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On Friday the 13th, many tattoo shops offer $13 tattoos from a flash board. In the past we've created Literary Tattoos, AKA tattoo designs with a literary theme, but this year we're going with ALL Quirk books. Find out more about the book that goes with each tattoo design below!

Today is World Kindness Day, and we have the perfect book line up to help spread kindness wherever you go. 

What's up next on the TBR list for the author of For Your Consideration: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson? Let's find out!

Hey Tres! If you were stranded on Mars and could only have one book to read, what would it be?

American Gods. It's so rereadable and, maybe most importantly given the situation, it's pretty long.

What's your fandom?

Power Rangers is the big one. I literally never stopped watching it growing up until it temporarily went off the air in 2009. It's always meant a lot to me and I'm still pretty keyed into the fandom of it. And then there's Star Wars but like, duh, I'm a person with eyes who watches movies. Of course I'm a part of the Star Wars fandom.

What book is up next on your TBR?

I'm currently in the middle of making my way through Power Rangers: Shattered Grid, which was a big comic crossover event that went down last year. After that though, I've got a book I'm really excited about lined up: The Ceremonies by T.E.D Klein. Last year my bud Steve Foxe wrote a list for Paste Magazine outlining some of the best horror novels of all time. A couple of days later Stephen King reached out to him on Twitter totally unprompted and recommended he check out The Ceremonies as it wasn't included on the list. He said it's "the Moby Dick of horror" which is high praise coming from him. A few weeks ago I found a copy in a used bookstore so I'm stoked to finally give this one a shot—feels like the perfect October read. 

If you were a Quirk book (not your own), which one would you be?

We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix. I'm a horror movie nerd who grew up playing in punk and metal bands. Seems like an obvious call.

You wrote a fill in the blank post for the Quirk blog where the reader is invited to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's birthday party. What would you do if you were invited to an epic birthday party thrown by The Rock?

Die of excitement before I ever got to attend.

What is your favorite fact about the The Rock that you learned while writing For Your Consideration: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?

Oh man, I really love the story about how much work he put into vocal training to sing "You're Welcome" in Moana. 

Rank your top five movies starring The Rock.

I'm doing a version of this that only allows for ONE Fast & Furious installment because otherwise it'd be a really boring list.

5. Pain & Gain
4. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
3. Central Intelligence
2. G.I. Joe: Retaliation
1. Fast Five

What's up next on the TBR list for the authors of For Your Consideration: Keanu Reeves? Read on to find out!

Thou mayst sit withal and thou mayst post to social media! Share your Mean Girls love with these Shakespearean twists on the most quotable lines from the movie. Just right click and save, then share!

We are SO EXCITED for New York Comic Con! Drop by booth 2124 to say hi. We would love to meet you and talk books!

This year during NYCC (October 3–6), there's a new way to get swag, and it comes in the form of a gumball machine that's filled with prizes ranging from discounts to ARCs to items from other vendors we love. Are you ready to roll the dice (or, we guess, turn the gumball machine crank) on some great bookish prizes? 

Won't be at NYCC this year? Avoid FOMO with our Comic Con Pop-Up Shop from October 3–6.

Keep reading for giveaways and author signing deets at NYCC:

Thursday, October 3rd

CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN

1:30–2:30 pm
What Scares the Scarer?
Room 1A18

2:45–3:45 pm
Signing
Hall 1A
Author Autographing Area
Table 1

TRES DEAN

4:00–5:00 pm
Sharing One's Truths
Room 1A18

5:15–6:15 pm
Signing
Hall 1A
Author Autographing Area
Table 1
 

Friday, October 4th

CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN

9:00–10:00 pm
Making Friends with the Monster
Room 1A18

Saturday, October 5th

CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN

11:30–12:30 pm 
Signing
Quirk Books, Booth 2124

TRES DEAN

2:00–3:00 pm
Signing
Quirk Books, Book 2124

4:00–5:00 pm 
Making Fandom Work for You
Room 1A02

Sunday, October 6th

12:15–1:15 pm
Live Reading: William Shakespeare's Get Thee Back to the Future!
Room 1A24