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From page 7                                        travel abroad, this time reaching out to Chris from the              Lottery
                                                               UK. Chris, who had been following this little book’s
                                                               adventure for years, was speechless at the idea  of                                                                                                                   Click for everything!
                                                               becoming a part of the story. He did find his words,
                                                               though, and immediately insisted on donating the                                                         Numenera Starter Set
                                                               book back - and had some lovely words to say that
                                                               warmed our hearts:                                                                                       Donated by Monte Cook Games
                                                                 “I  can’t  say  enough  how inspirational  I  find  this                                                 Quantity: 400
                                                               fundraiser and I look forward to it every year now.                                                      Explore the vast, fascinating, and unique setting of
                                                               With so much bad news and horrible happenings in
                                                               the world recently, this never fails to lift my soul and                                                 Numenera—the Ninth World. Gather your friends,
                                                               remind me of the goodness and generosity of people.                                                      open this box, and begin playing right away! The
                                                               Thank you all for your amazing efforts, it is not just                                                   game is easy to learn and fun to play.
                                                               the lives of those who receive the aid where you make                                                                                   See it in the Lottery Library!
                                                               a big difference, but the hearts and minds of those
                                                               who hear about and participate in this fundraiser.”
            We love our supporters so much. You guys are the     We sent Chris a box of books, including a different
          best.                                                copy of Stardust (he’d never read it, and we couldn’t
          2015 – The most popular book in the library          let that stand!), as well as the library cards for signing.                                               Empires of Dust books 1 & 2
            In 2015, Amanda called Don to tell him he won.       For the ninth time, the Stardust ARC went back into
          They talked for a while, and he was very cool, and  the lottery.                                                                                               Donated by Anna Smith Spark
          very insistent that we hang onto the Stardust ARC to  2018 – ???                                                                                                 Quantity: 1
          include in next year’s lottery for someone else. So of   And that brings us to this year. The tenth year, for                                                    Signed:  Yes
          course we sent him a box of stuff and some library  the Stardust ARC and for Worldbuilders.
          cards to sign, and Stardust went back into the lottery   Once more, the book is back in the lottery for anyone                                                 Haunted by prophetic dreams, Orhan has hired a
          for the seventh time.                                to win. (Every $10 donation gets you a chance to win                                                      company of soldiers to cross the desert to reach the
          2016 – The French connection…                        the ARC and thousands more prizes.)                                                                       capital city. Once they enter the palace, they have one
            …but you know, with books instead of narcotics.      The Stardust ARC is readying itself to pick a new                                                       mission: kill the emperor, then all those who remain.
          Though, one could argue for the addictive properties  owner in a long, distinguished line of amazing people                                                                                  See it in the Lottery Library!
          of books.                                            and we can’t wait to see who wins it this year. Thank
            In 2016, Lucas won the Stardust ARC in the lottery.  you, everyone, for joining us!
          He was wonderful, and our first international Stardust
          winner! There was much emailing and a  phone                                                                                                                  The Stardust ARC
          call to France. The Stardust legend was officially
          intercontinental. And to continue the legend, Lucas                                                                                                           Donated by Neil Gaiman, Dan, Maayan, Maayan
          donated it right back to us for this year’s lottery.
            Of course, we sent him a box full of books,                                                                                                                 (again!), Jeff, Don, Lucas, and Chris
          including the French editions of a couple of books                                                                                                              Quantity: 1
          from  Worldbuilders Market,  and  of  course,  library                                                                                                          Signed:  Yes
          cards to sign.                                                                                                                                                Neil Gaiman donated this deluxe ARC of his novel
            He has his library card to mark this occasion, and                                                                                                          Stardust 10 years ago. Since then, it’s had an amazing
          we added the Stardust ARC back into the lottery.                                                                                                              journey through every fundraiser we’ve held.
          2017 – Across the Pond                                                                                                                                                                       See it in the Lottery Library!
            Last year, the Stardust ARC continued its quest to





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