James D. Mills
CREATOR
27 days ago
Project Update: Sincere Thanks and an Invite to our Community
Howdy folks!
I am beyond proud of what we have achieved this last month. Because of the support of 234 backers, we raised $15,515 (a very nice, very round number) to bring our 2026 Fantasy Magazines to life.
I am beyond proud of what we have achieved this last month. Because of the support of 234 backers, we raised $15,515 (a very nice, very round number) to bring our 2026 Fantasy Magazines to life.
Join our community!
If you've been following our journey or helped us along the way, please accept my humble invitation to join our community.
- We have a Discord with over 260 members. You can join here!
- We have a weekly email letter that delivers free Fantasy short fiction every Friday! Sign up here.
Production Timeline
eBooks for The Literary Fantasy Magazine Spring 2026 and Summer 2026 are available via instant access, as is the eBook for every one of our novels. Further ebooks for Mordschlag, TLFM Autumn and Winter, and The March by M. Frost will be made available as they're finalized in the coming weeks. Battleborn eBooks should be made available soon.
I am aiming to place an order with our printers for Paperbacks in the next month. I will be working over the next month with the goal of getting physical rewards out before the holidays. Keep an eye out for the survey and shipping fee, which should be sent out a few weeks before fulfillment.
I will send out regular updates as developments occur and as books become available.
Special Thanks
First and foremost, thank you to the backers who supported us. The results of this campaign have blown me away and unlocked previously undreamed of opportunities.
There were several folks who were exceptionally supportive during this time and I want to take some time to shout them out.
There were several folks who were exceptionally supportive during this time and I want to take some time to shout them out.
- Thank you to Jonathan Olfert and Graham Wilcox of Old Moon Publishing for collaborating with us on their on-going BackerKit campaign. We worked together to combine our crowds and provide those who backed with an excellent bonus.
- Seers in a Broken Season is in its final days of BackerKit: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/old-moon-publishing/seers-in-a-broken-season-a-stone-and-sorcery-novella?ref=bk-discover-partner-project-12169
- Thank you to Sean C.W. Korsgaard for generously providing eBooks of Battleborn Magazine #1 to all of our backers, for loudly shouting support for Mordschlag, and for taking the time to show me around GenCon.
- Keep an eye out for Battleborn Year Two on Kickstarter!
- Thank you to Oliver Brackenbury of Brackenbury Books for the encouragement, advice, and for sharing the project with the New Edge Sword and Sorcery audience.
- Follow BB's next campiagn for their second round of S&S novellas: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/brackenbooks/new-edge-sword-sorcery-novellas-2026/pre-launch?ref=bk-discover-user-profile
- Thank you to Paul Wolfe for publicly supporting Mordschlag and printing a Mordschlag ad in issue 1 of Swords Against!
- Thank you to Cozzy of the Gung-ho Geeks for conducting an excellent interview and boosting the heck out of Mordschlag.
- Thank you to E Rathke for featuring me on the Wolf Podcast and rushing out the episode to help promote the final 48 hours of the campaign.
- Thank you to Erik Goodwyn for mentioning us in several videos, converting to the dark side of Howardian Fantasy, and for his support and friendship in our joint authorial efforts.
- Thank you to S.E. Lindberg for running our press release on Black Gate and for the consistent enthusiasm, support, and friendship.
- Thank you to Jacob Gillam for his friendship, distributing our fliers and promotional copies, and for contributing a heck of a fun essay to Mordschlag #1.
- Thank you to Erik Waag for mentioning our campaign on his newsletter and for boosting our signal.
- Thank you to Matthew John for inviting me to co-host the Rogues in the House Podcast and coming up with the unofficial power metal theme song for Mordschlag.
- Thank you to Bryn Hammond for contributing an excellent tale of Goatskin to Mordschlag #1 and for boosting our signal.
- Thank you to Cairn X. Petrick for enthusiasm and boosting our signal.
- Thank you to M. Stern for contributing a last minute novelette to Issue #0 of Morschlag and boosting our signal.
- Thank you to Jason M. Waltz for the kind reviews, advice, and boosting our signal.
- Thank you to our staff, particularly Liam Pisano, Menke HB, and C.R. Aramais for supporting the project and their hard work in our largest submission period to date.
- Thank you to my wife, Eden, for working hard on the marketing for this project and for supporting me during the second-most pressing period of this year.
- Thank to Lee Patton for keeping our operations running while I've been occupied with crowdfunding.
- Thank you to our contributors who invited their friends and family to purchase the magazines.
Okay... I think that's everyone. This all goes to show, it takes a village to get a publishing venture off the ground and we couldn't have done it without the support of the S&S community and our fellow publishers who have been so gracious and companionable since my arrival to the space.
Sincerely,
James D. Mills, EiC of The Arcanist
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