tiredWelcome to the fourth of the Twelve Days of Hogswatch. I am starting a new giveaway every day between now and January 6th (the day after my birthday). Each giveaway has different rules, and a different deadline, although all prizes will be mailed on January 9th, because I am bad at going to the post office.
The fourth giveaway is for a shiny new copy of Carniepunk, an awesome anthology I participated in this summer. This is going to be a random number drawing with a twist, because I am sleepy (that's been happening a lot lately) but still silly. So...
1. To enter, comment on this post.
2. If you are international, indicate both this and your willingness to pay postage.
3. Tell me what position you are applying for on the Midway. Impress me.
4. That's it.
I will choose the winner at 1PM PST on Monday, December 30th.
Game on!
December 29 2013, 08:13:20 UTC 3 years ago
I don’t apply, I’m just there. I hide in the darker parts of the midway, smiling and watching people as they pass by. I don’t have a sign or catchy pitch to lure you in but I have a hat sitting in my lap. A few coins hide within it but there’s no real money there.
I call you over, gesturing with one hand to get your attention. There’s a smile on my lips and the glint of sharp teeth reveal themselves.
I ask, with a casual air about me, what you think your future will be. You look at me, expression vaguely amused and say “Isn’t that your job?”
I laugh, scoop out the coins, making them disappear into a pocket of an old red leather coat. “I’m nto going to tell you your future, at least not this one.”
Because you see, I’m not fortune teller, I’m a creature that exists between the worlds and sees all the things that could have been. I’m the spider that crawls along the webs of time and space.
“I’m caled a Weaver,” I say flipping the hat onto my head. “And I’m here to tell you of all the people you could have been.”