Remember how there's a flash fiction sticker for all backers?
We're having open submissions for that story!
Details can be found here: https://newedgeswordandsorcery.com/submi...
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198% Funded!! (What Comes Next?)
IN SHORT
• WE FUNDED! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
• We hit every single goal we set, then an extra artist pay raise we added at the last minute. Wow!
• Right now backers are being charg...
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CROWDFUND FINALE LIVESTREAM TONIGHT: Live Dungeon Synth Music, a Jirel-themed RPG Liveplay, and More!
Editor Oliver Brackenbury will be joined by magazine staff and contributors to play the first ever live demo of the Black God's Kiss RPG setting, using the Dungeon Crawl Classi...
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Community Achievement: #9) AUTHOR RAISE
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Final 48 Hours, Magazine Production Report, Bonus Story Unlocked, and more!
Yup, the campaign ends at 11am EST this Saturday, and you've all just unlocked our second artist raise!
Thank you so much! Fingers crossed we can get another author raise, ma...
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SECRET HARDCOVER UPGRADE...REVEALED!
Hardcovers are great! They...
• Are durable.
• Have lay-flat, saddle-stich binding.
• Come with bookmark ribbons, a different color for each issue.
• Have unique cover designs...
Obviously we here at New Edge Sword & Sorcery have made it clear we'd like to see a larger, wider variety of peoples and cultures represented more frequently in both stories and those who are telling them...
...but what would YOU like to see?
I, Oliver, would - beyond the inclusivity aspect - love to see more...
Draping S&S like a cloak over another genre. Robert E. Howard himself did this all the time. The God in the Bowl is an S&S locked room mystery. Beyond the Black River is an S&S frontier western tale. You get the idea…
To be clear, this is not blending genres, putting cowboys in with barbarians etc. This is using some or all of the format of another genre to tell an S&S tale, in an S&S setting, with S&S characters.
Non-monarchial secondary worlds or kingdoms. We can do anything in a secondary world, it doesn’t always have to be kings and queens.
Sword & Planet. I love this niche within a niche and fancy seeing more of it, perhaps in a New Edge vein!
We hit every single goal we set, then an extra artist pay raise we added at the last minute. Wow!
Right now backers are being charged for their pledges.
Backers will be charged for shipping approx. four weeks before fulfillment. This is also likely when surveys will be sent out to collect necessary information such as mailing addresses, though the surveys may come sooner.
Our current goal for fulfillment is "Summer 2024", so expect to be charged for shipping in June at the earliest. Backers in Canada will have a $5 USD shipping discount, all other backers living outside the United States will have a $10 USD shipping discount.
Enjoyed Fen Walker's live dungeon synth set in Friday's livestream? You can find more of his music here: https://fenwalker.bandcamp.com
All backers are cordially invited to join our New Edge Sword & Sorcery Discord server through this link: https://discord.gg/qSrsxqVhwZ
Though we'll be much quieter for a little while, if you'd like more regular updates and other fun info, we can be followed on Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
IN DETAIL
It's been a little over 48 hours and I'm still processing this turn of events!
Both bonus stories were unlocked, to say nothing of Double Art and the International Shipping Discount!
If I keep writing in this manner I may single-handedly make exclamation marks! Lose! All! Meaning!
But dang, that's just how I feel right now. Well, that and tired. This thing was a lot of work, though clearly worth it. And it's awoken new desires in me as a publisher - I've already got my eye on someone to play live music in next year's crowdfund...
Folks, I had so much FUN doing this, and it seems like you did too! This makes me glad because as seriously as we take the quality of what we make, it's important that NESS be a wonderful time for all concerned.
If there's two links from "IN SHORT" I'd like to repeat here it's:
The great people behind BGK were instrumental in us being able to publish the first new Jirel story in 85 years, and were great pals when it come to helping get the word out about the new issues.
Part of what I love about doing the publishing thing is the opportunities it creates to connect with really cool people, and the Black God's Kiss crew are just the coolest!
Speaking of making connections, the other link I'm extra keen on is an invite to:
The New Edge Sword & Sorcery Discord, a great online hang-out that I'd love to see your digital faces in, a fun spot to chat about the magazine, Sword & Sorcery in general, and otherwise connect with your fellow readers, writers, artists, and more.
It's also a breeding ground for goofs like, as you may have heard Nat and I relate in our crowdfund finale livestream, how Meatball Subs Are The Only Real Sandwich, and I only time I get to eat one is when we've finished funding another publication.
Reader, you better believe this sucker tasted good when I picked it up on Saturday:
Can we make meatball subs the official sandwich of Sword & Sorcery? Perhaps with enough sword emojis...
Alright, that's all from me for now. Please make sure to read through IN SHORT for the practical details of what's happening with charging backers for pledges, charging for shipping, our rough schedule and more.
As stated in a recent update, we have made fantastic progress on the writing for these issues, and the very first interior illustration sketches have started to show up in my inbox. Barring catastrophe, our post-crowdfund turnaround will be several months shorter than last year's!
In fact, we'll probably be crowdfunding our FIRST EVER BOOK a little before we get copies of the magazine from our printer. Feels wild, so wild, to begin expanding New Edge Sword & Sorcery into a modest publishing company and it would never happen without BACKERS LIKE YOU.
Keep your swords sharp, and your sorcery numinous!
Editor Oliver Brackenbury will be joined by magazine staff and contributors to play the first ever live demo of the Black God's Kiss RPG setting, using the Dungeon Crawl Classic system, as run by one of the game designers!
Afterward there will be a live musical set played by Fen Walker!
And then we'll see where the evening takes us!
Surprise guests, asking us anything you want from the chat, doing shots when we hit new funding benchmarks....who knows?
Meanwhile you wonderful folk have unlocked the second bonus story, meaning both new issues will now have an extra Sword & Sorcery tale!
And oh look, our last new pledge tier has just opened up...
PLUS we're getting close to unlocking our layout & design staff member getting a NESS logo tattoo!
So please let everybody you know about tonight's banger of a party to celebrate a truly wild ride of a crowdfund....and, perhaps, some new ink!
Yup, the campaign ends at 11am EST this Saturday, and you've all just unlocked our second artist raise!
Thank you so much! Fingers crossed we can get another author raise, maybe even another artist raise after that, before the curtain falls on our 2024 crowdfund.
We've also just unlocked the bonus story, "Hunter", to go in one of this year's issues! As I write this we're only two Facebook shares of the campaign from unlocking the other story, "Something Oath-Like", so please consider hitting that share button.
Heck, it'd be really fun if we could get some new ink on Nat!
Meanwhile, production progress is strong! Below, with names cropped out, is our Excel table for tracking manuscripts (top) and illustrations (bottom):
Finally,DON'T FORGET
Backers are not charged for pledges until just after the campaign ends, and they won't be charged for shipping until several months from now, when we're about four weeks away from shipping the issues to you all. This splits your purchase into two, widely spaced payments rather than one all-together.
Our current goal for shipping out our issues is "Summer 2024", so hopefully around the end of July, maybe earlier if we really make good time, some time in August if there are hiccups.
Alright, onward and upward! Hope we see you at tomorrow night's "7pm est -???" livestream crowdfund finale.
Greetings! 🙂
I just pledged the softcover edition and added Issues #1 and #2. 🥳
Is there plans for the magazine continuing past Issue #4? 🤔 If yes, will there another Backerkit like this or will the people who have already backed this be offered an opportunity to buy ahead? 🤔
Thank you! 🙂
Not a joke! Nathaniel Webb, our layout & design person, has vowed that he will get a tattoo with the NESS battle-axe logo. This won't be paid for from campaign funds, and the tattooing will be documented for a backer-exclusive update.
Goal: 666 backers reached! — We did it! This project reached this goal!
