Headless and Other Improbable Excitations of The Muse

A project in Port Washington, NY by Michael Jan Friedman
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An offbeat collection of my heretofore unpublished short fiction.
Backers: 86
Average Pledge Per Backer: $41

Funded: $3,504 of $3,500
Dates: Oct 16th -> Nov 15th (31 days)
Project By: Michael Jan Friedman
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Holy s***! We made it!

November 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Barring any unforeseen changes of heart (it happens, if rarely), we've pushed past the finish line! I'm exhausted. Here on Long Island, we're in the midst of what's turned into a pretty hairy ice storm. I just helped to push a few cars up a hill--not... (Read More)

With 21 hours to go

November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
My friends, Thanks to a bit of a surge in the last hour or so, there's a light at the end of this month-long tunnel.  I've been a baseball fan too long to think we can't lose it in the bottom of the ninth, but at least we've got a shot. That's all... (Read More)

Schrödinger's Kickstarter

November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
My friends, In some alternate universe, we're already funded and I can sit back and enjoy the stretch run. Unfortunately, in THIS universe we're still $600 short with 35 hours to go, and I'm feverishly scouring obscure corners of the internet for... (Read More)

Because we need a little Gandalf...

November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MCQPoeGorI  (Read More)

Excelsior...

November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
...was one of Stan Lee's favorite words. It was the one he offered to "true believers" in his admittedly melodramatic but also eminently powerful vision of a world in which ordinary men and women struggled daily with the burden of godlike abilities.... (Read More)

And because we're still waiting...

November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
...a hardly inconsequential $1200 short of our goal with only three days to go, I'm going to post the start of another story from this collection. It's called "Anteater, Doughnut, Casino." Whilst you sample it, I'm going to take the opportunity to... (Read More)

While we're waiting...

November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
...for some more backers to come forward and save our collective bacon, I thought I'd show you the first part of one of the stories I'm writing for this collection. It's called "Connections." Hope you enjoy it... She had always been able to see the... (Read More)

Ten days left

November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
My peeps, Having been through several of these Kickstarter campaigns before, I can say two things with a certainty: 1) My campaigns have always been rescued at the end by the cavalry...sometimes in the last few minutes. It's nerve wracking and I'm... (Read More)

Pangaea awaits!

October 30th - via: kickstarter.com
My peeps, The Pangaea series of anthologies, which posits an Earth where mankind has grown up exclusively on a super-continent, features the work of some of science fiction's finest writers--names you'll recognize from Hugo and Nebula award... (Read More)

Let's Face It

October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
My friends, Maybe we don't all need heads...but we all need faces, and one of the futuristic background characters on the cover of our short story collection needs yours. That is, we can place your noble visage, rendered by the very talented Caio... (Read More)

The Crimson Keep is in sight...

October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Tales of the Crimson Keep: Newly Renovated Edition is an edifice that was constructed in stages.  The first stage, which launched independent publishing venture Crazy 8 Press, was a publicity stunt in which the original members of the group went... (Read More)

Add-Ons Galore!

October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
My friends, I just wanted to draw your eye to some of these add-ons, which can be tacked on to any physical reward from $25 on up. To incorporate these into your rewards, just increase your pledge by the designated amount and then shoot me a message... (Read More)

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