Con Or Bust: Helping Fans of Color Attend SFF Cons

Item Name & Description: "Fruits Basket" -- boxed set of Funimation's 2004 DVDs.  Box has been unwrapped and opened, but the 4 DVDs are still shrink-wrapped.  We somehow wound up with 2 extra "Fruits Basket" boxed sets -- please take this one off my hands!

Starting Bid: $25

Notes: Shipping available anywhere in North America (via USPS insured Parcel Post -- i don't use UPS/FedEx/&c.).  Will consider international shipping if you'd like to chat about it.  Could possibly deliver to you at WisCon.

E-mail: chris @ wrdnrd.net

Bidding is now open and ends Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST. How to bid.

Item Name & Description: ARCs for Andrew P. Mayer's The Society of Steam, Books One and Two: The Falling Machine, and Hearts of Smoke and Steam

Starting Bid: $5

Notes: donated by Rich Horton

E-mail: richard.horton@sff.net

Bidding is now open and ends Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST. How to bid.

Item Name & Description: ARCs for three books by Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Diving Into the Wreck, City or Ruins, and Boneyards

Starting Bid: $5

Notes: donated by Rich Horton

E-mail: richard.horton@sff.net

Bidding is now open and ends Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST. How to bid.

Offer: This offer is for custom faery wing jewelry-- either a necklace, pair of earrings, or hair sticks. You choose the metal (brass, copper, silver) and the wing design (see flickr set for examples). The wings are hand-formed, hammered, dazzled with swarovski crystal, and then coated in a waterproof, non-toxic clear resin to seal them. They are light-weight and catch the light beautifully.

   

Contact: christina at sihayadesigns dot com
Delivery: The winner should forward me their donation receipt along with an up to date mailing address. I will cover shipping and handling, domestic or international. Current turnaround time for custom work is three weeks.
Minimum bid: $20

Thanks for looking!
Christina
Sihaya Designs Jewelry

Item Name & Description: Advance Reader Copies of Red Glove by Holly Black, Extraordinary by Nancy Werlin, and The Unwanteds by Lisa McMann. All have some edgewear on the covers but are otherwise in good condition.

Starting Bid: $20

E-mail: janni@simner.com

Notes: Will ship within the U.S. (Or elsewhere if bidder is willing to cover postage, which looks to be in the $40 range)

Bidding is now open and ends Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST. How to bid.

I work professionally as a publishing company contracts manager, so I really know the ins and outs of author-friendly and author-hostile contracts. I'll review your contract for anything you might sell, and let you know what changes I believe you should ask for, where the risks are, and how fair or unfair I think the contract is.

Minimum bid: $15.

Let me know what your diet constraints are (and what you miss being able to eat) and I'll design a meal that gets as close as I can to meeting your cravings within your constraints.

Here's a sample: some years ago, a friend and I designed an extremely satisfactory Indian food feast for someone whose anaphylactic allergies include cumin and coriander. And it worked!

Now I cook regularly for a hyper-careful diabetic. And there's been a bunch in between.

If you happen to be in the San Francisco Bay Area, or visit here, or live somewhere that I visit, we can also arrange for me to cook the meal for you.

Item Name & Description: an ARC of The Taken by Vicki Pettersson, book one of the new series Celestial Blues, forthcoming June 2012 in trade paperback.

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Starting Bid: $10.

Notes: Donated by Harper Voyager.

E-mail: knepveu@steelypips.org

Bidding is now open and ends Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST. How to bid.

Item Name & Description: a signed hardcover of A Perfect Blood by Kim Harrison (forthcoming February 21, 2012).

Publishers Weekly said, "At book 10 of her Hollows series, Harrison has, by now, fleshed out an exceedingly satisfying and well-rendered world that is much more than the usual paranormal backdrop . . . . First-time readers will find this volume a good introduction to Harrison’s landmark urban fantasy series, though they would be best served by beginning at the beginning; fans will love it from start to finish."

Starting Bid: $10.

Notes: Donated by Harper Voyager. Personalization available.

E-mail: knepveu@steelypips.org

Bidding is now open and ends Sunday, February 26, 2012 at 11:59 p.m. EST. How to bid.