 10 - science fiction books 9 - books from 8 different series 7 - books by Seton Hill Writers 7 - holiday books 6 - books by IT...

Readings Michael A. Arnzen reading his story from Legends of the Mountain State 4 Last night we headed to the Monongalia Arts Center (MAC, as it is affectionately referred to by resident artists) in Morgantown, WV . The Morgantown Poets were having their monthly meeting, and Mike Arnzen was the guest reader. His ghoulish selections for the Halloween season came from Audiovile , Proverbs for Monsters , Rigmarole: Zombie Poems , Legends of the Mountain State 4 and his inventive tweets . Other readers included Scott Emerson and Ted Webb and Diane Tarantini , who will be sharing their written work at Zenclay in Morgantown on November 5, 2010. A video of Mike's readings will be online soon.

EVENTS Jason Jack Miller and I attended Mike Arnzen's screening of Exquisite Corpse on November 9. Ten directors from around the world made eleven short films based on his work in 100 Jolts. We first had dinner at Primanti's with Timons Esaias , Al Wendland , Moira Richardson, and Mike Brendan . Then it was off to Seton Hill where we met up with Pat Picciarelli, Becca Baker, Bruce Siskawicz, and Karen Herc. Here's Arnzen casually drinking his coffee before it all got underway. And, here's Bruce's reaction to Mike's latest book LICKER. Unfortunately we missed the second Greensburg screening on November 25, but he's hoping to show it at residency in January.

PUBLICATIONS My horror flash fiction story Mara's Jellyfish is up at Alien Skin Magazine . You can read it for free.