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Double-Edged Sword & Sorcery

Created by Brackenbury Books

Two novellas, bound in one book. Mongol-inspired Sword & Sorcery. A claustrophobic, pressure-cooker siege, and a caravan striking out under an open desert sky. Orhan the Snow Leopard and Goatskin the nomad. Dariel Quiogue and Bryn Hammond.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

24 HOURS LEFT, POETRY UNLOCKED, LIVESTREAM WITH LIVE MUSIC, and ONWARD TO SPRAY EDGES!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Oct 18, 2024 at 09:27:35 AM

YOU UNLOCKED BONUS POETRY BY BRYN HAMMOND!


WE'RE 90% OF THE WAY TO SPRAY COLOR EDGES!


TONIGHT IS THE FINAL FRIDAY NIGHT LIVESTREAM, FEATURING LIVE MUSIC!



Uuriintuya plays the morin khuur, a traditional Mongolian instrument also known as the “horse-head fiddle”, because its scroll is traditionally carved like an equine head.

We'll have a short interview with her, then she'll play, and afterward we'll hang with Dariel Quiogue for a chat/q&a loosely centered on siege warfare.

Doors open at 7pm est, and you can watch right here on the campaign page where the trailer is. 

We hope you'll join us!

There's all this neat stuff going on but, honestly, I've also been dying to use these:



Everybody knows...googly eyes make everything better!

100% FUNDED: Onward to poetry and spray color edges!
over 1 year ago – Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 06:01:22 AM



HUZZAH, YOU GOT US THERE!


Thank you so much. It feels marvelous to let ourselves imagine holding this hot little book in our hands.

And we need just 16 more backers to unlock Bryn Hammond's bonus poetry. Heck at 85% of the way, it's not outlandish to think we'll unlock spray color edges!

Meanwhile all one hundred of our planned hardcovers have been claimed. We're going to talk to the printer about raising the print run, but probably only to 125 or so. The crowdfund definitely remains the time to grab one.

Alright, the campaign ends at noon EST this Saturday. Let's see how far we can take this caravan!

97% FUNDED, HARDCOVERS ALMOST GONE, and A SECRET MUSICAL GUEST!
over 1 year ago – Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 09:00:31 AM



Not backed or shared us yet? We're close enough now that you could be the one to get us to 100%!

It would be amazing to fund soon and begin racing toward our first stretch goal - Spray Color Edges. When we get there we'll do a poll so that our backers can choose what color to paint the edges of Double-Edged Sword & Sorcery's pages.

FUN FACTS
  • If you'd like the hardcover edition, then you definitely want to grab it during the crowdfund. Ninety of the one hundred planned copies have already been claimed!

  • Oliver, our publisher, has had all three of his short story editing slots taken, but he can still look at one novella manuscript and there are still a few story critiques available with Bryn & Dariel.

  • This Friday at 7pm EST we'll be doing our final livestream and it features A SECRET MUSICAL GUEST. Yup, there'll be live music! It will play right here on the campaign page, at the top where the trailer sits.

ONE WEEK LEFT, 90% FUNDING, and HOW WOULD YOU DEFEND A CITY UNDER A SIEGE?
over 1 year ago – Sat, Oct 12, 2024 at 08:13:09 AM




DON'T FORGET


Big thanks to everyone who's backed and shared us. If you haven't already, please consider it. We're so close! 

85% Funded, 250 Backers, Bonus Story: UNLOCKED, and More!
over 1 year ago – Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 01:22:55 PM

IN SHORT

  • You all just unlocked a bonus Orhan the Snow Leopard short story!: "The Shaman's Blood Price", a 7000 word tale that adds extra dimension to Dariel's novella, will now be added in digital formats to all backer's pledges.

  • The book has had some more press you can check out: Dariel was interviewed about his writing career at large on Liam's Lyceum - https://youtu.be/oUjnvmgohB4?si=ko5NTrXfKMIxb-vp

    He also chatted with the fine folks at the Infinite Library podcast, available here and all the usual places good podcasts can be found - https://youtu.be/mafXqSQYLFk?si=gYrqh_wd_FeUvdEi

  • Tonight at 7pm EST we're livestreaming a Double-Edged Short Story Panel Discussion, covering one Orhan story and one Goatskin story! You can watch it right here on our campaign page, where the trailer sits.

  • We've just hit...

IN DETAIL



So yes, having cleared 250 backers, all crowdfund backers, and only our crowdfund backers, will receive a bonus Orhan the Snow Leopard story by Dariel R.A. Quiogue, called "The Shaman's Blood Price", that ties loosely into WALLS OF SHIRA YULUN.

Next up? Bonus poetry related to WASTE FLOWERS as written by Bryn Hammond, should we hit 300 backers. With a little over two weeks in the campaign, this feels quite doable!



Word of the book continues to spread, with two more interviews (On Liam's Lyceum and Infinite Library) and hopefully more on the way. If you know anybody with a suitable blog, podcast, booktube channel, or any other venue that might be keen in chatting with us...well, honestly that's our job to take care of, but we really like the graphic we made with a "Press" hat on the smiling camel, so here we are.


MEANWHILE

TONIGHT

AT 7pm EST

Our publisher, Oliver, will be joined by Kevin Beckett (Just the Axe, Ma'am), Jay Wolf (Beating Hearts & Battle-Axes), and Kirk Johnson (The Obanaax) for a Double-Edged Short Story panel discussion. The two stories they'll be covering?

"Sister Chaos" by Bryn Hammond (New Edge Sword & Sorcery #1)
&
"The Demon of Tashi Tzang" by Dariel R.A. Quiogue (New Edge Sword & Sorcery #2)

You don't have to have read them to enjoy the chat, but there will be spoilers as we use these two stories to explore what makes the writing of these authors so damn good.

You can watch the stream on YouTube or on our campaign page.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW

Thanks again to you all for backing & sharing, we don't take it for granted!