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Coming Soon has never been sooner! It's the weekend you've all been waiting for! Well, one or two of you anyway...

Here at Smashed-Rat-on-Press, we are proud to announce the ten copies of Anna Conda of the KGB that were signed by the artist have now arrived in Santa Banana. Over the coming weekend H. Cogito Epsilon and the Head Rodent at SROP will both be signing them, numbering them, and getting them prepared for distribution.

If you have not yet squealed madly and jumped into the queue to get your copy, now is your last chance... This edition is extremely limited—it says so right on the cover. They're already selling like hot cockroaches in aspic, so you won't want to miss this opportunity to obtain one.

Nate Hoffelder over at The Digital Reader has published a how-to article on tips for authors going to their first book fairs. Nice article if you're the type who goes places where other authors congregate. But even if you keep your eyes peeled, you'll never find a SROP book at a book fair, and no SROP author has even been to a book fair.

However, as your consolation prize for caring enough to join me on this page, here is a handy guide to obtaining a SROP book from a live human, for free. If you can pull off this procedure, you'll definitely have earned a free book.

1. Find Mantissa Etherbright on Instagram and send her a private message. As the only SROPly author with a real-time on-line presence, she can help you negotiate a day and time to meet up. And she has copies of stuff.

2. Get yourself to Santa Banana on the appointed day and time, by whatever means you have available. Walking would be a good choice for transportation, as parking is limited and downtown traffic can be congested.

3. Stand in front of the Box D'Arts Theater at 2000 Insectivore Boulevard with an open red umbrella; whether in rain, shine, or dark of night.

4. Kajolium Broadwick should arrive soon with the paperback book you ordered, and if it's one of his, he'll autograph it.

5. Walk down the block and have breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Keep an eye out for Sanguinity Hematode who has been known to lurk in cafeterias along the boulevard. (The Dancing Ant Public House is a good place to start looking.)

If you're not up to such a journey, you can always find free SROP books by proxy, but you won't get to meet any reclusive authors.