BCS author Matthew Kressel’s novel King of Shards, out on Oct. 13, shares the desert world of his BCS stories, “Pheth’s Aviary” in BCS #133 and “The Suffering Gallery” in BCS #57 and podcast BCS 050.
In conjunction with the novel’s release, BCS is giving away a copy of King of Shards!
To enter, comment on this post and tell us your favorite BCS story that’s set in the same world as a novel. Numerous BCS stories take place in the same world as the author’s novel(s), whether published before the story or after. Your favorite BCS story that’s set in the same world as the author’s novel(s).
Your comment will enter you in a random drawing for the book. This giveaway ends Wed. Oct. 7 has ended. (For the Full Rules, click on ‘Show Hidden Text’ at the end of this post.)
To get you started, here are a few BCS stories that are set in the same world as their authors’ novel(s):
“And Blow Them at the Moon” by Marie Brennan
“Where Virtue Lives” by Saladin Ahmed
“The Sword of Loving Kindness” by Chris Willrich
“The Ghost of Shinoda Forest” by Richard Parks (or any of his Lord Yamada tales)
“Primaflora’s Journey” by Cat Rambo
“Bent the Wing, Dark the Cloud” by Fran Wilde
“Stormchaser, Stormshaper” by Erin Hoffman
“The Traitor Baru Cormorant, Her Field-General, and Their Wounds” by Seth Dickinson
Good luck!
Full rules for the Matthew Kressel King of Shards giveaway:
You must leave your comment on this King of Shards Giveaway post. Comments left anywhere else will not enter you in the giveaway.
You must mention a story published in BCS that arguably takes place in the same world as some novel that author has written. Comments that do not mention a story published in BCS that arguably take place in the same world as some novel the author has written will not enter you in the giveaway.
You must post your comment before midnight PST on Wed. Oct. 7. Any comments posted after that will not be eligible.
You must reside within the USA or Canada. (Our apologies for this stipulation; the publisher only holds rights in the USA and Canada and so can’t ship the book anywhere else.)
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 copy of King of Shards will be mailed from the publisher 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!