11 days left in the "Missed Fits" Kickstarter! To help us reach our goal, we're offering another unlockable reward! If we can reach $5,200 by March 5, all backers get a free ebook copy of "Vanni's Choice," by David Elsensohn, editor of this anthology, in addition to the freebies already unlocked!
We're at 45 backers currently. If we can reach 80 backers by Feb 23, backers will receive a free ebook copy of Erik Lynd's collection "The Long Fall into Midnight, Vol. 1" Refer a friend to lock in this bonus plus the referral ebook, John Campbell's "The Tiger and the Waif." Link in the comments.
We're in the last 24 hours to claim bonus ebooks for backing the "Missed-Fits" anthology in the first five days! If you haven't looked yet, check out our rewards to see if anything speaks to you. If you have, refer a friend so you both get a referral bonus AND they get their first five days bonus!
Thanks so much to any who have already supported our "Missed-Fits" kickstarter. We're announcing a new bonus reward for referrals! Refer a friend to the project and you both get an e-book of John Campbell's "The Tiger and the Waif!" So, if you back, tell a friend, and get even more for you both!
One day in and already nearly 20% funded! Thanks so much for your support! If you haven't supported yet, there's still time to grab both the First Five Days and First 100 Backers bonus rewards! Link in the comments.
The Kickstarter for our "Missed-Fits" anthology is live! We have great rewards and add-ons for writers and readers alike, so come check them out. Plus, we have bonus rewards for anyone who backs in the first five days and our first 100 backers, so get in early to snag those! Link in the comments.
Three weeks until launch for our "Missed-Fits" Kickstarter campaign, and we have an update! There will be bonus rewards for our first 100 backers and all who back within the first five days! Click the link in the commens and follow the project to be alerted on launch and lock in these bonuses!
After we fund, we'll have an open call in which we expect to buy about 30 more stories, one of which could be yours! Follow the project to stay in the loop! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cal...
We've got the full list of anchor authors for our upcoming project, "Missed-Fits":
@rrvirdi.bsky.social, @retreasure.bsky.social, @jasonsanford.bsky.social, @gryphonrose.bsky.social, Erin Roberts, @nameshiv.bsky.social, @dynamicsymmetry.bsky.social, @henryherz.bsky.social, and Rob Cameron!
Hey everyone! Just in time for Christmas, SmashWords is having a sale, and we are participating. From now until January 1, you can get our first anthology, "Inner Workings," as well as our most recent project, "Intergalactic Rejects," at discounted prices! Links to each work are in the comments.
Time for another free story! For the next three weeks, @gregbossert.bsky.social's "Forget-me-not" is available for free on our site! This is such a wonderfully weird, gripping story about the search for meaning and value, so don't miss out!
Big announcement! Our next project, "Missed-Fits" is coming soon! This anthology features stories of awkward lengths (1200-2100 words) about things that don't fit or are out of place. An open call will follow, provided we fund. Click the link and follow to be notified upon launch!
It's time for another free story. Now available, "Brigid and the Snakes" by @jeanmarieward.bsky.social! This is a fantastic(al) alt-history at the intersection of Celtic folklore and the story of Saint Patrick. Available for three weeks only, so don't miss your chance. Read it today!
We've got another free story! For the next three weeks, come check out Rich Larson's "Pod People." It's a fantastic story about found family and transcendent empathy, so you'll be glad you did.
It's new free story time! Now, and for the next three weeks, read @dalesmithonline.com's "Boddah," for free on the Calendar of Fools website! It's a dark, thoughtful tale about what makes us us as opposed to someone else, and it keeps you riveted to the very end! calendaroffools.com/stories/bodd...
It's time for another free story! For the next three weeks, head over to our site and read "Tears in the Nursery" by Catherine Wells for free. Make sure you don't miss out!
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Free story time! This one is "Life After Life After Life" by Christopher Blake. This story is about life, legacy, love, and sacrifice. Plus, it's got sentient machines living at the edge of our solar system, so that's pretty cool. Don't miss out. It's only available for free for three weeks 🙂.
It's time for another free story! Up next is "For the Rectitude of Our Intentions" by @ourmankoto.bsky.social. What if the U.S. was founded on black magic? What if its success and protection was linked to some profane spell? Read and find out, and be sure to run the numbers at the end 🙂.
We have another free story available! Now, and for the next 3 weeks, read "Disclaimer: This is Not Your Child" by @sloiaconi.bsky.social. It is, sadly, a very timely story, but powerful and well worth your time. And don't forget that "Birdsong" by @renfestklingon.bsky.social is up for 10 more days.
We have another free story! @renfestklingon.bsky.social (Erica Ruppert's) "Birdsong" is free to read on the Calendar of Fools site for three weeks. Don't miss out! calendaroffools.com/stories/bird...
Time for another free story! Now available on our site is "Upsized Savior," by @denverauthor.bsky.social! It'll be there for three weeks, and don't forget there's still 10 days left to read "Horses of Pazyryk," by S.L. Harris! calendaroffools.com/stories/upsi...
We've been so happy with the responses the stories in "Intergalactic Rejects," we'd like to share them with even more people. Therefore, we're going to offer the original stories for free, individually, a few weeks at a time, starting with "The Horses of Pazyryk" by @slharris.bsky.social .
More reviews have rolled in from Abyss & Apex and the Jenny Cruise blog! www.abyssapexzine.com/2025/05/aa-r... arghink.com/2025/07/argh... . Thanks to the reviewers for taking the time to read "Intergalactic Rejects," and we're thrilled they enjoyed it!
