Heya!
For NESS 2025 we still have 16 failed credit card charges, so you may wish to check if your pledge has gone through.
If it hasn't, you can comment beneath this upda...
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Oliver
14 days ago
167% Funded!!! (What Comes Next?)
IN SHORT
• WE FUNDED! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
• We unlocked every stretch goal in our tracking graphic, made it bigger, then hit every stretch goal in the bigger graphic!
• We u...
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Oliver
16 days ago
Last Chance! And....OVERTIME???
WANT TO PLEDGE, TELL YOUR FRIENDS, OR BOTH?
NOW IS YOUR LAST CHANCE!
Also, did you know about crowdfund overtime?
We're making great progress on the next author raise. ...
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Oliver
17 days ago
24 Hours Left!
We've unlocked....
• Double Art
• $5 USD off shipping for Canadians
• $10 USD off shipping for everyone else outside the USA
• A bonus story for every issue
• A bonus poem f...
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Oliver
28 days ago
New "Get Your Face in the Magazine!" Pledge Unlocked...
Still the only SFF magazine offering "Art Tuckerization", New Edge Sword & Sorcery allows a very limited number of crowdfund backers to get their faces drawn into a scene fro...
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Oliver
30 days ago
INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING DISCOUNT UNLOCKED - ONWARD TO CONTRIBUTOR RAISES!
Now everybody gets...
$5 USD off Canadian shipping
$10 USD off shipping everywhere else in the world outside the U.S.
Onward to the first author raise!
We unlocked every stretch goal in our tracking graphic, made it bigger, then hit every stretch goal in the bigger graphic!
We unlocked every bonus story, then added bonus poems and unlocked all of those!
Right now backers are being charged for their pledges.
Backers will be charged for shipping approx. four weeks before fulfillment. This is also likely when surveys will be sent out to collect necessary information such as mailing addresses, though the surveys may come sooner.
Our current goal for fulfillment is "Q4 2024", so expect to be charged for shipping in September at the earliest. Backers in Canada will have a $5 USD shipping discount, all other backers living outside the United States will have a $10 USD shipping discount.
All backers are cordially invited to join our New Edge Sword & Sorcery Discord server through this link: https://discord.gg/HAjPqvxmDD
Though we'll be much quieter for a little while, if you'd like more regular updates and other fun info, we can be followed on Bluesky, Facebook, andInstagram. Keep an eye on them, or join our newsletter, in particular to find out when we'll open to submissions for a Sword & Planet poem for issue #7.
IN DETAIL
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!
Author names cropped out to not look like we're naming & shaming.
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.
Arist names cropped out to not look like we're naming & shaming.
An early concept sketch of Jirel of Joiry by Simon Underwood.
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!
For NESS 2025 we still have 16 failed credit card charges, so you may wish to check if your pledge has gone through.
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.
