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One-of-a-kind Ammonite art book up for auction now!

A special item has just gone up for auction to support a fundraising for Locus, the original and best SFF trade magazine. The item in question is a handmade art book based on Ammonite—even some of the paper is handmade, special Japanese paper; the art is all linocuts, hand printed; the type is letterpress—signed by both me and the artist, Vicki Platts-Brown. (Vicki, if you recall, is the creator of several prints hanging on our walls—a gorgeous birch tree, two herons, a brilliant rooster—plus the huge collage we call Petalville.)

To tempt you, here’s a gallery of images you can click through:

Note the gorgeous texture of everything. And, as you can see, there’s some ingenious folding, a case with a tiny little gold magnet, gold (I think? might be wrong) ink, and just a really interesting concept.

So the book-as-piece-of-art is in itself a wondrous thing. But more to the point it is up for auction for a worthy cause. Locus is one of the linchpins of the SFF genre, essentially the journal of record for the field, and has been for decades. It’s been a nonprofit for a while now, and they know how to make a dollar stretch. But to maintain the reviews, the archives, the interviews, the reporting on major SFF events, moments, and milestones does cost money.

As my item will be auctioned, I don’t know what price range to expect—though I can can tell you the floor is $400. Here’s the auction link. It will be live for 7 days:
https://locus.betterworld.org/auctions/locus-magazine-science-fiction-f-2/items/ammonite-art-book

If this iteration of Ammonite is currently beyond your budget, no worries, there are many other wonderful ways to support Locus and the genre the magazine itself supports.

Some examples:

• signed books and collectibles by famous authors
• signed original art
• mugs and t-shirts
• one-on-one Zoom chat with Famous Authors
• groups Zoom chats with authors
• personalised critiques of your story
• many more!

Please go take a look and consider supporting their work.

Meanwhile, again, the auction for the Ammonite art book is live from today at 12 noon PST and last for 7 days:
https://locus.betterworld.org/auctions/locus-magazine-science-fiction-f-2/items/ammonite-art-book

Good luck!