Hi all!

Thought you might want a glimpse at the newly minted cover for [RECORDED]!

Fun fact: each of the cels is, in fact, a B&W illustration for each of the stories (I made them all with public domain artwork and photoshopping skillz) — each spot illo will follow up the story in the ebook version, and be adapted into a full page image in the paperback/hardback. 

It was a ton of fun to make!

Speaking of making things: I am 90% done with formatting the ebook and with completing some copyedits. I have a good start on the paperback format as well, and I'm prepping to order swag (postcards and such) next week.

I'm also SO CLOSE to getting surveys ready to send out—apparently this survey setup is a lot more complicated than I was expecting. Never fear though, it'll be landing in your inboxes hopefully at the beginning of September...

Until next time!

—Merc

Hi everyone!

I've now sent edits and contracts to all the authors, and I'm working on the final layout for stories! I thought you might like a sneak peek at how some of these phenomenal fictions are shaping up. 👀

There will be more to come, of course—and it has been such a fun exercise to format these various found media stories to highlight how awesome they are.

We are on track for our October 13th release date (for Backers, December for everyone else) and I will be sending out backer surveys within the next couple weeks! Addresses will be locked in early October, so don't worry if you need to change anything before then; I'll let you know before addresses lock and shipping is charged.

I hope everyone is enduring the summer as best you can. I for one look forward to the promised cooler days in October! (And giving you this awesome anthology. 🎃)

—Merc

I am thrilled to announce the full table of contents for [RECORDED]!

It will be sent to backers on October 13th, 2026 and will be available in retail markets December 22, 2026. (This means that all stories included in the anthology—and the anthology as a whole!—will be eligible for any awards considerations in 2027.)

If you did not get a chance to join in the BackerKit campaign, but still want to get notified when the anthology is ready for pre-order (and when it goes live), there is a FennWolf Press mailing list for that: https://fennwolfpress.beehiiv.com/  (You can also follow me here on BackerKit to get updates!)

And now, *drumroll* the reveal!

🎉 Congratulations to all the authors! 🎉 I cannot wait to share their stories with you all! 🤩

HI, everyone! Hope you're having a good weekend!

I have now responded to all submissions received for [RECORDED]. We got 400 (!) stories in total, and I have accepted 21. There were SO many awesome stories, I wish I could have bought more, but I think you'll love the final lineup as much as I do.

The table of contents will be announced when all authors have confirmed their acceptances—so stay tuned! 

Thank you again for making this possible! 🎉

A huge, eternal THANK YOU to everyone who helped make [RECORDED] a success!! 🎉🤩🎉

We got halfway to the first stretch goal, which means that I can buy a couple additional stories (so about 12 shorts and 7 flash fictions total)—which is VERY exciting, because the number of incredible stories in the slush pile is going to make final choices REALLY HARD. But also, they are going to be SO GOOD. 👀

So, what's next?

1) BackerKit's payment processor (Stripe) will begin charging your cards now that the campaign has finished and funded. You should get an email from BackerKit stating that your card has been charged for the amount you pledged.

2) I will start prepping the surveys to go out in August (after submissions are closed and final selections are made; this allows for determining the final length of the anthology and thus the final print dimensions). For folks who have added or pledged early and are getting stickers or post cards, those will begin going out with physical book fulfillment!

3) There are still 4 days for writers to submit stories to the [RECORDED] call! (Responses will start going out in July, when the window closes.)

I will post updates periodically, including the final table of contents for the anthology! So stay tuned, and again, THANK YOU for your generous support and enthusiasm!! You are all AWESOME. 😎

—Merc