Hey, anyone wanna win a book with a story of mine in it?

[taste_is_sweet]

As I mentioned last week, I've got a story coming out in a new Dreamspinner Press anthology. :D







And here's the contest! I should have one trade paperback version of Don't Try This at Home and I'll definitely have eBook copies to give away. So, since my story Gordon's Cat is about animal hijinks, tell me an animal story!

Funny, freaky, interesting--anything but tragic, please!--animal stories! The one I like the best will get the trade paperback, and the next four best (I hope I get more than five people leave comments...) will get an eBook.

And of course you can buy it from Dreamspinner here.

Comments

[springwoof.livejournal.com]

Awesome! Yay, congrats to you!

Animal stories, huh?

Did I ever tell you my story about the bat?

So one evening I'm sitting in my office at home working at my computer, when, out of nowhere comes a bat. (No, I have no idea how it got in the house.) The bat promptly flies at my head (because apparently that old wives tale is true; bats do fly at your head). Let me tell you, that is a panic-making event, even if you're not particularly afraid of bats, because big squeaking things with beady eyes FLYING AT YOUR HEAD. Every fiber of my being knew this was just wrong.

The worst thing is that the bat didn't just fly at my head once. Oh no, it barely missed, so it turned around and flapped over for another try. I'm not sure what it actually wanted--to land on my head? Nest in my hair? Whatever, it kept missing as I danced and ducked wildly out of the way. Eventually, I ended up hiding under my desk to get away from it.

The whole time, I'm calling for help from the Spouse. "Spouse! HELP!"

He called back from downstairs: "What now?" sounding very put-upon.

"HELP! There's a bat. It's flying at my head! Help!"

"Oh, come on! I'm not falling for that. Whatever you're watching on the Internet, can't it wait for later? I'm busy."

"BAT! I'm serious! It's a BAT! Aaaah!!"

"For goodness sake, it's not a bat. It's just a big bug or something. Don't worry about it."

"I can SEE IT! It's a f***ing BAT! HELP ME! I'm under the desk!"

Finally, I hear him stomping up the stairs, complaining all the way. "Dammit I told you I was busy, and you and your imagination turn a bird or something into a--
HOLY SHIT! It's a BAT!"

Then I got to say the world's biggest I-Told-You-So (still from under my desk).

[sgamadison.livejournal.com]

Hah! So deservedly so!!

[springwoof.livejournal.com]

::grin::

[taste-is-sweet.livejournal.com]

Ha! Sweet, sweet vindication. :D I hope he was appropriately apologetic.

[springwoof.livejournal.com]

you'd think so, wouldn't you?

Alas, the Spouse doesn't respond well to I-told-you-so....