Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: quixotic
  • Music: Sweet Apple, "Never Came."

Let's go to Australia and poke horrible things with a stick for fun!

It's time for my first Pocket Apocalypse giveaway! Hooray! This giveaway is going to be US addresses only; I'm still mailing T-shirts, and my post office workers are starting to mysteriously go on break when I show up, because of all the international packages. I know it's not fair, but I can't add more customs forms to the pile or they're going to close completely.

I will do open-to-international giveaways before the book is released, and I'm hoping to clear out more of the pending packages in the next week or so.

So, the rules for this one:

1. Leave a comment.
2. Indicate that you have a US address I can ship to. (You don't have to live in the US. You just have to have a US address.)
3. Name your favorite cryptid and why.

I will use the RNG to choose three winners on Tuesday, January 27th. But there's a twist! Only one person can win for each cryptid. So be honest! Name your favorite! Just be aware that the odds are lower for the Aeslin mice than for, say, the swamp bromeliads.

The field guide is here, if you need some help.

Game on!
Tags: giving stuff away, incryptid, pocket apocalypse
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moxiesix

January 24 2015, 18:05:49 UTC 2 years ago

I live in San Francisco. The post office won't have to expend a whole lot of effort at all to bring it to my door!

My favorite cryptid from the InCryptid series is the screaming yam. I think it would be awfully tasty roasted with a slice of a Butter Lamb (https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/v/t1.0-9/10151884_10203562035912350_5753294986100564453_n.jpg?oh=c219bdf06910e1bca36d949093f691dc&oe=55214367&__gda__=1432978482_d8ab237478f9da4c613f4aed4cf5b99e) on top.

My favorite cryptid that hasn't shown up in the series is the Oklahoma Octopus, the mythical freshwater cephalopod bringing swimmers down to their watery grave. Even Scientific American wrote about it (http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/octopus-chronicles/2013/12/19/could-an-octopus-really-be-terrorizing-oklahomas-lakes/).

My favorite creature recognized by the greater scientific community but I'm betting has strange and spectacular powers anyway nobody talks about is the adorable axolotl (http://www.axolotl.org/).