Thank you all so much for the patience I am TRULY a one-man team and shipped everyone's orders out by hand!! No warehouse, no fulfilment, just lots of fun! :D It means a lot to me you guys keep choosing to support me a small queer disabled artist sewn together from the strings of eldritch sludge!
AND I'd like to invite you all to join my third annual installment of pride pins for
That's right I'm at it again! This time with new designs for your jumping animal companions collection, new frames, and even a new flag or two!!
Some old designs will be retired or limited number avalible (Basically just remaining stock leftovers) Rotten Rainbow the bat will also be a 2025 exclusive, with the NEW Pride bat for 2026 getting a bit of a colour makeover!! So when the 2025 bats are soldout, that rainbow pattern is gone forever!! Making a new rainbow for each year will be a pleasant reminder of growth, movement forward, and unity as a community! :) After each storm, there is always another rainbow. We aren't going anywhere, and we're beautiful and have always been here!!
Also~ Please make sure to pay any remaining balances and fill surveys, I will cancel remaining unfinished orders in around 6 months time so hopefully that gives the stragglers the time they need to fill it out or pay for it!! :) If somthing is out of stock due to delayed filled out survey a different item may have to be subbed, refunded, or reordered.
The countdown is officially on, we launch tomorrow! Pride Power Up Anniversary goes live April 7th!
This collection is a celebration of queer joy and identity, brought to life through by arcade-style stars and flowers. Whether you are representing your flag, your community, or simply your love of Pride or gaming nostalgia, there is a power up pin for you!
The bats have finally arrived, and with them, I will finally be able to start shipping the last few final orders!!
Make sure to check your inbox for an email, if you bought a gumii-gore bear!!
These bats are absoutely stunning! They are so much more vibrant in person than the photos. A beautiful pastel rainbow.
Sorry it took so long to make these, there was no good fabric options so this one had to be made custom just for the bats! This was done due to your feedback and votes!! :)
Thank you all for your patience, AND don't forget to check out
The third annual pride pins event I'm hosting! :) New jumping animals and frames can be added to your biohazard collection!! (Some old designs are now retired)
(sorry if you get this multiple times. Trying to get the word out!) Just a quick note to say Space Wizard is on r/Fantasy today (November 18) for an AMA! If you’ve ever had any questions about how we operate, what we publish, want to meet our authors, or anything else, come check out the thread here. Come ask questions, since we’ll be around all day. Oh, and please give the post an upvote when you get there so more people come join us!
Just a very quick email: Space Wizard Year 4 Part 2 just launched yesterday and we're already over $2500! If you like what we're doing at Space Wizard, it's a great time to support more queer indie authors!
We've got seven more great books for you, and if you've supported our campaigns in the past, five of these books are sequels, so you can continue the journey!
The Dragonscale Comb, sequel to The Rosewood Penny- The much awaited continuation of the romantasy by J.S. Fields!
Corruption - A bisexual young man must discover the secret of magic disappearing, in a land with fiery seas, from Alexander Verbeek-van den Toren!
Tea Tale - Kristina Kelly's next story in the popular cozy fantasy romance with D&D elements! Sequel to Tavern Tale!
The Healer's Magic - The conclusion of C.J. Hosack's epic YA adventure the Beads of Bone, about an adopted young woman who searches for her parents in a world where magic is dictated by bloodline!
Fractal Terminus - Even more lesbian horror/comedy in space? It's getting even weirder in AZ Rozkillis' next scifi tale, sequel to Space Station X!
Talio Rossa and the Elixir of Life - More epic fantasy in a city of canals and holy magic, with a M/M relationship, the sequel to last year's Talio's Codex, from J. Alexander Cohen.
Mothball Magic - It's the Golden Girls meets the Dresden Files! Four geriatric people must stop the Queen of Winter from taking over the world, in Rena Rocford's debut adult novel!
Go check it out! We have interviews with the authors, and this is also part of The Book Bazaar, a collective of 20+ indie authors, all with amazing books for you. Browse through, get some new reading material for the winter, and support indie authors!
Great news- over the weekend I was able to finish packing the last few outstanding orders and sent them on their way! This means the campaign is officially over!
Thank you everyone for your support on this project, and for your patience while I pack the largest campaign I've ever had! Its been a long ride, but we finally made it to the end :)
What's next? First, all the campaign leftovers (minus magnets and pronoun pins, which will be added shortly) are now officially on my Etsy! If you missed anything from the campaign, or want to grab a couple things for friends and family this holiday season, you can find (most) of them on my shop here! I'm also including a special discount code in the Backer's Only section of the update, which will apply a 25% discount to everything in my shop from now thru the end of the year- as a special thank you for supporting this project.
If you're in the Pacific Northwest, you can also find my art in a consignment/ oddities shop in downtown Olympia called Odds and Ends! If you're in the area, come check it out~
If you have any questions about your order, please feel free to reach out by messaging me on Instagram @apothecaryoctopus or via email [email protected]
I just got in my copies of Intent Magic! I really love the cover on this one, and of course it's always nice to get copies of a book I wrote myself. I'm excited to know what you think of this one. It's got even more magic, martial arts, and eldritch octopuses than last time!
This is the last book for Space Wizard Year 4 Part 1, which means I'll be packing up the final packages to ship this week and closing out the campaign. I hope to have everything shipped out before the start ofSpace Wizard Year 4 Part 2, which is coming November 12th. Make sure to sign up for that one to see author interviews, and back the next 7 books from Space Wizard!
Two piles of Intent Magic, by William C. Tracy
I think this campaign method turned out well! I love to finishing up a campaign in a shorter time, and getting all the promised rewards out quicker. I made up a poll to see what you think about this new format! Let me know below.
Some last housekeeping: There are 5 unanswered surveys (for people I haven't already talked to). There are 5 credit cards that need updated information to ship charms. There are 2 failed credit card payments.
Please fix these in the next week! If you don't fill out/fix your survey by the time the campaign closes, I'll assume you're fine with donating any rewards back to Space Wizard for future campaigns!
This week has been one fast and furious fulfillment party, and I'm thrilled to say we're down to less than 10 outstanding orders! There's about 7 orders I still have left to pack, and nearly 30 getting dropped off at the post office this afternoon. All that's left are the last international packages, which are always a little more complex to ship with customs paperwork and changing international shipping policies. (Apologies to my French and Australian backers :| ) If you have any questions about your order, please don't hesitate to reach out! You can message me on Instagram or email me at [email protected] anytime, and I'll do my best to help!
Today was the original end date I had set for the campaign, and I'm so proud to have (nearly) finished shipping by the original date I set, considering we had a month long delay while the most popular pin design was remade! I still have lots of misprint dragon pins (200 of them!), which will be available in my Etsy next month at an already discounted rate, so if you want to adopt one of these, keep an eye out for my next (and last) update when they're made available.
This campaign was a lot of fun and I'm thrilled we were able to make so many pride flags, most of which were inspired by your suggestions! I loved taking direct input from folks for what you want to see, and I hope you all enjoyed being such a big part of the process too~
The last packages from this project should go out on Monday, then all the remaining items from the campaign will be available for purchase in my Etsy shop! I'll also be putting in a backer-only section of my next (and last) update with a special discount code for you all, so you can grab any campaign items you missed or any of my other pride items from my shop at a 20% discount!
In the meantime, there's just 48 hours left in my current campaign, Cryptic Grove. Come check it out if you can! This collection features several Magical School Majors, where you can choose which magic type(s) to 'specialize in' and get a whole 3 pin set based on it! Each major comes with two 2" pins, a mini 1.25" pin, and a matching sticker. And like this campaign, I launched this project with a bunch of other artists, so if you're in the mood for some spooky new pins, check us out!
That's all for now! Thank you all so much for your continued support and for your patience <3
Right after I sent out the last update, the dragon pin remakes arrived! The tracking number had said they would be here on Wednesday (10/29) for a couple days, so I told you that it would still be a week before I could start sending them out, but then on Friday it suddenly updated to say it was out for delivery?? I didn't want to double update- so I figured I would wait until today to give you the good news. I stayed up late Friday quality checking, counting, and sorting them to get them ready for their new homes!
Not only do these remakes look great, but I've also been in hardcore shipping/ packing mode all weekend and got over 50 orders packed! This means there's about 35(ish) orders left to pack, most of them being large orders and international, and I really think I can have everything done this weekend :)
One last thing- there are still a couple stragglers with unanswered surveys and failed cards. If you haven't filled out your survey, you have until the end of the week to fill it out. Here's a link to recover your survey if you missed the reminder email I sent out on Saturday.
Similarly, if your payment hasn't gone through, you have until the end of the week to fix it. You should have received an email from BackerKit saying that your payment has failed. If you aren't sure if that's you, please comment and I can check for you! If you changed cards recently or had one expire, please check that it has been updated in BackerKit!
I'll post another update when everything has been shipped and we can officially call this campaign over. Once all orders are packed and on their way to their new homes, I'll update my Etsy with the campaign leftovers and send out a special discount code to everyone in case there were any designs you missed or if you want to grab any as a holiday present for your friends and loved ones :)
Thank you again for your patience with these remakes!
For the past three years, Space Wizard has had one big campaign in June, and shipped out books all the way until June of the next year. This year we're dividing into two parts, one in June and one in November. This helps me get your rewards to you sooner, and share completed cover art earlier. What do you think? I made some different options so pick which you like best.
