Like her stirring , Sherbet Lock is a cocaine - addicted investigator — although her mystery tend to be of the supernatural variety . She ’s looking for a bit of crowdfunding support , as is an anthology of speculative fable and essay , a epicene repulsion web series , and gorgeous 16 - morsel TV game .
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Holdfast Magazine Anthology
Holdfast Magazineis an online magazine have questioning fabrication and essay , and it ’s look to print its first anthology . Here ’s what we can ask :
study about a metre - travelling law of nature enforcer make a unmanageable choice , a beshrew cycling tour that kick the bucket dispiritedly and hilariously wrong , and what happens when the drugs do n’t work on kip Beauty in our fable section . Discover what shark brain look like ( spoiler : a human uterus ) , find out about the underrepresentation of bootleg woman in science fabrication , read a thank you letter to Margaret Atwood , and find our seek to convert a literary snob over to SFF in our non - fiction part .
For £ 8 , they ’re offering backers a digital copy of the anthology . For a £ 13 pledge , they ’re offering a strong written matter .
Sherbet: The Trade Paperback
The Sherlock Holmes - animate police detective Sherbet Lock be in the retrofuturistic Baker City , “ where cable car fly , the Police Force is openly a cult dedicated to a fancied monster and the hospitals send out Zeppelins filled with creepy dame - block out paramedics ( who mainly live to harvest poor peoples ’ organs for the welfare of the rich and powerful ) . ” In this comic by writer Michael Vincent Bramley and artist Joshua Mathus , our heroine has to make out with “ the military force of bloody darkness ” :
hob , Demons , Vampires , werewolf , Immobile Mummies who require to have sex with you and lactating Bogeymen who desire to eat on your Kyd ’ souls ? All of these beasties and many more infest the shadiest recess of this flakey old inferno , and that ’s where Sherbet derive in .
With all that pressure , is it any wonder that she is addicted to Cocaine ( and various other narcotic ) ?
Luckily , Sherbet does n’t always have to go it alone , because her world just happens to be occupy with characters who are just as bizarre as she is .
angel can grab a PDF of the book for a $ 15 pledge , or the physical al-Qur’an and the PDF ( plus other digital treat ) for a $ 25 toast .
The Flowers of Fantastico: Bigger, Badder, Queerer
atomic number 5 - flick forgather androgyny in this 12 - episode horror drollery web serial publication :
One fateful evening , Tara , her best friend Gary , and his go - go terpsichore boyfriend Billi , discover a mysterious VHS tape that harbors a glum enigma . small do they screw , they are about to put down a world of supernatural assassin , demon - fighting nuns , and an eternally young , possibly malefic , but by all odds gay hollywood celebrity … who casts a seductive spell over Tara .
They ’re offer somewhat unusual backer rewards . For a $ 25 pledge , you may have a demonic voicemail salutation recorded or have a photo of yourself edited into the image of a warrior nun .
Amya : Volume One
writer Savannah Houston - McIntyre and Andrew Hewitt and artist Rebecca Gunter - Ryan are collecting five years of their high fantasy webcomicAmya :
Amya distinguish the story of Faye , a mute piece - come to who lives a sheltered life as the young girl to a cracking lord . She is burdened with dismal dreams of an Revelation , and it is n’t long until her tranquil biography changes when a fateful face-off with a vernal man send her on a coiling journeying of self - discovery .
As Faye and her improbable companions pursue an dangerous undertaking that is gravid than any of them could have foresee , she discovers how heavy the incumbrance she carries truly is . She is to be the height of the world ’s endurance or destruction , and must decide if she wishes to sacrifice her own mankind for the existence — or the world for her manhood .
For a $ 10 CAD pledge , the squad is offer the volume as a PDF . For a $ 30 CAD toast , they ’re offering it as a hard copy .
Aegis Defenders
This 16 - bit platformer just search lovely . Seriously , head over to the campaign page to check out animations of the gameplay . Here ’s the pitch :
In a world where control over ancient engineering mean power , a ruthless Empire has arisen . You play as a pair of Ruinhunters look for for the one thing that can keep open their Greenwich Village – a legendary artillery known as Aegis .
The squad is offering a copy of the game for Mac or microcomputer for a $ 15 toast .
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