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The Things from Another World

Created by John Betancourt

The backstory of the Things and the future of humanity within a galaxy-wide conflict dating back millions of years.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

This thing has things for you
over 2 years ago – Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 09:46:13 AM

Soon to have a new Audio Book reward

When the campaign reaches $35,000 we will unlock the audio book of The Things from Another World .

At $40,000 we will add an additional interior  illustration to the book. Another illustration will be added for each  additional $10,000 to a maximum of 8 new pieces of art in the book at   $120,000. This is in addition to the 4 illustrations already planned  for  the book.

As you know, the better this does the more things we can get for you.

Things like more handmade original art for the book, an audio book, and more.

If you wish to help get yourself more things and make the things you're already getting better, use this link to let people know about what is going on.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wildsidepress/the-things-from-another-world?ref=5xbaqm

Thank you so much for the support you are all so amazing.

New Things And We Are Loved
over 2 years ago – Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 05:30:13 PM

This campaign is now a project Kickstarter loves so that is fantastic.

We also have new rewards for you since some of you asked for them.

Red leather special edition: An ultra rare exclusive special edition of The Things from Another World in red leather stamped with silver foil, with special binding and a  bound in ribbon bookmark, signed and numbered. Also includes ebook  editions of The Things from Another World, Frozen Hell, Who Goes There?, and the Short Things anthology, plus the audiobook edition of Frozen Hell and all digital downloads. Limited to 65 copies. Only 100  copies of the red leather special edition will be printed, and those  not made available in this campaign will be held by the publisher and  not sold. This reward and the character naming reward will be  your only chance to get a copy of this rare special edition.

Name a character in the book (they'll probably get  eaten by a Thing). You will  get to choose the name of a character in  the book. The character to be named is the author's choice. Only five  people will get to name a character through this reward. Also includes a  copy of the special binding rare red leather edition of The Things from Another World (signed and numbered) which will be inscribed by hand to the backer by  author John Betancourt. Also includes ebook editions of The Things from Another World, Frozen Hell, Who Goes There?, and the Short Things anthology, plus the audiobook edition of Frozen Hell and all digital downloads. Limited to 5 copies. Only 100  copies of the red leather special edition will be printed, and those  not made available in this campaign will be held by the publisher and  not sold. This reward and the red leather special  edition reward will be your only chance to get a copy of this rare  special edition.

Something to note about The Things from Another World: it features a cover, frontispiece, and four interior illustrations by acclaimed Hugo Award-winning artist Bob Eggleton. 

New stretch goal: Once the campaign reaches $40,000 we will add an additional interior  illustration to the book. Another illustration will be added for each additional $10,000 to a maximum of 8 new pieces of art in the book at $120,000. This is in addition to the 4 illustrations already planned for the book.

We have added Add Ons.

Since there are so many of you and hopefully more to come we are going to be using BackerKit to make the process of you getting your items as easy as possible.

Thank you so much for the support !

More things will come!

This Thing is
over 2 years ago – Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 03:59:30 AM

This Thing is Funded!

This Thing was funded in less than 5 minutes! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

We are well on our way to the stretch goal.

When the campaign reaches $35,000 we will unlock the audio book of The Things from Another World.

We will have the cover reveal for the limited edition hardcover soon.

The better this does, the more things we can give you down the road. 

What other stretch goals would you maybe like to see?

Thank you for the support!