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            Every year Steve Drew the  game and now have people  success and failure.                                                                                                                                                 Click for everything!
          awesome folks at reddit.com/r/ EVERY DAY of the fundraiser.              We’ve  all  been  there.  We  all
          fantasy assemble a whole bunch  This  year’s  theme  is  one  of  our  have our own stories about how                                                          Now We Are Sick
          of fantasy and science fiction  favorites: support.                    one act of kindness, one simple
          authors to join us and chat with     Heifer International is big on  gesture, or even an introduction to                                                       Donated by DreamHaven Books
          everyone. Usually the AMA is  supporting people. They don’t  the right person set us on the path                                                                 Quantity: 80
          an “Ask YOU Anything” where  swoop in and make everything  to achieve more.                                                                                    An irreverent and slightly disturbing collection of
          they get  the chance  to  ask  fans  great, they work with people        If  you’d like  to  share  a  story                                                   funny, frivolous and frightening poems by thirty of
          and Worldbuilders supporters  who need help and give them  about one of those moments in                                                                       the world’s best known science fiction, fantasy and
          important  things  like  the  proper  the knowledge they need to beat  your life, please join us at reddit.
          order to put on footwear (sock-     poverty and keep themselves  com/r/fantasy and look for the                                                                horror authors, edited by Neil Gaiman and Stephen
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          sock-shoe,  or  something more       That’s    really   all   anyone about how  our guest  authors got                                                                                       See it in the Lottery Library!
          monstrous).                         needs—something as simple as  a little bit of support that made a
            This year, since the fundraiser  a bit of information, a quick life  big difference in their lives and
          lasts two weeks instead of the  experience,  or  a  good  idea  can  careers.
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                                                                                                                                                                        Martha Soukup writes tales of lost love, bitter

                                                                                                                                                                        loneliness, and pain. Each one is full of a righteous
                                                                                                                                                                        anger that belies the simplicity of its narrative.
                                                                                                                                                                        Delving into twisted psyches, she reveals a gentle
                                                                                                                                                                        understanding of the ‘alien’ in us all.
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            If you missed a discussion, here’s where you can find them:
            •  Janny Wurts, author & illustrator (The Wars of Light and Shadow, The Cycle of Fire)
            •  Michael J. Sullivan, author (The Riyria Chronicles, The First Empire)                                                                                    Telling Tales CD

            •  Gail Z Martin, author (Chronicles of the Necromancer, Deadly Curiosities)
            •  Lev Grossman, author (The Magicians)                                                                                                                     Donated by DreamHaven Books
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            •  Tom Doyle, author (American Craftsmen)                                                                                                                   A collection of stories written and read by Neil
            •  T. Frohock, author (Los Nefilim, Frayed Empire)                                                                                                          Gaiman. Includes A Writer’s Prayer, Harlequin
            •  Carol Berg, author (The Bridge of D’Arnath, Lighthouse)                                                                                                  Valentine, Boys and Girls Together, The Wedding

            •  Cat Rambo, author (Fantasy Magazine, The Tabat Quartet), SFWA president                                                                                  Present, In The End, Epilogue – Drums.

            There are more authors participating, with a few we haven’t listed here (sssh, we created this issue a couple                                                                              See it in the Lottery Library!
          days ago), so by all means head over to the forum and have a look. And honestly, the r/fantasy community
          is pretty darn cool anyway, so there are bound to be more discussions you’ll want to participate in!



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