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Gorgeous Fantasy Project Season's End Hits Kickstarter

Published Fri, 31 Aug 2012 13:00:42 -0500

I love finding new Kickstarter projects and sharing them with the Little Bleeders, as I did this past Wednesday with the grindhouse film You're !@#$'n Dead! As a platform for funding creative projects, Kickstarter's the perfect opportunity for the little guys, the grunts, the starving artists (and writers, and whatever) who need a push.

Which brings us to Season's End, by the talented creative team of artist Blake Wheeler (the narrator of the below Kickstarter video) and writer Jason Pell (Zombie Highway, Woody and the Noble).

I'm a huge fan of traditional fantasy settings, and Season's End — with its atmospheric story and innately tense character dynamics — certainly holds an appeal to old-school enthusiasts like myself. Plus, the prose story partnered with rich paintings works so well for fantasy, where it might otherwise fail in other genres. The premise:

The world has grown dark and magic has become tainted and dangerous. A young man, Mimdal, is the last living priest that can perform the miracles of old. He and his protector, the soldier Adrielle, are enlisted to find out why the gods have fallen silent. Along with the brutish Dunlari and his savage captive, Grib, the dark wizard Falhern, and Lidderly, the secretive bard, they seek the terrible truth. The new gods have come.

Pell and Wheeler have put together a nice package of benefits for supporters of their Kickstarter project, both affordable and rewarding. Check it out!