Space Wizard Science Fantasy is a queer science fiction and fantasy indie publishing company which opened its doors in 2021 to publishing outside authors.

For the past 5 years, we've run successful campaign running between $10,000 and $20,000 per year, funding 12 or more books releasing that year!

In 2024, we ran Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before in Booktopia, raising almost $11,000 for an anthology of 21 stories, including 4 by Hugo award nominated and winning authors.

Here are the stories in the first anthology!
“Infinity’s Kiss” by Ashleigh Martin

“Data Recovery” by MK Hardy

“Like a Night of Fallen Stars” by Nathan Chu

“Vendo Does Not Give Change” by Travis Baldree

“The Square Root of Forever” by Stewart C Baker

“Messenger Bones” by Kayla Whittle

“As Above, So Below” by Joel Glover

“Luminescence” by Caye Marsh

“The Mycologist’s Guide to Identifying and Antagonizing Extraterrestrial Fungi” by Kira Neu

“Decompression” by Emma Newman

“Breakfast of Champions” by J.S. Fields

“Building a Home” by Jes Honard

“As The World Falls Down” by S.M. Passmore
"Deep Space California" by Heather Tracy (Bonus Story!)

“Hot Teeth” by Sylvie Althoff

“While it Lasted” by Mary Robinette Kowal

“Astral Lace” by Jasmine Gower

“Anathema” by Siena Buchanan

“Shapes” by Seanan McGuire

“Ten Generations” by Beáta Fülöp

“The Flower of Valhalla” by Danielle Woolhead

“The Ritter Maneuver” by Heather Tracy

Then we did it again in 2025 with Lesbians in Space: The Sapphics Strike Back in Printopia, bringing in almost $12,000 for a second anthology with another of 20 stories!

And here are the stories in the second anthology!
“Try Again Mommy Bex” by TJ Berry

“Somewhere Around Venus” by Aimee Cozza

“Kori and the Wisp” by Kia Leep

“Miner 3716” by William C. Tracy

“Princess & The Reaper” by N.A. Soleil

“Lord of the Stars Holiday Special” by Heather Tracy

“And Time” by Rem Wigmore

“The Sherwood Striker Hits Its Mark” by Sarah Zane

“This Is My Body” by Karin J. Robinson

“Adamant Bonds” by Theresa Tyree

“Waystation” by Karen Lawler

“Leader of the Pack” by Fiona Moore

“All Can Play” by Robin C.M. Duncan

“Space Junk” by C.J. Hosack

“In Every Cell a Memory” by Jonathan Fuller

“The Unsolved City” by Gina Fabio

“The Last Voyage of the Headfucker” by Tim Pratt

“The Final Verse” by Rien Gray

“What the Stone Gives” by Kristina W. Kelly

“Where the Void Ends” by Melissa Hopper

We brought the first anthology to audiobook, in March, raising $6500 to have Mary Robinette Kowal narrate, and now we're bringing the second anthology to life as well. You can get both audiobooks in this campaign!

No true audiobook can be made without a narrator (and we don't support stealing narrator voices with AI around here), so we at Space Wizard once again asked the incredible Mary Robinette Kowal to narrate!

Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of The Spare Man,The Glamourist Histories series, Ghost Talkers, and the Lady Astronaut Universe. She is part of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer, four Hugo awards, the Nebula and Locus awards. Her stories appear in Asimov’s, Uncanny, and several Year’s Best anthologies. Mary Robinette, a professional puppeteer, also performs as a voice actor (SAG/AFTRA), recording fiction for authors including Seanan McGuire, Cory Doctorow, and John Scalzi. She lives in Tennessee with her husband Rob and over a dozen manual typewriters. Visit maryrobinettekowal.com

As a bonus, Mary Robinette contributed a short story in the first anthology, Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before. Now, she'll take on 20 more amazing stories (and maybe even a bonus story again) in Lesbians in Space: The Sapphics Strike Back!

Past the base funding goal, we have some exciting extras for you, with the ultimate goal of recording another Audiobook!

At $5,500, William C. Tracy will write a new short story and everyone gets a digital copy, distributed through Bookfunnel!

At $7,500, Backers pick our next Space Wizard Tea with Books! It will become available as an addon.
At $9,500, J.S. Fields will write a new short story and everyone gets a digital copy, distributed through Bookfunnel!
At $11,000, We will have a NEW audiobook recording and all backers get a copy!

Do you love books? We do too. That's why Space Wizard strives to make exciting adventures across time and space. We have over 70 books currently released. If you're looking for more queer science fiction and fantasy, feel free to browse the Space Wizard website and read about any of them! If there's juuuust one more book you want, you can add it on when you pledge, in eBook or paperback format.

Not only that, but we have some awesome pins, keychains, and stickers, including both Lesbians in Space versions! (Our stickers have a rainbow holographic coating...)

This is a great way to add on the audiobook of Lesbians in Space Volume 1 to your pledge!

So what is currently available from Space Wizard? All the books you see below, and you can get any of these in this campaign too!
We have a lot of books! Don't know what to pick? Browse the Space Wizard booklist to help make your choice. Try this way to whittle things down:

Happy reading!

Simply choose your addon(s) when you pledge, in the pledge manager. If you picked a digital pledge level, you'll be asked for your address when choosing a physical addon.

Most of this campaign is for digital rewards, however if you also get a physical reward, here are some costs:

My shipping fees are from my experience in the last several campaigns. Note the above numbers are estimates. Shipping will be added when you fill out your survey form, and is based on your location. Generally, US shipping for one book will be about $7, three books will be about $9, and five books is around $11. See below for International shipping.

The cost starts around $30 for one book, shipping to Canada, and $50 international. The price will go up for extra books by weight. For example, another 2 books will add around $5-10 in shipping. This is the cheapest I've been able to find it for, especially if you are getting multiple books. I'd recommend getting the eBooks, and then you can get as many as you want!

PAY OVER TIME:
For this campaign, Backerkit's Pay Over Time feature is available. If your pledge is over $150, after you select a pledge and go to Checkout, you'll be given the option to pay 4 equal interest-free monthly installments of your pledge total over the course of 4 months.

If you select Pay Over Time, you acknowledge that:

You understand that your rewards will not qualify for shipment until you have paid in full.
You understand that any partial payments made are not eligible for a refund.
You understand that you will not be able to access the pledge manager survey until after you have paid in full. 

There are always risks and challenges with determining a budget for a campaign such as this, but I am a Professional Engineer by training, have spent the last 20 years in cost and benefit analysis, and now do data analysis for a living (along with publishing). I have accurately assessed costs for large projects in my work environment so I have a good understanding of how and where money is spent, and I have applied that knowledge to previous campaigns. See below for how the money from the campaign is used:

Even if you don't pledge, thanks for taking the time to read this through! We strive to deliver quality queer stories to you with a professional feel. We hope Space Wizard will continue to expand, giving making plenty of stories where everyone can see themselves.

Cross-Collab Freebies — I've paired up with Undeniable The Audiobook:

Mary Robinette Kowal, award-winning author and narrator, returns to bring UNDENIABLE to life as an audiobook. Undeniable, by Jes Honard and Marie Parks, is the sequel to the award-winning supernatural thriller, Unrelenting (The Grigori Cycle).

Backers who support BOTH projects at any level, electronic or physical, will get a special bonus audio track narrated by Mary Robinette! Check them out here!

We're also offering something special for our fellow writers. Space Wizard has full developmental and copy editing services. So if you've got that book almost ready to go, and you want a professional to give you feedback on plot, setting, and character, or you just need a final proofing and consistency check, you can pledge for either of those services in this campaign!

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A treasury of Oz short stories with comedy, fun twists, and Dorothy/Ozma romance.