It looks like with the delays caused by Evan’s hand surgery, we thought we had uploaded the digital rewards for y’all to download, but that wasn’t actually the case.
We’ve fixed that and officially uploaded the digital rewards, so you guys should be receiving an email with instructions on how to download them.
The PDF file for “Assassination Target” was a little bigger than Backerkit would allow us to upload, so we included a Dropbox link you can download the file from. If anyone has any issues, please reach out to us here or on social media!
Between Stars & Shadows is exploring the space between science fiction and fantasy (and everywhere else). The best stories may happen at the edge of things: where the known bleeds into the strange, the uncanny has a familiarity about it, and where shadows speak when the moon listens.
Printopia 2026
The following tiers are available, and there's a digital bundle available with the previous MCC Zines anthologies, Constellations in Flux,Re-Spun Threads, Ephemeral Moments, and Golden Apples & Poisoned Chalices available as an add-on.
Thank you (Stardust) ($3+) - Thank you for your donation!
Sticker pack (Meteor) ($6+) a tier for sticker fans and collectors
Digital Anthology (Navigator) ($10+) - Receive a PDF copy of Between Stars & Shadows
Physical Book (Voyager) ($20+) - Receive a paperback copy of Between Stars & Shadows, plus a PDF copy.
Physical Book + Print (Cosmic Traveler) ($25+) - Receive a signed copy of the zine and a 5 x 7 art print
Physical Book x 2 (Twin Stars) ($30+) - Receive a paperback copy of Between Stars & Shadows, plus a PDF copy.
Physical Book + Merch Bundle (Celestial) ($65+) - Receive a physical and ebook version of Between Stars & Shadows, plus all the campaign merchandise and any unlocked goodies. (Does not include incentive rewards)
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Celestial Sticker Pack
Pledge now to lock in your rewards before the campaign ends on October first.
1) The Lesbians in Space: The Sapphics Strike Back audiobook campaign is fully funded and we're close to our first stretch goal! So if you want to make me write a short story and have it featured in the new audiobook, check out the campaign!
2) We also have a new shiny for you! I've introduced my first enamel pins from Space Wizard. These feature the characters from both anthology covers, with an anodized metal coating. Here are the designs!
A mockup of a pin for the first anthology, using the cover characters set on a star background, with an anodized metal finish
A mockup of a pin for the second anthology, using the cover characters set on a the planet from the cover, with an anodized metal finish
These are both mockups for right now, as I need to finalize what numbers I'll need to order, but I already have confirmation and a quote from the supplier. And you can get them individually, or as a set in the addons section!
That's all for now! Mary Robinette is scheduled to start recording around the beginning of 2027, so we'll have a second anthology audiobook for you shortly after that!
You'll be able to get an audiobook of both volume 1 and volume 2 in the campaign, plus, Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before is up for a major award from The British Fantasy Society!
First of all: thank you all for your patience and support once again. As a thank you for waiting so long, I wanted to share a fun fact about Nate & Izzy that isn’t obvious in this short little story: they’re actually both Australian!
Originally we were just basing them out of a Generic American City, but the more I worked with Nate, the more obvious it felt that they would hail from the Land Down Under. This decision was made after the main story went to print though, but the bonus chapter and any future work with these two will leave a little more space to better explore that part of their characters. Please imagine Nate throwing the word “mate” around and that already helps lol
Now for other news…
Somehow, in the midst of everything else, I ended up also getting carpal tunnel in my drawing hand. Because of course I did. So, I needed to get a second surgery a couple weeks ago to fix that.
The bad news? I’m now dealing with healing from surgeries on both my right foot AND my right hand. I’m awfully lopsided :(
The good news: once my hand is recovered, I’ll never get carpal tunnel again! I can draw Forever………
In the meantime, I’m working with a physical (occupational) therapist to make sure my hand heals correctly. I’ve started practicing drawing a little bit at a time as part of that therapy, but for the time being my hand is still too weak to reliably draw the way I need to to finish the comic. But rest assured, it hasn’t been forgotten about!
A reunion with old friends... fun fact #2: Nate is hella jealous of Kiauna's tattoos; he's always wanted some himself, but being an assassin, it's not smart to have too many identifying body markings...
It's always fun getting to do close ups of fingernails and eyes
Something has Nate absolutely *pissed*
We have had some other campaigns going on in the background while I’m recovering. This is possible because my co-writer, Lee, has been hard at work drawing designs for enamel pins! Her style is pretty different from mine, but if you’re curious and would like to continue to support us during my recovery, feel free to share those projects as they come :)
The Baa-venturers campaign is actually going on right now until September 17th. The banners below are clickable and will take you right to the campaign if you’re interested :>
Thank you all again, truly. Your support means everything to us đź’™
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