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For this week’s Dresden Drop, we have your Halloween photos, a surprise addition to the second round of the Goodreads Choice Awards, and a reminder to submit to the Fanfic contest! But first, a request:

Show Us Your Tattoos

We’ve seen some absolutely STUNNING Dresden tattoos lately, and we’d love to include a compilation in an upcoming Drop. If you have any Butcher-inspired ink you’d like to show off, send your photos to yearofdresden (at) gmail.com.

Please include your name, your artist’s name, a link to where folks can contact the artist or find more of their work, and what pronouns I should use for both of you.

Double Dragon Boss Fight at Goodreads

Surprise! Enough fans suggested Battle Ground as a write-in vote that it’s been added to the Semifinal Round of the Goodreads Choice Awards! Now, both Peace Talks and Battle Ground are in the running for . Hope this doesn’t split the vote! :D

This is the second of three rounds, so regardless of whether you voted last week, you can vote again now. The semifinals run from November 10th to 15th, so check out the nominees and in your favorite categories by this Sunday!

Jim is in contention alongside some of our favorite authors, including NK Jemisin, Brandon Sanderson, Naomi Novik, VE Schwab, RF Kuang, Rebecca Roanhorse, and many more, and it makes for some excellent company. Seriously, if you’re looking for your next great read (or a holiday gift for the discerning SFF geek in your life), is a phenomenal place to start!

Halloweenathon

After three or four November 3rds last week, we’re bringing back an October 31st! In last week’s Drop, we asked you to send in your Dresdenverse Halloween costumes from this year, and you delivered. Thanks so much to Sarah, Jesse, Lauren, Brian, Magda, Bonnie, James, and Rea for repping the series as they celebrated a pandemic-safe holiday!? Check out all their fabulous costumes at the

Reminder: Microfiction Contest

By popular demand, we’ve added a fanfic contest to the Year of Dresden! Throughout the month of November, fans can submit their own microfictions based on the following prompt: ?Write about either a birthday OR a holiday in the Dresdenverse.?Submit entries to yearofdresden(at)gmail.com by November 24th.

Read all the details in our under the “It’s My Birthday Too” subheading. Three winners (one grand prize and two runners-up) will receive their choice of a??from Worldbuilders!

And that’s it for this week! Visit Jim-Butcher.com every Tuesday this year for weekly Drops of never-before-seen artwork, microfiction, interviews, contests, sample chapters for?Peace Talks?and?Battle Ground, and other tasty tidbits in our celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Dresden Files.?Join our new mailing list?and??to ensure you don’t miss a moment, and check the??to catch up on prior Drops.

Still need a copy of?Peace Talks,?Battle Ground, or anything else by Jim??Support your favorite local independent bookstore, or order in print, audio, or ebook through the?. We believe you can grab a signed copy of?Battle Ground?from??and??(though we STRONGLY RECOMMEND confirming availability of signed stock before placing your order at either place) or a book with a signed bookplate from?.

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