Wow, we're funded and - EVERY SINGLE MONSTER SPONSOR SPOT HAS BEEN TAKEN! Folks, I can't describe the warm feeling you all have given me tonight. I was hoping that this final volume would be met with enthusiasm, and I was not disappointed.
I'm now in suspense, hoping we can get some of these legendary writers off the bench to put a monster in the pile for this one. You can see the list on the story page, but there are almost a dozen of these authors and I want to see them all participate. If you woudl like to see that too, please consider throwing a link out to this project on your preferred social media site.
I could go on-and-on about the merits of EACH of these fellas, but this time through, I think I will just point out one of them, whose "voice" has been a big guide as I designed these tomes of monsters. James Holloway (not that one), is the host of the Monster Man podcast. His show has gone through and dissected almost all of the original TSR monster books, and as a professional anthropologist, he gives such as great spin on the origins of some of those monsters and what makes them interesting or troublesome to use. James has agreed to be on call for doing a monster for the collection, if we hit the stretch goals. So, if we can get it to $5,500 all backers get to vote on the guest writers they would like to see, and from that point, we start adding them in order of popularity every time the project gains another $500 in funding.
One last bit of housekeeping. You may notice a confusing reference to a "Bonus Trash Compactor" monster. This was a mistake that I unfortunately can't go back and fix. I hired an artist to do some bonus monsters for me to give away on this campaign and also at special conventions. There was a miscommunication between her and I, and I thought she was working on a monster called the Trash Compactor, when she was actually working on one called the Creeper Crop. So, the REAL bonus monster for this campaign will be the Creeper Crop. Any mention of "Trash Compactor" should be replaced with that. Sorry and thanks!
