Her Side

Welcome to “Her Side”, a multimedia storytelling experiment. Over ten weeks, Mur Lafferty and J.R. Blackwell will release a new puzzle piece of the story every Tuesday – a written story and a photograph that illuminate the twisted coming of age story of a young woman, caught between love and self reliance. The words and images of this story play against each other, each highlighting and illuminating different aspects of the story. The pictures speak the words the narrator cannot, and the written narrative connects the divergent photos into a united whole.

This project was conceived from a snowballing brainstorming session by Mur Lafferty and J.R. Blackwell. J.R. had mentioned her desire to give away photographs as a way to help their friend and fellow author, J.C. Hutchins, promote his excellent book Personal Effects: Dark Art.  The idea to add written words to J.R.’s photos, to collaborate and create a whole stand-alone project, while still using the content to support Hutchins’ book, came out of that comment.

Mur and J.R. are not affiliated with St. Martin’s press and their story does not intersect at all with, or take place in the fictional world of, Personal Effects: Dark Art. However, J.C. has long been a friend and supporter of Mur and J.R. and they wanted to give a little back. Thus they have collaborated to bring you an original story. And perhaps some collectible media…

If you buy a copy of Personal Effects: Dark Art, send an electronic copy of your receipt to be entered into a weekly random drawing (winners announced every Thursday on the blog) for a 8×12 print of one of the photos, and a signed copy of the portion of the story that goes with the photo, from J.R and Mur. These photo prints are single printing only and will not be re-released as prints. The only chance to own one of these exclusive prints is to e-mail your electronic receipt. Each copy of Personal Effects: Dark Art you purchase is another chance to win exclusive, signed content. If you don’t win one week, you’re eligible for next week’s content.

1. Purchase Personal Effects: Dark Art
2. E-mail your receipt to mightymur AT gmail.com
3. Check the blog every Thursday for the winner.

The winner each week will receive the photo and portion of the story released that previous Tuesday.

No purchase necessary to enjoy the story and photos, but we like supporting authors who have been giving away content for years- and supporting us as well. Besides, it’s an awesome book. So check it out.

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