TheCosmicBackground

Happy 2025 to all those who celebrate the passage of time. We have 15 more days of our kickstarter and lots of rewards coming your way so get ready to duck. kickstarter.com/projects/theco…

3 hours left for @theCosmicbgr Kickstarter. We've already funded but barely. It would be great to get a few more backers and there are some great rewards available for those that support us. kck.st/3VMaSEy

If anyone's been holding off on backing this year's Kickstarter, a couple funders had to back out (for super reasonable reasons) and we're now scrambling for $900 in 3 days. Help! kickstarter.com/projects/theco…

Back at this level and receive a year of mentorship from Sam, including an hourly meeting every month, guaranteed critique of a minimum of 1 story per month, and access to him for questions and advice basically anytime it takes your fancy, unless he's in the bath.

Reward highlight! For $500 you get a Yearlong Mentorship with Editor-in-Chief Sam Asher Clarion Graduate, published in a whole bunch of magazines you really, really love, AND a new collection, Sam Asher knows the business of short fiction as well as anyone in the world.

We have 10 days to go for our kickstarter and we are 60% there! Let’s do this!🐙🔮🚀👻💀🔥 🔗👇🏽 kickstarter.com/projects/theco…

If you want more stories like "I Will Get Her Back" by @AtSayre then help @theCosmicbgr out to publish more great stuff this year. Haven't read it yet? Then do it now. It's flash that you can read in 5 minutes but the story will stick with you longer. thecosmicbackground.com/stories/a-t-sa…

If you ask nicely, Chelsea will hide a tentacle doodle somewhere in the book for you to find. 🐙🐙🐙 kickstarter.com/projects/theco…

We have 11 days to go for our kickstarter! Here’s another reward for you… At $20 you get a signed personalized copy of ONLY ANIMALS by @wthcoffeespoons This speculative flash fiction chapbook is from @wrongpublishing

Last year’s backers at this level have all confirmed that said creatures: 1. Never ate them. 2. Became loyal companions. and 3. Are definitely not controlling their minds. 🐙 handmade by @wthcoffeespoons

Kickstarter reward highlight! 🔥Adopt a Creature of the Background🔥👉🏼 $50💀 Back at this level and you’ll receive one of the eldritch horrors of the Cosmic Background in the mail. kickstarter.com/projects/theco…

Kickstarter highlight time! For the low low price of $50 toward our future in the great Static, you get a signed copy of @OlivasTheWriter debut novel, Sundown in San Ojuela. It is KILLER. kickstarter.com/projects/theco…

The Cosmic Background does good & important work. With only 15 days to go, you can help reach their Kickstarter goal!!!✨ kickstarter.com/projects/theco…

Hey yo - last year we made these Cosmic Background fortune teller cards for the kickstarter. If we added them as a reward this year - what would you like the Cosmic Background to give you advice or predictions on?

We have popped over to the sky place too. Tune in there for more of your favorite programming. bsky.app/profile/thecos…

It's be-annoying-and-tag-people-to-help-our-Kickstarter time. Help us continue paying $0.10 a word to our writers. kickstarter.com/projects/theco… @arleysorg @KaiDelmas @HavenSpec @LPKindred @LeahNing @apexmag @somto_Ihezue @Shingaibelike @AtSayre @Gwenda

Our Kickstarter is at $1200 in 4 hours. That figure goes to our lead artist Niv Sekar in exchange for the illustrations that accompany each story (and feature on our t-shirts, see attached). Your contributions are paying real, human artists. Thank you.

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The Year Two Cosmic Background Kickstarter is Officially up and running. Help us continue to pay industry-leading rates ($0.10 a word!) for the weirdest fiction possible. kickstarter.com/projects/theco…