Congratulations, you now have an opportunity to support mOnocle-Lash, Avalon Minor, and my continuing to live in my house, with a monthly donation of anywhere from $3 to $32 month via Patreon, which will nab you an ascending list of goodies ranging from a monthly limited-edition mOnocle-Lash postcard to subscriptions to periodicals & series, up to a full subscription to everything I publish!
The addition of patreon as one way to support my work DOES NOT represent a move away from the "sustainable loss", gift- and trade-based ethic of the press; nor am I bedazzled by patreon's rhetoric about building a template-based "community of patrons". Rather, it's meant to be 1.) an extension of the "sustainable loss model" by making it easier for some people who are willing and able to donate a small (or otherwise) amount on a regular basis to help with facilities costs – i.e., keeping m-Lash and I housed; and 2.) A way to do something akin to subscriptions, in a situation where it's impossible to ensure a regular publication schedule on anything.
mOnocle-Lash will always be dedicated to gift & trade; this patreon account is just intended as one possible way for the mOnocle-Lash community to participate in that ethic by regular gifts that will directly or indirectly help this model to continue. Subscribers will still receive gifts beyond what is enumerated here, as gestures of friendship, and will still be invited to trade for other stuff as always, in addition to the pamphlets etc. offered for the various levels of support; in fact, they will receive them more regularly than otherwise. (At the same time, those who do NOT donate will still continue to be receive gifts and trades, on the same scale as they already are. The donations from those who are able, help to circulate books, ideas, and idle or savage dreams among us all.)
If you're in a position to, and find it worth it to toss a few dollars a month in, please check this out. Thanks!
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