More Than A Cover

Here's the assembled Steam Bat!



(Photo used by kind permission of Zak Jarvis)

Issue 3 Pre-launch Buzz Contest

Issue 3 is an amazing creation, crammed full of stories and art, with poems, Flash fiction and an entertaining report to leaven the mix. Whether we're battling a mechanical daemon in "A Song, a Prayer, an Empty Space" or experiencing jealousy towards unusual rivals in "Soon You Will Be Gone and Possibly Eaten", we're following the theme of Mechanical Flight into strange and unexpected places (and at times flying further afield).

Here's the (self-referential) Pre-launch Buzz Contest: blog about the launch contest with a link back to this post--then leave a comment at this post with a link to your blog post.  You'll be entered to win A FULL SET OF GUD, HARDCOPY (Issues 0-3). If we don't receive at least 100 entries, we reserve the right not to award this prize, so BE SURE TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS!  You've got seven days to help spread the word (give or take -- through the end of Friday, Pacific Standard Time)

BONUS: First ten entries win a PDF of Issue 3!  And we'll spread a few more goodies around if response warrants it. :)

BONUS 2: Everyone creating an account gets a freebie from Issue 3 just for signing up (it'll be in your account, waiting).  Everyone who already had an account?  You've got a new freebie waiting for you, too.

What's in Issue 3?

 
SO SPREAD THE WORD! :D

GUD Issue Three (and other updates)

So, how're we doing with Issue Three of GUD?

We've read the first proof, and our layout editor (Sue Miller) has made corrections. Now we're reading the second proof, hoping to catch anything we didn't see the first time round--and making sure we didn't inadvertently add any new problems!

Meanwhile, we're asking our artists to upload the full-res versions of their artwork. Some of them are being a little slow, but they'll get there :). Cover artist Zak Jarvis has sent us the beautiful final version of the cover, and in-house artist Sue Miller has created a fancy new "GUD" logo to go with it. I can't wait to show it to you! (but kaolin says I have to)

It's still full steam ahead with our reviews of other people's books and magazines. We publish a new review every week, and there's usually a raffle to give our readers a chance to win the review copy. This week, it's Paul Elwork's "The Tea House" (UK/EU only; conditions apply).

Issue Four Instigator Julia Bernd is snowed under with slush, so we're asking for a little more patience from our contributors while she wades her way through it. We're not ignoring you; we're just a little snow-blinded :).

Kaolin is implementing a nifty update to the site--you'll be able to see at a glance which blog and review threads you've commented on :). A great way to check if you've entered our latest raffle!

And last but not least--GUD Issue 0 is now available on Amazon.com for the Kindle. So if you have one of these new-fangled devices, now you can get a great magazine to complement it :).

That's all for now--I've got to get back to that proof. The first one took me six hours to go through!