Mobbing Midnight: An Anthology of Crows
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An anthology where each tale is as sharp and fascinating as the crows they revolve around.
Backers: 82
Average Pledge Per Backer: $33
Funded: $2,701 of $6,900
Dates: Feb 10th -> Mar 12th (30 days)
Project By: April Steenburgh
Backers: 82
Average Pledge Per Backer: $33
Funded: $2,701 of $6,900
Dates: Feb 10th -> Mar 12th (30 days)
Project By: April Steenburgh
$2,701
current pledge level
Last Updated: March 12 @ 07:45 -0400 GMT
39%
of goal
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Latest News
Author Introduction- Keenan Tyler 
March 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Although this is his first published work, Keenan Tyler has been writing short stories and a novel series for many years. Keenan is currently a student at SUNY Geneseo, where he studies Anthropology and Biology. In addition to writing, he enjoys... (Read More)
Author Introduction- Sarah Lyn Eaton
March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
When Sarah Lyn Eaton was seven years old, she discovered a doorway into Other World by weaving between three pine trees on her morning walk to school. She’s been searching for gateways ever since, secretly hoping she finds a world where people... (Read More)
Author Introduction- Jacey Bedford
March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Jacey Bedford is a Yorkshire princess who rides a white unicorn and bathes in asses milk... err, no. Let's try that again. Jacey Bedford climbs mountains and trains tigers for a living... err, not that either. Okay, one more go. Jacey Bedford is a... (Read More)
Author Introduction- Lyn Thorne-Alder
March 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Not every fantasy has a happy ending, and, as Mrs. Lyn Thorne-Alder well knows, not every once upon a time starts a long time ago. Hers, for example, began on a rural homestead in upstate NY. Lyn grew up on a steady diet of fantasy and sci-fi: Piers... (Read More)
Special perks from anthology participants
February 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Cover Artist and Author Jennifer Campbell-Smith is offering a chance to win original art to backers (see post for details). Editor April Steenburgh is offering an audio recording of a story not included in this anthology to backers of $75 or... (Read More)
Author Introduction- E.V. O'Day
February 24th - via: kickstarter.com
E.V. O’Day graduated from the University of Calgary with an English BA in one hand and a crumpled plan in the other. Using her Creative Writing Concentration as an anchor, she flung herself wholly into the world of dark fantasy where she travels... (Read More)
Bonus perk
February 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
'Way of Sisters' was written for the April's sister, who she lost in 2011, to be included in the Fight Like a Girl anthology. And it is thick with crows. Anyone who backs the current anthology, Mobbing Midnight, at $75 or higher will receive a... (Read More)
Author Introduction- Nashoba Hostina
February 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Shawna “Nashoba Hostina” Garrity is an artist who pretends to be a pink collar worker by day, retiring to her real profession of creative dreams and pursuits by night. Unable to settle on a medium to specialize in, even after getting her BFA,... (Read More)
Author Introduction- Nina Waters
February 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Nina Waters was so excited about this anthology that less than a week after hearing the theme, she was already working on the first draft of a story, and had finished it before April announced the Kickstarter officially! As a child, Nina loved to... (Read More)
"Nine Dead Crows" by Rachel Christensen
February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Rachel gives the anthology a rich urban fantasy that centers on a family group of crows, and the man who shares his land with them. Rachel weaves a story that moves, giving readers a protagonist with a distinct voice to carry them along for the ride.... (Read More)
"Mourner's Black" by Nina Waters
February 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Nina Waters has some historical fiction to share in the anthology. Coldly beautiful, perfectly cruel, and it will tangle in the back of your head long after you are finished reading. "...When my heart stopped beatin’ out tattoo, my breath got... (Read More)
Author intro- Brynn Enright
February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Brynn Enright, born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, has yet to decide just what she's doing with her life. She has worked in animal sheltering for the better part of a decade, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours degree somewhere... (Read More)
Author Intro- Chris Keaton
February 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Chris Keaton is an Air Force veteran living with his wife and two daughters in sunny Arizona. He's primarily a screenwriter, but he does love diving into prose. He has had several short screenplays produced, optioned a few features, and currently has... (Read More)
A chance to do something different
February 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Strange as it sounds, I was drawn to this anthology most because when I asked April if my story had to be speculative fiction, she said no - I could write historical fiction if I wanted. That was such a refreshing change for me, I love historical... (Read More)
Why Crows?
February 11th - via: kickstarter.com
Three winters ago, I was driving to the store past a small park. But where the ground should have been white, it was black and moving. The park was covered with crows. The entire baseball diamond was held hostage beneath them and I looked... (Read More)
Why crows?
February 10th - via: kickstarter.com
From a young age I’ve been obsessed with creatures of the avian variety. Although I now have cats, I grew up with birds as pets –cockatiels, budgies, finches, and love birds were species I called mine. If I could have talked my parents into a... (Read More)
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