6:66 with Michael Arnzen

Commute to hell each week in this gleefully deranged podcast by Bram Stoker Award-winning horror writer Michael Arnzen (gorelets.com). Often unscripted, always unhinged, 6:66 features the author's twisted thinkpieces, poetic little "gorelets," strange sounds and more in precisely 6 minutes and 66 seconds.

EP 8 | A Horror Zine Starter Kit | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 3.20.25 03/20/2025

EP 8 | A Horror Zine Starter Kit | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 3.20.25 Following up on Arnzen's discussion of the small press of the 1990s, Arnzen shares a starter kit for today's readers looking for risk taking publishers and emerging horror writers worth reading today. [ More questions needed! Send to arnzen @ gorelets.com or through the contact page at ] /episode/index/show/686c48f7-960b-41f3-9249-bfa1a9745ccc/id/35796350

EP 7 | Remembering Andy Arnzen | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 3.1.25 03/01/2025

EP 7 | Remembering Andy Arnzen | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 3.1.25 While sharing some of Andy's music, Arnzen reflects on his late father's influence and how his "corruption" helped shape him early on as a horror writer. Donations in memory of Andy Arnzen can be made to and to hear more of his music, visit /episode/index/show/686c48f7-960b-41f3-9249-bfa1a9745ccc/id/35494550

EP 6 | The Zine Scene of the 90's | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 2.13.25 02/16/2025

EP 6 | The Zine Scene of the 90's | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 2.13.25 Arnzen demos a funky typewriter, fields a listener question about what it was like writing for zines in the 1990s, and shares a short-short story about a very creepy car wash. MORE QUESTIONS WANTED: Send Arnzen a query via the contact page at 6m66s.com or email arnzen at gmail and he just might answer it in a future episode! [NOTE: This episode was re-released on 2.16.25, due to technical difficulties with the server, which cut short the previous posting. Apologies. -- MA]. /episode/index/show/686c48f7-960b-41f3-9249-bfa1a9745ccc/id/35300220

EP 5 | People Repellent for the Holidays | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 12.19.2024 12/19/2024

EP 5 | People Repellent for the Holidays | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 12.19.2024 Arnzen scrooges a little about holiday traffic before reading his short story, "People Repellent," in the penultimate episode before the new year. Visit 6m66s.com for comments or to subscribe on your favorite podcast platform. /episode/index/show/686c48f7-960b-41f3-9249-bfa1a9745ccc/id/34540525

EP 4 | I Love Leatherface | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 11.28.2024 11/29/2024

EP 4 | I Love Leatherface | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 11.28.2024 Arnzen's seven minute (and six second) podcast returns for Thanksgiving! Horror abounds this season. This episode features a poem inspired by Texas Chainsaw Massacre and declares the winner of the "backmasked message" contest, along with a few pensive thoughts about political alienation. Visit 6m66s.com for comments and subscriptions on your favorite podcast platform. /episode/index/show/686c48f7-960b-41f3-9249-bfa1a9745ccc/id/34198020

EP 3 | The Puking Pumpkin | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 10.27.2024 10/27/2024

EP 3 | The Puking Pumpkin | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 10.27.2024 The Halloween episode of 6m66s features our first "backmasked message" contest (deadline Nov 4th midnight), a graphic novel treat from comedy writer and artist Eric Hoffman, and a new Arnzen "gorelets" poem, "The Puking Pumpkin"! Visit 6m66s.com for comments and subscriptions on your favorite podcast platform. /episode/index/show/686c48f7-960b-41f3-9249-bfa1a9745ccc/id/33630992

EP 2 | The Balloon Score | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 10.15.2024 10/15/2024

EP 2 | The Balloon Score | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 10.15.2024 Arnzen leaks news about "The Balloon" -- a new short horror film he wrote -- and features a disturbing excerpt from the musical score by Ayca Akin. /episode/index/show/686c48f7-960b-41f3-9249-bfa1a9745ccc/id/33472927

EP 1 | Good Evening | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 10.07.2024 10/08/2024

EP 1 | Good Evening | 6:66 w/Michael Arnzen | 10.07.2024 In the premeire episode, Arnzen discusses what to expect from the 6:66 podcast, and invites listeners to celebrate National Dark Poetry Day. He shares a new horror poem called "The Truth About Eve" -- and then digs up some more secret truths about her. /episode/index/show/686c48f7-960b-41f3-9249-bfa1a9745ccc/id/33368942

The Countdown Begins.... 08/29/2024

The Countdown Begins.... is launching very soon! What is it? A variety show of a warped mind, mixing humor, horror fiction, music, poetry, real stories and twisted pontifications by Bram Stoker Award-winning horror author, Michael Arnzen (). Each weekly episode will be short enough to enjoy swiftly, clocking in at precisely six minutes and sixty-six seconds. The aim is to capture the vibe of a live performance, like a fiction reading with a lot of hilarious and unscripted banter to keep it real and possibly dangerously strange. How do I subscribe? For now, bookmark this home page -- -- to check back at your leisure. The podcast will be simulcast to most of the dominant major podcasting platforms, such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Youtube, LibSyn, etc. When can I listen? The plan is to publish WEEKLY and the first planned episode is currently in production for publication early October 2024. /episode/index/show/686c48f7-960b-41f3-9249-bfa1a9745ccc/id/32790447

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