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We just agreed to do a Wolf Howl for the Wild Canid Survival & Research Center. It will be June 17th, so mark your calendars. I guess, I’ll be reading from the next Merry book, SWALLOWING DARKNESS, because that has become the tradition. I read from whatever unpublished work is next in line. Since BLOOD NOIR will be out only a few weeks at that point, well, DARKNESS is next.

The usual conditions apply. First come, first get tickets. You can get tickets from Pam Rout at (636) 938-5900. They limit the number of people to about a hundred so that we don’t scare the wolves. I’ll read outside, or inside if the weather is bad, then we walk down and see if we can get the wolves to howl at us. We’ve been very lucky with the howlings, and usually get a serenade, but it’s not guaranteed. Please, bear in mind that this is not really a child friendly event. My book readings are not for the younger crowd, so bear that in mind. One of the reasons we stopped reading aloud at book signings in malls and stores, is that there are always children going by. So, we do the question and answer session instead. No one seems to mind. At the Wolf Howl you get both a reading, of a book that won’t be out until November, and you get a Q & A session. Plus I’ll be signing. Limit three books a person, but you can go back through the line when everyone else is done.

Directions can be found at www.wolfsanctuary.org. June 17th at 7P.M. $20 per ticket all money going to the wolf sanctuary. For those who have never been to one of our howls, the signing takes place in the gift shop. I say that, because every time we have one of these events people say, "If we had known there would be things to buy, we’d have brought more cash, or credit cards, etc . . ." So, now now one can claim they did not know.