The Obsidian Spindle Saga campaign ends in just a few days!
about 1 year ago
– Fri, Feb 10, 2023 at 06:33:52 AM
Hi!
Just wanted to let you know that there are only a few days left in the Kickstarter for the second arc of my favorite novel series, The Obsidian Spindle Saga!
Kickstarter link
Do you adore fairy tales?Are you obsessed with mythology?Do you flip for portal fantasy?
Then you'll love The Obsidian Spindle Saga.
This is my favorite series I've ever written.
It contains several of my favorite books that I've ever written. Everyone who has read it has told me the second arc is better than the first arc. If you have not read this series, and you love my work, then you will absolutely ADORE this series. If you have known of my work and been waiting to try something, then this is my best work.
This series will ONLY be available on Kickstarter until the series is wrapped, and I won't be offering them again until the next time the series launches on Kickstarter (except for a few extra copies left over from this campaign).
Plus, we have a very special bonus for everyone who backs at $100 for all four new books. They receive this amazing Godcoin pulled right from the pages of The Obsidian Spindle Saga. You can also get it at the $36 and $56 levels which comes with a bunch of ebooks, and from the add-on menu for physical backers.
Kickstarter link
Fairy tales are real.
Rose Briar is a diabetic college student without insurance.
She’s been scraping by through a combination of maxing out credit cards and relying upon the kindness of strangers.
Unfortunately, she’s spent every dollar at her disposal. There’s no money left to buy her life-saving insulin.
Without her medication, Rose falls into a diabetic coma. She tumbles into a deep slumber and wakes up in a fantastical place called the Dream Realm, where fairy tales and legends of old are still very much alive.
She has one chance to wake up.
She must trek across the world, visit the most powerful object in the land, the Obsidian Spindle, and entreat with the fates; the only beings powerful enough to send her soul back to Earth.
But evil forces don’t want her to leave.
They will stop at nothing to capture her and make sure she never goes home again.
Now, with the help of her half-gorgon girlfriend and a mysterious red rider, Rose must race across the land fighting dragons, monsters, and the forces of the Wicked Witch, Nimue, in order to reach the Obsidian Spindle before her body dies on Earth and she’s trapped in the Dream Realm forever.
Will she be able to wake up? Can she survive? That is the genesis of the Obsidian Spindle Saga (TOSS), and the first book The Sleeping Beauty.
This is my most ambitious project ever, and represents the last five years of my creative effort. Every moment I wasn't working on The Godsverse Chronicles or Ichabod Jones was spent inside this universe.
Kickstarter link
We're also extending week 3 perks through this weekend. So, everyone who backs by Sunday gets digital copies of Lucky Logan by J.R. Frontera, Justicar Jhee and the Cursed Abbey by Trevol Swift, TJ & the Orishas by Antoine Bandele, Regeneration by Cassie Gruetman, and The Vessel by MEEEEEE!!!
I am so super excited for this series. I can't wait to share it with you.
Hope to see you again behind the backer wall.
-Russell
The second arc of The Obsidian Spindle Saga is live!!!!
over 1 year ago
– Sat, Jan 21, 2023 at 05:47:50 AM
Hi!
Just wanted to drop you a quick note and let you know that the second arc of my favorite novel series, The Obsidian Spindle Saga, is live on Kickstarter right now!
Kickstarter link
Do you adore fairy tales?Are you obsessed with mythology?Do you flip for portal fantasy?
Then you'll love The Obsidian Spindle Saga.
This is my favorite series I've ever written.
It contains several of my favorite books that I've ever written. Everyone who has read it has told me the second arc is better than the first arc. If you have not read this series, and you love my work, then you will absolutely ADORE this series. If you have known of my work and been waiting to try something, then this is my best work.
This series will ONLY be available on Kickstarter until the series is wrapped, and I won't be offering them again until the next time the series launches on Kickstarter (except for a few extra copies left over from this campaign).
Plus, we have a very special bonus for everyone who backs at $100 for all four new books. They receive this amazing Godcoin pulled right from the pages of The Obsidian Spindle Saga. You can also get it at the $36 and $56 levels which comes with a bunch of ebooks, and from the add-on menu for physical backers.
Kickstarter link
Fairy tales are real.
Rose Briar is a diabetic college student without insurance.
She’s been scraping by through a combination of maxing out credit cards and relying upon the kindness of strangers.
Unfortunately, she’s spent every dollar at her disposal. There’s no money left to buy her life-saving insulin.
Without her medication, Rose falls into a diabetic coma. She tumbles into a deep slumber and wakes up in a fantastical place called the Dream Realm, where fairy tales and legends of old are still very much alive.
She has one chance to wake up.
She must trek across the world, visit the most powerful object in the land, the Obsidian Spindle, and entreat with the fates; the only beings powerful enough to send her soul back to Earth.
But evil forces don’t want her to leave.
They will stop at nothing to capture her and make sure she never goes home again.
Now, with the help of her half-gorgon girlfriend and a mysterious red rider, Rose must race across the land fighting dragons, monsters, and the forces of the Wicked Witch, Nimue, in order to reach the Obsidian Spindle before her body dies on Earth and she’s trapped in the Dream Realm forever.
Will she be able to wake up? Can she survive? That is the genesis of the Obsidian Spindle Saga (TOSS), and the first book The Sleeping Beauty.
This is my most ambitious project ever, and represents the last five years of my creative effort. Every moment I wasn't working on The Godsverse Chronicles or Ichabod Jones was spent inside this universe.
Kickstarter link
Plus, everyone who backs by TOMORROW gets digital copies of A Thief In Farshore by Justin Fike, Regeneration by Cassie Greutman, The Unborn Hero of Dragon Village by Rebecca Carter and Nelly Toncheva, Shadowborn by Moira Katson, and Worst Thing in the Universe by MEEEEEE!!!
Worst Thing in the Universe was my father's favorite book before he died, and I really want more people to read it and love it.
I am so super excited for this series. I spent the last three years building up the universe and writing these books. I can't wait to share it with you.
Hope to see you again behind the backer wall.
-Russell
My wife's favorite book of mine is now on Kickstarter!!!
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 04:29:57 AM
Hi!
My wife is my biggest supporter, but even she plays favorites with my work, and Anna and the Dark Place is here FAVORITE book I've ever written (tied with Worst Thing in the Universe and The Sleeping Beauty). and it's live on Kickstarter right now!
Kickstarter link
Are you obsessed with witches?
Do you love tragic romances?
Do you like thinking about death and grief and loss and junk?
Then Anna and the Dark Place is the perfect book for you.
Anna cannot escape death. It follows her everywhere. First with her aunt, then her father, and now her best friend Katie has died after a long battle with cancer.
With her best friend gone, Anna is falling apart.
So, when Katie’s ghost returns from beyond the pale talking about a tear in the barrier between the living of the dead, Anna is sure she’s gone crazy.
She denies Katie at first.
However, eventually, Katie turns Anna to her side and convinces her to help. Now, together they must learn a spell that will save the world before the dead invade and destroy everything.
Join Anna and Katie on a fantastical quest that introduces them to trolls, gnomes, dragons, and much more as they discover that death is stranger than they ever imagined.
If you love the idea of magic hiding in plain sight, coming-of-age stories about people becoming more than they ever thought possible, or tales about overcoming grief in the face of overwhelming pain, then make sure to pick up Anna and the Dark Place today.
Kickstarter link
Plus, not only do you get one of my favorite books ever for backing early, you ALSO get a bunch of other amazing books, too.
Everyone who backs by October 21st will receive digital copies of Freshman Fears by Cindy Carroll, The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams, Seattle Slayers by Ken Bebelle and Julia Vee, and Bound Sorcery by Natalie Grey.
Hope to see you behind the backer wall!
Last days of the Ichabod Jones campaign...
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 03:40:54 AM
Hi!
Wanted to let you know that the fourth and final Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter campaign is about to come to an end.
Kickstarter link
If you haven't checked out the next campaign, then it's the conclusion of the seminal comic story of my career.
Ichabod is a deconstruction of the chosen one narrative that supposes what would happen if a mental patient who society luffs off is actually the savior he claims to be, and who made horrible decisions to murder "demons" in order to save the world.
Kickstarter link
Having been wrong once, convicted of murder, and interred in an asylum as a monster, what then happens when he wakes up in the Apocalypse and must decide whether he's truly in the end of times, dreaming, or hallucinating.
If you love my fantasy work, this comic combines all my best fantasy work with elements of horror and psychological mindfuckery. If you love Lovecraft's Dreamlands, then you'll dig this book.
Kickstarter link
Additionally, all backers by 9/18 (including those who already pledged) get digital copies of Reclaiming Godhood #1, Red Sunrise #1, Savage Sasquanaut #1, The Standard Comics Abridged Encyclopedia, Sentinels #268, Shy #1, Silent Knight #1, and Sinners #1.
Kickstarter link
The Kickstarter ends on the 22nd. I hope to see you behind the backer wall again.
-Russell
The final volume of Ichabod Jones is live on Kickstarter!!!
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 02:00:44 PM
This is it! Renzo and I been working on Ichabod on and off for 12 years, and the final volume is now on Kickstarter!
Kickstarter link
Ichabod Jones is about a mental patient that escapes an asylum and becomes a monster hunter during the Apocalypse, but doesn't know if he's killing monsters, humans, or if it's all in his head the whole time. It's a complete fantastical and psychological mindscrew.
Ichabod comes from a deep, almost primordial, place in my soul. It's the part that devours movies like In the Mouth of Madness, Event Horizon, and Jacob's Ladder, while still binging on Gravity Falls, Frankenweenie, and Army of Darkness. It's the part that read Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and laughed hysterically at every gruesome scene.
All four books have been completed, and book 4 has already been ordered. As of the campaign launch, book 4 is traveling across the ocean to me, and should be in port at the beginning of September. It might take months to get out of customs, but it has already not only been written and drawn, but also proofed and ordered, so you can be confident in your pledge.
Additionally, all four books are title locked and branded to feel like one complete story from the cover to the spine and even the back cover. They look so wonderful together, as you can see below.
Kickstarter link
It's become a tradition that I offer an exclusive pin for my Kickstarter campaigns, and this one is no exception. For the fourth volume Renzo designed an incredible pin of Lucifer, ruler of Hell, which we've already had produced as a 2" hard enamel beauty.
Kickstarter link
Plus, we have some awesome early bird perks.
Kickstarter link
Everyone that backs at the physical level by the 21st will get this awesome “Straight Outta Hell” bookmark featuring the dukes of Hell, and digital backers will receive a digital copy they can print if they choose.
Additionally, all early bird backers will receive digital copies of Monster Matador #1, Mister Guy: Zombie Hunter #1 Necropolitan #1, Beast King #1, Intreppid #1, Jember #1, and Modern Testament #1.
Hope to see you behind the backer wall once again :)
-Russell
