Hello dear backers!

It's been a busy few months. We'll begin with the (slightly) bad news: we were planning on a January or February shipdate for our rewards. That was, it seems, a bit too ambitious. Some of our authors hit a few snags of their own, and long story short, their stories are delayed. On the way still, don't worry. But a bit slower than we originally planned.

Now the good news: we've every single piece of art ready, and every story ready except one. This means we have layout for our Arthurian special issue complete, and layout for our normal issue almost complete. The moment we get this last story, everything should progress very swiftly. We'll print all the issues, back issues, and assorted goodies, and send them to our fulfillment professional. Then, the Shippening shall commence.

We'll be printing proof copies of Issues 9 and 10 ASAP as well; once we have those ready, we'll be able to create the shipping tables, and open up the Pledge Manager. Which means you all will be able to get your digital rewards too!

Until all that happens (which should be relatively soon), we ask that you hang on for just a bit.

However, where there is good news, there is (occasionally) better news also! We've a full ToC reveal for you all today. Without further ado, here they are.

Issue 9 (the regular dark fantasy/sword and sorcery issue)

"The Mayfly Knight," by Sara Omer
"The Pipe a Roaring Tiger," by J.S. Brewer
"The Raven and the River Red," by K.H. Vaughan
"The Horse that Pulls the Knacker's Cart" by Amelia Gorman
"Obedient Flesh," by R.L. Summerling
"How Does One Sow Peace?" by Zachary Olson
"Ogre," by Mari Ness
"Down and Out in the City of Graveyards," by John R. Fultz
"By the Fountainside," by Robert Rhodes
"The Barn," by John Langan

Issue 10 (the Arthurian special issue)

"Undying," by James Enge
"A Toast to the Knights of the Trowly Wood," by R.K. Duncan
"What the Water Gave," by E. Catherine Tobler
"And He Swiped Off His Wife's Head," by Bryn Hammond
"To Human Sucklings," by Matthew Holder
"The Worms of Capua," by Francesco Meriano
"Killer of Women," by Russell Hugh McConnell
"The Vision of Galahad," by Jesse Graves
"The Knight in the Mirror," by Daniel A. Rabuzzi
"Lamentations of the Moon Priestess," by Silas Bischoff
"Thought and Memory," by Marie Brennan
"My Father's Body," by e rathke
"Feathered Things that Lead Astray," by Mir Rainbird
"Romans of an towart phantcy, sanz incipit et explicit," by Liam Q.D. Hall

And as a sneak peak at what the issues might look like, gaze below!

Once again, thank you all so very much for your support and (we hope!) for your patience. These are, we feel, the best issues of Old Moon yet. We cannot wait for you all to see them.

Sincerely,

The Editors at Old Moon