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An anthology of Military SF, exploring how warfare might affect the soldiers and civilians of tomorrow. FUNDED!

War Stories: Modern Military Science Fiction

An anthology of Military SF, exploring how warfare might affect the soldiers and civilians of tomorrow. FUNDED!
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Andrew Liptak
Andrew Liptak

357 backers pledged $11,430 to help bring this project to life.
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Dust Jackets!

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After much wrangling, the dust jackets for the hardcovers have arrived. We had to work with a local printer to get these printed up, and due to the type... Read more

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February Update

A quick update for everyone expecting a hardcover. I had hoped to get these out in the last month or so, but that clearly hasn't happened. The books are in... Read more

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Updates on Hardcovers!

Hi all! I've got some updates on the hardcovers. 

Good news: we got them ordered! The order was placed last week through Lulu, which gave us a good holiday discount.... Read more

October Updates

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October Update

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I wanted to provide you with some updates on the status of War Stories, now that it's October. It's been almost full year since we started! 

 War Stories... Read more

September Updates!

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August Updates

Hi all, I wanted to send out a couple of housekeeping updates. 

Shipping

Backer copies are shipping. I'm sending these out in batches of around 10-11. It takes a little... Read more

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Shipping & Conventions

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War Stories: The Book!

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War Stories eBooks!

On Thursday, we sent out the first round of backer rewards to everybody who had backed a reward with an eBook: Check your e-mail and spam filters, and you should... Read more

War Stories: The Book, coming soon!

Excellent news, everyone! We just heard back from Apex, who informed us that the proof print has come back, and that it looks excellent: the book is now off to... Read more

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June Updates!

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Hurry Up and Wait

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Final Draft!

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Reminder: Surveys

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Surveys & Updates

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Military SF Podcast #2

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Random, Fireside Year 3, etc

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War Stories: Now With Art!

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War Stories Table of Contents

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Congratulations to Rich Larson

Hello troops -

The manuscript is in the hands of our editors, the authors are being paid, art is being created and we'll have a table of contents for you... Read more

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Rough Draft: Turned in!

Hello troops, 

We have great news for you: our rough draft of War Stories has been turned in to Jason at Apex Books! The whole manuscript runs just over 112,000... Read more

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Security Update

All, in case you didn't get the email from Kickstarter, they were hacked and a number of passwords we're stolen. They (and us!) recommend that you change your password, ASAP.... Read more

February Updates!

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January Updates

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Production Update & Advance Ebooks!

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Submissions Update

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December Update

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The End + Backer Perk

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Successfully raised $11,430 USD with 357 backers

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FUNDED!

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90% + Goals

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New Backer Level - 3 eBook package!

We're now offering a new level: Communications Sergeant, which bundles together three ebooks: War Stories and both volumes of the Apex Book of World SF, for $30! 

Communications Sergeant-... Read more

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Author Announcements: Susan Jane Bigelow and F. Brett Cox

We're pleased to announce two authors have joined the War Stories Table of Contents, Susan Jane Bigelow and F. Brett Cox: 

Susan Jane Bigelow is a librarian, writer and political... Read more

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Upping Your Pledge

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Thank you!

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All the Guest Posts!

So, we've been talking quite a bit about the War Stories anthology to a bunch of really cool people. Over the weekend and this morning, those have started hitting the... Read more

Author Announcement: Thoraiya Dyer

We are pleased to announce that Thoraiya Dyer has been conscripted into the War Stories army with her story 'One Million Lira'!

Thoraiya is a three-time Aurealis Award-winning, three-time Ditmar... Read more

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Toonari Post Interviews

War Stories editors Andrew Liptak and Jaym Gates were recently interviewed about War Stories for Toonari Post. See what they have to say about the anthology, their backgrounds and motivations... Read more

Reddit AMA!

Greetings! 

If you're a redditor, head on over to the site later today: War Stories editors Andrew Liptak and Jaym Gates will be taking part in a Reddit AMA, along... Read more

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Guest Posts!

Both of our co-editors, Andrew Liptak and Jaym Gates have been out and about in the blogosphere, talking about why they have come to edit a Military SF anthology.  ... Read more

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Author Announcement: Karin Lowachee

We are pleased to announce that Karin Lowachee has joined the growing ranks of the War Stories Army!  

Karin was born in South America, grew up in Canada, and... Read more

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New Backer Levels - Canada and Europe

Based on feedback that we've gotten from backers, we've added on a couple of additional Lieutenant Tiers to take into account shipping from the United States to Canada and Europe.... Read more

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New Backer Rewards: TC McCarthy

We're adding in two additional, limited rewards at the $150 and $250 level: a tuckerization and a story critique, both from author TC McCarthy.  

Here's the descriptions: 

 $150 Level ... Read more

Author Update: Rich Larson

We're pleased to announce that Rich Larson is joining the War Stories Table of Contents! 

Rich was born in West Africa, has studied in Rhode Island, and at 21 now... Read more

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Author Update: Maurice Broaddus

We're happy to announce that Maurice Broaddus is joining War Stories!

Marcus has written hundreds of short stories, essays, novellas, and articles. His dark fiction has been published in numerous... Read more

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