Happy Holidays and a Merry New Year!
Dearest reader! Happy holidays to you, I hope you had the spookiest time!
Me? Well, okay, my holidays — they were something.
First off, I was able to visit my family for the first time in four years since the start of COVID! However, that also meant I was neck deep in that airline fiasco. I managed to make it to Minneapolis and had one flight left which — to the surprise of no one — got cancelled. After that, they had no flights leaving to my destination. The best they could do was fly us to a neighbouring city in two days and then we would have to drive four hours.
Instead, we just drove the whole way — about 8 hours. On very little sleep.
Then trying to get back, after having a lovely visit, took an extra day or so. When we picked the cats up from the cat hotel, both had cat colds and let me tell you — Poe is very determined to make sure he is aimed at my face when he sneezes so I keep getting cannon blasted in the face with kitty snot.
But still, it was good to see my family again! I ate good food, played lots of board games, my dad organized a family day of escape rooms, bowling, and laser tag too. I also read a ton. I asked for a lot of books for Christmas so I got five Junji Itos and the first ten of the Ciaphas Cain series by Sandy Mitchell (which is a 40k series).
And now I am back, back to work, back to the gym, back to life! I took am extra week off of blogging just because travelling took a lot out of me! But I’m back and have so many sights to show you. First of all, tons of interviews in the coming year! I got a bunch of amazing ARCs as well, so expect some cool reviews too.
Should I review the 40k books? I mean they are kinda horror? Let me know what you think in the comments — do you want to hear what I think about those books? Also, if you have any recommendations for awesome 40k books, let me know!
Onwards to the most pressing news!
On Jan 21st, I’ll be hosting an amazing live event with author Carson Winter! This live event is for Ahh! That’s What I Call Horror anthology, which is coming out Jan 25th and contains my haunted Blockbuster tale, “Return to Gray Springs: Blockbuster Blues”.
This free live event will feature readings from eight authors whose works appear in the anthology:
In addition to the readings, there will also be three giveaways* for a chance to win a copy of the anthology!
And that's not all! That's right -- this event just keeps giving! There's also a raffle*!
Raffle
Okay, folks -- when you click on the link, you might notice this event is donation based. You can totally join for free -- no pressure! But if you do donate, here are the deets:
$1 = 1 raffle ticket
$5 = 6 raffle tickets
$10 = 13 tickets spooky!
$20 = 30 tickets
This grand prize includes a special signed edition of Ahh! That's What I Call Horror, stickers, limited edition pogs, lava lamp pin, a Horrorgatchi shirt, Alive and Living mug, Harvest Queen tote bag, and cutie Horrorgatchi key chain (total value at over $80.00)*!
Sheesh! That's awesome! Plus all proceeds go towards covering costs and helping promote the anthology, which benefits all the writers! And who could resist making those cuties smile, huh?
Get your ticket!
Get your ticket and reserve your spot today! Again, this event is completely free! Donations will just get you tickets in the raffle, which gives you a chance to win a massive booty haul of 90s joy*!
Don't wait! Reserve your spot today and tell your friends!
x PLM
p.s. Squarespace introduced those new animations/text highlighting tools and I definitely took advantage of it, haha
*USA shipping only
