We had a great weekend over here at Swords Against! Because of YOU. We’re funded at the base level, and we have blown by the first stretch goal – a comic by Jason Sholtis and Trey Causey.
Now the stretch goals start to affect our creators, so I want to put special emphasis on a few points.
The short fiction market has always been a tough way to make a living. It’s never been harder for the sword & sorcery author and artist: comparatively lower paying, and perpetually barren markets. And maybe that’s just a sign of the times – people don’t read short fiction. They read/react on social media. But, I know things are changing. New Edge Sword & Sorcery, Old Moon Quarterly, these are signs of that.
What excites me the most about doing a sword & sorcery magazine is that I get to feature creators’ work. My overall goal is to have a quarterly magazine. Your support makes that happen.
So dig into your contacts and forward to anyone that might like to have a regular stream of sword & sorcery short-form fiction. And let’s build a market that these creators can rely on long-term.
Our next stretch goal is to add an additional story to the magazine along with title art for all the stories. That’s another author and a handful of artists that get an opportunity.
Thanks to everyone for a great opening weekend on the Swords Against! campaign. And let’s send this thing to the stars.
