Utter Fabrication: Tales of Haunted Houses and Weird Places

A project in Seattle, WA by Jeremy Zimmerman
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We're making an anthology of short fiction about haunted houses, non-Euclidean buildings, and other weird places.
Backers: 176
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Funded: $5,459 of $4,500
Dates: Feb 1st -> Feb 28th (28 days)
Project By: Jeremy Zimmerman
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Latest News

Remember: Tonight!

February 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a quick reminder that we will be counting down the final minutes of the Kickstarter on Facebook from 6 PM to 7 PM PST. If you'd liked to join us online, you can do so by clicking this link! The event will feature Q&A, pictures of our cats,... (Read More)

Are you getting what you want?

February 27th - via: kickstarter.com
With one day left of funding, we have hit our first stretch goal! As we draw near the finish line, here's a chance to make sure your pledge is squared away with three basic questions.  Did you pick the reward level you want?  Once the Kickstarter... (Read More)

Architect Ray McCaughey

February 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Holy macaroni we passed our funding goal! Yesterday saw a huge surge in pledges, making it the third-highest day of backers that we've had. And today has been amazing as well. Thank you to everyone who has helped boost the signal and given so... (Read More)

A New Reward Tier

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
There we were, 6 days out from the end of our Kickstarter, when we had a terrible realization. One of the reward tiers that we had meant to add got bypassed when we were setting up the Kickstarter. So we've added it now. If you had been eyeballing... (Read More)

Looking at Luke

February 21st - via: kickstarter.com
About a week left and, as I write this, about a thousand dollars left to go. It's going to be a hard fight, but we're still hopeful.  Today we'd like to share a bit about another of our artists: Luke Spooner. He's been doing art for Mad Scientist... (Read More)

Strange Places

February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We're two-thirds of the way to our funding goal, we have an event to tell you about, and a story about a strange place.  First, thank you for all of the help you have all done to push us along. I know some of you pulled out some stops and we really... (Read More)

Architect Kristen Nyht

February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
We're half way there, and half way there! Not gonna lie, it's been pretty nerve wracking. The next couple weeks will be tense, so please help get the word out.  Before we get into talking about our next artist, I wanted to take a moment to share... (Read More)

Girl Cooties!

February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Our Kickstarter is featured on Girl Cooties today, a website dedicated to science fiction by women for women. Dawn shares a haunted house story of her own, which you can read by clicking this here link!   (Read More)

Origin Story

February 9th - via: kickstarter.com
We've had a lot of inspirations for wanting to do this book. The obvious are the weird places in media: House of Leaves, Welcome to Night Vale, Doctor Who, and Fallen London. A less obvious one is a little thing called Bertha.  Note: Not actually... (Read More)

About Cover Artist Scarlett O'Hairdye

February 7th - via: kickstarter.com
  Scarlett O'Hairdye is many things. Fans of Mad Scientist Journal will readily recognize her art that has appeared so many times over the years. She provided the cover art for the book and, if we fund, she'll provide interior art as well. But that... (Read More)

What We Value

February 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Though we don't always wear it on our sleeves, one of our central values is to promote diversity in both fiction and other places. It informs the stories we write as authors, and it drives our choices for the fiction we choose for anthologies. We... (Read More)

New Rewards, Plus a Shout Out!

February 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hello!  We're still plugging along, now at 36% as I write this. Thank you, as always, to the people who have taken the time to support us in this madcap journey.  By request, we added two additional tiers so that you can get both a limited edition... (Read More)

At Foolscap!

February 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hello! We're on day two and almost a third of the way to our goal. Any help you can offer to boost the signal would be greatly appreciated. We will be down at SeaTac Hilton for Foolscap this weekend. If you're in the area, stop by:... (Read More)

Welcome, everyone!

February 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Good morning! Thank you to everyone who has jumped in early and helped get this funding campaign off to a hot start. 24 hours in and we're already over 20% funded.  The push of the first few days can really set the tone for the rest of the campaign.... (Read More)

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