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Human-Sized Monsters

An illustrated anthology exploring everyday fears through folklore, song, poetry, art, and cinema.

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Human-Sized Monsters

Human-Sized Monsters

Human-Sized Monsters

Human-Sized Monsters

Human-Sized Monsters

An illustrated anthology exploring everyday fears through folklore, song, poetry, art, and cinema.

An illustrated anthology exploring everyday fears through folklore, song, poetry, art, and cinema.

An illustrated anthology exploring everyday fears through folklore, song, poetry, art, and cinema.

An illustrated anthology exploring everyday fears through folklore, song, poetry, art, and cinema.

Catriona Beamish
Catriona Beamish
Catriona Beamish
Catriona Beamish
1 Campaign |
London, United Kingdom
$1,006 USD $1,006 USD 33 backers
115% of $874 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

We've Hit Our Goal!

We've hit £700! We can't thank our contributors enough. This is all very exciting. The book is ticking along nicely, you guys are all being so nice, everything is going swimmingly. In fact, it's going so swimmingly that not only will we be able to print the books, we'll also be able to up the quality quite significantly. These books are going to be pretty. Are you excited? We sure are. 

The great news is there are still eighteen days left on the campaign and we're on track to raise well beyond our initial goal. We're looking at quotes for some of the beautiful adjustments we would like to make to the book with any extra money we raise and we'll be letting you know very soon what our new exciting goals will be. 

Again, thank you so much to everyone who has contributed so far. Let's make this book the best it can be!

Bookmark Reveal


We promised a reveal of our bookmark designs when we reached £400 so here it is!

Sorry, we didn't promise it wouldn't be sneaky. Sienna has designed a bookmark for each chapter theme and she chose birds as her inspiration for those designs. For example, the first bookmark you can see above is Sienna's interpretation of anxiety. Remember, it's only £1 to get our Pixie Perk, which gets you two bookmarks of your choice!

Also, for those interested in seeing more of Sienna's beautiful work, here's a link to her website: http://siennaardismarie.com
You should check her out!

First Things First

We are Twenty6 Publishing, an independent publishing group of postgraduate students from UCL. This is our debut release and we're really excited to share this beautiful project. We've been preparing it for months and now that it's almost finished we're getting ready to print, but printing is the most expensive part of the process so we've turned to Indiegogo for a crowdfunding solution. 


What's It All About?

Our book is the culmination of long discussions about fears we deal with every day. We asked around and discovered that people recognised these themes and so we came up with five monsters: 

  • Mortality
  • Anxiety
  • Insomnia
  • Change
  • Deception
Each chapter of the book will offer a collection of ideas in a different format corresponding with the theme at hand. Mortality will be presented through mythology, Anxiety through poetry, Insomnia through lullabies, Change through cartoons, Deception through cinematic stills. Many of the stories, poems, and songs are traditional and taken from cultures all over the world. We hope that this will show you not only that these fears can be overcome, but also that we can make something beautiful out of them.

The Impact

This book has a lot of value to add to discussions about everyday fears. Sometimes it's easy to feel that you are the only one struggling, but the truth is, many of us face the same fears on a daily basis. This book is here to remind us that many of these problems are universal. 

  

What We Need 

We have a very small starting budget that covers everything except the cost of printing. We need your help to make this project a reality. We're not looking to make any profit from this book, so everything you pay will go towards production. The more money we make, the higher quality the book can be. We're excited to create the most beautiful book we can and give you something you can truly cherish.

We're setting our initial goal at £700. This is the minimum we need to print 150 copies of the book. Any money we raise over our goal will go to printing more copies and improving quality where we can, as well as covering the costs of producing the Perks. 

If we don't reach our goal of £700 we'll still print as many copies as we can afford and every backer will still receive any perks they signed up for. 

The aesthetic aspect of our book is our top priority. One of our team members has a background in design and together we are producing a book you'll love to display on your shelf almost as much as you'll love reading it.

Another really exciting contributor is Sienna Mac Anna, a professional print artist, who has given us permission to use some of her artwork for the Perks and will also be providing illustrations for some of the chapters.


What You Get

We have a great list of perks and rewards for our contributors. We've spent a long time crafting monster-themed names and amusing descriptions for each level, so you should check them out!

We have a set of five beautiful bookmarks each designed to match one of the chapters in the book. We'll release some teaser images of those bookmarks when we reach £400 so the sooner you contribute the sooner you'll get to see these wonderful pieces.

We also have two postcard-sized illustrations in the perks. These designs are still super secret and under wraps but we might  be convinced to post a teaser if we hit £800! 

Finally, we've added a handmade dust jacket for the Balrog level contributor. There will only be ten dust jackets made ever. So if you're interested in one you'd better contribute as quickly as possible!


Risks & Challenges

The risks of a project like this include: 

  • Not reaching enough money even for a minimum print run of 50 copies
  • A slight loss in quality if our goal of £700 isn't achieved 
  • Delays to printing
How we plan to deal with these risks:
  • We will invest our own money in the project, if necessary, to print the minimum 50 copies
  • To keep our desired level of quality we will invest our own money if necessary; we would prefer to deliver a beautiful book we can be proud of, even if it means we don't eat anything but beans for a month.
  • We will provide up-to-date information around printing times and show a schedule on this page; printing delays are unlikely, but not inconceivable 


Other Ways You Can Help

We've set some basic rewards for people who just want to give us a boost, but if you really can't afford to contribute, then like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and share this page with your friends! Spread the Monster love! 

We also have a great Instagram account collecting peoples' fears and monsters, so please send your own pictures and stories and help spread the campaign.

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Harpy (EARLY BIRD SPECIAL)

Currency Conversion $10 USD
£8 GBP
Congratulations! You're saving a whole £2 (or the equivalent of £2 in your currency). You're so thrifty! You're going to receive some fantastic prizes in the mail including and limited to: ONE PRINTED COPY OF THE BOOK, FIVE BOOKMARKS, and a personal THANK YOU on the Acknowledgements page.
13 out of 20 of claimed
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Pixie

Currency Conversion $1 USD
£1 GBP
Don't have any money? Love our project? Love bookmarks? For just one glorious pound you can fulfil your destiny and receive TWO BOOKMARKS of your choice + a personal THANK YOU on the Acknowledgements page.
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Imp

Currency Conversion $2 USD
£2 GBP
Love bookmarks? Hate decisions? Then this perk is for you. Why spend all day trying to pick just two bookmarks when you could have all FIVE BOOKMARKS? Plus you'll still get a personal THANK YOU on the Acknowledgements page.
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Gremlin

Currency Conversion $6 USD
£5 GBP
Bookmarks aren't enough for you? Prefer to proudly display your perks in a slightly larger format? What discriminating taste you have. For you (and only you) we have created TWO POSTCARDS for you to send to your friends or hoard in your room like a gremlin. You'll also get those FIVE BOOKMARKS you hate so much! Plus a THANK YOU in the book.
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Troll

Currency Conversion $12 USD
£10 GBP
Oh no! You missed the early bird special. That's sad. But you know what they say, the early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. You could be that mouse! Look at all the pretty things you could have: ONE PRINTED COPY OF THE BOOK, FIVE BOOKMARKS, and a personal THANK YOU on the Acknowledgements page.
1 claimed
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Dragon

Currency Conversion $19 USD
£15 GBP
Wait, you want the book AND postcards? That's greedy. It's possibly sit-on-a-pile-of-treasure-under-a-mountain greedy. In fact, that's pretty dragon-like. You should probably get this perk. It's just so you! You could be the proud owner of a SIGNED COPY OF THE BOOK. You're also getting the whole package: TWO POSTCARDS, FIVE BOOKMARKS + a THANK YOU in the book. Now you can build your own little pile of treasure and sit on it! (Please don't sit on it)
4 claimed
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Balrog

Currency Conversion $31 USD
£25 GBP
Dragon perk not unique enough for you? Aren't you a special snowflake? Don't worry, we have the answer. HANDMADE DUST JACKETS. You could be one of only ten people to be this special! They're handmade! What more do you want? Be the envy of all of your friends. You're also getting everything we have to offer: a SIGNED COPY OF THE BOOK, TWO POSTCARDS, FIVE BOOKMARKS + a THANK YOU in the book. Plus, our undying gratitude forever and ever and ever (the real prize).
7 out of 10 of claimed
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