So shipping is a bit funny now, in a good way. When setting up the discount I confess I just copy/pasted the $5 off for CAD, $10 off for Rest Of World discount we offered in our past two crowdfunds.

I did not, in my hurry, realize this turns these shipping estimates...



...into one where somebody in, say, Thailand pays less shipping on a single paperback than someone in Canada.



The $5 and $10 discount was created with bigger projects in mind, ones where the difference between Canada and the Rest Of The World was a lot more than $2!

After thinking about it, we've decided that though it is strange for Canada to pay a few bucks more...it's what we promised, even if we didn't quite realize it at the time, and Canadians still get to pay less....so we're sticking with this for now.

But as we catch our breath after these amazing first few days of the crowdfund and dream up new stretch goals for the remaining 19 days in the crowdfund, anything could happen.



Meanwhile, additional paperback copies of BLUE FIRE are now available as add-ons. Given we fulfill this in November it could be a fun Christmas gift for someone in your life.



Clade Mirya is a huge fan of Jirel and they've been sharing fun comics like these, of her on her own or interacting with other classic Sword & Sorcery characters, for a little while now.



We noticed, and we liked them! So our latest stretch goal, which you've already unlocked, is to have Clade do a full page, black and white Jirel cartoon to go in the back of the book. It will feature Jirel and one or more characters from BLUE FIRE, and that's all we can say for now...



What will be our next stretch goals?

Honestly, we have no idea and need a minute to figure them out. You've unlocked the ones we planned SO quickly our heads are spinning...in the best possible way!

Thank you so much for backing and sharing this book we've been working toward for three years, and please keep an eye out for new livestream and stretch goal news.

Keep your swords sharp and your sorcery numinous,

All backers can vote in our poll by going here: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/brackenbooks/blue-fire-a-jirel-of-joiry-novella/polls/7237?ref=bk_poll_show

Meanwhile we're already cooking up something new to come after the International Shipping Discount...and that will be revealed in an update some time next week.

Keep your edges sprayed and your paperbacks mass-market,

But we've got to unlock it first, so please do keep being magnificent in sharing BLUE FIRE with the friends, family, and evil wizards in your life. With three weeks left we have plenty time to unlock not only spray color edges, but an international shipping discount and...probably more!



Another great thing about funding so quickly is we feel comfortable directing your attention to other cool projects, safe in the knowledge ours is funded. Do you like Sword & Sorcery comics?



Brought to you by French TTRPG darlings, The Merry Mushmen, XNOO is an exciting new, gigantic 276 page collection of Sword & Sorcery comics written and illustrated by some of the most exciting artists out there! You can read all the names on the Kickstarter campaign, but we will pause to highlight frequent Brackenbury Books contributor Goran Gligović!



Check it out here, and run, don't walk, as the crowdfund ends in just three days...: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/xnoo1/xnoo-1

Alright, have a think about what color the spray edges should be, perhaps join the discussion of favorite classic Jirel stories, and we'll check in with you again soon...

Keep your swords sharp and your sorcery numinous,