Book Collectors, Arnzenophiliacs, and Ebayaholics, look out! Your chance to win some pretty rare swag in my 20th Anniversary Contest is ending sooner than you think! I’m extending the deadline to December 13th!
Up for grabs are some exceptionally hard-to-find items:
A “test design” pressing of the Live and Vile audio disc. This CD (pictured above) was released in only 26 lettered edition copies, bundled with the leather bound edition of my novella, The B*tchfight, from Bad Moon Books in 2008. It features a hilarious live reading from the Zombiefest convention and demo versions and outtakes from my recording sessions for Audiovile. Only 26 people in the country own these rare tracks; and only three copies of the hand-made test pressings exist. It’s signed. The winner will get this rare cd PLUS a signed copy of 100 Jolts for read-along fun.
Also up for grabs is a signed deck of Play Dead playing cards. These cards feature art by David Liscomb, inspired by images in my novel PLAY DEAD. They were included with the “Grim Grimoire” (sculpture-bound) edition of the novel. Not a lot of these exist! The winner will get the cards PLUS a copy of Exquisite Corpse, the film based on my short-shorts and poetry.
A third prize offering is a signed white paperback / “advanced review copy” of my out-of-print novel, Play Dead. Unavailable anywhere, an unknown limited run of these bound paperback versions were sent only to book reviewers before the book’s release. You’ll get this PLUS a signed copy of my latest chapbook, Skull Fragments.
HOW TO ENTER:
I’m trying to broaden my audience, so I need your help. You get an entry for any “user review” or “customer comment” you post about any of my books on any web retailer where you already shop online. I don’t see this as a bribe for false advertising: You can praise or damn me and my god forsaken “writing…I don’t care. Ideal places to do this include the Arnzen pages on Amazon.com, itunes, cdbaby.com, horror-mall.com, or anywhere my work is sold.
ANY old titles from my 20 years of weirdness can be reviewed in this way (for convenience, there’s also a large list on my amazon.com biography page). If you haven’t actually read any of my books, I invite you to review some of these freebies:
- you can review The Goreletter on amazon.com
- you download your free ebook of Sportuary and then post a review on amazon.com
- you can listen to the sampler of Audiovile on cdbaby.com and review it there or post one on itunes
When you’ve published your review, simply e-mail me (or post a link in a comment here) to tell me about it before Midnight eastern on Dec 13th, 2009. Include your mailing address, because the first thirty entries get this signed bookplate for free, while supplies last:
That’s a lot of cool stuff. If you do not currently subscribe to the email edition of The Goreletter, you will automatically be added to the list. If you are weird enough to be reading this now, you are sure to like the newsletter (which is only delivered quarterly or so, and won a Bram Stoker Award, so it can’t be half bad). You must be on my mailing list to qualify for a prize when winners are chosen, but you are free to unsubscribe anytime you like.
Winners will be chosen from a random draw. have been posted (see comments section on this post).
RT @MikeArnzen: Arnzen 20th Anniversary Contest Alert! Deadline Dec 13th. Photos of rare prizes and freebie links: http://bit.ly/5hp71c
RT: @MikeArnzen Arnzen 20th Anniversary Contest Alert! Deadline Dec 13th. Photos of rare prizes and freebie links here: http://bit.ly/5hp71c
RT: @MikeArnzen Arnzen 20th Anniversary Contest Alert! Deadline Dec 13th. Photos of rare prizes and freebie links here: http://bit.ly/5hp71c
RT @MikeArnzen: Just 3 days left in 20th Anniversary Contest. Win Arnzen rarities. Enter by Dec 13 at The Goreletter: http://bit.ly/5hp71c
Just 3 days left @MikeArnzen 20th Anniversary Contest. Win Arnzen rarities. Enter by Dec 13 at The Goreletter: http://bit.ly/5hp71c
RT @MikeArnzen: Holy Toledo! My 20th Anniversary Contest ends tomorrow! Enter by midnight est at The Goreletter: http://bit.ly/5hp71c
This contest has officially ended. CONGRATS TO THE FOLLOWING WINNERS (and thanks to all who entered — you get a free bookplate!):
Erik L. Smith wins rare Live & Vile production CD + copy of 100 Jolts!
John F. Taylor wins a Play Dead ARC paperback + copy of Skull Fragments!
Matt Betts wins the Play Dead deck of cards + DVD copy of Exquisite Corpse!