A raven arrived on my window ledge just minutes ago, carrying word that
Dead But Dreaming 2 is shipping internationally at the end of this very week.
This means that while we all know that you're going to buy this book, it would behoove (if not behoof, for my Midwestern readers) you to
PRE-ORDER the book, like, TODAY, as in doing so, you not only get the book via the first wave of shipping, but you also receive this limited edition bookmark, hand signed in something dark and viscous by the right Queen of Eldritch Horror,
W. H. Pugmire.
As you can see, the bookmark features Pugmire's actual signature (not a stamp), as well as a sneak peek at his debut tome with
Miskatonic River Press,
The Strange Dark One: Tales of Nyarlathotep, featuring cover and interior art by acclaimed writer, artist, publisher and
Cosmicomicon guest blogger,
Jeffrey Thomas. More on this in the coming days, once the furor around DBD2 has calmed a little... Track Pugmire's numerous Lovecraftian and Mythos projects, videos, and blog postings at his
A View From Sesqua Valley.
A copy of the original, unsigned
Dead But Dreaming recently sold for $150 on eBay (and signed editions have gone for well over $250), showing the demand for this collectors item made scarce and valuable due to the quality of the writing containing within, selected and edited by
Keith "Doc" Herber and
Kevin Ross. What will Dead But Dreaming 2 - again edited by Ross, albeit solo, after the tragic passing of Doc just two years ago - be worth a decade from now? Punch your ticket and find out, you curious cuttlefish.
As for the bookmark, it's sure to be an instant collectors item once the pre-order period is completed, so don't be snookered by indecision. Buy the book today, and get a snazzy, limited edition bookmark to hold your page while you shiver under your covers between Dead But Dreaming 2 stories.
There's no shame in being afraid. There is in losing your place.
I've never pre-ordered a book before.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad I did. Excited as all hell for this monster of an eldritch tome. Great post, as always, dear Teddy!
Thank you, Magus Mikey!
ReplyDeleteThere's always a first time for everything. In this case, you get a fabulous bookmark to thwap your classmate across their low, brutish brows.