When I was younger, I loved mail. I’d send out cereal boxtops and enter contests to ensure a constant stream of overstuffed, padded envelopes. I’d receive all kinds of goodness: a Tony the Tiger baseball, a Kool-Aid cup (Oh Yeeaahhh!), and even X-Men Figurines. It was like celebrating mini Christmases all year long, and I loved it.
These days, mail isn’t quite as thrilling. Bills? Booo, hisss! Junk mail? Yawn. Every once in a while, however, I still get to celebrate a mini-Christmas moment. Today was one of those days.
First, in an unassuming envelope, I found a signed bookplate from none other than Joe Hill. It was part of a promotion for the sale of his paperback, HORNS. Word of advice: if you haven’t read this novel yet, don’t wait any longer. You’re doing yourself a disservice.
Second, I found the contributor’s copy of my chapbook, UPROOTED. Mr. Aaron Polson did an amazing job with the cover art. I find myself glancing at the book every now and then to make sure it’s real. If you’re interested in obtaining a copy, I’m told there are only three or four left, so order soon. It contains three of my short stories and is both signed and numbered.
If you have already purchased a copy, the books are currently shipping. In fact, there have even been a couple sightings in the wild.
Now go check your mail! If you’re lucky, a mini-Christmas surprise might even jump out and scream, “Oh Yeeaahhh!”
Here’s the mail, it never fails. It makes me want to wag my tail. When it comes I want to wail – Mail!
If I knew how to embroider, you better believe this would end up on a pillow.
Blues Clues…Yeah, my daughter drives me nuts with that.
Nice. I agree about the mail. It’ll be nice to find a surprise. I just realized I have to follow you…again. Not sure what happened.
Thanks
Sorry about that. My followers from the old blog don’t transfer over to the new site. 🙁 I hope everyone can find me.
I got my Horns bookplate recently too. Still haven’t received my copy of Uprooted though. Can’t wait to read it.
Nice! UPROOTED should show up any day. Let me know how you like it.
And here’s a quick comment in Chrome. (The browser I had the original issue with.)
Tryin to comment!! 🙂 If it works, I *wave!!*
It worked! What did you do differently? 🙂
I still get lots of parcels in the mail… Or in other words, I buy too many things.
That’s my problem too. I like getting stuff in the mail so much, it sometimes translates into me buying too many things.