Every person who buys one (or more) of these combinations will receive a free, locally chef-made edible vampire slaying kit per combination - while edible vampire slaying kits last.
Edible vampire slaying kits are not limited to one per customer. But for each additional kit, you must still purchase one of these four combinations.
1) One "regular" young adult or adult BryonySeries book (choices include any book in the "drop of blood" trilogy, Lycanthropic Summer, The Phoenix, Call of the Siren, Ruthless by Ed Calkins Steward of Tara or any of the Before the Blood books) or Nine Months of Kindness.
2) Any two books in The Adventures of Cornell Dyer series.
3) Any three books in the Bertrand the Mouse series.
4) All three of our BryonySeries cookbooks.
To be clear, you cannot buy one of these edible vampire slaying kits at the anthology release party. They are strictly gifts for select purchases.
These kits were made locally by three local chefs (pastry and otherwise). Jasmine provided much of the creativity and delicate decorating. Timothy and Rebekah provided a lot of labor.
A LOT of labor.
We have twenty-two kits of six large cookies, all made and packaged by hand.
I know, I know. You want to know if the items sparkle? Well, yes. Some DO sparkle since they are sprinkled with edible glitter.
Seriously, glitter alone should slay any real vampires. But I digress.
I also have this surprise collection of edible titles, etc.. I wasn't expecting these, and I'm not certain of their fate - yet.
Bertrand the Mouse giveaway
We will also "give away" one complete set of all Bertrand the Mouse books published (to date) .
NO purchase is necessary. Just drop your name and contact information in our Bertrand Box.
A random person (not anyone from our team) will select the winner at the end of the event and leave the prize package at the library's circulation desk for the winner to pick up at his/her convenience.
Holiday "Visage" Giveaway
This BryonySeries book is the second book in the "drop of blood" trilogy and can be read as a standalone.
The book is out of print and only available from us.
It has some "extras" in the back of the book that are not in the official version (such as a picture of me in a kangaroo suit).
The cover is very different.
And it has an introduction by me celebrating artists and creative folk. This is the first and only BryonySeries book that has an introduction.
We will be giving away three of these. Again, NO purchase is necessary. You only need to drop your name into the "Visage" Box.
A random person (not anyone from our team) will select the three winners at the end of the event and leave the prize package at the library's circulation desk for the winner to pick up at his/her convenience.
WriteOn Joliet's Sixth Anthology
And, of course, we will have plenty of anthologies (the 2022 anthology and a limited number of past anthologies) available for sale - along with the opportunity to meet many of the writers who contributed to these wonderful books of poems, essays, and short stories.
The anthology is a fundraiser for WriteOn Joliet, so all money stays with the group to support additional programs.
But I live too far away....
For anyone near or far who cannot attend the actual event: message me at bryonyseries@gmail.com if you're interested in some of the BryonySeries books.
I will reward your reading of this post by working out a special discount just for you.
For those planning to attend:
The anthology release party will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the
Joliet Public Library, Black Road branch, 3395 Black Road in Joliet.
Admission to the anthology release party is free.
The celebration includes complimentary appetizers and desserts, an informal meet and greet with local authors who are members of the group, and the opportunity to purchase copies of the anthology as well as as individual works by individual authors.
The Book and Bean Cafe, which is located inside the library, will have a variety of heartier food as well as coffee, tea, and other beverages, available for purchase.
Janet Staley, owner of The Book Market in Crest Hill, will handle checkout. Everyone who buys a book, either the anthology or a book from the other tables, will receive a Book Market bookmark that features a ten percent discount on books at Staley's store through January 31, 2023.
The party is for all ages. So if your children and grandchildren have yet to visit Santa this year, bring them out.
Photos with Santa are free. Santa, known as Ed Calkins, Steward of Tara the rest of the year, will also be signing and selling his own BryonySeries books.
And he will most likely sign any BryonySeries books in which he also appears as a character.
Santa will also give away away free candy canes as long as he has some left to give.
Bertrand the Mouse and his Uncle Barty will also be hanging out all night, greeting guests.
Bertrand will have limited copies of his books to sell. He just fulfilled a large order for Santa and Amazon can't ship more books in time.
Invite your family.
Invite your friends.
Invite your neighbors.
Invite anyone who likes books, outstanding food, great coffee, and meeting wonderful humans.
And invite anyone who really wants to take home an edible vampire slaying kit, which are packed up and ready to go.
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