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Claw Machine Launch Party
The following description was submitted by the event organizer.
Claw Machine is a themed speculative and dark fiction anthology. Some stories tackle issues like bullying, wealth gaps, toxic masculinity, the silence required by women, loneliness, or beauty expectations, while others are more surreal, fun, and untethered from our world's day-to-day reality.
This is a non-traditional reading, playing with the structure, rather than just having each author read a few minutes of their work. There will also be a mini claw machine. Everyone who bought a book through Kickstarter or buys a book at the event gets to play the machine until they win. Prizes will be pins, stickers, keychains, books, zines and cards from local authors and makers, and more. Fostering a party energy to make it as fun, engaging, and memorable as the collection.
When you hear of claw machines, what do you picture?
In this anthology, claw machines aren’t just beacons for lost dollars and frustration, packed with cheap toys that rarely make it home. The claw machine is a game, a curse, a tool, even a drug-induced metaphor. It has omens of death, portals to other dimensions, plushies that aren't what they seem, eggs filled with wishful thinking, society's view on perfection, and so much more. Claw Machine is a collection of stories, with a special introduction, written by 18 established and emerging authors. Their unique speculative stories and dark fiction will grab and pull you in. Unlike the arcade game, you'll definitely walk away with something after reading these stories.