Day Seventeen: Almost $30,000 and Cool New Reward!
Posted on February 17, 2016 Leave a Comment
We’re almost at $30,000!
And we’ve added a really cool new reward:
SUBSCRIPTION + CUSTOM PHOTO SESSION $300
Need a book cover, poster or specific photo to go with one of your projects? Joseph Rubinstein has 15 years of photography experience working with companies like Vice, Red Bull, and Warner Bros. He will create a custom image for you based on your story and direction! This photo will include 1-2 models, make up, on a blue screen. Retouching and background compositing included. (Any specialized props or clothing must be provided by the backer). Limited. (MSRP $1,000)
For more examples of his work, and range, CLICK HERE.
Joseph Rubinstein lives in an artist’s loft in downtown Los Angeles, and holds a degree in painting and film from Savannah College of Art and Design. Joe has been a working photographer and cinematographer for 15 years. His work features fantasy elements leaning towards the macabre. Joe has had 3 gallery shows and participated in many group shows.
I’ll give away another free lifetime membership when we hit $30,000!
Peace,
Richard
Day Sixteen: New Reward—handmade Coasters!
Posted on February 16, 2016 2 Comments
DAY SIXTEEN!
NEW Gamut REWARD! Handmade “G” coasters by Fiction Editor, Dino Parenti! These are gorgeous. May have to get them myself. Set of four, 5″ square, almost 3/8″ thick, of exotic hardwoods.
Yesterday was also a big day at the Kickstarter, with 22 people taking advantage of the buy one subscription, get one subscription free offer. It also included new backers from Singapore and Belgium—our first from those countries!
We’re at 54% funded, with $28,445 raised by 416 backers!
Thanks,
Richard
Day Fifteen: Special Buy One, Get One Free Offer!
Posted on February 15, 2016 Leave a Comment
Hey guys, If you haven’t jumped in yet, today may be the day! I’m doing a special offer—BUY ONE, GET ONE FREE. Subscribe to Gamut today ONLY (2/15/16) and get a free subscription for a friend, spouse, parent, child, enemy, teacher, student, peer, etc. This won’t be offered again. Thanks for your continued support. 51% funded, 390 backers, from 83 countries. Feel free to spread the word.
Also, here’s my Valentines Day Post!
There is heart in the writing I’ll publish at Gamut. It’s part of what makes these authors special. It’s in “Father, Son, Holy Rabbit,” by Stephen Graham Jones—what a father is willing to sacrifice to keep his son alive. It’s what makes “Windeye” by Brian Evenson so powerful—the relationship between a brother and sister. And it’s evident in “It’s Against the Law to Feed the Ducks” by Paul Tremblay, how a family clings to normalcy in the wake of a major disaster. (I published all three in The New Black.)
Look into your own heart today and ask yourself these questions:
Do I want to see Gamut happen?
Why haven’t I contributed yet?
We need your help. Be here at the inception, and I promise I’ll make it worth your time. Happy Valentines Day.
Peace,
Richard
Gamut Day Thirteen: Almost 50%, $26,000!
Posted on February 14, 2016 Leave a Comment
We’re almost at 50%, currently with $25,675 raised in thirteen days!
Today we will give away another lifetime membership at the $26,000 mark. We also have a lot of great rewards still left (although 13 have already sold out) including postcards, editing packages, books, videos, classes and more! Consider joining or upgrading today!
NEW REWARD ADDED!
Michael Bailey will design a full wraparound book cover. Previous cover design includes the Bram Stoker Award nominated QUALIA NOUS, THE LIBRARY OF THE DEAD, and the CHIRAL MAD anthologies. As a bonus perk, he will also Tuckerize you (or someone you know, with their permission) as a main character in an original short story. Michael is the founder of Written Backwards, the Managing Editor of Science Fiction for Dark Regions Press, and a multi-award winning author and editor of speculative fiction. (This is a great price, I routinely pay $1,000 for cover and layout of my books at Dark House Press, with original art alone running $300-500.)
Last minute Valentine’s Day Gift? WHY YES! How about a subscription to Gamut!?!? (I know, I’m starting to sound like the Ronco guy. Should I throw in a set of steak knives?) But really, and I’ll post about this tomorrow, what separates the fiction we’re going to publish from a lot of places is the HEART that’s in our stories. I have to feel something in order to care, and the authors (and stories) I’ve already solicited definitely get an emotional response out of me. I’m adding in a special reward today—one for you, and one for a friend, significant other, spouse, or peer.
Thanks,
Richard
Day Eleven: Medallion Donates Books!
Posted on February 11, 2016 Leave a Comment
Day Eleven: Over $21,000! And, Medallion Donates Books!
Medallion Press has generously donated TWENTY sets of books, including Burnt Tongues (transgressive anthology), which I edited with Chuck Palahniuk and Dennis Widmyer; Knuckleduster (military thriller) by Andrew Post; Suckerpunch (MMA thriller) by Jeremy Brown, and The Devils That Have Come to Stay (an acid Western) by Pamela DiFranceso. Pick up a set plus subscription for only $60 (plus shipping) a retail value of $120. Pick up your set today!
Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!
Backer #330, Scott Young, was the winner of the signed X’s for Eyes by Laird Barron, plus Tuckerization!
Limericks!
We had twelve backers pledge yesterday in order to get personal limericks sent out in time for Valentine’s Day! Our resident poet, Heather Foster, will pen and mail out this juicy nuggets of love.
Thank you for your support, and keep spreading the word! We’re at 40% funded after ten days which is a good start!
Peace,
Richard
Day Ten Update: $20,000!
Posted on February 10, 2016 2 Comments
Day Ten Update: $20,000!
In other news—we gave away prizes yesterday! WINNERS from last night: Lifetime membership at the $20,000 mark—EFP (in Spain!), #258. Craig Clevenger hardcover—Darryl Foster, #299! Paperback—Clark, #309.
TODAY (2/10/16): We are giving away ONE signed Laird Barron X’S FOR EYES + Tuckerization today. New backers and upgrades are eligible for this drawing. (Tuckerization is the act of using a person’s name in an original story as an in-joke. The term is derived from Wilson Tucker, a pioneering American science fiction writer, fan and fanzine editor, who made a practice of using his friends’ names for minor characters in his stories.)
AND, anybody that pledges today (new) will get a free dirty limerick sent to the person of their choice (just in time for Valentine’s Day) by our staff poet, Heather Foster!
(Fine print: To enter Laird Barron drawing, you must pledge or upgrade $30 or more today, 2/10/16) by midnight CST. Prizes contingent upon successful funding.)
Thanks for your continued support! HEAD OVER NOW!
Peace,
Richard
Day Nine Update: PRIZES!
Posted on February 9, 2016 3 Comments
We are over $18,000!
PRIZES! Today only: Signed copies of The Contortionist’s Handbook by Craig Clevenger. Subscribe or upgrade to win one of two copies (one paperback, one hardcover). If you haven’t read this fantastic neo-noir, transgressive novel, you are missing out. There were a few books that really influenced me when I first started writing, and this was one of them. Will Christopher Baer’s Kiss Me, Judas was another. Craig was also responsible for me getting my story, “Stillness” in Shivers VI alongside Stephen King and Peter Straub, my first professional sale. I never would have sent it out if he hadn’t encouraged me. When I was out in LA for AWP a few years ago, I embarrassed myself by pulling out a suitcase of books for him to sign (seriously, a SUITCASE) that’s what a fanboy I am. He’s also the only author I’ve taken TWO classes from, both fantastic.
FINE PRINT: Must pledge OR upgrade at least $30; contingent on successful funding of Gamut.
Day Eight: Gamut Update and Women in Horror Month
Posted on February 8, 2016 Leave a Comment
Women in Horror Month is great, but how about we include women from the beginning, and all year long? It was always an important aspect of Gamut, from day one. 62% of our authors are women; 53% of our poets are women; and 50% of our staff are women:
Damien Angelica Walters, Letitia Trent, Mercedes M. Yardley, Alyssa Wong, Lindsay Hunter, Amanda Gowin, Laura Benedict, Rebecca Jones-Howe, Sarah Read, Paula Bomer, Kelly Luce, Livia Llewelyn, Carmen Machado, Nina McConigley, Antonia Crane, Kristi DeMeester, Tara Ison, Cassandra Khaw, Nikki Guerlain, Lucy A. Snyder, JS Breukelaar, Helen Marshall, Amelia Gray, H. L. Nelson, Jacklyn Dre Marceau, Nickole Brown, Cate Marvin, Carrie Jerrell, Erica Dawson, Laura Van Prooyen, Simone Muench, Heather Foster, Whittney Jones, and Jeannine Hall Gailey.
We’re over $16,000 but still need your help, we have a long way to go! Think of that ONE friend of yours that you really think might enjoy what we’re doing—and invite them in! Are you in a writing group or workshop? Let them know—we’ll pay ten cents a word for original fiction! Have a big following on Facebook, Twitter, or your blog? Post up a message and a link!
THANKS!
Day Seven Update! So much to share.
Posted on February 8, 2016 Leave a Comment
WE’RE OVER $16,000! And there are a lot of new rewards:
We added postcard sets, so be sure to check those out, with work by Luke Spooner, Bob Crum, Daniele Serra, George Cotronis, and Jennifer Moore.
Michael Bailey added a ton of excellent Written Backwards books, in some really cool packages as well.
We added a video package, consisting of five thirty minute talks from myself, Mercedes M. Yardley, Heather Foster, Dino Parenti, and Casey Frechette.
And, my daughter want to help, so she helped me shoot a movie last night.
You in yet?
Starred Review for Breaker at Library Journal.
Posted on February 5, 2016 2 Comments
STARRED REVIEW for Breaker at Library Journal! How exciting. JOIN THE REVOLUTION.
“VERDICT: Thomas (Disintegration) has written an immensely readable thriller with an unlikely hero that will have readers eagerly turning the pages to find out what happens next. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.”
- Richard Thomas - 