My, oh,
my!
What a
crazy Thursday in the life of a Bourbon Street muse.
Due to
an illness with another staff member, I wound up working all night and day, so I missed the giveaway
post. Sorry, cats. But, back to business. The show, as they say, must go on!
WE
HAVE A WINNER!
Congratulations,
Tilby Noir! You've won paperback copies of ANANSI BOYS and LIVING DEAD IN
DALLAS! Thanks for taking time to leave a
well-thought out answer. Send me a
private message for shipping instructions, and we'll get your books to you
soon!
A
spooky prize every day this month to celebrate the upcoming TRANSMUNDANE PRESS release,
AFTER THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER. Featuring
authors from all over the world, this anthology explores what happens to fairy
tale characters after their roles in the stories everyone knows and loves. Cinderella, Snow White, Little Red Riding
Hood, Jack and Jill, Bluebeard—they're all here, sorting out their lives after
the credits roll.
Future
posts will include excerpts from the stories, author interviews, and other
insider information.
We're
launching a kickstarter on October 15th to help pay our contributors a little
extra, beef up our marketing, and donate to one of our favorite charities,
Scares that Care. This campaign will
feature the official cover release, exclusive stories, more giveaways, and
other fun surprises.
Back
to our giveaway.
We're
celebrating October by giving away horror books, DVDs, blu-rays, and other
terrifying goodies everyday this month.
Subscribe to this blog so you never miss a prize, or just check in daily
to see what it is we're giving away.
All
you have to do is LIKE my author page, LIKE the giveaway post, and COMMENT
depending on what the daily post prompts.
Want more ways to win? Simply follow suit on the TRANSMUNDANE PRESS and
ALISHA COSTANZO's author page or subscribe for more chances.
We'll
post winners daily on all of our social media, and prizes ship out at the end
of each week.
Since yesterday
was crazy, and I missed the giveaway post, today we'll have two prizes, two
questions, and two winners!
DAY 6
PRIZE:
CORALINE
by Neil Gaiman (paperback).
"Coraline
discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house. . . ."
When
Coraline steps through a door to find another house strangely similar to her
own (only better), things seem marvelous.
But
there's another mother there, and another father, and they want her to stay and
be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go.
Coraline
will have to fight with all her wit and courage if she is to save herself and
return to her ordinary life.
AND
THE
THING (DVD). Special thanks to MIKE CAPPO and the TICKLERS MUSICIANS FLOOD RELIEF FUND for this prize.
It's
the first week of winter in 1982. An American Research Base is greeted by an
alien force, that can assimilate anything it touches. It's up to the members to
stay alive, and be sure of who is human, and who has become one of the Things.
That’s
right, two prizes, lovers. Sorry again
that I couldn't get to the old machine to get the post up.
Playing
pays, so enter to win!
CORALINE
contest:
I love
this book—really anything Gaiman. To me,
this is his take on ALICE IN WONDERLAND, another favorite that has been retold
and redone a million different ways over the years. Often the stories we love are retellings of
older tales. The 1965 book THE WARRIORS
(Sol Yurick) is based on Xenophon's ANABASIS.
The Coen Brother's film O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU is a riff off Homer's
epic poem, ODYSSEY.
The AFTER
THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER submissions included several savvy retellings that made
us reconsider what the project was about and broaden the subject matter from
only stories about life after the fairy tales to include retellings and eldritch
fairy tales that could be their own source material down the road.
To enter
for this prize, let us know what your favorite retelling of a classic is,
especially if it was hidden or skewed with a new, fresh story.
THE
THING contest:
John Carpenter's
1982 masterpiece was hated by critics when it first came out. The violence was considered excessive, and the
ambiguous, nihilistic ending left many viewers freezer burned. Carpenter considered this movie a failure, and
took the bad reviews hard. But time has
a funny way of remembering things. The movie
is now considered one of the scariest films of all time, and rightly so. The special effects are unlike anything ever committed
to celluloid.
To enter
for this prize, let us know what films or books are still scary even though
you've seen or read them multiple times and why.
Good
luck, cats. Cheers!
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