#fanthologies

[onapathinthewoods]

Calling all Slay the Princess fans! To celebrate the wonderful horror/dating visual novel by Black Tabby Games, I am gauging interest in a digital-first, not-for-profit fanthology.

Please fill out the form here!

This form will be open for about three weeks, from April 20-May 13 2023. Thank you!

[forgottenlivesobverse]

You asked, and we listened.

For February 2024 only, all three Forgotten Lives volumes are available as ebooks at the Obverse Books site, with the proceeds as usual going to Alzheimer's charities. This is a one-off offer, so don't miss out!

Stories by Aditya Bidikar, James Bojaciuk, Simon Bucher-Jones, Kara Dennison, Paul Driscoll, Jay Eales, Kenton Hall, Andrew Hickey, Matthew Kresal, Gareth Madgwick, Ian McIntire, Lance Parkin, Nicole Petit, Philip Purser-Hallard, Cody Schell, Daniel Tessier and Chris Wing.

[welcometotheholler]

Hello, Scarlet Hollow fans! To celebrate the wonderful suspense-horror visual novel by Black Tabby Games, I am gauging interest in a digital-first, not-for-profit fanthology.

Please fill out the form here!

This form will be open for one month, from April 17-May 17 2023. Thank you!

(If you haven't checked this game out already, you absolutely should, even if you're not typically a horror fan.)

[getvalentined]

The experience of being on the backend of an extremely slow-motion fanthology implosion is super interesting, but god I would love to just talk about it openly. The whole situation is completely out of hand and has been for years; I'm still utterly baffled as to why no one directly involved has said anything about it in public thus far.

Preorders closed in early 2022, but for some reason the thing didn't even go to print until late November of this year, and the product that has (finally) arrived doesn't appear to be comparable to the product that was actually sold. Unfortunately, nobody will have any recourse at this point because the purchase was made almost two years ago—it may have been a full two years by the time it arrives, since the team has expressed that they don't intend to start shipping until (I think) February.

Absolutely gobsmacked that nobody has said anything openly. I don't feel like I can because I'm not directly involved, but I have multiple friends who are, and it's an indescribable clusterfuck.

[thereal-sophieee]

Looking for a copy of the RAW Hannibal Fanthology!

I’m looking for a copy of the RAW Hannibal Fanthology, as pictured here on this blog! https://rawfanzine.tumblr.com/

(Image from rawfanzine)

I can pay for the price of the book as well as shipping, and can do this via bank transfer (best option) or Paypal (my funds are being held, for some reason??? So might take some time.). 

Please contact me here via Tumblr messenger or replies (preferred)! Or Discord at strawberryvanillagalaxies#9993. Or if there is some other mystical tumblr thing I don’t know about, feel free to contact me there as well so I learn of it XD

I came to the fandom really late and was DEVASTATED to find that there were no physical copies left to buy. I found someone on Reddit saying that they got a copy via posting their question on Tumblr, so here I am!!

Also hi, this is my first post on Tumblr ^w^ I hope I’m doing this right!

[asterparfait]

HYAKUMONOGATARI: A TOUKEN RANBU HALLOWEEN FANTHOLOGY

✨HELLO HELLO✨ just noting here that i’ve opened pre0rders for a touken ranbu collaborative project! pre0rder period is from now until sunday, september 18th at the end of the day! items will be shipped out by mid-october 🎃

you can pick up your copy here! options for both merch bundle and book-only available. thanks for the support! 💖

[pluralzalpha]

Forgotten Lives 2 – Obverse Books

Now available for pre-order!

An unofficial Doctor Who anthology from Obverse Books

All proceeds to Alzheimer's charities

[getvalentined]

I'm so bummed out about the state of fanthologies these past couple years. It seems like the most prolific mods and teams are always the worst; they overpromise, they underdeliver (if they deliver at all), and they blame external forces beyond their control rather than taking even an iota accountability.

This isn't to say there aren't cases where it's out of the mods' hands, but even then it's on them to make it right. It's their responsibility to either finish the fucking project or refund everyone who gave them money. These aren't Kickstarter campaigns where you're funding a dream, an attempt, a prototype—these are preorders. These are a promise to deliver.

I have friends on a fanthology that closed preorders over a year and a half ago and still hasn't gone to print. The mod team blames mods leaving the project (conveniently always the mods that aren't members of their LLC and regardless of when those mods actually left), paper shortages (even though we've been dealing with paper shortages since 2020 and they should know how to handle it by now), and the war in Ukraine (I'm not kidding). They don't blame the fact that they didn't even start the layout until after preorders closed, the fact that the whole team is on multiple projects, or anything that they could've controlled. It's unfair to everyone on that project. It's been "in progress" for almost three years.

In this current situation, with the one finance mod who ghosted all those projects, the blame is placed on p#ypal fees for chargebacks and on random amorphous but unexplained problems, excused with assertions of illness and injury. It's not blamed on a mod continuously biting off more than they can chew for what looks like the past three years. It's not blamed on that mod being unethical in moneyhandling by commingling funds from as many as 40 projects, to the point that they can't voluntarily issue refunds on a project for which none of the physical goods have been ordered without it "seriously impacting" the finances of others.

The other mods on the projects this person has fucked over say it's entirely out of their hands, and then order that no one bother the finance mod about it. It takes some goddamn nerve to say "there's nothing I can do" and then add "but leave the person I'm telling you is completely responsible for stealing your money alone." How the fuck can you demand everyone be nice about shit like this, especially when so many people and so many projects have been impacted?

Throwing the finance mod under the bus to shrug off all responsibility for the situation is one thing, but following it up with an order that everyone be nice and don't complain on the slim chance that the person who disappeared with all the money and everything else will come back and make it right is beyond laughable, it's insulting. It's so out of touch with reality that I can't even fathom how it was even considered, much less included in multiple public statements.

I know some people are laughing about all this because "oh it's just [fandom], they deserve it," and honestly my only response to those people is fuck you. I don't care what fandom it is or who's being taken advantage of, those people deserve better. Everyone deserves better.

I know that fanthologies and zines are supposed to be fun, but as soon as other people are involved, as soon as it's got applications and leadership, you can't behave like it's some casual no-stakes weekend gig.

If you can't take accountability when shit goes south, you shouldn't take on a leadership role on any project—especially not one where other people's money is involved. You have to take ownership. You have to make it right.

I'm just so tired.

[winterroth]

Hey would anyone be interested in this Merlin fanthology, Resurrection? I’m looking to sell it.

[cinnamaldeide]

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Roleplay as Couple Therapy

Despite his committed marriage with the Lord of Ghost City, Xie Lian has an untoward, absolutely illicit affair with another San Lang. For @mxtxfanworkbook’s Radiance Anthology

[johnashtongolden]

“DARKEST IMAGE 2”, and Image Comics fanthology coming to an ImageGrandDesign.com near you!! Stay tuned for details, True Believers! - - #makemorecomics #readmorecomics #indecomics #fanzine #fanthology #parody #tribute #homage #ImageComics #mashup #pinup #comics #johnnygoldenart #johnashtongolden #MortalMirrorStudio https://www.instagram.com/p/CfHreh-vmr-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[artinggrace]

Sed non iter

For <Yes, I Do> a chinese stevetony fanthology I was invited to last year. Happy 4th EG anniversary everyone (video of the fanthology bundle is under the cut) on twitter | instagram - DO NOT REPOST

buy me a coffee! // online store // inprnt

(Here's the video of the bundle! The zine itself was sold within the chinese fandom space only, and isnt available anywhere for purchase, sorry!)

[we-rule-the-kingdom-inside]

friends, we are back at it again!

sign-ups are open for long story short: a faerghus four charity fanthology and community zine and we would love for you to join us! come make the faerghus four thing in your heart and help fundraise for yemen aid!

we're still looking for writers and artists for the charity fanthology and sign-ups close soon on March 17th, so get those pitches in first if you're interested.

charity fanthology artist sign-up here

charity fanthology writer sign-up here

if you just want to raw local organic free range create for the community zine, sign-ups are open until May 1st here!

we're a charity-first project and fundraising is our north star. we raised over 8k last time for yemen aid and had a magnificent time doing it, and with you, we can rally once more!!!!!

[dirtyoldmanhole]

i deleted this ages ago on my main art blog because it's not my best work (old art from 2015? 16?), but it felt ironic to bring back the one fatesawakening drawing I did before this game possessed me in the last month. :P

gunter and titania playing chess for an old fanthology on FE archetypes ~

[yourdyingwish]

this is a genuine question so i don't want it to read as an accusation more something i'm confused about and the more i look into it the less clear it seems-- would the swarm zine not be considered a magazine? or is a zine a type of magazine but not all magazines are zine, that kinda bit? ty for your time and again hope this isn't rude! ignore if it is!

Hi!! The Swarm Zine is a fanzine, which is a term that does come from the same etymology as “magazine”; a lot of early fanzines looked like magazines. Some looked more like punk zines, and were smaller or more DIY, and some fanzines evolved into “prozines” which are glossier publications run by a dedicated team kf fans. So it’s a range! Physically, SWARM feels more like a book than a magazine, and when we started it we didn’t know how large it would get; if we had we might have referred to it as a “fanbook” or “fanthology”. But to me those things do fall under the ethos of fanzine culture! Hope this answers your question

[pluralzalpha]

Forgotten Lives 2 – Obverse Books

Just a handful of these left!