Anthrocon 2004 is coming! The charity for Anthrocon 2004 is Forgotten Felines & Fidos, a canine and feline no-kill shelter. You can read more about it in the Charity Auction FAQ on the Anthrocon website (http://www.anthrocon.org) in the FAQs section or by checking the info request box for the Charity Auction when registering for Anthrocon 2004 online at the Anthrocon 2004 webpage. If you would like to participate by donating merchandise, artwork, or legal services to the Anthrocon Charity Auction, follow the steps below:

1. Visit Anthrocon 2004's homepage for convention details (http://www.anthrocon.org).
2. Review the latest draft of the Anthrocon 2004 Charity Auction rules and regulations on the Anthrocon webpage in the Policies & Docs section. You can also view the FAQ at the web address listed above.
3. Contact me at charity@anthrocon.org to confirm your participation or to sign onto the informational mailing list.

Once signed up, you will be added to a mailing list which will receive information about the Charity Auction up through contime, how to donate, and how the Charity Auction will work.

If you have any questions about the Anthrocon 2004 Charity Auction, you can also send them to charity@anthrocon.org for a prompt reply.

Hope to hear from you!

Anthrocon 2004 is almost here! If you are a costumer, plan to attend Anthrocon 2004, and would like to participate in the Masquerade, here is what you should do:

1. Visit Anthrocon 2004's homepage for convention details (http://www.anthrocon.org).
2. Review the latest draft of the Anthrocon 2004 Masquerade rules and regulations on the Anthrocon webpage in the FAQ section.
3. Contact me at masquerade@anthrocon.org to confirm your participation or to get on the informational mailing list.

Once signed up, you will be added to a mail list which will receive information about the Masquerade up through contime, how to prepare for it, and how things will be organized.

If you have any questions about the Anthrocon 2004 Masquerade, you can also send them to masquerade@anthrocon.org for a prompt reply.

Hope to hear from you!

I have some good news from our hotel; double rooms are available again. I spoke to the Chimo Hotel today and was able to get 15 double rooms added to our room block. Singles and singles with fold out couches continue to be available too. I expect that the room block will sell out before the deadline based on our reservation rate so far, but this should allow everyone who currently wants a double to get one. If you book within the next few weeks, that is.

One request from the hotel ... if you require an early check in, please let them know when you make your reservation. Otherwise, you won't be able to check in until the 3 PM check-in time. Thanks! Information about booking hotel rooms is available on our web site at http://www.c-ace.org/.

In This Issue:

The Journey Begins
Special Guests
Registering For Your Tour
Tour Brochure Available Online
Buy a 2003 Souvenir
Mailing Lists

Sofawolf Press is proud to announce the debut of Heat, our new publication dedicated to romantic and erotic storytelling. Heat #1 was released at Further Confusion 2004, along with Anthrolations #7 and Shadows in Snow, our second anthology from New Tibet. (All are now available for sale on our website: www.sofawolf.com.) With Heat we've expanded our variety of storytelling beyond short fiction to include comics and poetry, and we're doing it with a more dynamic sense of graphic design than in our previous literary anthologies. Having set the stage with Volume 1, we are now seeking submissions from writers, poets and comic artists for Volume 2 and beyond.

We are seeking submissions with the same level of quality as our readers have come to expect from Sofawolf Press publications (e.g., well developed characters and plot). Written content may contain explicit sexual descriptions, as long as they remain balanced and relevant to the story as a whole. Stories should be in the range of 3,000 to 6,000 words, though material outside this range considered as space allows. Poetry is a new realm for Sofawolf, and we look forward to submissions in a variety of styles with the uniting theme of passion, if not outright eroticism. Comic submissions should demonstrate quality storytelling layout and artistic technique. We suggest that artists contact us with samples and a summary of the storyline before proceeding with a comic project, as space will be limited.

For most of our publications we do not accept submissions for standalone illustration, preferring to select illustrators to match specific stories. While stories in Heat will be treated similarly, we are also interested in submissions of standalone art and/or text which will add a unique, dynamic feel to the project. Erotic flip art? A political cartoon? A picture that's truly worth a thousand words? We'll happily consider anything new and exciting...

E-mail inquiries or submissions to heat@sofawolf.com.

Okay, so we're a bit delayed in posting this update, but we hope you all had a decent Holiday season anyway (if you practice that sort of thing...)

A PDF of the latest issue of Kibble (December, 2003) is up on the Sofawolf Press website. This issue features previews of our two latest products (Shadows in Snow: Stories from New Tibet, Volume 2 & Heat #1), a technical corner article on writing with M.I.C.E. by yours truly, and a selection of news tidbits and upcoming projects and events.

Get the PDF here: [350K]
http://www.sofawolf.com/newsletter/Kibble_v1n2_online.pdf

Yep, it's that time of the year already. We've started early this time, so hold your breath and...

Get your ticket for *** EUROFURENCE X - THE MOVIE *** now!

Yep, that's right! Eurofurence is celebrating its glorious tenth incarnation - and this time we're going for the big screen! Be there when Europe's largest furry convention beats itself again! August 26 to 29, 2004.

British techno producer Overseer (most known for soundtracks in movies like Snatch and Animatrix) has released a video 'Horndog' that contains fursuiters and actually make them look cool, sexy, good looking, and a bit dangerous. This is the best publicity I can imagine for the subculture. You can watch the full video on tne news page of this site.

Want to go to Anthrocon?

Want to get a free T-shirt, a free luncheon with the guests of honor, expedited check-in and a valuable free gift created just for Anthrocon by its guests?

Well, you can get all that by becoming a SUPERSPONSOR!!!

Now, you could become a supersponsor by paying a paltry $160, or...

...YOU COULD BECOME ONE FOR FREE! And here's how...!

Watts Martin, longtime furry fan, writer, and publisher, has been talking about the state of the fandom in his blog, recently. Always a controversial subject, I think Watts makes some good points in his commentaries. Go take a look at the first entry, and then the followup entry.

BBC Online reports that the Wildlife Trust of India has called in an elephant therapist to assess the health and stress levels of captive elephants in Delhi and other Indian cities.

The action is starting to heat up around CACE as we count down to only four months before our third convention. First of all, CACE is proud to announce Jen Seng (the artist of the popular comic strip "Boondocks" and a fine cartoonist and illustrator in her own right) as our Cartoonist/Comic Artist Guest of Honour. Jen joins well-known fantasy artist Heather Bruton as a guest this year. As well, we're adding a dance after the Chocolate Social this year for those who like a bit of music and excitement. We're busily working on the programming grid right now, and will have more details at our next update.

BBC Online has a story on the new red squirrel refuge in Whinfell Forest, Cumbria. The story includes a couple of very good pictures of the endangered squirrels.

Released at Further Confusion, a consortium of artists has created a new CD-ROM project featuring the artwork of Equis, Fel, Fennec, FoxxFire, Green Monkey, Guppy, Grrrwolf, Ian R. Soulfox, Nanimoose, and Wookiee. FAP Session One is available directly from the artists or through Rabbit Valley.

Where can you see lions? Only in Kenya, apparently.

It's more highly addictive flash from the fellows who brought you Weebl and Bob.

Trickster