October 3rd, 2010 / 3:04 pm
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GIANT’s Backwards Birthday Party!!!!!!!!!

We’re giving away some free stuff to you, our birthday party guests. We already ate the cake, so we can’t give that back (well, we could…), but we do have books & other stuffs. How this works:

We’re going to award a few random winners, and split up the stuff randomly. To throw your name in the hat, email us at our house (htmlgiant@htmlgiant.com) by October 10th!

If you’d like to add stuff to the prize pool, list it in the comments and we’ll add it below. THE GIFTS:

  • 1/2 rotation in one of the top book cover ad spots for the month of November
  • 1 copy of From Old Notebooks, by Evan Lavender-Smith
  • 1 SIGNED copy of the new Light Boxes, by Shane Jones
  • 1 copy of Everything Here Is The Best Thing Ever, by Justin Taylor
  • 1 copy of AM/PM, by Amelia Gray
  • 1 copy of The Complete Works of Marvin K. Mooney, by Christopher Higgs
  • 1 audiobook version of The Complete Works of Marvin K. Mooney
  • some random back issues of The Believer
  • a couple of new books from HarperPerennial
  • 1 copy of The Evolutionary Revolution, by Lily Hoang
  • 1 copy of Changing, by Lily Hoang
  • a random assortment of random books from Lily Hoang’s bookshelf
  • 1 copy of In the Devil’s Territory, by Kyle Minor
  • 5 collector’s itemish backissues of Frostproof Review #2 (includes Kevin Wilson’s story “Tunneling to the Center of the Earth,” novellas by Christopher Coake and Jennifer Spiegel, excerpt from Mark Svenvold’s book-length poem Empire Burlesque, a Molly Peacock sonnet, and reading lists from Stephen Elliott, Jim Shepard, Lee K. Abbott, Steve Almond, Aimee Bender, a water witcher, a Methodist minister, etc., etc., etc.)
  • 1 copy of The Show That Smells, by Derek McCormack
  • 3 copies of PANK 4
  • 2 copies of Our Island of Epidemics, by Matthew Salesses
  • 1 copy of DURING MY NERVOUS BREAKDOWN I WANT TO HAVE A BIOGRAPHER PRESENT, by Brandon Scott Gorrell
  • 1 copy of SOMETIMES MY HEART PUSHES MY RIBS, by Ellen Kennedy
  • 1 Email About Something Vaguely Important-Seeming written by zusya
  • 1 Cajun-themed cookbook
  • 1 copy of Agaat, by Marlene van Niekerk
  • 1 copy of WE TAKE ME APART, by Molly Gaudry
  • 1 copy of AN ISLAND OF FIFTY, by Ben Brooks
  • 1 copy of WHEN ALL OUR DAYS ARE NUMEBRED, by Sasha Fletcher
  • 1 copy of Letters Journal #4
  • 5 copies of The Dwell, by Eleanor Johnson
  • 1 copy of The Late Work of Margaret Kroftis, by Mark Gluth
  • 1 copy of Pop Serial #1
  • 1 IOU for a potential book darby may write/publish in the future, if ever, and he will sign it, too
  • Daniel Bailey’s firstborn
  • 2 copies of TRNSFR 2
  • 1 copy of The Birdwisher, by Anna Joy Springer
  • 1 copy of  Blood and Jasmine When I Dreamed Her, by Christine Vi-Van Nguyen
  • issues 2 and 3 of Correspondence and a copy of This Pose Can Be Held For Only So Long, by Caroline Gormley
  • CINEMA/TELEVISION/PASSION, by Mike Kitchell & a copy of the next two SOLAR LUXURIANCE releases
  • 1 copy of RAMPAGING FUCKERS OF EVERYTHING ON THE CRAZY SHITTING PLANET OF THE VOMIT ATMOSPHERE, by Mykle Hansen
  • 1 copy of the Hint Fiction anthology
  • 1 copy of a limited edition broadside from Coffee House Press
  • 1 copy of Everything Ravaged, Everything Burned, by Wells Tower
  • 1 copy of Big Bill and the Lonely Nation, by Cassandra and Cody Troyan
  • 1 signed copy of WILD LIFE RIFLE FIRE, by Paul Siegell
  • 1 signed copy of JAMBANDBOOTLEG, by Paul Siegell
  • 1 copy of Dies: A Sentence, in which Vanessa Place will insert something vaguely pornographic

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31 Comments

  1. October 3rd, 2010 / 7:14 pm Kyle Minor—

      I’ll chip in:

      1 copy of In the Devil’s Territory, by Kyle Minor
      5 collector’s itemish backissues of Frostproof Review #2 (includes Kevin Wilson’s story “Tunneling to the Center of the Earth,” novellas by Christopher Coake and Jennifer Spiegel, excerpt from Mark Svenvold’s book-length poem Empire Burlesque, a Molly Peacock sonnet, and reading lists from Stephen Elliott, Jim Shepard, Lee K. Abbott, Steve Almond, Aimee Bender, a water witcher, a Methodist minister, etc., etc., etc.)

  2. October 3rd, 2010 / 7:30 pm Blake Butler—

      i got an extra copy of Derek McCormack’s The Show That Smells i’ll throw in

  3. October 3rd, 2010 / 7:39 pm Roxane—

      I’ll throw in 3 copies of PANK 4, 2 copies of Matthew Salesses’s Our Island of Epidemics, and a partridge in a pear tree.

  4. October 3rd, 2010 / 7:55 pm Muumuu House—

      Muumuu House would like to contribute:

      1x DURING MY NERVOUS BREAKDOWN I WANT TO HAVE A BIOGRAPHER PRESENT by Brandon Scott Gorrell

      1x SOMETIMES MY HEART PUSHES MY RIBS by Ellen Kennedy

  5. October 3rd, 2010 / 11:58 pm Alban Fischer—

      I’ll throw in 2 copies of TRNSFR 2.

  6. October 3rd, 2010 / 8:11 pm Tony—

      Tin House Books would like to offer up a copy of Marlene van Niekerk’s Agaat.

  7. October 3rd, 2010 / 8:27 pm zusya—

      well, shucks, i feel like i should contribute something too, but i’m virtually certain no one would want my offer of 1x Email About Something Vaguely Important-Seeming

  8. October 3rd, 2010 / 9:44 pm mudlove—

      Mud Luscious will contribute:

      1 copy of Molly Gaudry’s WE TAKE ME APART

      1 copy of Ben Brooks’ AN ISLAND OF FIFTY

      1 copy of Sasha Fletcher’s WHEN ALL OUR DAYS ARE NUMEBRED

  9. October 3rd, 2010 / 9:49 pm letters—

      I will give:

      1 copy of Letters Journal #4

  10. October 3rd, 2010 / 9:56 pm Michael—

      I’ll throw in:

      5 copies of Eleanor Johnson’s “The Dwell” (Scrambler Books)

  11. October 3rd, 2010 / 10:02 pm Mark—

      Mark Gluth would like to throw in 1 copy of The Late Work of Margaret Kroftis.

  12. October 4th, 2010 / 2:03 am Gina—

      Birds of Lace Press will chip in a copy of Anna Joy Springer’s novella, The Birdwisher, and a copy of Christine Vi-Van Nguyen’s chapbook, Blood and Jasmine When I Dreamed Her.

      xo Gina

  13. October 3rd, 2010 / 10:11 pm stephen—

      I’d like to contribute 1 copy of Pop Serial #1.

  14. October 3rd, 2010 / 10:16 pm darby—

      i will contribute an IOU for a potential book i may write/publish in the future, if ever, and i will sign it too. good luck!

  15. October 3rd, 2010 / 10:48 pm Daniel Bailey—

      i will donate my firstborn (forthcoming from a lady’s womb, sometime in the future history of the world).

  16. October 3rd, 2010 / 11:58 pm Alban Fischer—

      I’ll throw in 2 copies of TRNSFR 2.

  17. October 4th, 2010 / 1:06 am or here—

      I’ll throw in anything you want if you change the pics that go with this post.

  18. October 4th, 2010 / 2:03 am Gina—

      Birds of Lace Press will chip in a copy of Anna Joy Springer’s novella, The Birdwisher, and a copy of Christine Vi-Van Nguyen’s chapbook, Blood and Jasmine When I Dreamed Her.

      xo Gina

  19. October 4th, 2010 / 4:01 am The Corresponding Society—

      The Corresponding Society would like to contribute a package that includes the following: issues 2 and 3 of our journal Correspondence and a (rather rare) copy of our chapbook This Pose Can Be Held For Only So Long by Caroline Gormley.

  20. October 4th, 2010 / 4:35 am M Kitchell—

      SOLAR LUXURIANCE will throw in a copy of my own CINEMA/TELEVISION/PASSION (of which there are only two left) and a copy of our next two (not yet announced) releases.

  21. October 4th, 2010 / 4:47 am Mykle—

      Wheee! I will gladly sweeten the already delicious pot with one (1) unused, sterile copy of RAMPAGING FUCKERS OF EVERYTHING ON THE CRAZY SHITTING PLANET OF THE VOMIT ATMOSPHERE, one (1) billion dollars, and one (1) pony.

  22. October 4th, 2010 / 6:11 am Robert Swartwood—

      I’ll throw in a copy of the Hint Fiction anthology.

  23. October 4th, 2010 / 1:34 pm Angry People Blurbed Us | HTMLGIANT—

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  24. October 4th, 2010 / 2:34 pm Andrew Ervin—

      I’ll donate a limited edition broadside that Coffee House Press made to give out at BEA back in May. It features my wife’s recipe for goulash and says, “Printed lettepress [sic] at Coffee House Press for booksellers and booklovers to celebrate our forthcoming publication of Extraordinary Renditions by Andrew Ervin, September, 2010.” I got 10 copies, which I’ve numbered and signed. This one is 8/10.

  25. October 4th, 2010 / 5:58 pm Stephen Lewis—

      I have an extra copy of Wells Tower’s book

  26. October 5th, 2010 / 3:03 am Cassandra Troyan—

      I’d like to contribute 1 copy of Big Bill and the Lonely Nation.

  27. October 5th, 2010 / 6:29 pm Paul Siegell—

      I’ll add:

      (1) SIGNED copy of WILD LIFE RIFLE FIRE by Paul Siegell

      (1) SIGNED copy of JAMBANDBOOTLEG by Paul Siegell

  28. October 6th, 2010 / 1:11 pm Vanessa Place—

      I will add a copy of Dies: A Sentence, in which I will insert something vaguely pornographic.

  29. October 10th, 2010 / 7:47 am zusya—
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