"Soon," we said, and "soon" we said again, and again and again until the word lost its meaning, a lifeless token drifting on the breath of vanity.
We hereby renounce that word forever or until we feel like using it again. But now let us speak instead of Friday, March 10, 2017.
This Friday at Midnight, Central Standard Time, we will be closing the pre-order period for the new issue of Grub Street Grackle. That means this week is your last chance to get the issue for more than 10% off, and have it mailed to you (free shipping) weeks before the official release date, all while congratulating yourself heartily on being an advocate, nay, a Stay and Upholder, of the literary arts.
The editor is even now sitting at an inexplicably complex panel of terminals and switches, with his finger poised on one very particular switch.
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He will be sitting in this exact position, keeping tireless vigil, until the moment arrives, and then like a thunderbolt out of the clear blue sky, suddenly, his finger falls. The switch is flipped. Somewhere overhead, a luminous portal closes. Have you crossed the threshold, or have you been left behind with the unwashed multitudes? Ascend, wise ones! Pass through the open door! Back the Grackle today!
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