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The Battle Robot Contest has ended (in less than an hour after mailing the latest newsletter!). My bot -- "hellboy" -- was no match to the contenders. The winners are: Palmer -- who took first place thanks in part to his dreaded Spring-Loaded Boxing Glove Lackey in second, whose Onboard iPod distracted Hellboy before she massacred him. Faulkner whose metal tusks laden with corporate logos impaled Hellboy to the floor. Clarke whose Nodule-Covered Truncated-Cone Base provided both armor and power to take 4th place. All four will receive free copies of the Dogwitch comic book, autographed by artist Dan Schaffer.…

Just FYI: there have been no lucky guesses yet in the special "subscriber's only" Strange Snippet contest from 2.9. If you haven't tried guessing yet, you've still got a little time left before the next Goreletter. Give it a shot! If you don't subscribe, you can't play to win. Sign up; it's free!

UK reader Claire Faulkner wins the "review race" contest from the latest Goreletter, by being the first to post a review of 100 Jolts to amazon.com. Although she certainly could have given a thumbs down and still won the contest, her review was very positive. It reads: Short, sharp and definitely shocking. Whatever your taste in horror, '100 Jolts' will have a story for you. Intensively strong in style and content, highly addictive narrative. Arnzen gives horror again and again in bite sized shorts - you won't want to put it down. Highly recommended. For a prize, she'll be getting…