#EmbroideredWorlds

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How Amazing Could This Ukrainian SFF Anthology Get?

On September 1, we launched a Kickstarter to fund Embroidered Worlds, an anthology of fantastic fiction from Ukraine and the diaspora. We are working to spread the word far and wide about this collection of Ukrainian authors, many of whom have never been translated into English before.

The more people we can reach during the Kickstarter campaign, the more incentives we can unlock to make this book even more special!

If we reach our $30,000 goal, we will hire three Ukrainian artists to create interior illustrations, and include those in all editions of the book. At $50,000 we will make available a limited-edition, numbered hardcover, with art prints of the cover and illustrations that can be framed.

HOW AMAZING WOULD IT BE TO HAVE ILLUSTRATED, LIMITED-EDITION NUMBERED HARDCOVERS WITH ART PRINTS!?!

We raised $10,000 in 4 days. Can we double that in a week?

Embroidered Worlds is scheduled for publication in December 2023. Anyone wishing to join in supporting the book has until Sept. 30 to do so, at levels ranging from a $1 ebook order to a $1,000 benefactor gift.

I invite you to follow the link and order your copy of Embroidered Worlds, and please spread the word to other readers who might like to add it to their libraries. For $20 you can order a paperback edition and also get an e-book copy!

Between readers of imaginative fiction and supporters of Ukraine, the potential audience for this book is large and diverse. Please support and share as you can!

Thank you to everyone who has pledged and shared so far! (If you have ideas how to spread the word, reach out. I welcome your ideas!)

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An update from one of our Ukrainian editors, Olha Brylova. She writes about her experiences as an interpreter at a training center where foreign instructors are teaching Ukrainian soldiers:

"I spent August in Kharkiv shouting at armed men. No kidding. I literally did that. I was an interpreter for a training center where foreign instructors taught Ukrainian soldiers how to enhance their chances of staying alive while causing more damage to the enemy. There were lots of soldiers, and very much noise, hence shouting. It changed slightly when I was transferred from the infantry group to the sappers. Sappers are a silent bunch. At least until the moment when it's time to blow something up. They also tend toward gallows humor. I think every Ukrainian has developed that sense of humor since February 2022, but sappers take it up to year 11."

You can read the rest of Olha's update on Kickstarter:

Дуже дякую! Слава Україні!

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In our latest Embroidered Worlds update, a guest post from Michael Burianyk addresses the question, "Why do we need Ukrainian stories?"

You can read the update here: