That’s right, it’s Jen’s birthday! She’s already got her presents from me (sorta), but we should all come out of the woodworks and say a very happy birthday to her, don’t you think? So here goes: Happy Birthday, Jen! Congratulations on your 13th year of being 21!
We asked for it, and Mr. Sutter was happy to oblige. Here you got: The Giver Saint — Nickael Pheumos Strength 3; Intelligence 8 Special Ability: Infection (All damage dealt by Nickael replicates into all adjacent units at half-damage when activated) (Death’s Heretic by James L. Sutter)
Since the holidays are covered by a Norwegian horror flick, we’ve decided to use what’s left of December to figure out which flick we’re going to watch to start of 2012! So — what should we watch next?
Last year, we watched Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. It was a festive monstrosity of a review, opening and ending with a little Christmas cheer. But this year, we’re reaching even farther into the abyss. That’s right, we’re watching a foreign film…from Norway Finland! Prepare yourselves! On Dec. 24th, 2011, we’ll release our review of Rare Exports, which may or may not be the most brilliant Christmas horror movie ever made. And did we mention that we’re going to drink ourselves silly during the recording process? Yeah…
Are you interested in a shot at some free fantasy novels? Of course you are! And I’ve got a bunch of free stuff for you all. Over at my personal SF/F blog, I am running a giveaway for David Chandler’s The Ancient Blades Trilogy. Two people will receive copies of the first two books in the series, and one lucky winner will get the entire set. And what do you have to do for it? Practically nothing. Just head over to the post and leave a comment telling me one thing you like about fantasy literature (and a way to contact you, obviously). It’s that simple! So if you want a shot at some free books, head over and talk about the lovely fantasy genre!
If the title doesn’t entice you, then maybe this will: The lovely folks at ooShirts, a Bay Area independent shirt company, has offered a few t-shirts to us for The World in the Satin Bag and The Skiffy and Fanty Show. Rather than shoving our logos on the shirts and enjoying them by ourselves, we thought we’d give folks a shot at a t-shirt of their own! Here’s how it will work: We want a new logo design for The World in the Satin Bag and The Skiffy and Fanty Show that reflects the content or feel of the sites in some way. Roughly translated, that means we have no clear rules whatsoever, in part because we are artistically handicapped. The designs should look nice (obviously) and it should have something to do with the sites, but we are more interested in seeing what you come up with than bogging down the artistic process with rules and rigid desires. These will break down into two contests: one for The World in the Satin Bag and one for The Skiffy and Fanty Show. And you can enter both. What you get if you win: The two winning logos will receive a t-shirt with their winning logo on the front. Free books — winners will receive a $10 gift certificate to their preferred online bookstore AND a choice of a selection of books to be announced later. A bio and thanks in the About sections of both sites (because you’re awesome and we love you) The Rules: High quality images (so that we can adjust, shrink, and move the images without worrying about all those shrinkage issues) Images must be submitted by 11:59 PM on January 8th, 2011 to skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com. The winner will be announced the following week. Original work only. By submitting your images to this contest, you are not giving us ownership of your stuff. You grant us the right to show the logo and use it on our website and materials we purchase only for ourselves (i.e., business cards, shirts for us to wear at conventions, etc., but not stuff we buy for friends and the like). Any sale of your logo by us will have to be agreed upon at another time. If you want to donate the logo(s) to us, that would be awesome, but we’re not in the business of taking work from people without compensation unless they’ve offered it. Should we become interested in selling the shirts with your logo, we’ll contact you to talk about royalties. A little about ooShirts: While I’d love to reproduce their story here, I think you’d better read it for yourself. They’ve got a great story behind them, and a great company philosophy. We wish them the best of success (not because they’re a Cali company, because we’re totally not that biased…). Have it it, logo designers!
