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,

We're sorry folks. In a fit of excitement on Wednesday our editor thought he'd solved the riddle of how to send you all digital back issues of NESS without it causing problems with fulfillment later on.

Long story short, it turns out he misread something and was wrong.

If we tried this it would make things more complicated for everybody.

So we're going to stay the course and wait until we're fulfilling the new issues to send out the digital back issues.

But hey, there's some consolation in knowing those issues were purchased at a crowdfund-exclusive discount and well, now you know for sure that if we ever do figure out a solution we'll be swift to implement it!

Only a few weeks since the crowdfund ended, we're feeling good about the progress made by our authors...

...and artists.

No other big news to report yet. We'll be pretty quiet for a while as we keep building our walls of green, but will come back with an update no later than July.

...then hurrah, we just figured out how to distribute those without complicating fulfillment of the new issues later....and so we've sent them all out!

Please check your email and if by tomorrow you still don't see what you've purchased, let us know in the comments.

Meanwhile, if you know anybody who'd like to get the new issues but missed the crowdfund...

Heya! 

If it hasn't, you can comment beneath this update and we'll respond, or perhaps first you can check out this help page for ways you may be able to resolve the issue yourself: https://help.backerkit.com/category/616-payment

Meanwhile the wheels keep turning on NESS 2025 but, as you can imagine, there isn't a lot more we can show you so soon after the crowdfund has ended.

Cheers,