CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 5: more stories of beauty and strangeness
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A new volume in our celebrated anthology series devoted to offbeat cross-genre fiction.
Backers: 318
Average Pledge Per Backer: $39
Funded: $12,268 of $11,000
Dates: Apr 28th -> May 28th (30 days)
Project By: Mike Allen
Backers: 318
Average Pledge Per Backer: $39
Funded: $12,268 of $11,000
Dates: Apr 28th -> May 28th (30 days)
Project By: Mike Allen
$12,268
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 28 @ 12:02 -0400 GMT
111%
of goal
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Latest News
And the book is open to submissions! 
May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's what I just posted on the main page: Clockwork Phoenix 5 is open to submissions! Please help us reach our stretch goals: $1,500 ($12,500 total) adds 10,000 more words to the book. $2,500 more ($15,000 total) will raise the pay rate to 7... (Read More)
We passed $11000!!
May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
I haven't even had a chance to announce the $9,000 giveaway winner or draw the $10,000 giveaway winner and WHOA this Kickstarter is fully funded with one AMAZING pledge! Thank you, thank you, thank! But folks, before I go crazy celebrating -- we're... (Read More)
Wow, that was fast!!!
May 26th - via: kickstarter.com
One drawing for a pair of Clockwork Phoenix earrings coming right up! :-D (Read More)
The great news and the urgent news, and a new giveway prize
May 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Howdy, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers, So here is the news I started the morning with the intention of sharing at noon. First and foremost, pledges are picking up in these final hours, which is absolutely wonderful to see. The urgent part, of course,... (Read More)
Tanith Lee and Clockwork Phoenix
May 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers. I write today with a heavy heart and sad news. (I have updates to share, on giveaways, new prizes, our progress, but that has to be kept separate from this.) This morning I learned that Tanith Lee has passed away.... (Read More)
Adding another giveaway at $9,000
May 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers! Two days to go and we are tantalizingly close. We start the morning just past $8,500! Congratulations to backer Laura Carruba, who won a signed cover art print from Paula Arwen Owen. Winners for a second... (Read More)
One more celebration before the biggest one of all
May 25th - via: kickstarter.com
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If any of you want to ask me a question on Reddit
May 25th - via: kickstarter.com
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Ask me anything, 11 am EST tomorrow (Monday) on Reddit
May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Howdy folks! Or perhaps I should say, "Good eeeevening" in a Bela Lugosi voice... We've made good progress toward that $8,000 cover print giveaway, less than $160 to go now! Anita and I went to see Mad Max: Fury Road tonight (it was excellent!) and... (Read More)
Surprise awesome news, giveaway updates, Tuckerizations, and submission guidelines
May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Afternoon, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers! First, I want to share some incredible news I got this morning. All along I've been talking to you folks about Bone Swans, the first collection of fantasy short stories from Clockwork Phoenix contributor C.S.E.... (Read More)
66.6% celebration: a story from the mythic vault
May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
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The rest of the giveaway news, and a pot-sweetener
May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Congratulations to Tricia Psarreas Murray, who won the ARC of C.S.E. Cooney's Bone Swans! Once again we're just in reach of the next giveaway, and I would love to get there so we can start talking about that mythic $8,000 level, heh. So here is a... (Read More)
Giveaway news, and something celebratory in the works
May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning, folks! Congratulations to Brooks Moses, who won the signed copy of Rachel Swirksy's anthology People of the Book! Another backer won an ARC of C.S.E. Cooney's Bone Swans and has been notified, I'll announce who it is once I hear back.... (Read More)
And we're back! [Was Oops!]
May 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
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Surprise gift: bottles for messages!
May 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi, folks! Francesca Forrest's YA novel Pen Pal, one of our ebook and print rewards for backers, has a plot centered on messages in bottles. Francesca proposed a sweet and generous offer to me this morning. She has been making decorative "bottles... (Read More)
Secret, special prize? Changing it up a little...
May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
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Past 60%, the next giveaway, and a look at our cover prints
May 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers! We jumped past 60% funded as of this morning, which is AWESOME. Congrats to Chris Tierney, who won Patty Templeton's novel There is No Lovely End, and to Jessica Cohen, who won John Grant's collections Tell No Lies... (Read More)
Something celebratory!
May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
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Quick morning note
May 20th - via: kickstarter.com
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Giveaway updates: new prize!
May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi, Clockwork Phoenix 5 supporters! First, congratulations to backer Virginia M. Mohlere, who won the complete set of Clockwork Phoenix trade paperbacks (volumes 1 through 4.) When the campaign reaches $8,500, I'll give away another set, so there is... (Read More)
About all those e-book prizes we're offering: here's the details
May 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers! We've been idling today at just over $6,300 with about 9 days left. I'm still holding a giveaway at $6,500, of two story collections by Hugo and World Fantasy Award winner and Clockwork Phoenix contributor John... (Read More)
Our next giveaway & more about our Clockwork Phoenix decals
May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Howdy, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers! Thanks again for your help in making this book happen. We're in the second half of the game, for certain -- the points on the board are promising, but the clock is ticking down. A bunch of new backers have signed... (Read More)
The next rounds of giveaways and a project to check out
May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Howdy again, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers! Before I launch into the latest news, I wanted to mention that there's another anthology funding over on Indiegogo that's worth your attention: Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany, edited by Nisi... (Read More)
On past halfway!
May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Folks! I just wanted to say, we did it! We're past the halfway mark and we're on the downhill side of the campaign now. Thank you so much! All best, Mike (Read More)
Giveaway updates and special offer for backers
May 14th - via: kickstarter.com
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Latest giveaway news: the special Mythic Delirium issue signed by Neil Gaiman
May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Howdy, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers! As of this writing, we're almost to the halfway point and not yet halfway funded. Kickstarter informs me Clockwork Phoenix 5 will be the featured publishing project this Wednesday, and I'm flattered they chose us... (Read More)
Giveaway updates and more about our exclusive chapbooks
May 9th - via: kickstarter.com
Howdy, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers! Wow! We had a surge in pledges yesterday, mostly due to a batch of new people learning about the exclusive chapbooks we're offering. (My thanks to Elizabeth McClellan, Alexandra Erin and Cat Valente herself for... (Read More)
Surprise news
May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi, folks! Not five minutes after I posted the previous update, the news came out that my horror story collection Unseaming, which I'm offering as a giveaway prize at $3,500, is a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award in the single-author collection... (Read More)
Updates and new bounty for giveaways
May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Howdy, Clockwork Phoenix backers! There's more than 100 of you now, which is wonderful, thank you so much for signing on, and for all your support so far. We're now in the 10th day of the 30 day campaign, and sitting at 29% percent funded, which is,... (Read More)
Pssst! A different way to get a trade paperback ARC of BONE SWANS
May 5th - via: kickstarter.com
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A quick giveaway update
May 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers! First, I've added another giveaway to the set I sent to you yesterday: At $5,000, World Fantasy Award nominee Marie Brennan will give away a signed copy of her new fantasy novel Voyage of the Basilisk. Marie has... (Read More)
Giveaways to come and a little something extra
May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Howdy, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers! We're at the top of the sixth day and we're edging toward 25% funded. Thanks to all of you who've signed on. I’m going to be holding more giveaways as we go along to add additional grease to the machine. If... (Read More)
A giveaway and a gift of poetry
May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
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Explaining our add-ons
April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, Clockwork Phoenix 5 backers! I'm proud to say that we're halfway through the third day of the campaign and 15% of the way to our goal already. This is incredibly promising: thank you all! I'm using this update to accomplish one of the tasks... (Read More)
Ignition!
April 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello, CLOCKWORK PHOENIX 5 backers! I just wanted to share how delighted Anita and I are that this epic project has passed 10-percent-funded in under 12 hours. Amazing! This was a hard day to launch something like this. Thanks to all of you for... (Read More)
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