Rose-Owls and Pumpkin Girls

Our winners have been chosen, and are…

Day one: Rachel, comment #194, has won a set of blue dice! No pale pink.

Day two: Lady Morar, comment #84, has won a copy of Square3!

Day three: L Avery, comment #5, has won a copy of When Sorrows Come!

Day four: Megan Lynae, comment #13, has won a copy of Into the Drowning Deep!

Day five: Garrett Fitzgerald, comment #139, has won a copy of “Skeleton Song”!

Day six: Sue E Stewart, comment #11, has won a Mira Grant button pack!

Day seven: Teresa Anzulovic, comment #82, has won a copy of Beneath the Sugar Sky!

Day eight: Ariella, comment #21, has won a copy of Lost in the Moment and Found!

Day nine: Chelsea Cooper, comment #93, has won an ARC of In An Absent Dream!

Day ten: Katie M., comment #61, has won a copy of Spelunking Through Hell!

Day eleven: Mallory, comment #41, has won a set of Toby Daye promo pins!

Day twelve: Andrew Harris. comment #50, has won a copy of Dying With Her Cheer Pants On!

And finally for this year:

Day thirteen: A Roy, comment #2, has won a copy of Laughter at the Academy!

If you’ve won, please email through the website contact form by Monday, December 19th at noon Pacific. If you want your prize mailed before the New Year, please email through the website contact form before Thursday, December 15th at noon Pacific. Yes, that’s tomorrow. That’s when my PA is coming on a mail run. Please include your physical mailing address, the name you entered under, and the name of the prize you won.

As always, this is your only notification. I will not be emailing people, or contacting them directly in any way. If you don’t claim your prize, it goes back into the abyss to wait for its next escape opportunity.

Congrats to all the winners, and Happy Hogswatch!

…an ARC of Dying With Her Cheer Pants On!

Hello, lovely people and terrifying couch gremlins, and welcome to the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch, the game where the points are made up but the rules really do matter.  This is our twelfth giveaway for 2022, and I hope you’re all excited!  I will be posting a few giveaways outside the normal scope of Hogswatch to help us all celebrate the festive winter spirit.  Here are a few things you should know:

1. Every post will have its own prize, and its own rules.  This is to filter out people linked here from the “hey, free stuff!” blogs, who are less interested in our prizes than they are in the fact that they don’t cost anything.

2. Unclaimed prizes will not be redistributed, they will be returned to my office to think about what they did.

3. I cannot afford international postage.  If you are outside the US/Canada, you must state so in your entry.  However, for the first time ever, you don’t gave to be able to pay your own postage!  We have a generous donor offering to sponsor any international winners, so enter without fear.

4. All posts automatically mirror to Dreamwidth.  For RNG reasons, comments left on Dreamwidth do not count as entries; you must enter via the root post on my blog (seananmcguire.com/blog) if you want to be eligible to win.

So here.  We.  GO!

Our twelfth prize this year is an ARC of Dying With Her Cheer Pants On from Subterranean Press.  To enter:

1. Comment on this  post.

2. Who is your favorite fictional cheerleader?

3. If you are outside the US/Canada, tell me so.

All winners will be selected at 12PT on December 14th.  So now, as the sages say…

…GAME ON!

…a copy of Spelunking Through Hell!

Hello, lovely people and terrifying couch gremlins, and welcome to the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch, the game where the points are made up but the rules really do matter.  This is our tenth giveaway for 2022, and I hope you’re all excited!  I will be posting a few giveaways outside the normal scope of Hogswatch to help us all celebrate the festive winter spirit.  Here are a few things you should know:

1. Every post will have its own prize, and its own rules.  This is to filter out people linked here from the “hey, free stuff!” blogs, who are less interested in our prizes than they are in the fact that they don’t cost anything.

2. Unclaimed prizes will not be redistributed, they will be returned to my office to think about what they did.

3. I cannot afford international postage.  If you are outside the US/Canada, you must state so in your entry.  However, for the first time ever, you don’t gave to be able to pay your own postage!  We have a generous donor offering to sponsor any international winners, so enter without fear.

4. All posts automatically mirror to Dreamwidth.  For RNG reasons, comments left on Dreamwidth do not count as entries; you must enter via the root post on my blog (seananmcguire.com/blog) if you want to be eligible to win.

So here.  We.  GO!

Our tenth prize this year is a copy of Spelunking Through Hell.  To enter:

1. Comment on this  post.

2. Who is your favorite InCryptid narrator?

3. If you are outside the US/Canada, tell me so.

All winners will be selected at 12PT on December 14th.  So now, as the sages say…

…GAME ON!

…a copy of Lost in the Moment and Found!

Hello, lovely people and terrifying couch gremlins, and welcome to the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch, the game where the points are made up but the rules really do matter.  This is our eighth giveaway for 2022, and I hope you’re all excited!  I will be posting a few giveaways outside the normal scope of Hogswatch to help us all celebrate the festive winter spirit.  Here are a few things you should know:

1. Every post will have its own prize, and its own rules.  This is to filter out people linked here from the “hey, free stuff!” blogs, who are less interested in our prizes than they are in the fact that they don’t cost anything.

2. Unclaimed prizes will not be redistributed, they will be returned to my office to think about what they did.

3. I cannot afford international postage.  If you are outside the US/Canada, you must state so in your entry.  However, for the first time ever, you don’t gave to be able to pay your own postage!  We have a generous donor offering to sponsor any international winners, so enter without fear.

4. All posts automatically mirror to Dreamwidth.  For RNG reasons, comments left on Dreamwidth do not count as entries; you must enter via the root post on my blog (seananmcguire.com/blog) if you want to be eligible to win.

So here.  We.  GO!

Our eighth prize this year is a copy of Lost in the Moment and Found.  This is a publisher ARC, and is not a hardcover book; it is not intended to stand up to more than a few readings, but it’ll probably reach you before the book is officially released.  To enter:

1. Comment on this  post.

2. What the strangest thing you’ve ever lost?

3. If you are outside the US/Canada, tell me so.

All winners will be selected at 12PT on December 14th.  So now, as the sages say…

…GAME ON!

…a Mira Grant button pack!

Hello, lovely people and terrifying couch gremlins, and welcome to the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch, the game where the points are made up but the rules really do matter.  This is our sixth giveaway for 2022, and I hope you’re all excited!  I will be posting a few giveaways outside the normal scope of Hogswatch to help us all celebrate the festive winter spirit.  Here are a few things you should know:

1. Every post will have its own prize, and its own rules.  This is to filter out people linked here from the “hey, free stuff!” blogs, who are less interested in our prizes than they are in the fact that they don’t cost anything.

2. Unclaimed prizes will not be redistributed, they will be returned to my office to think about what they did.

3. I cannot afford international postage.  If you are outside the US/Canada, you must state so in your entry.  However, for the first time ever, you don’t gave to be able to pay your own postage!  We have a generous donor offering to sponsor any international winners, so enter without fear.

4. All posts automatically mirror to Dreamwidth.  For RNG reasons, comments left on Dreamwidth do not count as entries; you must enter via the root post on my blog (seananmcguire.com/blog) if you want to be eligible to win.

So here.  We.  GO!

Our sixth prize this year is a Mira Grant button pack.  Meaning promo buttons for the Mira Grant books published by Orbit.  To enter:

1. Comment on this  post.

2. What’s your favorite Mira Grant story?

3. If you are outside the US/Canada, tell me so.

All winners will be selected at 12PT on December 14th.  So now, as the sages say…

…GAME ON!

…a copy of Skeleton Song!

Hello, lovely people and terrifying couch gremlins, and welcome to the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch, the game where the points are made up but the rules really do matter.  This is our fifth giveaway for 2022, and I hope you’re all excited!  I will be posting a few giveaways outside the normal scope of Hogswatch to help us all celebrate the festive winter spirit.  Here are a few things you should know:

1. Every post will have its own prize, and its own rules.  This is to filter out people linked here from the “hey, free stuff!” blogs, who are less interested in our prizes than they are in the fact that they don’t cost anything.

2. Unclaimed prizes will not be redistributed, they will be returned to my office to think about what they did.

3. I cannot afford international postage.  If you are outside the US/Canada, you must state so in your entry.  However, for the first time ever, you don’t gave to be able to pay your own postage!  We have a generous donor offering to sponsor any international winners, so enter without fear.

4. All posts automatically mirror to Dreamwidth.  For RNG reasons, comments left on Dreamwidth do not count as entries; you must enter via the root post on my blog (seananmcguire.com/blog) if you want to be eligible to win.

So here.  We.  GO!

Our fifth prize this year is a copy of Skeleton Song.  To enter:

1. Comment on this  post.

2. What’s your favorite song including a skeleton?

3. If you are outside the US/Canada, tell me so.

All winners will be selected at 12PT on December 14th.  So now, as the sages say…

…GAME ON!

…a signed copy of When Sorrows Come!

Hello, lovely people and terrifying couch gremlins, and welcome to the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch, the game where the points are made up but the rules really do matter.  This is our third giveaway for 2022, and I hope you’re all excited!  I will be posting a few giveaways outside the normal scope of Hogswatch to help us all celebrate the festive winter spirit.  Here are a few things you should know:

1. Every post will have its own prize, and its own rules.  This is to filter out people linked here from the “hey, free stuff!” blogs, who are less interested in our prizes than they are in the fact that they don’t cost anything.

2. Unclaimed prizes will not be redistributed, they will be returned to my office to think about what they did.

3. I cannot afford international postage.  If you are outside the US/Canada, you must state so in your entry.  However, for the first time ever, you don’t gave to be able to pay your own postage!  We have a generous donor offering to sponsor any international winners, so enter without fear.

4. All posts automatically mirror to Dreamwidth.  For RNG reasons, comments left on Dreamwidth do not count as entries; you must enter via the root post on my blog (seananmcguire.com/blog) if you want to be eligible to win.

So here.  We.  GO!

Our third prize this year is a copy of When Sorrows Come, the fifteenth book in the October Daye urban fantasy series, including the bookstore-exclusive pre-order pin.

1. Comment on this  post.

2. Name your favorite fictional wedding.

3. If you are outside the US/Canada, tell me so.

All winners will be selected at 12PT on December 14th.  So now, as the sages say…

…GAME ON!

…a hand selected, unmatched dice set drawn from the cauldrons!

Hello, lovely people and terrifying couch gremlins, and welcome to the Thirteen Days of Hogswatch, the game where the points are made up but the rules really do matter.  This is our first giveaway for 2021, and I hope you’re all excited!  I will be posting a few giveaways outside the normal scope of Hogswatch to help us all celebrate the festive winter spirit.  Here are a few things you should know:

1. Every post will have its own prize, and its own rules.  This is to filter out people linked here from the “hey, free stuff!” blogs, who are less interested in our prizes than they are in the fact that they don’t cost anything.

2. Unclaimed prizes will not be redistributed, they will be returned to my office to think about what they did.

3. I cannot afford international postage.  If you are outside the US/Canada, you must state so in your entry.  However, for the first time ever, you don’t gave to be able to pay your own postage!  We have a generous donor offering to sponsor any international winners, so enter without fear.

4. All posts automatically mirror to Dreamwidth.  For RNG reasons, comments left on Dreamwidth do not count as entries; you must enter via the root post on my blog (seananmcguire.com/blog) if you want to be eligible to win.

So here.  We.  GO!

Our first prize this year is a set of dice that I will select from my cauldrons of random dice.  It will come with a dice bag.  It will definitely not match.  It will also come with a signed bookplate, so you can identify where the dice came from.

1. Comment on this  post.

2. Tell me your favorite color, and also what color you absolutely do not want me to include in your bag.

3. If you are outside the US/Canada, tell me so.

All winners will be selected at 12PT on December 14th.  So now, as the sages say…

…GAME ON!

Hello, happy people!

Tor.com has done a special spooky seasonal Wayward Children story, “Skeleton Song,” which focuses on the end of Christopher’s time in Mariposa.  This will be posted to read for free on October 26th on Tor.com proper, but!  They also did some gorgeous little printed ashcan editions, with a cover and a title page and everything, and I have some to give away!

So this is for three (3) copies of “Skeleton Song.”  To enter:

1. Comment on THIS post (non-negotiable).  And by “this,” I mean the original at seananmcguire.com/blog, not any mirrors on DreamWidth or LiveJournal.


2. Indicate whether you’re US or International.


3. Tell me the name of your favorite Halloween story.

Because I am not yet a rich author, there will be a $5 postage charge for international winners.  I’m sorry about that, and if you don’t want to enter, that’s okay; the story will still be free online in two weeks.

I’ll choose our three winners via RNG on Monday, October 17th.

Game on!