IN SHORT

• WE FUNDED! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
  
  
• We unlocked every stretch goal in our tracking graphic, made it bigger, then hit every stretch goal in the bigger graphic!
  
  
• We unlocked every bonus story, then added bonus poems and unlocked all of those!
  
  
• 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 "Q4 2025", so expect to be charged for shipping in September 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 the Reaver TTRPG game in our first crowdfund livestream? Check out their Kickstarter to learn more and consider backing them: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ravengodgames/reaver-sword-and-sorcery-role-playing-game-0?ref=eqbylj
  
  
• Enjoyed the Conan: The Hyborian Age game in our final crowdfund livestream? Check out the Quick-Start rules here, which contain the pre-made characters and scenario you saw us play through: https://monolithedition.com/en/portfolio/conan-the-hyborian-age-the-roleplaying-game/
  
  
• All backers are cordially invited to join our New Edge Sword & Sorcery Discord server through this link: https://discord.gg/HAjPqvxmDD
  
  
• 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, and Instagram. Keep an eye on them, or join our newsletter, in particular to find out when we'll open to submissions for a Sword & Planet poem for issue #7.

IN DETAIL

Wow! I am very much still absorbing the impact of the crowdfund, in more ways than one. Now I've got a story and a poem to write...

Fulfillment Schedule
Having learned the hard way last year that it's better to predict a later fulfillment date and maybe surprise folk by getting stuff out early than to do it the other way around, we're playing it safe by saying that issues will be shipped out in "Q4" aka "October, November, or December".

When we're closer to shipping we will do our best to provide a more specific shipping date.

Author Progress
The idea to do a third, S&P issue came later in the process than we usually have our authors begin writing, however we also got two finished stories through our open submissions back in August. Overall we feel good about where our progress is right now and everybody's working hard to make that wall of green!

Artist Progress
Art starts much later, during the middle of the crowdfund, so there's less green to be seen here and yet...there's green beyond the three completed lines for our cover art. We have received early sketches from several artists, while Oliver is working hard this week to finish pairing artists with stories & articles so the rest of them can begin work.

Please do join 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 how Meatball Subs Are The Only Real Sandwich, and the 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:

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.

We have other exciting book projects planned for the rest of 2025 and with the success of this crowdfund you've put us in the position to make them as great as we possibly can. Thank you.

Keep your swords sharp, and your sorcery numinous!

Sincerely,

IN SHORT

• Digital Issue fulfillment was beset by technical issues these past two days, however those problems have now been fully resolved. 
  
  If you weren't seeing some files earlier, please look again now. If you had issues with RAR compression, please look at your downloads again to find nice, proper ZIP files. The ZIP files also resolved issue 7's PDF looking all weird.
  
  
• Physical Issues began shipping this Monday past and some people have already received their orders.
  
  
• International orders are well protected with a layer of bubble wrap under a firm, fitted cardboard mailer.
  
  
• Dec 12th is our last day of shipping. Anything not sent by then will go out when we resume shipping at the start of January, 2026.
  
  
• 82% of backers have filled out their surveys, which is great! If you are part of that 18% that haven't, please do so as we cannot send you your books until that happens.

IN DETAIL

• Issue 7's PDF looked weird to you? Go back and download the ZIP folder for issue seven and it should be fine now.
  
  
• Had trouble with RAR folders? We've replaced them with ZIP folders which shouldn't give anybody on any operating system trouble.
  
  
• Files were missing earlier? They should be there now.

...if you are among the 171 backers that still need to fill out their survey, then please take a minute to do that as it's vital for us to send you your books.

But yes, that very happy time of year where new issues have started to arrive with people has begun!

Being this close to Christmas also makes it difficult to judge precisely when issues will be received, though it's fair to assume U.S. backers will receive their copies the swiftest.

Our hardcovers for issues six & seven were delayed due to an error at the printers which swapped their bookmark ribbons, so we won't have those until approx. Dec 8th. We'll ship as many as we can as soon as we have them, but hardcover backers may need to be more patient than others.

We will provide a campaign update the moment we have shipped 100% of our orders.

We very much look forward to the issues arriving in your hands, to seeing more pictures of the issues out in the wild, and hearing your thoughts on something we began work on 18 months ago!

Thanks once more for helping make this crazy thing possible.

Keep your swords sharp and your sorcery numinous,