Quite some time ago I made a limited run of 25 button sets. 13 were given to Satan's Satyrs and I kept the other 12 and gave most of them to friends. I put the few I had left away and forgot about them. Well I was moving stuff around and came across them again, so now is your chance to benefit from my autumn cleaning. So the winner will get one set of these buttons pictured below. The buttons were manufactured by Alex Wrekk (DIY extraordinairre and portland zinester) and I hand carved a stamp to stamp each one, giving it a nice finished look. (Note: you only win the buttons, not the skulls or anything else pictured. Sorry.)
So here's the deal:
I want you, loyal reader and Satyrmaniac, to take a picture of yourself holding a copy of Mephistopheles' Rag in the wildest, most interesting place you can find. I know these zines went out all over the world, so there could be some serious competition!
Examples: posed in front of the taxidermied man-eating lions of tsavo, at a botanical garden surrounded by carnivorous plants, at the pass of Thermopylae, Oxford museum with their collection of shrunken heads, Edgar Allan Poe's grave site, by the fireside reading Mephistopheles' rag and drinking absinthe, observing hyenas while on safari, you fishing in the Miskatonic river, shit I will even take a you in your ghoulish halloween costume or you reading the zine with your beloved and no doubt adorable cat on your lap (if that is the best you got!).
Be as creative as you want, find some awesome scenery! The key is you have to be holding Mephestopheles' Rag!
Disclaimer:
Please no harming anything living (we are all animal lovers here right?), including yourself (you animal, you). Oh yeah, please do not destroy any property. And please do not do anything illegal or endanger yourself in any way. I am not responsible for any stupid mindlessness some of you maniacs may normally partake in, so don't come calling for bail money.
I will pick one winner and announce it here. Ideally you would be willing for me to post the pictures on this blog, but if your are shy just let me know (Don't worry, will only post pictures with written permission).
Email all entries to: mephistophelesrag (at) yahoo (dot) com.
Note: I typed out "at" and "dot" to discourage automatic spammers. So use your head when typing in the email address. Also, descriptions of pics would be great as well, can't beat a good story.
So out into the world my ghoulish fiends. Be creative, send photographs.
Writing from a box, in the ground.
Virgil
