In the Labyrinth: Magick 4 Terri: Benefit Auction

November 28, 2011

Magick 4 Terri: Benefit Auction

UPDATE on the AUCTION: It was a great success -- so many terrific people responded to the auction with awesome items and even better bids. It was really fabulous to see the community turn out to help one of fairy tale and fantasy literature's most important champions. Deeply grateful to everyone.

Friends have put together a smashing and fabulous auction to raise funds for Terri Windling who is in need of some financial support from the community. There are beautiful signed pieces of art from Charles Vess, Brian and Wendy Froud, Virginia Lee, Rima Staines and many others. There are signed books from favorite authors, offers to write you into their next novel as a character, poems on request from Jane Yolen, jewelry, and just so much more. Stop by the Live Journal Auction and put in a bid for something wonderful. Don't wait too long -- Auction ends December 15, 2011

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Midori Snyder

I am the author of a number of novels, plus assorted stories, poems, and essays. I am also the co-director of the Endicott Studio of Mythic Arts along with Terri Windling...more>>

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Magick 4 Terri: Benefit Auction

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