One thing you get from being published in print magazines, that you don’t get from the online ones: author copies.

Sometimes, more than you need.

I’ve got a stack here of random magazine issues, each one of them with a story of mine in it, above and beyond the copies I’m keeping for posterity. I’d like to get rid of them, to good homes — but how to arrange that? With a contest, of course!

It consists of three easy steps:

1) Blog in some fashion about the Onyx Court series. It can cover any piece of the series: Midnight Never Come, In Ashes Lie, Deeds of Men, one of the upcoming books. Your post can be anything you want: a review, historical nitpicking, speculation about what’s coming, fanfiction/fanart, pictures of your cat dressed in a homemade Invidiana costume — whatever.

2) E-mail me a link to your blog post. Send it to marie {dot} brennan {at} gmail {dot} com.

3) Profit! Or at least be entered for a chance to do so.

The items up for grabs are as follows:

• Three (3) copies of Paradox #13, containing “Salt Feels No Pain”
• Two (2) copies of Talebones #31, containing “The Twa Corbies
• Two (2) copies of On Spec #70, containing “Nine Sketches, in Charcoal and Blood”
• One (1) copy of Jabberwocky #1, containing “Silence, Before the Horn”
• One (1) copy of Talebones #34, containing “But Who Shall Lead the Dance?
• One (1) copy of Fictitious Force #2, containing “Sing for Me”
• One (1) copy of Electric Velocipede #13, containing “Selection”

That’s eleven potential winners, all told. You’ve got until September 1st to post something and notify me of it — which is plenty of time to sew that costume for your cat, so get cracking!