Kickstarters and story bundles

Jeff Vandermeer has added a little more oomph to his tasty story bundle to get Helsinki the World Con bid:

"Anyone who buys our Storybundle at the bonus level (all of the e-books) will be eligible for their own secret life. Three randomly chosen readers will win a flash fiction written by me that incorporates details of their lives as the starting point. Handwritten, personalized, and one-of-a-kind. No other copies will ever exist. in addition, those three winners will receive the Area X hardcover of my NYT bestselling Southern Reach trilogy, with a limited edition Southern Reach art booklet. (Anyone who has already bought the Storybundle at the bonus level will be entered in the random drawing.)"

Here's a Kickstarter with what are basically six chapbooks by various up-and-comers.

1. Martha Wells - Between Worlds: the Collected Ile-Rien and Cineth Stories
2. Will McIntosh - Futures Near and Far
3. Tina Connolly - Scales & Other Transformations
4. Stephen Gaskell - Transit & Other Stories
5. Brenda Cooper - Beyond The Waterfall Door: Stories of the High Hills
6. Bradley P. Beaulieu - Compartmentalized & Other Stories 

This Kickstarter tackles post-apocalyptic lit, with stories by C.E.L. Welsh, William Meikle, Jeremiah Tolbert, Craig Terlson, Scott Colby, Mike McLarty, and Joseph Milne.