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Castle of Horror Promo: Free Book Today!

We are running a one-day FREE promotion on the Castle of Horror Anthology– so if you haven’t read it, today is your chance! That’s right– the Anthology is FREE– JUST FOR TODAY! https://amzn.to/2Ztxw58?fbclid=IwAR3jmChopX5efeCvjT51n__IKUe8QLlvWXveMFFQbFAhuizCU90ar36zDrA

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The Story Behind “The Tool Shed”

Re-blogging today about the inclusion of my short story, “The Tool Shed,” in Jason Henderson’s first anthology titled “Castle of Horror” (released on Amazon July 1st, 2019). I did talk about this more briefly on July 1st, but I thought … Continue reading

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Opinion Day

I find it interesting that sometimes new college students find it difficult to disagree with a source. It seems the social media culture attacks deconstruction, as when one gives a negative opinion about something on Facebook, those who oppose automatically … Continue reading

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Latest News

My first collection titled Seven Deadly Pleasures, Hippocampus Press, will be out of print soon. Copies are still currently available on Amazon or the Hippocampus site. This book contains the story “How Bria Died,” which appeared also in Paula Guran’s The Year’s Best … Continue reading

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Nice Review of ‘Witch’

A short blog entry today! I saw a nice review of my 2nd (and latest) novel ‘The Witch of the Wood.’ This came out fairly recently, and I wanted to share! http://thisdarkmatter.com/reviews/witch-wood-michael-aronovitz/

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New Blog Post on SFF WORLD!

A short entry here. I am proud to say that my latest blog post features me on SFF WORLD, a rocking blog that often hosts wonderful writers. Here, I talk about my process. I am proud of this one! http://www.sffworld.com/2015/07/the-complicated-process-of-writing-by-michael-aronovitz/

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Guest Post: Vito Gulla

Vito is a fellow professor at Delaware County Community College, a friend, and a phenomenal writer. His comments here concerning literary versus genre fiction are enlightening, though I might add that many pieces of classic “literary fiction” were originally meant … Continue reading

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Nifty New Guest Blog Post / Comments on King

Check out my guest blog post on Midnyte Reader! Here, I talk about the way I come up with plot and character. At this point I am the third entry down, so you will have to scroll a bit. http://www.midnytereader.com/Continue reading

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Guest Post: Annalisa Castaldo

My Note: I have known Dr. Annalisa Castaldo for just short of twenty years now. I was lucky enough to get assigned to her Introduction to Shakespeare class at Temple University in the mid to late nineties. I was well … Continue reading

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