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Update #3: A story for you.

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This project successfully raised its funding goal on May 31, 2011.

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"Trip, Trap, Tripping" is an unpublished story, which will be visible to you at any backing level. Even if we don't reach our funding goal, you get to read this short urban fantasy by Campbell-award winning author, Mary Robinette Kowal.

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Watch a rehearsal -- Any level of funding will be invited to watch us rehearse in either Portland, OR or at WorldCon in Reno. This won't be streaming, you do need to be present to watch.

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Autographed black and white photo from the show

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Autographed show poster (limited). This poster was designed by award-winning author and puppeteer Mary Robinette Kowal before she was married and has her listed with her maiden name.

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Puppet faces-- Using the European paper folding technique created by Albrecht Roser, I'll create one-of-a-kind paper puppet faces, like tiny masks.

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Signed copy of the Nebula-nominated novel Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal.

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Photo, Poster, and Puppet face -- You'll get all three of these items.

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Short story critique -- Award-winning author, Mary Robinette Kowal, will critique up to 7000 words of your short fiction.

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Reading Critique -- (only available at WorldCon) Want to take your readings to the next level? Have award-winning puppeteer Mary Robinette Kowal and Broadway actor Jodi Eichelberger critique your reading and coach you on improving your technique.

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"Kiss Me Twice" Signed and lettered limited edition -- This is my Hugo-nominated story. I will create 26 handbound, signed and lettered chapbooks.

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Pencil-necked weasel -- After Neil Gaiman was called a Pencil-necked weasel by a crazy politician, I made one. And I'll make one for you, too. You may specify the color: Brown, black, tan, white, pink, blue, yellow, orange.

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Lunch with the performers -- Join us at WorldCon for lunch and talk about everything from science fiction to Broadway to puppets.

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Tandem Paragliding trips -- soar above the earth with puppeteer Lance Woolen

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Shadow puppet show of your fiction -- Award-winning puppeteer Mary Robinette Kowal will design, build, and train you to perform a short shadow puppet show to accompany readings of your short story or novel.

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Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor 2010). In 2008 she won the Campbell Award for Best New Writer and has been a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus awards. Her stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov’s, and several Year’s Best anthologies as well as in her collection Scenting the Dark and Other Stories from Subterranean.

Mary, a professional puppeteer and voice actor, has performed for LazyTown (CBS), the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Pictures and founded Other Hand Productions. Her designs have garnered two UNIMA-USA Citations of Excellence, the highest award an American puppeteer can achieve. She also records fiction for authors such as Kage Baker, Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi.

She is the Vice President of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Mary lives in Portland, OR with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters. Visit www.maryrobinettekowal.com.

  1. maryrobinettekowal.com
  2. otherhandproductions.com