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The Whumpy Printing Press, LLC
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Project Update: We're Funded! Now Time For Stretch Goals!
Hello awesome readers!
We've reached our funding goal, which means now it's time for stretch goals! Our first stretch goal is $1,000, at which point all backers will receive free downloadable wallpapers illustrated by our cover designer, Nicole Alessi.
Speaking of cover art, here is the cover if you missed it! This is a hard book to market, since "the effects of whump" isn't as easy to illustrate as something like vampires. We went with a more metaphorical concept for the cover art, with the hourglass basically representing the passage of time and the cracked glass representing whump. Or you could look at it like the hourglass represents the whump and the cracked glass represents breaking free.
We also now have the final table of contents! There are 37 total stories in this anthology, which is the most stories we've ever had. I think they're all fantastic!
We've reached our funding goal, which means now it's time for stretch goals! Our first stretch goal is $1,000, at which point all backers will receive free downloadable wallpapers illustrated by our cover designer, Nicole Alessi.
Speaking of cover art, here is the cover if you missed it! This is a hard book to market, since "the effects of whump" isn't as easy to illustrate as something like vampires. We went with a more metaphorical concept for the cover art, with the hourglass basically representing the passage of time and the cracked glass representing whump. Or you could look at it like the hourglass represents the whump and the cracked glass represents breaking free.
We also now have the final table of contents! There are 37 total stories in this anthology, which is the most stories we've ever had. I think they're all fantastic!
- Shining by Shannon Lippert
- Autonomy by Mill Cohen (@whumpsday)
- Reintegration by gaast
- Gifts Given by Kras Nebula (@scrawlingmouse)
- The Stranger In My Skin by Scarlett Skyes (@alchemistsarego)
- Hunger by Moss (@mossteriouslydrawn)
- String of Pearls by Christopher Collins
- Bite Your Tongue by Vanessa Roades (@vanroades-iswriting)
- It's the Little Things by Yvetta Lou
- Postpartum Impressions of the Alien Kind by E.J. LeRoy
- Therapy Animal Application by E.J. LeRoy
- Sco Away: A Forensic Care Story by E.J. LeRoy
- Too Late for rescue, early enough for a goodbye by Booker G.A. Feniks (@up-in-flames-writing)
- The House We Made by Scarlett Skyes
- The Way The Light Glints by Leanne Albillar
- Sunday Shopping by James M Best
- Illusions by Elli
- Reaching For You by Scarlett Skyes
- Away by C.L. Urbana (@pigeonwhumps)
- Complications by Asidian Morris (@asidian)
- Looking by Archer L
- Pros and Cons of Being Human by LadyWallace (@lady-wallace)
- The Shadow of the Poisoner by Sam Belleneuve
- Happy Birthday by Moss
- Returning the Favor by Kay Hanifen
- My new Master by Aiden E. Messer (@aidenemesser)
- Fractured by Mel Dunham
- Was and Wasn’t by T.C. Mill (@mumblingsage)
- Ransomed by T.C. Mill
- What the Snow Hides by Wade Hunter
- Treasure by Nox Spacey (@not-a-space-alien)
- Seven Days by Coy Chambers (@inscrutable-shadow)
- Birdbath by Kailey Alessi (@whumpy-writings)
- I Love You More by Zi Trone (@whumpshaped)
- Until The Warmth Sinks In by Scarlett Skyes
- Songbird by Zipper Fry (@ziptiesnfries)
- Bolder, More Tender by Vanessa Roades
We are in the midst of proofreading the anthology right now, and are on track with having proofreading done by the end of the month.
Thank you so much for supporting this project!
Keep rocking,
Kailey