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Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is our second best novel campaign ever, and it's all because of you all!I can't be...
17/02/2023

Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is our second best novel campaign ever, and it's all because of you all!

I can't believe this is my life. :)

This is it…the last day of The Obsidian Spindle Saga's Kickstarter campaign. Are you ready to dive into the Dream Realm,...
16/02/2023

This is it…the last day of The Obsidian Spindle Saga's Kickstarter campaign. Are you ready to dive into the Dream Realm, the Nightmare Realm, the Underworld, and the Fairy Realm?

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

Remember, this is the ONLY time these books will be available (save for a couple of extra copies I will be bringing to shows) until January of 2024.

Aside from a non-fiction book I'll be launching in April, I am not even running a campaign until November of this year, and I won't have my fiction available on that campaign.

So, if you want to read these books in 2023, this is likely your ONLY chance.

Fairy tales are real.

Rose Briar is a diabetic college student without insurance. She’s been scraping by through a combination of maxing out credit cards and relying upon the kindness of strangers.

Unfortunately, she’s spent every dollar at her disposal. There’s no money left to buy her life-saving insulin.

Without her medication, Rose falls into a diabetic coma. She tumbles into a deep slumber and wakes up in a fantastical place called the Dream Realm, where fairy tales and legends of old are still very much alive.

She has one chance to wake up.

She must trek across the world, visit the most powerful object in the land, the Obsidian Spindle, and entreat the fates; the only beings powerful enough to send her soul back to Earth.

But evil forces don’t want her to leave. They will stop at nothing to capture her and make sure she never goes home again.

Now, with the help of her half-gorgon girlfriend and a mysterious red rider, Rose must race across the land fighting dragons, monsters, and the forces of the Wicked Witch, Nimue, in order to reach the Obsidian Spindle before her body dies on Earth and she’s trapped in the Dream Realm forever.

Will she be able to wake up? Can she survive? That is the genesis of the Obsidian Spindle Saga (simplified sometimes as TOSS below), and the first book The Sleeping Beauty.

There's only ONE DAY LEFT to join our Obsidian Spindle Saga Kickstarter campaign! After tomorrow it will be over, and th...
15/02/2023

There's only ONE DAY LEFT to join our Obsidian Spindle Saga Kickstarter campaign! After tomorrow it will be over, and the knot in my stomach will hopefully ease up a bit.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

Remember, this is the ONLY time these books will be available (save for a couple of extra copies I will be bringing to shows) until January of 2024.

Aside from a non-fiction book I'll be launching in April, I am not even running a campaign until November of this year, and I won't have my fiction available on that campaign.

So, if you want to read these books in 2023, this is likely your ONLY chance.

It's the last 2 days for The Obsidian Spindle Saga Kickstarter!  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obs...
14/02/2023

It's the last 2 days for The Obsidian Spindle Saga Kickstarter!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

Remember, this is the ONLY time these books will be available (save for a couple of extra copies I will be bringing to shows) until January of 2024.

Aside from a non-fiction book I'll be launching in April, I am not even running a campaign until November of this year, and I won't have my fiction available on that campaign.

So, if you want to read these books in 2023, this is likely your ONLY chance.

We extended our week 3 perks into week 3 and 4 perks, but they are running out tonight. This is your last chance to pick...
12/02/2023

We extended our week 3 perks into week 3 and 4 perks, but they are running out tonight. This is your last chance to pick up these awesome books.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

Everyone who backs by tonight gets digital copies of Lucky Logan by J. R. Frontera, Justicar Jhee and the Cursed Abbey by Trevol Swift, TJ & the Orishas by Antoine Bandele, Regeneration by Cassie Gruetman, and The Vessel by MEEEEEE!!!

There's only one week left to back the Obsidian Spindle Saga, and we haven't even talked about any of the characters yet...
09/02/2023

There's only one week left to back the Obsidian Spindle Saga, and we haven't even talked about any of the characters yet.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

So, who are the main characters of The Obsidian Spindle Saga (TOSS)?

Each book of The Obsidian Spindle Saga is told from multiple different perspectives from all across the univerese, weaving together a narrative between them. This was the most complex project I've ever worked on, getting each character right, and telling different but cohesive stories between them.

One of the things I appreciate about Game of Thrones is that each character is not only rich and unique, but they also are having their own type of fantasy story.

Sansa is having a story about political intrigue while John Snow is having a classic fantasy adventure story, all while Arya is having a coming-of-age fantasy story.

It's like 30-40 stories in one book.

These stories are quite pared down in comparison to Game of Thrones. Each book comes in around 275 pages compared to 500+, but I loved the idea that each story can be its own thing, and bring different elements of fantasy into it.

Rose - The narrative of The Obsidian Spindle Saga rotates quite heavily around Rose. She plays the role of The Sleeping Beauty in our narrative, but also Alice, and Dorothy, as she is the character we see the first moments of the Dream Realm through, and the one filled with the most wonder about what she's seeing.

Rose is a college student with no magical powers, who is so poor she lives in a van in the school parking lot with her half-gorgon girlfriend, Chelle. She is also a diabetic, who often has to choose between medication and eating, which is what sets her on her path.

Chelle - Chelle is Rose's half-gorgon girlfriend. As a "monster", she has been chased and hunted for her whole life by monster hunters trying to make a name for themselves. Her mother was slaughtered and her parts sold on the black market. She has some of her mother's gorgon powers, and also other magical powers. She has learned to defend herself and protect the ones she loves.

Nimue - The Wicked Witch of our universe is the ruler of the Land of Oz. She deposed the previous ruler, Ozma, and has ruled for the last hundred years, She is the most powerful witch in Urgu, as she was blessed by Hera, and is working in consort with her to open the locked door to the Obsidian Spindle and return to Earth by any means necessary.

Red - Red is the titular Red Riding Hood in our universe. She is one of Ozma's royal guards and has searched for a way to depose the Wicked Witch. She believes that Rose is the key to restoring order in Urgu, and will do anything to protect her.

Gwen - After her adventures helping Rose in the first arc, Gwen just wanted to sit at home and lead a normal life. However, when her boyfriend is called to adventure as the hero of the Fairy Realm, she has no choice but to stop him from doing anything stupid.

Lucy - Gwen's best friend, a fashion model, and a professional "quest girl", Lucy made her living going on, and surviving, dangerous quests. Now, she lives a comfortable life...that is, until Gwen pulls her back into the life again for one last job.

Each book in this arc follows 4-5 of these characters. As you can see above, there are many different paths these characters will walk over the course of this arc, as they try to keep and maintain power, while attempting to mold fate to their will.

We're also extending week 3 perks through this weekend. So, everyone who backs by Sunday gets digital copies of Lucky Logan by J.R. Frontera, Justicar Jhee and the Cursed Abbey by Trevol Swift, TJ & the Orishas by Antoine Bandele, Regeneration by Cassie Gruetman, and The Vessel by MEEEEEE!!!

It's been a couple of weeks since I launched the Obsidian Spindle Saga. I'm so so so so so excited for how far we've com...
08/02/2023

It's been a couple of weeks since I launched the Obsidian Spindle Saga. I'm so so so so so excited for how far we've come, and how supportive you are of my…well it would not be untrue to call it my obsession over the past three years.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

So, what is the Obsidian Spindle?

The Obsidian Spindle is one of the most powerful objects in the universe. There is one in every dimension and every inhabited planet in the known galaxy. It is a transport hub between planets for gods and magical creatures, but it is also a focus for magical energy, as it takes an incredible amount of power to make it work.

Think of it like The Wheel of Time, or the Dark Tower. It is a powerful magical object that much of the story relies on and many of the character's destinies depend.

In the Dream Realm, the Fates live inside the locked tower of the Obsidian Spindle, and Rose must find a way to open it if she ever hopes to return back to Earth before her body dies and she's stuck in the Dream Realm forever.

Every "arc" of this series will feature different realms and characters. These first four books are what I am calling The Dream Realm arc.

Each book tells a good chunk of the story with a satisfying conclusion, but there are cliffhangers between books that are only resolved at the end of each arc, and each arc also has a beginning, middle, and end.

I love it so much.

We're also extending week 3 perks through this weekend. So, everyone who backs by Sunday gets digital copies of Lucky Logan by J.R. Frontera, Justicar Jhee and the Cursed Abbey by Trevol Swift, TJ & the Orishas by Antoine Bandele, Regeneration by Cassie Gruetman, and The Vessel by MEEEEEE!!!

I am prone to hyperbole, and tend to downplay it when other people say that one book or another is the best book I've ev...
06/02/2023

I am prone to hyperbole, and tend to downplay it when other people say that one book or another is the best book I've ever written.

However, across the board, everybody who has read The Obsidian Spindle Saga has said that it's not only MY best series, but it's one of their favorite series of all time…

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

I've been developing this series since 2018, and it's just everything I love about portal fantasy.

The Obsidian Spindle Saga started with a simple premise. Knowing everything I knew about writing after finishing over a dozen novels, if I could go back and design my perfect series, the one that would stand the test of time and encapsulate everything I loved in the world, what would it be?

I gathered the pieces very quickly: a dash of fairy tales, a scoop of mythology, a spoonful of portal fantasy, a sprinkle of romance, a bit of social commentary, and a whole heap of worldbuilding, and when I sat back I realized…I wasn't a good enough writer to take on this series yet.

That doesn't mean my other books weren't good, but The Obsidian Spindle was more complicated than anything I had ever done.

I didn't know enough about writing romance, or YA, and I had never had a story written from multiple perspectives, so I set out on a very ambitious project, and wrote non-stop for the next eighteen months, in order to learn everything I thought I needed to know in order to take on this series.

Some of those books you might have seen before. The Marked Ones, Invasion, The Void Calls Us Home all came from that process. Our Wannabe+ exclusive serial Anna and The Dark Place was the final book I wrote during that timespan, the capstone that proved to me I was ready to write The Obsidian Spindle Saga.

And so, in June 2018 I wrote the first book in the series, The Sleeping Beauty, pouring everything I ever wanted to say into it, and spilling everything I loved onto the page.

I absolutely adored the book. I'm not the type of writer where things fall out of me easily. It's always a struggle to get a book on the page, and then I have to manhandle it to cooperate. I love all my book babies, but they are stubborn as a mule and twice as ornery most times.

That's not the case with this series. The Sleeping Beauty slid out quickly and without much struggle, almost exactly has I imagined it in my mind.

Then, over and over the people who read it said it was my best work ever, and even now, several dozen books later, they still mention The Sleeping Beauty, and the whole Obsidian Spindle Saga, as among their favorite series.

Here is the set-up for the whole book, and the whole universe.

Rose Briar is a diabetic college student without insurance. She’s been scraping by through a combination of maxing out credit cards and relying upon the kindness of strangers.

Unfortunately, she’s spent every dollar at her disposal. There’s no money left to buy her life-saving insulin.

Without her medication, Rose falls into a diabetic coma. She tumbles into a deep slumber and wakes up in a fantastical place called the Dream Realm, where fairy tales and legends of old are still very much alive.

She has one chance to wake up.

She must trek across the world, visit the most powerful object in the land, the Obsidian Spindle, and entreat with the fates; the only beings powerful enough to send her soul back to Earth.

But evil forces don’t want her to leave. They will stop at nothing to capture her and make sure she never goes home again.

Now, with the help of her half-gorgon girlfriend and a mysterious red rider, Rose must race across the land fighting dragons, monsters, and the forces of the Wicked Witch, Nimue, in order to reach the Obsidian Spindle before her body dies on Earth and she’s trapped in the Dream Realm forever.

Will she be able to wake up? Can she survive? That is the genesis of the Obsidian Spindle Saga, and the first book The Sleeping Beauty.

I hope you love it as much as me.

We're also extending week 3 perks through this weekend. So, everyone who backs by Sunday gets digital copies of Lucky Logan by J.R. Frontera, Justicar Jhee and the Cursed Abbey by Trevol Swift, TJ & the Orishas by Antoine Bandele, Regeneration by Cassie Gruetman, and The Vessel by MEEEEEE!!!

We have been playing a dance between $10,800 and $11,000 all week, and I really want to smash through that wall and get ...
03/02/2023

We have been playing a dance between $10,800 and $11,000 all week, and I really want to smash through that wall and get to the other side. So, I'm offering a really awesome bonus if we can get there TODAY!

If we can hit $11,000 by tonight, I'll include this awesome digital illustration of the Obsidian Spindle by Renzo Podesta to everyone's digital goodies at the end of the campaign. We're less than $100 away right now.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

This is the FIRST illustration of the Obsidian Spindle, and combined with the illustrations by Kelsi Jo Silva, hopefully help you get a sense of the world a little better.

Plus, everyone who backs by Sunday gets digital copies of Lucky Logan by J.R. Frontera, Justicar Jhee and the Cursed Abbey by Trevol Swift, TJ & the Orishas by Antoine Bandele, Regeneration by Cassie Gruetman, and The Vessel by MEEEEEE!!!

And, of course, I think you'll love The Obsidian Spindle Saga too.

It contains several of my favorite books that I've ever written. Everyone who has read it has told me the second arc is better than the first arc. If you have not read this series, and you love my work, then you will absolutely ADORE this series. If you have known of my work and been waiting to try something, then this is my best work.

This series will ONLY be available on Kickstarter until the series is wrapped, and I won't be offering them again until the next time the series launches on Kickstarter (except for a few extra copies left over from this campaign).

Fairy tales are real.

Rose Briar is a diabetic college student without insurance. She’s been scraping by through a combination of maxing out credit cards and relying upon the kindness of strangers.

Unfortunately, she’s spent every dollar at her disposal. There’s no money left to buy her life-saving insulin.

Without her medication, Rose falls into a diabetic coma. She tumbles into a deep slumber and wakes up in a fantastical place called the Dream Realm, where fairy tales and legends of old are still very much alive.

She has one chance to wake up.

She must trek across the world, visit the most powerful object in the land, the Obsidian Spindle, and entreat the fates; the only beings powerful enough to send her soul back to Earth.

But evil forces don’t want her to leave. They will stop at nothing to capture her and make sure she never goes home again.

Now, with the help of her half-gorgon girlfriend and a mysterious red rider, Rose must race across the land fighting dragons, monsters, and the forces of the Wicked Witch, Nimue, in order to reach the Obsidian Spindle before her body dies on Earth and she’s trapped in the Dream Realm forever.

We're deep in the warm, gooey middle of the Obsidian Spindle Saga Kickstarter campaign, and we have some awesome, metaph...
31/01/2023

We're deep in the warm, gooey middle of the Obsidian Spindle Saga Kickstarter campaign, and we have some awesome, metaphorical chocolatey goodness for you this week in the form of new bonus books.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

Everyone who backs by Sunday gets digital copies of Lucky Logan by J.R. Frontera, Justicar Jhee and the Cursed Abbey by Trevol Swift, TJ & the Orishas by Antoine Bandele, Regeneration by Cassie Gruetman, and The Vessel by MEEEEEE!!!

I didn't quite know that the theme of these perks when I started them for this campaign was basically “look at all these awesome books I've made that nobody has read. If I give them to you for free will you read them maybe?”

The Vessel is one of my hardest books to describe, because it's set a million years in the future, set inside a bubble where the last of humanity lives, and the world is completely different than the one we live in. I have a similar problem with The Marked Ones, which is another of my books that is hard for me to talk about, and probably why very few people have read it.

However, I think The Vessel is some of my best writing, and it lays the foundation for the socio-political struggles I tackle in my more popular books. Dystopian has gotten significantly less popular in the public zeitgeist as it more mirrors reality with every passing day, but if you love The Maze Runner, Hunger Games, Divergent, or just the genre in general, I think this is a worthy addition to that canon while still maintaining my own flair for writing.

On top of that, this book is the first to lay down the Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, etc story structure which became a staple of The Godsverse Chronicles.

And, of course, I think you'll love The Obsidian Spindle Saga too.

It contains several of my favorite books that I've ever written. Everyone who has read it has told me the second arc is better than the first arc. If you have not read this series, and you love my work, then you will absolutely ADORE this series. If you have known of my work and been waiting to try something, then this is my best work.

This series will ONLY be available on Kickstarter until the series is wrapped, and I won't be offering them again until the next time the series launches on Kickstarter (except for a few extra copies left over from this campaign).

This is your last chance to pick up week 2 perks for The Obsidian Spindle Saga Kickstarter campaign, and qualify for eve...
29/01/2023

This is your last chance to pick up week 2 perks for The Obsidian Spindle Saga Kickstarter campaign, and qualify for everything we unlock for the rest of the campaign.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

Everyone who backs by tonight gets digital copies of Breaker by Amy Campbell, Into the Black by Beth Barany, TJ & the Orishas by Antoine Bandele, Regeneration by Cassie Gruetman, and The Marked Ones by MEEEEEE!!!

The is the second week in a row I'm giving away one of my favorite books. I adore The Marked Ones. It hasn't gotten nearly enough loveand really want more people to read it. So, I hope you enjoy it. If you love dystopian fantasy, alternate history, or just good YA fantasy, then I think you'll dig it.

And, of course, I think you'll love The Obsidian Spindle Saga too.

It contains several of my favorite books that I've ever written. Everyone who has read it has told me the second arc is better than the first arc. If you have not read this series, and you love my work, then you will absolutely ADORE this series. If you have known of my work and been waiting to try something, then this is my best work.

This series will ONLY be available on Kickstarter until the series is wrapped, and I won't be offering them again until the next time the series launches on Kickstarter (except for a few extra copies left over from this campaign).

Holy panther dancers! We crushed the first week of the Obsidian Spindle Saga campaign. Whaaaaa!!! https://www.kickstarte...
25/01/2023

Holy panther dancers! We crushed the first week of the Obsidian Spindle Saga campaign. Whaaaaa!!!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

This is my favorite book series I've ever written and it means so much to me that you love it, toooooo!

Let's keep the good times going by unlocking this week's perks.

Everyone who backs by Sunday night gets digital copies of Breaker by Amy Wegner Campbell, Into the Black by Beth Barany, TJ & the Orishas by Antoine Bandele, Regeneration by Cassie Gruetman, and The Marked Ones by MEEEEEE!!!

The is the second week in a row I'm giving away one of my favorite books in the perks which hasn't gotten nearly enough love. I adore The Marked Ones, and really want more people to read it. So, I hope you enjoy it. If you love dystopian fantasy, alternate history, or just good YA fantasy, then I think you'll dig it.

And, of course, I think you'll love The Obsidian Spindle Saga today.

It contains several of my favorite books that I've ever written. Everyone who has read it has told me the second arc is better than the first arc. If you have not read this series, and you love my work, then you will absolutely ADORE this series. If you have known of my work and been waiting to try something, then this is my best work.

This series will ONLY be available on Kickstarter until the series is wrapped, and I won't be offering them again until the next time the series launches on Kickstarter (except for a few extra copies left over from this campaign).

Figure I should address this since multiple people have reached put about the ads for the new Cthulhu books. Yes, Unlike...
24/01/2023

Figure I should address this since multiple people have reached put about the ads for the new Cthulhu books.

Yes, Unlikely Heroes Studios is putting out new, softcover editions of Cthulhu is Hard to Spell.

They have my ENTHUSIASTIC permission, and they look amazing!

After I ended the series last year, y'all we so up in arms I went on a search for another editorial team and found Laurie.

She is absolutely brilliant. She runs a great anthology, her taste is impeccable, and her eye is second to none.

If you read the Elsewhere anthology campaign I was in last year, that was her team who put it together.

Currently, we are reprinting the first three hardcover editions with (hopefully) new stories I wrote, along with potential other stories.

The three volumes will come out as SIX paperbacks...
..and then there will be BRAND new books once the reprint has been completed.

I have stayed on to consult and make sure our visions align for the book, but these new edition covers are 99% Laurie and her team, plus 1% me saying "yup, that's brilliant".

The campaign launches the week of February 21st for the first three books, which reprint volume 1 and half of volume 2.

Then, there will be a second campaign, and brand new awesomeness after that!

Plus, Laurie loves merch, so expect some awesome Cthulhu merch for the first time ever.

She is also doing ads, which is something I never did, so there will likely be a bunch of amazingness flowing through your feeds from now until the campaign ends.

This is your last pick up early bird perks for our new Obsidian Spindle Saga campaign :)  https://www.kickstarter.com/pr...
22/01/2023

This is your last pick up early bird perks for our new Obsidian Spindle Saga campaign :)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

Everyone who backs by January 22nd gets digital copies of A Thief In Farshore by Justin Fike, Regeneration by Cassie Greutman, The Unborn Hero of Dragon Village by Rebecca Carter and Nelly Toncheva, Shadowborn by Moira Katson, and Worst Thing in the Universe by MEEEEEE!!!

Worst Thing in the Universe was my father's favorite book before he died, and I really want more people to read it and love it.

Do you adore fairy tales? Are you obsessed with mythology? Do you flip for portal fantasy?

Then you'll love The Obsidian Spindle Saga.

This is my favorite series I've ever written.

It contains several of my favorite books that I've ever written. Everyone who has read it has told me the second arc is better than the first arc. If you have not read this series, and you love my work, then you will absolutely ADORE this series. If you have known of my work and been waiting to try something, then this is my best work.

This series will ONLY be available on Kickstarter until the series is wrapped, and I won't be offering them again until the next time the series launches on Kickstarter (except for a few extra copies left over from this campaign).

Who wouldn't want proof that they were chosen by the gods? If you want to show your favor with the pantheon, then we are...
20/01/2023

Who wouldn't want proof that they were chosen by the gods? If you want to show your favor with the pantheon, then we are offering a Godcoin, pulled straight from the pages of The Obsidian Spindle.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

I loved Kelsi's prints from the last campaign, but I wanted to do something different for fans now that you've read some of the series.

So, I commissioned Cthulhu is Hard to Spell contributor Nick Kremenek to design this limited edition Godcoin straight out of the pages of The Obsidian Spindle Saga!

Every PHYSICAL backer $100 and over will receive one for free, or you can pick one up at the $36 or $56 level...or through the add-on menu (if you are a physical backer). They will also be available in Backerkit, but there are only 100 of them to keep in the spirit.

The Godcoin is a hugely important part of the second arc, and can be used as an amazing challenge coin for TTRPG sessions, or just a fancy decoration for your pants.

I have a stack of fake money from all sorts of universes on my desk, and that's where mine lives.

We only have 100 TOTAL, and we've already gone through a MORE THAN HALF of them already. So, if you want one, make sure to get on it sooner than later.

A few people messaged me yesterday asking why I would be giving away one of my favorite books for free to backers this w...
19/01/2023

A few people messaged me yesterday asking why I would be giving away one of my favorite books for free to backers this week…and I have a very good and simple reason.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellnohelty/obsidian2

The simple answer is that I miss my father, and this was his favorite of my books before he died in 2017.

If you've ever lost anyone, you probably understand that grief is a very weird thing. I have tried to keep my memory of my father alive, but for some reason the thing that makes me feel the most connected to him is when I talk about this stupid book.

I'm honestly tearing up just writing about it right now. My stepmother died in October of 2021, and until her death talking to her was the way I kept that memory alive inside of me. However, last year her estate closed, I received a payout, and it was done.

I live 3000+ miles from where I grew up, and my family doesn't even live in the same town, so I can't easily drive around to my own haunts and be reminded of him. My parent divorced when I was 12 and he moved away soon after, so I don't even have many memories of him from that time.

Then he moved to Pennsylvania, and then finally up to Ithaca, and I only visited him once there, so there are not many easy ways to access his ghost.

Talking about this book is one of them, and I have felt the need to think about him a lot recently.

I don't generally care whether people read my books or not. I know the people who love them will find them, but I really do care that as many people as possible read this book.

So, that's what I'm doing. It helps that Worst Thing in the Universe is a meditation on death, karma, and our place in the universe. It's even better that my father loved it.

Here's a little bit about it.

Albert Ross is the most miserable, pathetic, and terrible thing in the entire universe. He is reviled by many, most of all God.

Albert Ross is an anomaly. Karma doesn't think anything he does is wrong. It's a glitch in the universe that God can't fix. Every trillion or so births in the universe, there is a karmic anomaly
That's not to say karma doesn't have its retribution. For every horrible act Albert Ross commits, karma punishes Vikram Suresh. Poor, sweet Vikram.

He doesn't know why his life is so horrible. He doesn't know why the universe is unkind.

It's unkind because of Albert Ross.

That is the crux of the karmic anomaly. Karma thinks everything that Albert Ross does is actually carried out by Vikram Suresh.What a horrible lot in life.

That's why Vikram kills himself. It usually doesn't matter when a poor, miserable schlub dies, but this death has instant ramifications.

With his death, Karma can instantly see Albert Ross again and realizes its mistake. Like a rubber band, all the horrible things that Albert's ever done slingshot back to him at once.

And God watches with glee as karma has its revenge.

Worst Thing in the Universe is narrated by God, as he pontificates on the horrible fate of Vikram Suresh, expounds on the nature of the universe, and explores the flaws in the whole system.

If that sounds intriguing to you, then every backer who pledges by Sunday gets a free digital copy of this book.

Additionally, you will get digital copies of A Thief In Farshore by Justin Fike, Regeneration by Cassie Greutman, The Unborn Hero of Dragon Village by Rebecca Carter and Nelly Toncheva, and Shadowborn by Moira Katson.

Then, you will ALSO get all the books you pledge for as well. The Obsidian Spindle Saga is my favorite series I've ever written. I think my father would have liked it, too, if he lived long enough to see it.

Hope you dig it.

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