260 of you entered my July Shanville Monthly competition, to be in with a chance of winning a specially dedicated copy of Archibald Lox Volume 1: The Missing Princess. Using an online random number generator, I drew the winner this morning, and the lucky Shanster is...

NYKITA DINSMORE, who lives in Arizona in the good ol' U.S. of A.!!!

Thanks to everyone who entered, congratulations to Nykita, and better luck next time to the other 259 of you! :-)

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