New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine

A project in Toronto, Canada by Oliver
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An all-new Sword & Sorcery magazine, made with love for the classics and an inclusive, boundary-pushing approach to storytelling.
Backers: 479
Average Pledge Per Backer: $48 CAD

Funded: $22,846 CAD of $20,000 CAD
Dates: Feb 2nd -> Mar 4th (30 days)
Project By: Oliver
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Latest News

PARTY TONIGHT! Also, LESS THAN 24 HOURS LEFT...

March 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi everybody! As I type this we're a little less than $800 away from unlocking DOUBLE ART. Can we do it?  Meanwhile there's gonna be a... NEW EDGE SWORD & SORCERY "TELETHON" LIVESTREAM Tonight at 7pm EST, for an hour, maybe two?  It's a party... (Read More)

101% funded! Let's get DOUBLE INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS and PAY CONTRIBUTORS MORE!

March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you so much everybody! If there's anybody in your life who you think may dig the magazine, or any online community (Facebook, Reddit, Discord...) you think would be receptive, please consider sharing the campaign with them. Now let's see if we... (Read More)

Sword & Soul Roundtable with Milton J. Davis, Kirk A. Johnson and Sarah Macklin

February 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Please enjoy this recording of yesterday's livestream panel discussion with some Sword & Soul stalwarts who all have stories or articles in the new issues of NESS! If all goes well, on Friday evening we'll be having a livestream "NESS FINAL DAY... (Read More)

Sneak Preview: Carnivora by Kirk A. Johnson

February 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Kirk A. Johnson is a new-to-NESS author being the great story collection "The Obanaax: And Other Tales of Heroes and Horrors". If we fund issues #1&2, then you'll get to enjoy a new Spear & Fang tale - Sword & Sorcery in prehistoric times... (Read More)

Sneak Preview: Sister Chaos by Bryn Hammond

February 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Byrn Hammond told a marvelous tale in issue #0 of NESS, "The Grief-Note of Vultures". If we fund issues #1&2, then you'll all get to enjoy a follow-up tale featuring the same Steppe-inspired protagonist and setting.  Here's an excerpt of an... (Read More)

Sneak Preview: Neurodivergence in Sword & Sorcery

February 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Jon Olfert has written for us a great non-fiction essay about those of us who think a little differently, how that has been portrayed in Sword & Sorcery, and some exciting possibilities for exploring neurodivergence in future S&S tales! ... (Read More)

FAQ: Will shipping charge at the end of the Kickstarter or when the book ships?

February 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Thanks to Backerkit,  shipping will be charged separately from the Kickstarter, about a month before we ship. Our goal is to ship in the Fall of this year. This way you get to pay in two nicely spaced installments. This has been coming up elsewhere,... (Read More)

Interview with Gemma Files on Horror and Sword & Sorcery

February 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Please enjoy this recording of yesterday's livestream interview with horror author, and NESS contributor, Gemma Files! If all goes according to plan we'll have a panel discussion of Sword & Soul next Saturday featuring contributors Milton Davis,... (Read More)

Why Read Short Fiction Magazines?

February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
We've done updates for people who've never thought about buying a magazine in hardcover before (less than 25 left!), for people who've never used Kickstarter before, and today we've got an update for people who've never gotten into short fiction... (Read More)

For Those Who've Never Used Kickstarter Before

February 15th - via: kickstarter.com
If you go to the Community tab on our Kickstarter campaign, you can see that as of my writing this the VAST majority of our backers have used Kickstarter before. I'm writing this post in the hopes that it will inspire some more Kickstarter newbies to... (Read More)

Interview with Jorge del Rio of Quinta Raza magazine

February 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Kickstarter doesn't want to let us embed the video (?), so here's a direct link to the recording of our livestream interview with Jorge Del Rio. He's one of three editors behind Quinta Raza, the Spanish language magazine from which we are translating... (Read More)

Why Get a Magazine in Hardcover?

February 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Back in October, we saw some people asking "Why would you get a magazine in hardcover?", as it's not been common practice for DECADES, and so our editor made this short video to answer that question.  What we'd now add to that video is pointing out... (Read More)

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