BCS author Helen Marshall (“Crossroads and Gateways” in BCS #151) has just released her second short fiction collection, Gifts for the One Who Comes After (Chizine Press), and BCS is giving away a signed copy!

Helen Marshall’s work has been nominated for the Aurora Award and the Bram Stoker Award, and has won the Sydney J. Bounds Award from the British Fantasy Society.

Gifts for the One Who Comes After features “eighteen tales of love and loss,” Chizine Press says; “Dazzling, disturbing, and deeply moving.” These include “Crossroads and Gateways” as well as other pieces featuring a son trying to reconnect with his father through a telescope that sees into the past, a girl discovering what lies on the other side of her mother’s bellybutton, and Death’s wife preparing for a very special funeral.

To enter this giveaway, comment on this very post (here’s a link) and tell us your favorite BCS story that features myth or aspects of the mythic, and briefly why. “Crossroads and Gateways” deals with myth and fate and destiny; what is your favorite BCS story that tackles such matters.

Your comment post will enter you in a random drawing for the book. (For the Full Rules, click on ‘Show Hidden Text’ at the end of this post.)

Enter soon, because this giveaway ends Tues. Sept. 23, at midnight PST! This giveaway has ended.

To get you started, here are some BCS stories that feature myth or aspects of the mythic:

Or whatever mythic BCS story is your favorite.

Good luck!

 

Full rules for the signed Helen Marshall Gifts for the One Who Comes After Giveaway:

You must leave your comment on this Gifts for the One Who Comes After Giveaway post. Comments left anywhere else will not enter you in the giveaway.

You must mention a story from BCS that arguably contains something mythic. Comments that do not mention a story from BCS will not enter you in the giveaway.

You must post your comment before midnight PST on Tues. Sept. 23 . Any comments posted after that will not be eligible.

Each person will be entered only once in the random drawing (even if you leave more than one eligible comment).

You must use a valid email address when you submit your comment (otherwise we won’t be able to contact you if you win).

BCS will conduct the random drawing from all eligible entries. The signed copy of Gifts for the One Who Comes After will be mailed to the winner.

BCS is not responsible for comments that get lost or caught in our spam filtering or don’t show up in our system, or email addresses that get garbled or otherwise rendered unusable for contacting an entrant.

This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Facebook or Twitter. Participants are providing information to BCS and Firkin Press and not to Facebook or Twitter or anyone else.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in this post or via our Contact page. Good luck!

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