Don't mind the blood splatters. Verse flows through my blood. Cut me open, and I bleed poetry all over the damn place.

Incidentally, when my poetic blood coagulated, it formed three new zines / books.

And I need your help to bring these paper babies out into the world. 

I am raising the funds needed to hire a cover artist for Revenants. I already have ones for Colors and for Feast done by yours truly. However, I love to work with other artists as much as I love to create my own work. Plus, my particular style isn't right for creating the cover that Revenants should have.

I also want to raise the necessary funds for plenty of print copies of these books, and to cover the costs of rewards.

Revenants and If I Could Color You are expected to be released in May 2027. It's a personal goal of mine so that people can get Colors into their hands during Pride Month.

A Feast for the Void is expected to be done in July of 2027.

Shipping of physical items will begin in August of 2027 (unless I get done sooner with things). There will be an option to split shipping for those who purchase physical copies of the books releasing in May. I will keep everyone updated with my progress.

I would advise everyone to keep in mind that shipping costs have been real wonky. I'm sure you're aware, but I just want to remind people anyways. Shipping is charged separately from from initial pledge amounts.

The initial funding goal of $1000 covers the front cover art costs and reward costs.

Stretch Goal #1: $1500 for full cover art.

The three campaign books / zines can be purchased in either paperback or digital formats. The digital formats are ePub (DRM free) and PDF.

There are three art prints to choose from right out of the gate. From left to right we have: I Bleed Poetry, Sepia Reflections at Sunset, and Babadookers.
 
A fourth art print will come into being soon. But it can only be done with your help. This special art print comes to fruition via backers like you voting on what elements should be in the print. Polls pop up weekly! Be sure to check back!

Okay, now one to all the stickers.

Voidling stickers! Oh man, look at those silly guys! From left to right, we have Lookin' Like a Snack, Voidlings 1, Super Cool Mystery Sticker, and Garlic Bread Voidling.

The special campaign sticker (the super cool mystery sticker) comes from the special art print that people can vote on. I know you've been hearing this a lot, but please don't forget to vote!

Here's some fun campagn stickers. They're themed to the other all campaign. From left to right we have a rainbow fist, a monarch butterfly, a poet's life for me, and a sticker version of Babadookers.

Oh boy! Pickle stickers! And they're golden! These stickers will have a golden, metallic shine to them. From left to right, he have a golden pickle with a top hat and a face, then we have just a regular ol' pickle, finally we have a pickle with cat features. Why cat features? I really don't know. It kind of creeps me out, but also I realy like cats.

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Machelle (Spooky Pickle) is an author, an artist, aaaaand a weirdo all rolled into one delightful human bean. At least, they try to pass for human. Usually, they're two possums and three ferrets running amuck in a trench coat. And one of them is wearing clown shoes. And it isn’t the guy on the ground.
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In their spare time, Machelle enjoys playing Dungeons and Dragons with their friends, napping with their cats, and heeding the screams of the void. Sometimes, they even dabble in arts & crafts so that their brain makes the good chemicals.

You can find Machelle's work under the pen names of Machelle Berglund and S.P. Green. They're known as SpookyxPickle on most social media apps. They also sometimes blog on their website, spookyxpickle.com