POSTCARDS FROM IMPOSSIBLE WORLDS // The Shortest Story

Backer surveys about to go out through BackerKit!
over 5 years ago – Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 08:04:24 PM

Hi everyone! Good news--I am about to send out your backer surveys! Keep an eye on your inbox for a Kickstarter survey request from BackerKit.

I'm going to be managing rewards and add-ons using BackerKit, which is a more thorough management system for keeping track of campaign fulfillment. It will also let you add-on rewards that you may have missed out on during the campaign--I know a number of people have requested this.

Right now it looks like I will be shipping everything out between September 14 and 28, but the sooner you can fill out your survey, the better.

If you pledge for a canvas print or would like to add-on a canvas print, please get your survey in by September 1st to ensure that your canvas gets signed. After September 1st, it will be a lot trickier to arrange a signing because of how long those items take to create.

If you have any questions at all, you can get in touch through the BackerKit help system, or the Kickstarter message system.

Again, thank you for all your support on this project!

*CORRECTION* BackerKit surveys coming in the next few days
over 5 years ago – Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 08:02:40 PM

Hi again! It looks like BackerKit likes to take a couple days to review the surveys and add-ons before they go live, so I won't be able to send the surveys out until tomorrow or Monday.

Stand by, and I'll post another update once they've gone out! Thanks so much!

Thank you
over 5 years ago – Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:32:29 PM

(So far, so great!)

Before I go, a few words of thanks!

Thank you to all you 973 backers who looked at this project and said THAT'S WEIRD but meant it in a good way and decided to give it a try. You're going to love this book!

Thank you to the people who didn't have money to back the book but still took the time to reach out and tell me how excited they were about it, or to share it with someone. You're incredibly kind,

Thanks to Sandra Kasturi and Brett Savory, my friends and publishers at ChiZine Publications who have been encouraging me to release a fiction collection for years and years and were incredibly supportive through the writing and editing process.

Thanks to the impossibly talented collaborators who produced 11/10 work for this project: Cecil Baldwin, Jordan Shiveley, Sonya Ballantyne, Shawn Coss, Sandra Kasturi, Helen Marshall and Robert Shearman.

I can't speak highly enough of their contributions to this book of their individual creative projects, which I heartily encourage you to check out.

Thanks to all the photographers who make their work available for weird creative projects like this, and especially to my friend Inna Yasinska, who encouraged me when I discussed this idea with her four years ago and who has been there to photograph the most important moments of my life.

Thanks to Mathias, my friend and graphic design hero who produced the Kickstarter video, the t-shirt design and those incredible animated story videos. What a powerhouse talent.

Thanks to Darryl Whetter: my writing mentor and good friend. His foreword is so touching and thoughtful that I am actually embarrassed to share it with people. I cried the first time I read it.

Thanks to the book proofreaders: Megan Harris, Kate Lane-Smith, Eric Weiss, Sandra Kasturi and Brett Savory, who are damn good at their jobs.

And thanks to the too-many-to-name Good Humans who have reached out over the past month to support me though a stressful time. I've been dealing with a lot of personal life upheaval throughout this campaign, and so many friends and family stepped in at various times to write guest comics for my webcomic, cover for me at conventions, and take care of other parts of my life that were overwhelming me.

I feel an emotional debt that I have no idea how to repay. I'm trying very hard to be worthy of the love you've shown me--it's a high bar you've set.

Alright, I'm gonna go make a blanket fort, hug my dog and eat a pizza the size of a manhole cover.

Then back in the saddle tomorrow,

❤️ Peter

Another animated story video + 16 hours left
over 5 years ago – Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 12:33:27 PM

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to say thank you for all your enthusiasm as the campaign comes to a close. This has been a life-changing month for me, and I couldn't be prouder of how this project has grown and taken on a life of its own! I'm excited to see where we can take this in the last 24 hours.

Mathias, the designer who worked on the Kickstarter video, just finished another animated story that blew me away! Take a look below!

Canvas prints are a go!
over 5 years ago – Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 12:11:27 PM

Hey guys!

Last week I ordered some canvas print samples and they just arrived! They turned out excellent! I've added them to reward tiers, and they're also available as add-ons, so you don't need to switch reward tiers to get one.

Just click "Manage My Pledge" and add $45 CAD (~$35 USD) to your pledge. (Note that while you still need to pay shipping on your base pledge, the $45 covers the shipping for your add-on.)

You can get any story from shorteststory.com printed on canvas, attached to a solid wooden frame, and signed.

 You can get yours in either a rectangular 12" x 8" frame or a square 12" x 12" frame with black bars for the title and signature.

Also, we just passed $40,000 and unlocked another stretch goal: another animated story featuring the voice of Cecil Baldwin!

 60 hours to go!