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Atthis Arts, a family owned and operated press, is doing a fund drive to cover unsexy things like operating costs, and sexier things like publicity and new projects.

Atthis Arts has published a lot of great work.1 Last year’s lineup included Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction From Ukraine and the Diaspora, Rosalind’s Siblings, and Pluralities. Coming soon is work like Heretic, the conclusion of Gregory A. Wilson’s Gray Assassin trilogy, and a translation of The Factory, a novel by Igor Mysiak, who was killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Independent presses like Atthis Arts do a lot with very little. Take them away and the literary space becomes much less varied and vital.

Atthis Arts is trying to get to $15,000 on a GoFundMe campaign. Check out the April Rally page for more information on other ways to help.

I’m personally grateful for the existence of Community of Magic Pens, a delightful anthology that gave me one of my first pro-rate sales. ↩︎

https://aphowell.com/2024/04/22/small-press-fund-drive/

#atthisArts #eDEBell #embroideredWorlds #fantasy #fiction #fundDrive #fundraiser #gregoryAWilson #igorMysiak #inclusiveFiction #indiePress #pluralities #queerFiction #rosalindSSiblings #scienceFiction #smallPress #translation

We love seeing Тетяна Адаменко and Ірина Пасько together - with #EmbroideredWorlds! 💕

Two people smiling with copies of book in front of buildings.

A bookpic from Dnipro! Author Тетяна Адаменко, whose story "The 'Kestrel' Travel Agency" appears in Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora. #Ukraine #UkrainianArt #EmbroideredWorlds

Author stands holding book in front of parking lot and buildings.

Look what arrived!

Love the cover design. And the cover has an interesting almost soft touch feel to it - maybe from the independent printers?

Very good work, so happy to have backed this project and with what I've received. Thanks to everyone at Atthis Arts and all who worked on bringing this to life.

And of course, thanks to all the writers for providing their works!

Слава Україні!

@bookstodon @atthisarts @edebell @Valya

#EmbroideredWorlds #AtthisArts #Ukraine #Bookstodon

Front cover of a paperback book. Title is Embroidered Worlds. subtitle Fantastic fiction from Ukraine & the diaspora. Edited by Valya Dudycz Lupescu, Olha Brylova, Iryna Pasko. Cover image is a watercolour style of a older person with a strange mechanical contraption around their face, arcane techno tattoos, and an old wooden and gold pipe in their mouth.

Back cover of the same book. Reads:

The Ukrainian fantastic...

A desperate trek through the icy canyons of Mars, a doll-sized family with giant-sized opinions, a defiant princess whose fate must remain a secret...

Welcome to the wild, colorful, and ever-blossoming landscapes of the Ukrainian imagination. Embroidered Worlds presents a bold glimpse into fantastic storytelling throughout Ukrainian culture, from science fiction, fantasy and horror to slipstream, fairy tales, and more.

This collection gathers 30 short stories from writers living in wartime Ukraine, their work translated into English for the very first time, as well as from international authors of Ukrainian heritage. Come, now, and experience the magic, the terror, and the wonder-filled surprises of the worlds they've brought to life.

Received my two copies of Embroidered Worlds! I cannot wait to start reading these stories this weekend! :neocat_book:

https://www.atthisarts.com/product/embroidered-worlds/

#EmbroideredWorlds #AtthisArts #UkrainianAuthors #UkranianStories

I am proud to have backed the Kickstarter for the #EmbroideredWorlds anthology of Ukrainian fantastic fiction and I look forward to reading the stories.

It’s a great mail day thanks to @atthisarts.

https://www.atthisarts.com/product/embroidered-worlds/

#EmbroideredWorlds #UkrainianSF #SFF #Books #Bookstodon #UkrainianLit #Ukraine

Pictured against a brick background is the book Embroidered Worlds: Fantastic Fiction from Ukraine and the Diaspora (words over the blue and yellow of the flag of Ukraine). Also shown on the cover is a traditionalist-futurist work of art depicting a fierce hutsul woman with a pipe and a blend of cultural, fantastic, and science fictional aesthetics, based on the art “Metahutsulka" by Taras Kopansky.

Here's a neat video of #EmbroideredWorlds bookplates being printed on vintage equipment for @atthisarts. (I have seen much larger presses at work, and for some reason this one is more terrifying.)

https://youtu.be/7qllrvV9-gw?si=a83Pn420Jm0XihGD

Surprise! (To us also!) We've decided to take extended orders for Embroidered Worlds on BackerKit through 12 November - and we've put the digital swag bag back in play! If we can reach $25K in support, ALL Kickstarter AND BackerKit backers (all levels, $1+) will receive this multimedia pack of original FUN.

Also - this is the LAST chance (really, really) to get the campaign-only bookplate with your print copy. #Ukraine #EmbroideredWorlds

https://embroidered-worlds.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

~ *shoo shoo* ~ Thank you, everyone! Let’s keep the story shoo-shoo slide going, bringing readers into the pool of fantastic stories in these LAST HOURS. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds?ref=d9ycm3 #Ukraine #SFF #EmbroideredWorlds #ShortStories #bookstodon

cute water slide that says 1050 backers - Thank you! under a blue sky that says Embroidered Worlds in the clouds

~ *choo choo* ~ Thank you, everyone! Let’s keep the story choo-choo going, delivering stories around the world - these LAST HOURS! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds?ref=d9ycm3 #Ukraine #SFF #EmbroideredWorlds #ShortStories #bookstodon

cute train that says $23,500 - Thank you! under a blue sky that says Embroidered Worlds in the clouds

In the spirit of @zzclaybourne's Witches, a photo of thanks from this Ukrainian Witch.

Thank you to our 1023 backers (with 7 hours to go, can we get to 1111?)

#embroideredworlds #UkrainianWitches
@atthisarts

(Sticker by https://www.keithgreenstein.com/uwu)

Woman sits behind a laptop with the Ukrainian Witches Unite sticker visible.

So, I really want to give out that swag bag. A hardcover upgrade would push us pretty much there, otherwise, love you for posting, telling people, and backing. 😘 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds?ref=d9ycm3 #Ukraine #SFF #ShortStories #EmbroideredWorlds #bookstodon

neon line reaching across page: bookplates funded; $2348 until digital swag bag

Yesterday's email listed out all the items offered through Embroidered Worlds on Kickstarter.

This ends in 10 hours! We hope you'll give it a look - and tell anyone who might be interested or have the means to be an art patron! Thank you so much.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds?ref=d9ycm3 #Ukraine #SFF #ShortStories #EmbroideredWorlds #bookstodon

List of rewards, highlighting: $1 for all 30 fantastic stories, a box of treasure at $500, and $2000 to fund an automatic upgrade to hardcovers for all campaign paperbacks

~ *choo choo* ~ Thank you, everyone! Let’s keep the story choo-choo going, delivering stories around the world - this LAST DAY!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds?ref=d9ycm3 #Ukraine #SFF #EmbroideredWorlds #ShortStories #bookstodon

cute train that says $22,500 - Thank you! under a blue sky that says Embroidered Worlds in the clouds

~ *choo choo* ~ Thank you, everyone! Let’s keep the story choo-choo going, delivering stories around the world. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds?ref=d9ycm3 #Ukraine #SFF #EmbroideredWorlds #ShortStories #bookstodon

cute train that says $22,000 - Thank you! under a blue sky that says Embroidered Worlds in the clouds

~ *shoo shoo* ~ Thank you, everyone! Let’s keep the story shoo-shoo slide going, bringing readers into the pool of fantastic stories.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds?ref=d9ycm3 #Ukraine #SFF #EmbroideredWorlds #ShortStories #bookstodon

cute water slide that says 1000 backers with lots of extra ducks everywhere - Thank you! under a blue sky that says Embroidered Worlds in the clouds

If any of you fools were holding out to be BACKER 1000, your window is NOW. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds?ref=d9ycm3 #Ukraine #SFF #ShortStories #EmbroideredWorlds #bookstodon

I woke up to 3 things: 1) A very foggy Michigan morning which I decided to take as a good sign, because I can. 2) A Facebook “memory” that 12 years ago I posted a picture of a very foggy morning from Ohio. 3) That big number so close I can see it even through the fog. Big day. I’m here for it, all day, until the end. I really want to send that swag pack; it's pure joy. Let's do this. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds?ref=d9ycm3 #Ukraine #SFF #ShortStories #EmbroideredWorlds #bookstodon

neon line reaching across page: bookplates funded; $3156 until digital swag bag, 2 backers until Zig sends "pics"

"Are you going to stop this?"

NO - not for 26 hours. Now, come on, let's do the thing! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atthisarts/embroidered-worlds?ref=d9ycm3 #Ukraine #SFF #ShortStories #EmbroideredWorlds #bookstodon

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