So, uh, wow. The extra prep and early promotion I’ve been doing for Leif & Thorn Volume 4 has paid off — 24 hours from launch and we’re 57% funded.

Also, got that Project We Love badge from Kickstarter right out of the gate. Nnnnice.

I thought about trying to make the video exactly 3:00 long, to fit with the Eurovision theme…but decided that was too much work, so I kept it short instead:

Give it a watch! There’s a particular smash-cut that I know is coming, because I put it there, and still it gets me every time.

Most of the campaign page focuses on the drive to print Volume 4: Blazing Stars, because that’s the shiny new thing. But — and this is why the goal is extra-large this year — we’re also doing a whole new print run of Volume 2.

Behold, the Shelf of Backlist:

Now, I have more copies of Volumes 1 and 3, stashed in boxes under a bed. (The narrow space left above them is my cat’s favorite sleepin’ space.)

But for Volume 2, this is basically all that’s left.

It’s…it’s almost like these books are popular or something, you know?

So, hey, if you haven’t backed it already — go check out the Volume 4 campaign. Let’s make the shiny new book, restock the Leif & Thorn backlist, and just generally bring some nice things into the world.