I just launched a [kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3books1dollar/the-alistair-harkon-trilogy-3-books-for-1-dollar) campaign trying to raise funds for the creation of three horror/weird stories. I know the rules on promotion on this subreddit states the work must have a set release date etc but this is a kickstarter that has already started and well, there would be no point in advertising it after the kickstarter has closed. The pitch is as follows:

I want to make my stories accessible to as many people as possible. That's why the lowest pledge is only 1 dollar and you'd recieve all three books in digital format. This is very inefficient as it requires thousands of backers to reach the goal if no one pledges to the higher tier rewards. That is why I need as much help promoting it as I can.

The plan is to create three semi stand alone novels following the adventures of Alistair Harkon, a man and avid dreamer, living in the 1920s new england. The first story is very heavily inspired by Lovecraft's celephais, dreamquest and mountains of madness. The protagonist dreams about a city, much like in celephais and dreamquest, but he can never seem to reach it before waking up. He then discovers a novel where there is described a city just like the one in his dreams and he goes on a journey to find out more about the author and why they share the same dream.

I must mention that these stories have nothing to do with Lovecraft's cthulhu mythos or dream cycle. They are simply stories heavily inspired and borrowing some plot elements from those stories but are otherwise in a universe of their own, with their own eldritch abominations. There is a point in the book that also borrows from The horror in the Burying-Ground and The disinternment, without spoiling too much.

The second story is more original with a little bit of rats in the walls and hot fuzz, where the protagonist takes over an old scottish mansion that seems to attract the attention of the local villagers that may or may not be part of a cult.

The third story is maybe the most different from Lovecraft's stories, where the plot takes place in an asylum and the protagonist has been committed with amnesia and has to find out why and how he got there.

All of these stories will follow the same protagonist who has the special ability of manipulating reality through his dreams.

I know none of these stories scream originality but that's the whole point. I love Lovecraft's stories and want more of them. Though these will not be written like a Lovecraft story, as he often wrote his stories as accounts in first person. These stories will be written in a modern third person limited kind of way, mostly because I'm an amateur writer.

I was planning on doing NaNoWriMo this month but it seems like that organization closed earlier this year (after running for 26 years). I will still be doing my own writing regardless of the fate of the charity, and was planning on finishing a short story featuring Alistair Harkon and release it so people get a taste of what to expect from my writing. That story's plot takes place at Alistair Harkon's workplace before he sets out on his journey in the first book.  
Alistair Harkon works in a cotton mill and starts having strange dreams about a lump of flesh demanding a sacrifice. I chose the setting of a cotton mill after googling "1900s factory dangerous work conditions" and found out how horrible carding machines were. Think Stephen King's The Mangler.

Anyway, thank you for reading this far and if you found it interesting please take a look at the [kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3books1dollar/the-alistair-harkon-trilogy-3-books-for-1-dollar) and share it with your friends. If you didn't find it interesting i'd appreciate if you still shared it and maybe it will reach someone who is.  
I also have a [youtube](https://www.youtube.com/@snorreproductions) channel if you're interested in knowing more about me and my work.

If the stretch goal is met, everyone who backed will also recieve an audio book. It would be really cool to see alot of people coming to getter to reach the goal. Since the cheapest rewards are digital (the audiobook aswell) it doesn't matter how many backers there are when the goal is met, everyone will get their rewards. The real challenge is to actually reach the goal. Every dollar counts! Please consider backing my [kickstarter.](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/3books1dollar/the-alistair-harkon-trilogy-3-books-for-1-dollar)

  
The art you see is drawn by me and features a collage of events featured in the three stories.

I'm currently writing 3 novels - self-promotion