#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway: Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird

 Today I have an ARC for a book that came out back in June but it is one that has made a handful of best lists, is by an author whose novel you probably own, and is a title you may have missed. Details below, but first, here is how you enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American public library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
2. If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
3. Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
4. If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.

Click here to see the previous giveaway. Our winner was Mary from Jervis [NY] Public Library. Now on to today's giveaway.

The Argentinian author, Agustina Bazterrica is well known here in America for her novel Tender is the Flesh which I shared my thoughts about when I first read it here.

Back in June, her story collection, Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird, which features many of her award winning stories, was released in English. From Goodreads:

A collection of nineteen dark, wildly imaginative short stories from the author of the award-winning TikTok sensation Tender Is the Flesh.

From celebrated author Agustina Bazterrica, this collection of nineteen brutal, darkly funny short stories takes into our deepest fears and through our most disturbing fantasies. Through stories about violence, alienation, and dystopia, Bazterrica’s vision of the human experience emerges in complex, unexpected ways—often unsettling, sometimes thrilling, and always profound. In “Roberto,” a girl claims to have a rabbit between her legs. A woman’s neighbor jumps to his death in “A Light, Swift, and Monstrous Sound,” and in “Candy Pink,” a woman fails to contend with a difficult breakup in five easy steps.

Written in Bazterrica’s signature clever, vivid style, these stories question love, friendship, family relationships, and unspeakable desires.

I received this ARC from the publisher last spring. Since the collection is showing up on year end lists, I wanted to remind everyone about it with a giveaway now. So, enter to win this copy, yes. Read it for yourself and then give it away as a prize. But also, everyone, go check and see if you added this to your collections when it came out, and if not, place your orders now.

Back next week with the last giveaway of 2023. 

Good luck!