Dracula - Illustrated Deluxe Edition

Remaining Surveys Going Out!
5 months ago – Fri, Jan 09, 2026 at 11:09:03 AM

Hey there, folks!

Since the smoke test launched Wednesday was a success, we'll be sending out ALL remaining surveys today! It may take a little bit for Backerkit to process them, maybe even a few days, so we appreciate your patience!

Just to reiterate a couple of the tips from our last update, if you DO NOT see your invite email show up by the end of next week, please take a look at the following:

• Spam Folder: Survey emails can occasionally find their way to your spam folder. If you don't see anything come through from Backerkit check your spam folder first.
• Apple ID Email Addresses: If the email address tied to your Kickstarter account is a secure Apple ID address, the survey email may be blocked entirely. The email addresses look something like this:  "[email protected]".  If you're not seeing the email from Backerkit, check to see if your email address looks like one of these. If it does, we recommend that you first change that email in Kickstarter so you avoid any future issues.
• Once you've checked both of those things send us a message here or send an email to [email protected] to let us know what your updated email address is.

If you are a Late-Pledge backer (if you choose to back this campaign after the funding period comes to an end), you will not receive a survey as all necessary information we need is collected upon check-out!

Going Forward

Here is what you can expect in the coming months as we work on fulfilling this project.

• First, please remember that we operate on a 12-14 month production and fulfillment schedule.
• As we get all of the products made, you can expect to see an update from us one to two times a month. So stay tuned here for all the latest!
• Once we have the products and are ready to start fulfillment, we will post an update and send an email giving everyone 48 hours to update their addresses if needed. Once that window closes, you will not be able to update your address yourself and will need to contact us directly to make those changes.
• With addresses locked, we will start packing and shipping. This final step will take some time. We appreciate your patience. ❤️

Pledge Over Time - 3rd Payment
5 months ago – Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 08:24:09 AM

Final Pledge Over Time Payment!

We wanted to check in real quick to let all the Pledge Over Time folks that they should be expecting to see the third (and final!) charge for their pledge today if they have not already been charged.

As a reminder, if you have questions about the Pledge Over Time feature, you can visit this help center article for more information or reach out to Kickstarter’s support team here.

Please be aware that the times mentioned above are estimates. We try to stick to them as much as possible, but sometimes it takes an extra day or two to move on to the next phase of the process.

Preparing to send out Surveys...

Also, we're just about ready to start sending out surveys, but the last piece of that process is what's called a smoke test. To do this, we send out surveys to about 5% of backers to make sure everything in Backerkit is working as it should and that we haven't broken anything. We'll be conducting this test this upcoming week (the holiday season delays the process a bit, our apologies), so those 5% of surveys will go out then. If everything goes well, you can expect the rest of the surveys to go out by Monday, January 12th at the latest!

While we do that, here are a couple of things to keep in mind:

• Spam Folder: Survey emails can occasionally find their way to your spam folder. Once we announce that all surveys have gone out, if you don't see anything come through from Backerkit, check your spam folder first.
• Apple ID Email Addresses: If the email address tied to your Kickstarter account is a secure Apple ID address, the survey email may be blocked entirely. The email addresses look something like this:  "[email protected]". Again, once all surveys go out, if you're not seeing the email from Backerkit, check to see if your email looks like one of these. You can try contacting Kickstarter support to change that, though we've seen backers have mixed results.
• If either of the above situations is the case, or you can't find your email invite at all, please email [email protected] to let us know, and we'll get that straightened out for you. To expedite the process, please provide us with your name, backer number, or the AppleID email address so we can locate your account!
• If you send us a message on Kickstarter, we may request that you send the message to our support email instead. Thank you.

If you are a Late-Pledge backer (if you choose to back this campaign after the funding period comes to an end), you will not receive a survey as all necessary information we need is collected upon check-out!

A Note on our Support Availability...

There are 1-2 of us who monitor support emails. We'll introduce ourselves in a future update, but for the moment, we want to fill y'all in on our availability.

First, we work 8am-4pm EST, Monday-Friday, excluding all US Holidays. If you contact us via email ([email protected]), you can expect us to reply in 3-5 business days, though typically much sooner than that. Please be aware a majority of the Wraithmarked Team will be off for the remainder of the holidays and will likely be a little behind with support once we're all back online. <3

Pledge Over Time - 2nd Payment
6 months ago – Fri, Nov 28, 2025 at 08:28:05 AM

As a reminder, if you have questions about the Pledge Over Time feature, you can visit this help center article for more information or reach out to Kickstarter’s support team here.

GETTING SUPPORT...

That's a Wrap!
7 months ago – Fri, Oct 31, 2025 at 03:12:15 PM

MOVING FORWARD...

• First, Kickstarter will begin processing payments for your pledges. That will take approximately 2 weeks. If you did not use Pledge Over Time, this will be the full amount of your pledge. If you opted to use Pledge Over Time, this will be the first 1/3rd of your total pledge.
• If you selected Pledge Over Time, your second payment will be on or around November 31st, followed by your third and final payment on or around December 31st. 
• Once the final payment has been made for Pay Over Time backers, we will send out all surveys to the email addresses you have attached to your Kickstarter account. We expect this to occur by or around December 31st.
• Answer your survey questions and grab any extra Add-Ons you want. For those of you asking how to make your tier selections, you'll do that here. Due to the shipping beta test, shipping will be charged at this time.
• As we get all of the products made, you can expect to see an update from us 1-2 times a month. So stay tuned here for all the latest!
• Once we have the products and are ready to start fulfillment, we will post an update and send an email giving everyone 48 hours to update their addresses if needed. Once that window closes, you will not be able to update your address yourself and will need to contact us directly to make those changes.
• With addresses locked, we will start packing and shipping. This final step will take some time. We appreciate your patience. <3

As a reminder, if you have questions about the Pledge Over Time feature, you can visit this help center article for more information or reach out to Kickstarter’s support team here.

TO REITERATE THE SHIPPING BETA TEST...

In case you missed it on the campaign page, we are beta testing something new for this project (and likely for the rest of 2025)!

We've gotten a range of feedback over the last year about how to make our books more accessible to everyone, and one of the most common places we hear we could make a simple change is by charging shipping later so that it's an additional opportunity to split the product costs.

For this project, all shipping and handling fees will be processed on BackerKit when backer surveys are sent out (about 2.5 months after the campaign ends), rather than here on the campaign when you make your pledge.

THIS WILL NOT CHANGE THE SHIPPING COST. We will be outlining what every item's shipping will be post-campaign up front so you can account for it. We're doing this for a few reasons. 

• First, based on feedback we've gotten from our backers and the larger deluxe book community, charging shipping later makes our books more accessible to more people.
• Second, this change also cuts our costs a little.
• Third, this simplifies campaign management on our side of things significantly, hopefully reducing customer difficulties and improving our quality of customer service.

Oh, and also, we're changing our shipping costs a bit, particularly for our non-US backers. Those of you in the UK should be particularly pleased! 😄 The table below has a rough breakdown of what those costs look like. These prices are also shown in your pledge level and/or Add-On selection, so you know what to expect.

GETTING SUPPORT...

$100k Stretch Goal Crushed! And... a Campaign Shout Out!
7 months ago – Thu, Oct 30, 2025 at 09:17:05 AM

Hey there everyone!

WOW! You guys did it! $100k down and out - give yourselves a pat on the back!

With this stretch goal crossed, we'll now get another exclusive interior illustration by the wonderful vvilczy! We can't get enough, and neither can you all!

Next up at $200k, we'll be upgrading the book to include even more gold foil! This time... to the cover and endsheets! Let's see if we can get there - we're closing in on the final days!

And now... a campaign shout out!

A SPOOKY PROJECT WORTH CHECKING OUT!

Hey yall! Bryce here! Wanted to shout out another project we thoughts was pretty in theme with the Halloween season! 🎃

Take a peak at The Devil in the 19th Century: A Lost Satanic Hoax 

In 1892, a French journalist called Léo Taxil convinced the Vatican that a secret Luciferian cult, hidden at the heart of Freemasonry, was plotting the birth of the Antichrist and the annihilation of the Catholic Church.

It was the hoax of the century! 

For 130 years, it languished in the archives, forgotten by all but a handful of academics.

There has never been an English translation… until now.

There are also some spectacular fine press editions worth taking a look at!

Just thought it might interest a coupe of people! Either way, I hope everyone is having a good fall, thank you so much for backing DRACULA, and Happy Halloween!