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If you're a regular backer of Kickstarters, you've probably seen some unique crowdfunding projects in your time. But one thing all of those campaigns--boringly!--had in common was: They abided by the physical laws of the universe!

HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! is an anthology of science fiction/fantasy stories told in the form of fictional crowdfunding project pitches, using the components (and restrictions) of the format to tell the story. This includes but is not limited to: Project Goals, Rewards, User Comments, Project Updates, FAQs, and more. The idea is to replicate the feel of reading a crowdfunding pitch, so that even though the projects may be preposterous in the real world, they will feel like authentic crowdfunding projects as much as possible.

The anthology features original, never-before-published fiction by Bradley Beaulieu , Veronica Belmont, Brooke Bolander, Maurice Broaddus, Tobias S. Buckell, Harry Connolly, Monte Cook, Matt Forbeck, Jason Gurley, Kat Howard, Jonathan L. Howard, Vylar Kaftan, Jake Kerr, Mary Robinette Kowal, Mur Lafferty, David D. Levine, Heather Lindsley, Carmen Maria Machado, David Malki!, Seanan McGuire, Samuel Peralta, Tim Pratt, Andy Penn Romine, Scott Sigler, Michael J. Sullivan, Jeremiah Tolbert, Genevieve Valentine, Derek Van Gorder, Chuck Wendig, Matt Williamson, Daniel H. Wilson, and Sylvia Spruck Wrigley. Plus, a reprint of the eponymous story that inspired the anthology by Keffy R.M. Kehrli, for a total of 33 crowdfunding-style stories.

So if what you've always been looking for in a Kickstarter--and couldn't find--was a project that allowed you to protect yourself from spoilers, buy wishes, find lost objects, or support a wildlife preserve for supernatural creatures, then HELP FUND MY ROBOT ARMY!!! & Other Improbable Crowdfunding Projects may be just the thing you've been looking for.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by John Joseph Adams
• Formatting Note - essay by John Joseph Adams
• Help Fund My Robot Army!!! - (2013) - shortstory by Keffy R. M. Kehrli
• For Entertainment Purposes Only - shortstory by Jeremiah Tolbert
• Zero G R&J - shortstory by Mary Robinette Kowal
• A Memorial to the Patriots - shortstory by Jake Kerr
• I Want to Be a Lioness - shortstory by Chuck Wendig
• Liberty: Seeking Support for a Writ of Habeas Corpus for a Non-Human Being - shortstory by Samuel Peralta
• Help Summon the Most Holy Folded One! - shortfiction by Harry Connolly
• Fulfill My Destiny-And Save the World! - shortstory by Matt Forbeck
• LARPing the Apocalypse 2: The Nano-Plague - shortstory by Tim Pratt
• Fund Taphognosis Industries - shortstory by Tobias S. Buckell
• Catassassins! - shortstory by Veronica Belmont
• Finder of Lost Things - shortstory by Monte Cook
• Prima Nocta Detective Agency Needs You - shortstory by Genevieve Valentine
• So Juicy Transforming Strips - shortstory by Matt Williamson
• The Spirit of Mars: Fund a Sacred Journey to the Red Planet - shortstory by Andrew Penn Romine
• Flashed Forward - shortstory by Bradley P. Beaulieu
• Help Me Follow My Sister into the Land of the Dead - shortstory by Carmen Maria Machado
• Be Careful What You Wish For - shortstory by Michael J. Sullivan
• A Practical Mechanism for Overcoming the Directionality of Temporal Flow - shortstory by David D. Levine
• Life-Sized Arena Tetris! - shortstory by David Malki !
• Zippers - shortstory by Derek Van Gorder
• I Used to Love H.E.R. - shortstory by Maurice Broaddus
• Locally Grown, Organic - shortstory by Kat Howard
• Let's Keep Burt Grimsby's Head Frozen! - shortstory by Heather Lindsley
• Jerome 3.0 - shortstory by Jason Gurley
• Help Me Destroy Cannes! - shortstory by Jonathan L. Howard
• Save the Photophobic Hemoglobivores with the Sanguine Reserve! - shortstory by Mur Lafferty
• Nosferatu, Brutus? - shortstory by Scott Sigler
• Updates - shortstory by Vylar Kaftan and Shannon Prickett
• You Only Live Once - shortstory by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
• Mechanical Animals - shortstory by Brooke Bolander
• Kismet™ - shortstory by Daniel H. Wilson
• Bring About the Halloween Eternal!!! - shortstory by Seanan McGuire
• Acknowledgments - essay by uncredited
• About the Editors - essay by uncredited

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