STARS DID WANDER DARKLING Indie Bookstore exclusives

+ first listen to a track from the LP for paid Machinists!

Hey there Machinists,

Just a quick word to tell you that we’ve got two righteous pieces of accompanying swag to go along with my new book THE STARS DID WANDER DARKLING, which will be in fine, upstanding bookstores everywhere on September 13th.

Two of those fine, upstanding bookstores will be offering exclusive add-ons to your pre-order of the book.

If you order via Powells Books in scenic Portland, Oregon, you can bundle it with an LP of instrumental music to accompany your reading of said book. By me. 8 tracks of gloomy drone, recorded at The Machine Shop itself, on 12” vinyl.

Order book + LP from Powells.com.

However, if your druthers be buying books from that *other* coast, I would gladly send you to Emma Straub’s ace emporium Books Are Magic, where, should you be so inclined, you can pre-order a signed copy of the book and add on this fetching and frightening t-shirt, designed by illustratrix Carson Ellis:

Order book + tee shirt from Books Are Magic.

To whet anyone’s curiosity, I’ve included a first-listen exclusive for all you paid Machinists out there. Here’s “Hexafoil”: