Hi everyone,

We have just nine days left in the campaign. We wanted to add another stretch goal to give our campaign a final boost before we end on October 1st.

Stretch Goal #2: If the campaign reaches $5,000 in pledges, a BONUS story will be added to Sherlock Holmes: Mistletoe Mysteries.

The more stories in a book, the better! Please pledge today to help us reach this stretch goal in the next few days.

I also wanted to share a brief interview with our campaign partner, Moe Lane, on his third Tom Vargas mystery, Banshee Beach!

Hi! I’m Moe Lane, cross-promotional partner to Belanger Books for Printopia 2026. I’m a fantasy and horror writer, with a heavy sideline in tabletop roleplaying games, and this is either my second or seventh Backerkit project, depending on how you score Kickstarter.

My current project is Banshee Beach, which is the third book in my Tom Vargas Mysteries post-apocalyptic fantasy pulp detective series. Tom Vargas is a Shamus in Cin City, glittering tinsel crown of the magical Kingdom of New California. He’s a wisecracking investigator of the (literally) old school, trading quips and the occasional right hook with the people he encounters in the Cases he’s trying to Clear. Tom’s not exactly a detective, but what he does on a regular basis wouldn’t surprise Sam Spade. Or Garrett, from Glen Cook’s The Garrett Files. Or Phil Lovecraft, from Cast a Deadly Spell. There’s more than a little Carl Kochak from The Night Stalker in him, too. Possibly even a little Travis McGee.

Honestly, my Tom Vargas stories are an opportunity to write quick patter, and crack wise about movies. The setting is deliberately set up to let me make as many in-jokes and references about popular culture as I can possibly manage, in fact, and that pleases me greatly. It’s also part of the wider world of the Fermi Resolution, which is a sprawling post-apocalyptic fantasy future history of a North America gone mad with magic. All of the books are available as add-ons for the campaign; there’s also a roleplaying game, which is available via DriveThruRPG.

Closing up: personally, I’m really looking forward to Sherlock Holmes: Mistletoe Mysteries. I grew up reading Sherlock Holmes; not just the original stories, but the pastiches and crossovers. Holmes has always been a favorite cross-genre hero, from alternate history to horror, so I would have been backing this project even if I didn’t have my own book in Printopia.

Thank you all for supporting Printopia!

I encourage all of our backers to support both of our projects. 

That covers this project update. Look for another one soon!

Take care,

Derrick