I Can't Contain My Excitement And It's All Your Fault
CLEAVE, a dark fantasy novella, has hit its funding goal. Help it get to the $2000 stretch goal to unlock a new chapter.
As the title of this article says, I can’t contain my excitement and it’s all your fault. You’re out there somewhere just waiting to be entertained by Stratum Press and that gives me the most important gift in life: purpose.
STRATUM PRESS NEWS
Hotel Erebus shipped to Kickstarter pre-order customers and the audiobook, softcover and hardcover are coming soon to Amazon and other platforms.
CLEAVE, my dark fantasy novella has launched on Kickstarter and hit its funding goal in less than a day.
Over the last few months, I’ve finished two books and am working on a third called Mad Malitia, and my business partner is nearly done developing a tabletop RPG based on the world of Hotel Erebus.
CLEAVE IS NOW ON KICKSTARTER—AND HIT ITS FUNDING GOAL
The CLEAVE project hit its funding goal in less than a day. You can pre-order the Hardcover Pack (which contains the book itself and a 48-page Image Gallery) now for $60. The book is already done and ready to go to the printers.
WE’RE MAKING MORE COOL STUFF FOR YOU
The aforementioned tabletop RPG is called Heroes of Nocturne and centers on the adventures of Elijah Crowe and Mia Wolfe from Hotel Erebus. The game focuses on a secret society of heroes fighting against evil global forces and players will get access to tons of hero, ability and movement cards. If you missed Hotel Erebus on its Kickstarter, you’ll be able to get it along with the game as one big reward package.
BIG SUMMER LAUNCHES TO GET YOU EXCITED
The project and distribution schedule for Stratum Press is mostly set for 2026 and things are on schedule so far. One of the things I’m most excited for will be around the end of May when we’ll technically be offering three big projects simultaneously.
An action novel called MAXIMUM STRIKE about a global fight club and the evil mastermind running it who is trying to turn the human race against itself.
A competitive card game based on Maximum Strike.
A supernatural romance epic called INFERNAL HEART about a young demoness trying to escape a life of drudgery and boredom who is approached by a mysterious demon who offers her a way out.(Infernal Heart is actually done; I just have to run through it for a corrective draft or two)
And that’s not to mention all of the assorted and miscellaneous merch we’ll be offering for each project that I haven’t thought up yet. The Maximum Strike Kickstarter campaign will be our biggest yet with both the book and game offered together along with a big art book, a soundtrack(that we may offer on CD or vinyl) stickers, flyers and everything needed to help offer a “Sphere of Immersion” for you the customer.
JOINING THE 3D TOY-PRINTING REVOLUTION
In the late summer/fall, we’ll be investing in some 3D printers to begin creating physical merch for the company: action figures, statues, miniatures, dice, and anything else you might want. That’s really going to blow the doors off. I have so many ideas involving 3D printing that will allow us at Stratum Press to make some super-cool products that I think will excite you.
Oh, and I looked into custom toy packaging and discovered a machine called a Vaquform DT2 that makes the plastic bubble shell you see in action figure packaging. It’s not a cheap machine, but I think as a business expense it will work and I’ll try to amortize the cost over several Kickstarter campaigns where I’ll offer figures as rewards. Blister packaging isn’t just for the big manufacturers; we can do it in-house.
WHAT DO YOU WANT? WE WANT TO MAKE IT!
Whether it’s books, tabletop games, action figures, statues, collectible cards, pogs(remember those?), bookmarks, t-shirts, CDs/albums, anything. If you think it would be cool, we want to offer it. We’re independent and make whatever we want, which means we work for you. You help us and we supply you with neat stuff. Win-win!
Now click here and go pre-order CLEAVE!
SARJ OUT