Fantasy Book Critic: Winners of the Clive Barker + Joe Hill Giveaways!!! A NEW Clive Barker CONTEST and more...

Congratulations to Vernieda Vergara (Virginia), Andrew Brininstool (Oregon), Darren Sullivan (California), Joy Girdner (Ohio) and Pierre-Oliver Gabriele (Canada) who were all randomly selected to win a copy of Clive Barker’s new novel “Mister B. Gone” (US Version) thanks to HarperCollins! Also, congratulations to Jane Hathaway (England), Michael Christiansen (Denmark) and Michael Scott (Canada) who were all randomly selected to win the international version of Mr. Barker’s “Mister B. Gone” thanks to HarperCollins UK! For everyone else, don’t feel too bad :D “Mister B. Gone” is out TODAY, which you can order HERE, and in conjunction with the release, a new Mister B. Gone website has launched HERE, which includes a GIVEAWAY for an original oil painting by Mr. Barker himself titled “The Man in the Copse”!!! Retail value is over $2500 and the giveaway ends December 15, 2007 (5:00 p.m. EST).

Congratulations also to Ashley Reeves (Kentucky), Kyle Gunn (Arkansas), Naomi Anderson (California), Joe Sherry (Minnesota) and Queenie Tirone (Canada) who were all randomly selected to win a copy of Joe Hill’s short story collection “20th Century Ghosts” (US Version)!!! This title is also currently available, so pick up a copy HERE.

In other news, just a reminder that the giveaways for Michael Chabon’s “Gentlemen of the Road” (Enter HERE) and Chelsea Cain’s “HeartSick” (Enter HERE) end TOMORROW October 31, 2007 – 11:59AM PST while the giveaway for Wayne Barlowe’s “God’s Demon” (Enter HERE) expires on Thursday, November 1, 2007 – 11:59AM PST. Regarding the “God’s Demon” giveaway, TWO lucky winners will get a little bonus – copies personally autographed by Mr. Barlow!!! Also on Thursday, I’ll be starting the next wave of giveaways :D

Lastly, I received an email from Wizards of the Coast fantasy author Paul S. Kemp. Basically, in an experiment to achieve direct author-to-reader storytelling, Mr. Kemp is making his short story "One Thousand and One Words” available for free HERE. Of course, if you feel generous enough to contribute, then by all means do so. All of the details can be found HERE.