What a week!
about 1 year ago
– Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 05:48:54 AM
Hi!
That was a wild couple of days. On Friday I announced that if we hit $11k by Friday night I would include this awesome design of the Obsidian Spindle into everyone's bonuses.
And well...we went over that day, and then we went under, and then we went back over, and then...well, I hope we don't drop below again. Some people reached out to ask if it would still be added since we were under by Saturday morning, so I just wanted to reassure you that YES, this will be included in your perks. I will take just about any reason to give you some freebies, and this was a no brainer.
In addition, you will receive all these awesome books just by staying backed to the campaign until the end.
I can't wait to share all this with you!
-Russell
Other campaigns to check out
Tons of amazing campaigns out there in Kickstarter land. Here are some awesome ones I found.
Super Best Friend #1-3: A Superhero Adventure! SERIES FINALE
Mattie Moore loves recording videos about superheroes. Unfortunately, one of his livestreams wrecked the life of his best friend, the superhero, Captain Terrific. Now, Mattie has entered the fantastic world of heroes and villains to repair his friendship. BUT WATCH OUT! There's a bitter archenemy out to get revenge and threaten Mattie's channel and life! Does the Super Best Friend have the power to defeat the monstrous Citizen Tyranny and save his best friend?
Written by Ringo Award nominated writer Jason Inman (Jupiter Jet & Super Soldiers), art by Jordi Pérez (All New Firefly) colors by Alivon Ortiz (Aurora and the Eagle), letters by Taylor Esposito (Beef Bros & Red Hood) and edited by Brittany Matter (Miranda in the Maelstrom & Jupiter Jet and the Forgotten Radio), the 48-page oversized third issue concludes our series! Plus, don't miss our STUNNING Variant Cover by comics legend PHIL HESTER (Green Arrow, Swamp Thing, Gotham City Year One)!
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I have loved Jason's work since Jupiter Jet, and this one looks awesome, too!
Blazing Blade of Frankenstein 1-2
200 year-old spoiler alert! At the end of the novel, Frankenstein's monster completes his revenge on his creator and runs off to the arctic to commit suicide.
But what if, instead, he discovered a portal to another world?
Our series is a direct sequel to FRANKENSTEIN, picking up immediately after the events of Mary Shelley's novel. This is the monster as Shelley wrote him: intelligent and sensitive, with super-human speed and strength. No Boris Karloff grunting and shambling here...
But don't worry! You don't need to have read the novel first--we provide a recap--but if you're a fan, there are plenty of nods to the source material.
Kickstarter link
This is a killer set-up from an awesome team.
Educational Books: By Award-Winning Child Authors
Award winning child authors, Anushka and Arushi, are back at it, but with a new focus!
Anushka has been dedicated to learning math concepts and is sharing what she's learnt in a child-friendly way. She is on a mission to help her peers understand math concepts easily, which often seem overwhelming.
As always, her little sister, Arushi, is following her footsteps! Arushi wants little children to learn how to read so that they can enjoy lots of books, just as she does. So here comes her Phonics book!
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When young writers reach out, all my sharing rules go out the window. This author is ten, and when she asked me to read her books, I couldn't say no. It was actually...better than a lot of books I read from authors. She has a big future ahead of her, and she's already putting Kickstarters together!
The Mapweaver's Guide: A TTRPG Campaign Sourcebook
The first installment of The Mapweaver Chronicles was published in August of 2018. Since then, countless readers and fans have come forward begging for a tabletop version of their new favorite bookish world. I have heard stories of my characters showing up in their D&D games. My magic systems being woven into their own homebrew variants. I have received fanart, short story requests, and so much more from people eager to see an expansion of the Mapweaver-verse.
Now, I am thrilled to blend my two biggest passions, storytelling and tabletop, into one massive project.
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I love the vibe of this one.
Make 100: 1930's Peter Pan & Wendy, the new edition
All children grow up except one...
Inkdrop sudio proudly present a prestige reprint of the 1930’s masterpiece Peter Pan & Wendy by J.M.Barrie illustrated by Gwynedd Hudson.
An illustrated book that express aestethics from the thirties at it’s best.
The adventure of Peter, Wendy and her brothers, of Thinkerbell, Captain hooks and his pirates all in one magnificent tome are now available in a handy, contemporary edition, in clear and readable A4 format.
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Peter Pan is one of my favorite portal fantasy books, and this edition looks glorious.
Mind Astray 2022 Sketchbook - Rage Against The Machines
MIND ASTRAY is a 50 page collection of my favorite sketches, commissions, illustrations, and random brain-fart doodles from the past year (2022). Most I've never shared before, and absolutely none are in print any where else!
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I've worked with Nathan a ton in my career, and his work is incredible. I love his process and I'm sure this one will be a treat.
Alice Luck: 3 Space Adventure Comedy Novels
Everything’s bigger in deep space. Especially trouble.
Earthling Alice Luck dreamed of bigger things than working at an office supply store. Fortunately, the gig is not what she thought it would be. Instead of pushing printer ink, she's now the unqualified space captain of an intergalactic mission to breed dwindling apex populations.
A weird twist of events, sure, but at least she's using her degree in animal husbandry for something.
With the help of a warrior woman from a parallel universe, an anxious expert in weapons and culture, a holographic therapist, and an operating system with a hard-on for double entendres, Alice leads the crew of DeepService Team One on their inaugural mission.
But when an unexpected attack on alien territory catches them with their pants down, Alice must ask herself: why in the multiverse does someone want them dead?
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There are not a lot of people I trust with comedy novels, but Claire is one of them. I love her work so much.
Miskatonic High Issue 17 - Little Girl Lost
Welcome back to Miskatonic High, the comic series about the teens who take on Lovecraft monsters and their small-town high school...they're just not sure which is worse.
In the rustic hills of a small New England town lies the prestigious Miskatonic High School. When the Community Services Club went on a field trip they were launched back to ancient Egypt and were nearly killed by an evil wizard and his tentacle monster. They escaped back to our century, but things have never been the same. Since then, we learned some of the secrets haunting the students of the Community Service Club and that the world is not what they thought it was.
If you like your horror mixed with tongue-in-cheek humor, like Buffy, Evil Dead or Get Out, you'll probably enjoy Miskatonic High.
Don't worry, you don't need to know anything about H.P. Lovecraft to enjoy this series, just like you don't have to remember anything from your literature class... no, Slaughterhouse Five wasn't the sequel to Charlotte's Web.
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I love Miskatonic High. It's at the same time cozy and horrifying, which are the best two kinds of things to be often.
Bodhisattva: Instant Karma - Psychedelic Suspense Thriller
BODHISATTVA: INSTANT KARMA collects the 75 page story from my self-published black & white Bodhisattva GN from 2005, with a 12-pager, a 6-pager, and multiple guest pin-ups. I have made numerous art and script fixes, re-lettered it entirely, and it features Paul Little's gorgeous color work throughout. This is a truly RE-MASTERED edition. 120 + pages of art and comics... with a Foreword by legendary comics writer J.M. DeMatteis!
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I haven't ready nearly enough books involving Hindu mythology, and this one looks so great.
A Curse of Darkness: Gods & Monsters SPECIAL OMNIBUS EDITION
In the darkness, she became the monster.
Em’s very existence is a lie. According to history, or mythology, she died at the hands of Perseus, a monster defeated by a hero. Only, she’s not dead, and now her sister Eury is in trouble in the one place Em’s vowed to never set foot again.
Everything she thought was true is a lie. After freeing their parents from an underwater prison, Eury is struck down by a deadly poison and there’s only one person in the world that can stop its fatal blow, the goddess responsible for the curse, the one that damned Em and her sisters for eternity, Athena.
The path to Olympus is littered with casualties, some of which belong to her, but Em won’t let her sister become one of them. Even if that means working with the god that stole her heart and then abandoned her for eons. Only, what if that was a lie, too?
Saving her sister might mean losing herself to the darkness she’s spent lifetimes pushing away and trusting Poseidon might mean losing her heart.
Will it take a monster to defeat a goddess.
Kickstarter link
I've known JJ for a long time and am so excited to see her on Kickstarter with this dope looking book.
$11k bonus?
about 1 year ago
– Fri, Feb 03, 2023 at 07:33:15 AM
Hi!
We have been playing a dance between $10,800 and $11,000 all week, and I really want to smash through that wall and get to the other side. So, I'm offering a really awesome bonus if we can get there TODAY!
If we can hit $11,000 by tonight, I'll include this awesome digital illustration of the Obsidian Spindle by Renzo Podesta to everyone's digital goodies at the end of the campaign.
This is the FIRST illustration of the Obsidian Spindle, and combined with the illustrations by Kelsi Jo Silva, hopefully help you get a sense of the world a little better.
We're less than $100 away right now. If you love this illustration or Renzo's work and you've been eyeing some of our add-ons, this is the time to hop on them. We've got some godcoins left, but they have been going fast. We have less than 40 left, and I'll probably start pulling some down, and might even get rid of them in the add-on menu so we have some left for Backerkit fulfillment add-ons for digital backers.
We have most of my books in the add-ons, too, at least digitally. I'm so excited for this illustration. If you saw the cover for the Void Calls Us Home audio drama, then you've seen Renzo's logo illustrations before, and he's so awesome at it.
What do you think of it? I love it so much.
-Russell
Other campaigns to check out
Legendary Lands OZ Puzzle + Diamond Painting Kits Make/100
Torch Knight Games was founded by Brant and Lisa Fowler, married fantasy geeks who love puzzles and games. Lisa is a bit of a puzzle fanatic and has been completing puzzles and hanging them on her wall for years. This Kickstarter is our second puzzle campaign and the debut of the Land of Oz puzzle!
Oz was heavily requested during our first campaign that featured puzzles for Wonderland and Neverland. So not only can you get the brand new The Land of OZ puzzle in this campaign, but you can also get your hands on Wonderland and Neverland if you missed them!
Kickstarter link
I love Wizard of Oz, and the Fowlers, and puzzles. So, this is a win for me.
Corsac Fox: A military space opera novel
Lost.
Abandoned behind enemy lines. On a captured, enemy vessel.
Outnumbered by the crew he has inherited, Ensign Ulysses Fortier must figure out how to fix the damaged freighter he has taken command of, even as his own Captain hates him and has set him up for a career-ending failure.
And there is the cargo. Or rather, the alien slaves being transported.
Uly has his work set out for him, forging three different crews into a single entity.
When the pirates capture them, it just gets worse, but nothing will stop Uly from rising.
The Flight of the Fox, Book One of the New Corsac Fox series, is a book I’ve wanted to write for nearly two decades. Back even before I knew it was possible to become a successful writer.
It has been sitting there, in the back of my mind, even as I sat down and started that other, great Space Opera universe, The Science Officer.
But now, Uly’s time has come.
Kickstarter link
Blaze is a machine. I've worked with him on an anthology before and love his work.
Jacob's Ladder: Issue #1
After a few years of reading Jung and his theories of analytic psychology and symbols of the collective unconscious, I dreamt of a character that I later named Jacob who took a journey down an elevator into a dream of his own. It was one of those dreams that made me immediately sit up with my heart pounding, only to find out it was still dark out. I couldn’t quite remember the dream until I picked up a pen and notebook. As I recorded the images that Jacob encountered I realized I was exploring my own dream just as much as Jacob was exploring his. The more I wrote the more dream imagery seemed to flood over me expanding the world that Jacob searched. This continued for months with any thought of Jacob. Each step that Jacob took and each character he would meet seemed to surprise me as if it hadn’t just come from inside my own head. It felt like I was talking with a silent part of myself, a voice that could only speak in images. The whole experience felt transcendent.
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I don't know if this is related to the movie, but the movie is one of my all time favorites, and this looks like it's at least in the same ouvre, so I'm into it.
Evie and the Helsings #1
For centuries, the Van Helsing family has protected humanity from things that go bump in the night. The last protector has fallen, and the mantle goes to her one surviving heir. The problem is, Evie Van Helsing just wants to rock.
Written by Steve Bryant (Athena Voltaire, The Catch, Ghoul Scouts) and drawn by Don Cardenas (Spend the Night, Off into the Sunset, Packs of the Low Country), with colors by Jason Millet (Athena Voltaire, Archie Versus Predator), Evie and the Helsings is the first issue of a 4-issue miniseries that follows Evie's adventures as she navigates life between two worlds. It's like Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets This is Spinal Tap by way of Ash Versus Evil Dead.
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Van Helsing as a badass rock goddess? Yeah, I'm for this 100%.
On the Wings of Diadra 1-3
The Oswald Chronicles is the story of a fledgling sorcerer who happens to be a mouse who lives in NYC along with fae, orks, trolls, ogres, Kalsions, and Grogs unbeknownst to the humans who inhabit the grand city that hosts them all.
In this reader friendly adventure "On the Wings of Diadra," we find out what happens when Diane is called away on a secret mission interfering with her responsibilities with watching over Oswald? So she calls her cousin, Diadra who doesn't want the job, but is forced to by her cousin. Diadra finds herself on the mall with Oswald, and is followed by strange goblin children and the creature that stalks them.
Kickstarter link
What JD has done with The Oswald Chronicles is impressive. It's one of the longest running and most expansive indie comics, and it doesn't get nearly the praise it deserves.
Finding Dee - Volume 1
FINDING DEE started as a weekly webcomic devoted to the semi-autobiographical misadventures of a 40-something cartoonist trying to make it in comics while navigating the ins and outs of coming out as a transgender woman. Also, trying to find a place to pee.
For the first time, the Volume One full-page strips have been colored, and we've compiled them in beautiful perfect-bound softcover and hardcover editions (81 pages of comics) !! In addition, we're offering incredible enamel pins, shirts, and more!
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I love Dee's work. It's personal and hilarious and wonderful.
The First Ancestor: Book 2 of Ranger of the Titan Wilds
Like the first book in the saga, The First Ancestor is full of adventure, magic, camaraderie, conflict, and redemption. In it, we’ll venture beyond the Silvertusk Sierra as Leiyn and her companions find themselves in the middle of a war between the Gasts and their ancient enemies. These beings possess sorcery beyond anything Leiyn has faced before. If she’s to survive and fulfill her oath to aid the Gasts, she’ll have to find and claim power only known to long-dead ancestors.
My vision for The First Ancestor is to pack in even more awesome things than Kickstarter backers helped me achieve for The Last Ranger. There will already be a world map included and expert art and design for the cover, but how many interior illustrations we include and what other things might be made—such as a city map and side stories—is up to you!
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JDL is one of our featured authors in the Action Fantasy Book Club, and their work is incredible. I love this so much.
Make 100 Dragon Shifters' Hoard Special Edition Hardbacks
A mage on a Harley Davidson flies out of the forest, flinging blue fireballs at teen draki shifters—and a centuries-long feud between shifters, powerful mages and evil Fae spills into modern-day Pinevale.
In Pinevale, shape-shifters and mages roam the halls of your local high school, looking like normal teens—until they don’t.
Red and her sister, Snow, have no idea of the secret world around them. But they do know they’re freaks. Odd ones out. Sisters with secret powers.
Red’s always played with fire. Snow’s so frosty, she’s nicknamed the Ice Queen. Mom’s warned them not to reveal they’re freaks. Not to flaunt their powers.
Those who do, disappear.
When the girls are attacked in an alley one night, they react instinctively with fire and ice. The Draki twins, two hot guys with shimmering tattoos and the cops on their tails, swoop in. And draw Snow and Red deep into a dangerous underworld of shifters, mages, and deadly Fae.
Join Snow and Red as they collide with the Draki twins and their lives explode.
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Eileen is one of my oldest friends in publishing, and I love her work. She's also one of the most positive and warm people I've ever met. Her work is awesome too. She's also one of our featured authors in the book club.
New week, new free bonuses!!!
over 1 year ago
– Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 05:12:38 AM
Hi!
Thanks so much for supporting this campaign. We went over $10,000 last week, and we're nearing $11,000!!
Simply for backing by now, you have unlocked all these awesome books as part of your rewards.
Additionally, for simply being here you unlocked all these books as well, and will keep unlocking books until the end of the campaign.
Thank you so for believing in this series. I can't wait to share it with you. Now, here's some other cool projects to check out.
-Russell
Other cool projects to check out
Our Faceless Fears #1-2: A Victorian-Era Ghost Story
Our Faceless Fears is a spooky comic series filled with strange and twisted phantoms. Readers meet our young heroine, Briar Rose Thornton, heir to the Thornton line, but not yet privy to its secrets. We follow her down dark and strange paths as she walks the line between the living and the dead.
We return with issue two as Briar leaves her family home and embarks on a new chapter of her life, one full of uncertainty and terror. Though she is haunted by fearsome, tormented ghosts, they will teach her the reasons humans cling so desperately to life, but perhaps not before she becomes a phantom herself. The ghosts and their unresolved lives will define hers, if she lets them.
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I love Camille's work, and this series looks so great. Gothic horror is one of my favorite genre of book, so I love this one most of all.
The Crystal Dragon Saga: REBORN!
Crystal, a half-dragon teenager with no evident magic, must rise to the throne and uncover her suppressed powers before all seven realms are destroyed by the coming darkness.
Not long after discovering I’m adopted, I am stolen away to the realm of Zilferia, where I soon encounters murderous serpents, bloodthirsty werewolves, and vicious merfolk…all of whom are the least of my worries.
The real concern is what everyone here thinks of me: namely, that I’m a lost princess who’s been prophesied to save them all. But how am I supposed to do that with no powers and a team of Dragon Hunters on my tail who have wanted to kill me since I was born?
The only help I’ll get is from a stranger, Nathan, but no matter how physically fit and patient he is with me, his stubborn streak threatens to bring out more than just my inner dragon. Which is only part of the reason I don’t want to have feelings for him.
The other is because I don’t want this life, and I don’t want to be here. Worst of all, I’m pretty sure they have the wrong girl.
I can't be the one to save them all.
Kickstarter link
DRAGOOOONS!!!!!!!! I love me some dragons, as you can probably tell from the main image to this campaign, so I dig this one.
Dragons & Damsels
Welcome to Dragons & Damsels! Come, come, have a seat. We have a special treat for you. Look behind me — do you see those names on the wall? Yes, I see you recognize some of them. They've given me something wondrous, wondrous indeed. Right here in this tome are tales that are meant to excite, arouse, and sate a reader's soul with action, lust, and adventure. Oh, I know I lay it on thick, but once you turn the page you'll realize just how true it is.
About 2 months ago we sent out a call for authors to submit writings for an anthology. The interest was beyond our expectations, to the point we are at capacity already. 20 authors with 20 short stories is an amazing offering and we're over 250k words which will be over 25 hours on audio.
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Dragons? Check. Damsels? Check. This anthology book has everything.
Shadow Kissed Luxe Editions Boxset
Do you dare enter the dark and seductive world of Sanmorte?
The Vampires Diaries meets ACOTAR and From Blood and Ash in this steamy, unforgettable series.
To celebrate the release of the final book in the series in March, I will be offering luxe editions of the four books in a box set. This set comes with exclusive covers on the dust jackets as well as foil stamping on the casing.
Some fates belong to the shadows...
Everyone at the guild is on high alert, but no one will tell Olivia why. She thought it was somehow tied to the death of her boyfriend, but the truth is far more grisly.
Darkness has come to the mortal kingdom.
Captured by a vampire named Sebastian, who insists he's protecting her, she's taken to the horrific City of Nightmares. As she fights to survive in a world where mortals are fed on or traded, Olivia must place her trust in Sebastian, if she hopes to survive. Can she escape the clutches of her bloody destiny, or will she succumb to the dark shadows?
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I've been following this campaign for a while and I absolutely love everything about it. It has to be one of the best looking collections I've seen in a long time.
Night Wolf Voodoo Doll 12" Plushie & 6 New Connecting Covers
Welcome to the Night Wolf Voodoo Doll 12" Plush Toy Kickstarter campaign! My name is Robert A. Multari and I'm the creator/writer of Night Wolf and Snow Paw.
It has been my dream since I was a kid, struggling with Attention Deficit Disorder and Dyslexia, to be a comic book creator because comic books have helped me to overcome my learning disabilities. I've had the pleasure of self-publishing Night Wolf #1-6 and Snow Paw #1-2, with the help of my past Kickstarter backers, who I refer to as my Wolf Pack. Now, I stand ready to produce my first Plush Toy inspired by my character, Night Wolf! That’s why I’ve come back to pay for the production and the rewards that you will receive for backing this project.
The Night Wolf Voodoo Doll 12" Plush Toy is inspired by the Night Wolf Volume 1 Trade Paperback pinup art by Megan Affolter, and brought to life and produced in partnership with Skelton Crew Studio.
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I love plushes, and this one takes inspiration from some of my favorite collections, so needless to say I adore it. This stitched together style is very much my aesthetic.
The Complete Spider-Squirrel Volume One Ultimate Edition
If you're not familiar with Spider-Squirrel where have you been!?!
Okay, okay... we'll give you a pass on missing the most fun, exciting, ridiculous, incredibly hilarious indiecomic buddy-cop superhero comic since the original Blue Beetle & Booster Gold run!*
Volume One opens with an immediate intro to our two heroes--no origin stories, no "get to know you" section, just jumping into the action--Spider-Squirrel and Trash Panda leap right into action to...find...a...new...girlfiriend for Spider-Squirrel??
Wait, wait wait. What am I writing copy for again?
<<SIGH>>
Well, yes, that's how things start, apparently, but then something happens that's pretty comicbooky-awesome: chrono-dimensional breaches begin to pop-up all over. Characters from all over the indieverse, past and present and future, begin to appear on the scene. One of these characters, a very stereotypical 1990s-era villain, sends our heroic duo into action! It's crimefighting time!
Unfortunately for Spider-Squirrel, that also means an untimely interaction with a breach. That leaves Trash Panda alone to clean up.
TP finds True Love™, Spider-Squirrel finds his way back home, a big ensemble battle ensues... you'll just have to read it to find out the rest.
It's a fun mess.
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I wrote a story set in this world and can attest it is a super fun mess. I really like this world and hope I can write in it again!
Kingdom of Curses and Shadows Collector Edition Omnibus
Yes, Zora cheated her way into the Royal Games, but it was for a very good reason.
Spite.
Her ex-boyfriend thought she couldn't attain glory on her own. Just because she was a girl. And he was the real cheater.
So she took his place.
Now she's competing for the legendary Blood Cup, representing the Dark Valley. It's her chance to prove her worth and bring glory to her people. If she wins, of course.
But winning is far from easy. The younger prince thinks she's a fragile damsel who doesn't belong in the competition. Determined to eliminate her at all costs, he's stacking the challenges against her. Ha. All he’s doing is making her want that cup more than ever.
The older prince is helping her, but the cost is getting Zora entangled in dangerous flirting games. Flirting, the last thing she wanted.
And then there's someone trying to kill her.
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I can't get over how beautiful this book looks. Every time I look at it I'm mesmerized with awe.
CERULEAN DREAMS #1 - One-Shot Comic by Pat Shand & Friends
CERULEAN DREAMS #1 is a 32-page one-shot comic for mature readers featuring three dazzling fantasy stories from the minds of Pat Shand and Space Between Entertainment, the team that brought you Destiny NY, Cheeky, Thirsty, Prison Witch, and many more enthralling comics.
Cerulean Dreams #1 can be read and entirely enjoyed by new readers. It includes stories based on worlds that returning readers will remember fondly.
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I have a...healthy obsession, hopefully healthy at least, with Pat's Destiny NY universe, and this looks just as beautiful as anything I could imagine him ever putting out.
Pocus Hocus #1-5 (V2 #1): a dark, humorous, & magical series
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This one looks super cool! You know I love me a Faustian bargain.
Thank you!!!!!
over 1 year ago
– Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 07:58:21 AM
Hi!
Thank you so much for making this launch so amazing!!! We smashed through our funding from the first week of the last Obsidian Spindle campaign and I'm gobsmacked :)
This is my favorite series, and I can't wait to share this second arc with you. Just to let you know, simply by existing you have earned all these awesome rewards.
All you have to do is not cancel your pledge and you'll have these digital books delivered to you after the campaign is over.
Additionally, you will get everything we unlock along the way. This week, you've already unlocked all these cool books.
I recently came to terms with the fact that one of my primary love languages is gift gifting. I love sharing these books with you, and I hope it shows even a small fraction of the appreciation I have for your support.
Other cool projects
I hear all the time from fans that they love when I share cool projects with them through these updates, so I've collected some truly amazing projects for you this time.
Make 100: Paper and Hardback Queer Fairy Tales
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From the creator:
We needed to see something different in the world, so I started this series. Fairy tales are some of our oldest stories, and they have been passed down, retold, and changed over the centuries. Now, it's time to make another change.
Fey magic helped reimagine these three fairy tales with transgender women in the lead, and find their princesses (and one non-binary beast) ready for love.
I have completed all three novellas, prepared the ebooks, formatted the paperbacks, and sampled the hardbacks. With your help, it's time to bring these stories to print and bundle them together in a single omnibus perfect for a cozy read by your fire.
If you love The Obsidian Spindle, it shouldn't be hard to see why I love this project. Queer, POC fairy tales? YES!!!! We need so many more of these.
Dragons of Isentol Special Edition Hardbacks
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Two souls, one destiny.
Their royal parents assassinated, two young siblings are separated and hidden to protect their future and the future of their kingdom. Only when their adoptive families are murdered do they discover the truth of their heritage. Now it is time to reclaim what is theirs.
But to do that, they will need an army - and magic. With many interested in their royal roots, they must decide who can be trusted ... and who is trying to kill them.
From Russell:
I met Richard at 20books last year and he's a super cool human. His series looks awesome, too. This is everything I love about epic, high fantasy.
Effigest Illustrated Hardcover: A Weird Western Fantasy
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Blaise Hawthorne fears his days are numbered. Imprisoned for using his dangerous magic to free his outlaw friends from the enemy’s clutches, he endures abuse and impending slavery. But when a two-faced ally offers a chance at freedom–and perhaps even love–the caged mage is desperate enough to accept.
Escaping from his tormenters, Blaise hates that his future rests in the hands of handsome politician Malcolm Wells–a man he’s not sure he can even trust. With powerful political rivals closing in, Blaise finds himself at the mercy of not only his own enemies, but Malcolm’s dark past–and all the magic in the world may not be enough to save them from a fate worse than imprisonment.
Will Blaise and Malcolm have what it takes to upstage their enemies, or will it be curtains for this unlikely pair?
This gritty fantasy is the second book in the Tales of the Outlaw Mages series. If you enjoy found family, LGBTQ representation, and pegasus, then look no further.
From Russell:
Amy is one of our best students in The Kickstarter Accelerator, and her series is the bomb. You get the first book as a free bonus this week in your rewards, but make sure to head over and check out the complete seres. Her hardcovers truly are EPIC.
Fantasy Novel: The Price of Power
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From the creator:
Grief, loneliness, belonging, despair, duty, and redemption. These are the kinds of internal struggles the four POV characters in this book face. Their beliefs about themselves, for better or worse, dictate who lives and who dies in a world seething with political intrigue, civil unrest, and the stirring of enemies new and old.
Like all my work, this book focuses on the journey of each character, realism within a fantasy world, and the exploration of spirituality in a magic system.
As many reviewers say, this book is for fans of Joe Abercrombie and Game of Thrones.
"I would recommend this to anyone who loves character-focused fantasy, fans of Game of Thrones, and fans of Joe Abercrombie!" - Antonia
"I recommend it to readers of George R.R. Martin and Joe Abercrombie." - Sophie
From Russell:
This looks like a super cool, dark, epic fantasy series with a super detailed, rich world.
The Weary Dragon Inn - A Cozy Fantasy Series
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From the author:
Have you ever wanted to read a book about what was happening back in The Shire while Frodo was delivering the One Ring to Mordor?
Cozy fantasy is exactly that.
Instead of sweeping, epic battles that span a fictional continent, cozy fantasies are as their name suggests: small towns, small problems, low stakes. Add in a dash of magic and you'll get the sort of story that feels like a warm cup of tea.
Drinks and Sinkholes, the first book in the Weary Dragon Inn series, is about an amnesiac innkeeper named Bev who showed up in the small town of Pigsend five years ago with no clue who she was or where she came from. But she took a job at the Weary Dragon Inn as a beverage wench (hence the name, yuk yuk) and when the old innkeeper died, he left the place in her name. Now, Bev juggles the management of the rotating patrons of her inn with some curiosities in her town. In Drinks and Sinkholes, as the name suggests, strange sinkholes begin appearing all over town - including right in front of Bev's door. Bev has to put on her sleuthing hat to figure out what's causing them before her beloved inn is swallowed up.
From Russell:
I am obsessed with cozy fantasy, so I'm in love with this campaign.
ThoughtScape Comics #1-3
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ThoughtScape Comics is an anthology series serving up sci-if action, thrills and chills in the tradition of 2000 AD, Black Mirror and The Twilight Zone. Anything is possible in these taut tales of trauma and transformation, of people pushed past their limits by the gods and monsters they meet - or become - at the edges of technology and reality.
The first three issues of ThoughtScape Comics run from 48 to 60 pages long each, and feature both serialized and self-contained stories. The comics are printed on 70lb. uncoated paper stock and are perfect bound with 135lb. matte covers and will be shipped in a sturdy Gemini Comics Supply mailer, with FREE SHIPPING IN THE U.S. and international shipping available for an additional charge (please see the Shipping Notes at the bottom of the page). Issue #1 is already in stock, and issues #2 and #3 are completed and ready to be sent to the printer. I can't wait to get these comics into your hands!
From Russell:
I super enjoy this series and am glad to see it back for another round on Kickstarter.
Flesh Eating Cheerleaders from Outer Space #1-6.
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From the creator:
We love those old classic horror B-Movies from the 60s and 70s. We wanted to try and recreate the feeling of those old horror movies with this story. And who better to target on this then a bunch of college cheerleaders.
When a meteor crashes in the middle of campus, the students at Pullman University didn't realize that they were being invaded. These space creatures are able to inhabit and take over the human body. So, what happens when a group of cheerleaders are caught in the middle? They become these flesh-eating cannibals, of course.
Soon, the problem isn't going to be the creatures, it's going to be the monsters that these cheerleaders become.
From Russell:
This series is just pure, campy fun. If you like B-movies, then this one will be right up your alley.
Make 100 Magical Short Stories With Me
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From the author:
Are you as enthusiastic about short stories as I am? Get a book with 100 of my best ones in a single volume in print, as an eBook, or as an audio book. You can even have your name included in one of the stories or brainstorm a brand-new one with me.
Reading has always been the only way to me to look into the mind of another human being. It was like having telepathy when everyone told me that was impossible. And short stories open so many different kinds of worlds with just as many emotions as novels but in less time. Short stories burn in my heart and soul like fire.
I hope you're ablaze like me, for I'd love to have you on board to get a book the size of an epic novel to you (800+ pages) that feels like a one-hundred-course menu.
From Russell:
This is the kind of project that is perfect for MAKE/100. I love to see it.
Ennead: The Rule of Nine| An Epic Comic Book Collector's Box
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From the creator:
ENNEAD: THE RULE OF NINE is an epic fantasy set to span multiple mediums; everything from comics and graphic novels to fictional history and traditional novels. Inside this Special Edition you'll find everything you'd expect to see in epic or high fantasy, while looking through the eyes of a burgeoning medieval bounty hunter.
For the first time you'll get to travel through The Republic Kingdom of Athea alongside Inahtuu Kinisc and experience the events of The Rule of Nine through Inahtuu's eyes, and his eyes only, as he runs from his past and his present pursuers.
As a new republic kingdom fights to break free of the yoke of empire and ethereal beings position themselves for the next phase in their civil war, Inahtuu seeks a fresh start. After years of military service Inahtuu's looking for something he's never had: a life of peace.
Will he find rest? Or will his sense of duty and justice find him bound to a new cause?
From Russell:
Another great series, and another cool use of Make/100, producing these cool weapons straight from the pages of the series.
