Special edition hardcover of Emily McCosh's debut short story collection, All the Woods She Watches Over - with stories of loss and love, friendship and family, otherworldy magic, and magic roaming our own backyard.
Hello and welcome to my little campaign for a special edition hardcover of my debut book, All the Woods She Watches Over: Stories & Poetry.
For years, since I published this little book in 2020, I've wanted to make a hardcover edition. Now, we're finally doing it, with some extra bells and whistles atop it! Enjoy checking out the campaign!
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~ Emily All the Woods She Watches Over includes original and published short stories and poetry. Glimpses into loss and love, friendship and family, otherworldy magic, and magic roaming our own backyard.
A soldier of metal and wire meets another like herself, only a little more human. A child talks with Death on her apartment roof. A robot remembers nothing but the family he cares for. Faeries have eaten the planet, but this isn’t the story about the end of the world. A witch plants lilies that know her well. An old woman knows the wolves that prowl the endless woods, and also the one that has come to visit...
All the Woods She Watches Over includes 12 short stories including the title story, 6 first published in professional magazines, 6 exclusive to this collection!
"Our Wired Hearts" An android soldier meets another like herself as he teaches her how to become a little more human.
"Breath, Weeping Wind, Death" — first published in Galaxy's Edge (2019) A child talks with Death on her apartment roof.
"Robot Dreams" Far in the future, one of the only robots left in the world remembers nothing of his past, just the two little boys he cares for.
"We Are Not Faerytales" Faeries have eaten the planet, but this is not a story about the end of the world, just of two people.
"The Stars and the Rain" — first published in Flash Fiction Online (2017) A sister travels the stars taking pictures of every planet she touches, and finds her way back to her little brother in the process.
"Of Water and Wood"— first published in Galaxy's Edge (2017) A woman lives along the edges of the woods and mourns her husband, but the woods have something they wish to offer her.
"Frozen Meadow, Shining Sun" — first published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies (2018), reprinted in Flame Tree Press: Epic Fantasy Anthology (2019) A girl searches for her sister lost in the snow, and is visited by a fox spirit.
"Cookies for Ghost"— first published in Daily Science Fiction (2019) A little girl befriends the ghost that has taken to haunting her attic.
"Get Down" A woman takes pictures of her son in a far future world from our own.
"The Petals on her Lips" A witch plants lilies that know her well.
"Paper Found in Garden, Secured with Locket, Unbroken" A man finds the last letter his wife left to him, and finds his way home to her.
"All the Woods She Watches Over"— first published in Shimmer Magazine (2018), originally printed under the title Rotkäppchen An old woman with a red cloak knows the wolves that prowl the endless woods, and also the one that has come to visit.
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Each story is separated by a small poem of dreams, love, and nostalgia. 🖤Â
Of course, the ebook and paperback edition of this book will be available to grab, but the focus of this campaign is to get All the Woods She Watches Over into a beautiful little special edition hardcover!
OUR SPECIAL EDITION:
5x8" hardcover, ~130 pages long
Foil stamped case cover with brand new illustration
Reverse dust jacket with brand new illustration
Interior illustrations now in full color
Illustrated endsheets
Solid sprayed edges (with illustrated edges as stretch goal)*
*Given the price of sprayed edges, I'm offering them as an add-on as they make a small book even more expensive, and I want to give the option for a slightly more affordable special edition for those who cannot afford the expensive of sprayed edges!
As we reach more funding, we can unlock more goodies and updates to the special edition of All the Woods She Watches Over! Swag will automatically be added to all physical levels, and will be available to purchase as add-ons if you want more! UNLOCKED!Once we unlock this stretch goal, all backers at a physical level will also receive a bookmark! More will be available as add-ons if you would like extras! :D Once we unlock this stretch goal, the solid sprayed edges add-on will be upgraded to illustrated edges!I'll reveal the design once this goal is unlocked!
📚 Welcome to Booktopia — a celebration of creativity and collaboration from a vibrant collective of writers, authors and artists collectively running crowdfunding projects from September 5th -September 26th.
🔥 Limited Cross-Collaboration Freebies — All 50+ Booktopia creators have paired up with a fellow participant to create two unique and limited freebies together. If BOTH projects successfully fund, backers who support BOTH will get the TWO [2] cross-collab freebies listed below, one will ship from each creator. The more pairs of Booktopia creators you support, the more freebies you will earn ✨
For Booktopia, I've partnered up with the lovely Anthea Sharp, a bestselling fantasy author who loves fairy tales as much as I do!
Anthea is offering a special edition paperback of her collection of fairy tale stories and poems, Mermaid Song!Â
When you back both of our campaigns, you get a lovely art print from each of us (digital backers will receive a digital copy)! These adorable little art prints come foil stamped as well, so they're extra shiny!
~ ALL THE WOODS SHE WATCHES OVER foiled card from Emily & TRUST IN FATE foiled card from Anthea ~
Emily McCosh is a graphic designer and writer of strange things. She currently lives in California with her two parents, one dog, one tree swing, and innumerable characters who need to learn some manners. Her short fiction has appeared in Beneath Ceasless Skies, Shimmer, Galaxy’s Edge, Flash Fiction Online, Nature: Futures, and elsewhere.
She is the author of All the Woods She Watches Over: Stories & Poetry; Under the Earth, Over the Sky; In Dying Starlight;The Sea at the End of Everything; and The Wind and the Wild. Â Â
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Under the Earth, Over the Sky is Emily's debut novel (Kickstarted!), and is perfect if you want a cozy stand-alone fairytale about an old fae king who adopts and raises a little human child.
In Dying Starlight (free to read on Kindle Unlimited!) follows Aaron, a cyborg bounty hunter and Bat, his badger companion (who talks a bit too much), as their largest job goes terribly wrong. Featuring lots of found family vibes, sarcasm, and a few galactic princesses.
The Sea at the End of Everything is an illustrated novella (also Kickstarted!) that was published in February of this year, about two sisters who reconnect as they help a strange creature washed up during a magical storm.
The Wind and the Wildis a fae fantasy romance novel about a young woman who diiscovers a strange fae lord hiding out in an abandoned library in Faerie, and is coming in early 2025. You can grab early special editions with now on my Backerkit store!Â
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Hello! You can find me online making writing vlogs on my YouTube channel, and making silly writing and reading skits on my TikTok and Instagram.
