There's a new video showing off our physical formats.
You unlocked 10c/word for our authors!
Our final livestream is this Friday at 7pm est, featuring a TTRPG session and perhaps more...
The crowdfund ends at 12pm EST, Saturday. There will be the absolute madness that is Overtime, but noon is the official end of things so you'll want to make sure to pledge before then.
We currently have 837 backers, can you help us get to 1000? What the heck will even happen if we do???
See below to learn more.
IN DETAIL
A MAGAZINE IN...HARDCOVER?
Seeing a conversation online between readers who couldn't decide if they wanted softcovers or hardcovers, we decided to help out by making this short video that shows off both formats!
NEW AUTHOR RAISE UNLOCKED!
You've just unlocked...
10c/word for our authors
Flash Fiction for the Timeworn Terra issue, written by James Enge, and...
A short story critique by Matthew John for the lucky backer who got us over the line!
Next up is the Artist Raise that will get...
Artists paid 150% of their starting rate
Matej Kollár's issue 10 cover art for all backers as digital backgrounds, and...
The backer who gets us across the line will be mailed this vintage November, 1973 issue of Fantastic magazine which features a shadowy tale of Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser.
LIVESTREAM - THIS FRIDAY AT 7PM EST
Julian Bernick will be running DUNGEON CRAWL CLASSIC: THE DYING EARTH for myself, some NESS pals, and some Swords Against! pals (Who are also NESS pals really but here we are, pals all around).
An RPG based on the fiction of Jack Vance, run by a triple threat DCC: The Dying Earth game designer, Timeworn Terra NESS author, and Swords Against! editorial staff member really feels appropriate for our final livestream!
You'll be able to watch this game, and perhaps more if we can arrange it, right at the top of the crowdfund page where the trailer normally sits.
FINALLY, DON'T FORGET...
...shipping isn't paid for until a month before fulfillment, approx. October this year, and in response to backer demand we have activated the Pay Over Time feature that splits pledges over $150 into four consecutive payments with no interest or other nonsense. Meanwhile Canadians get $5 USD off shipping, and everybody else outside the United States gets $10 off.
We believe strongly in doing our best for you, and certainly you're doing your best for us. It feels incredible to think of how much we'll be able to pay our contributors this year, and how well prepared we'll be to create the best magazine issues & books possible over the rest of 2026, all because you believe so strongly in what we're doing.
We have 837 backers and the snail knight is halfway down our giant chartof additional stretch goals.
Dare we dream of getting the snail knight all the way down? Dare we dream of going so far beyond 837 backers that we reach...
These final days are going to be a hell of a ride.
