Good news: You're all getting the longer version of Leif & Thorn Volume 6! The campaign just swept by its first stretch goal.

In these last few days, we have one more to reach for: a new pin design. If we can hit $5,410 -- beating Volume 5's funding record -- it'll be unlocked, and you can start adding it to your preorders.

And in the meantime...

Microsoft has been really pushing their new "AI Image Creator" feature. Since these art bots have trained on every drawing I've ever posted on the internet, I took a stab at getting something back.

Here's what the bot did with the prompt "celebratory image for Leif & Thorn Volume 6 campaign successfully funding":



Credit where it's due: this is more coherent than the bot-generated character designs I posted earlier this year!

Just, uh, don't count the arms. Don't look at how the foreground guy is holding his guitar up. Don't look too close at the background figures...at all, really.

And definitely don't linger on how the bot defaults to central M/F couples, and to light-skinned, straight-haired humans in general. (Sometimes it does that even if you explicitly tell it to branch out a little.)

Just join me in celebrating that we get to print some copies of...uh...LEIE & THFORN VELLAM VOLU6.

There's just over a week left in the campaign -- and, good lord, Volume 6 smashed through its goal while I was typing this post.

Guess I should hurry up and show off the Extra Add-On Of Your Choice designs while you still have a chance to buy them, huh?

All the classics, plus the new ones introduced last year, are still in stock!

Leif & Thorn:

But I'm A Cat Person:

This is separate from the exclusive Volume 6 campaign mini-print -- everyone who orders the paperback will get that automatically. It'll be whatever design wins this poll. 

(Right now, Anniversary with Cookies is leading by a mile...but Little White-Haired Girl, which I was afraid nobody would vote for, is coming in second!)

Any of the regular Leif & Thorn ebooks, the BICP Master's Edition ebook set, and a couple bonuses for each series:

There are only two enamel pin options, so they each get their own separate listing! Choose from Tiernan or Patrick (or both).

Most of the different books are also listed separately! Pick up the BICP Master's Edition box set, hardcover or paperback...or that one novelty BICP misprint, I can't set the price to "free", but your $1 is basically just the cost of shipping...or extra copies of Leif & Thorn Volume 6.

For Volumes 1-5, I have an "Extra paperback Leif & Thorn volume of choice" add-on. Like with the ebooks and the mini-prints, just enter the total quantity here. 

Do you need copies of the whole backlist? Make it 5. Just need the paperback from that year you missed the campaign? Stick to 1. I'll ask you which one you need in the post-campaign survey.

A helpful "Add additional items to your pledge" menu shows up when you back this project.

If you backed already, here's how to re-open it: click "Manage your pledge" on the right-hand side of the campaign page, then "Edit your pledge", then "Edit Add-Ons."



As with the main tiers, US shipping costs are built into the price. Shipping for everyone outside the US will be calculated when I'm actually packing your boxes. If you're getting extra books, please keep that in mind!

On the plus side: the pins are only a couple ounces each, and the mini-prints are even lighter. In all my experience, unless you start ordering those by the dozen, they won't add enough weight to bump up your postage costs.

- Erin

We're almost 75% funded! And this campaign is a little shorter than usual -- so it's already poll time!

Every year, if you preorder the newest Leif & Thorn paperback, it comes with a backer-exclusive mini-print. Instead of just picking out the art myself, I grab a few different pieces and let you folks vote.

BackerKit has a built-in poll function...but I don't want to be testing too many new things at once, so the usual poll is up on the Leif & Thorn website!

Check out the 6 images, cast your votes, and comment here or there to root for your faves.

- Erin