Fans Gave This Author $95K — Then Regretted It

A deeper look at trust, creative expectations, and the messy economics of the art world.

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What I am about to tell you is straight up crazy, and it all began with a Kickstarter campaign that indie author Britt Andrews, created back in 2023. She put out a call for financial support for the Demons of Port Black Hardcover Editions and promised her fans a matching candle, the sequel, and other merch. The fans love this woman’s work so much, they poured in $95,000 to her campaign within 2 weeks!

What happens next will make you grow chills, or at the very least , make you want to punch a wall.

The fallout: No promises were kept

Remember I said this Kickstarter campaign began in 2023?

Yeah.

So, if you don’t know what Kickstarter is, it’s a site where you can get people to donate to your projects and business ventures. This particular author managed to write a super popular book called Demons in My Bed that drove fans wild enough for them to financially support the author.

The fans who paid for their merch early, met the deadline, but sometime later the author extended the date to offer the same gifts to late comers to get these special…