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Black Hole Guns For Hire Special Edition & Audiobook

Created by Friday Strout

Reload. Lock In. Lube up. A queer military sci fi novel that follows three perspectives aboard the privateer vessel The Galley on the frontier of contested space as they attempt to survive pirates, cyborg xenos, and a black hole.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

Badass Girls Shooting Hot Loads Into Your Local Galaxy
6 months ago – Fri, May 29, 2026 at 08:05:54 AM

HELLO.

Thank you to all of the wonderful backers! We are at a cool 50% funding after the first day. Missed launch day? That's okay! I'm here to talk about it. Share with your friends!

Here's our launch trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/p7PLG4m5Buc

Neat space, book, & BackerKit facts:

  • Pledging means that you will be charged once the campaign ends, which is June 30th.
  • If you were exposed to space it would take you about a day to actually freeze. You would, however, have all of your air sucked out of your lungs immediately so you'd suffocate pretty quickly.
  • Funding at 2k means that I can go into production for special edition hardcovers which will feature a nice slip cover illustration by Yorsy Hernandez, a cloth bookmark, and sprayed edges!
  • You can read the ebook immediately after pledging! Then if you like it, you can decide to go all in for a print edition later this month. Wow!
  • The audiobook is our first stretch goal, which features two amazing queer voice actors spanning the 3 POVs of the book.

COME ON YOU APES, DO YOU WANT TO LIVE FOREVER?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-_c6V0U-4k

When you pledge at the highest tier, I will write you (or a character we discuss) into the platoon of the Marines (known as "the Guns") in book 2. This isn't for the faint of heart. Your character will do something badass in the set piece battle of the second book and even have an entire POV scene in the vein of Joe Abercrombie's novel The Heroes!



So what are you waiting for? GET IN THE FIGHT!

We're about to get some real bad news from LT Alvarez....
6 months ago – Tue, May 26, 2026 at 06:56:55 AM

BUCKLE UP. Our campaign for Black Hole Guns For Hire launches in 48 hours. I'm hopeful that we can hit funding and be on our way to paying for the audiobook on day 1. I greatly appreciate everyone supporting me by following the campaign and sharing with your friends.

I'm working to finish up final polish for the eBook and you should have it available to download and read as soon as you back on Thursday!

Also, the book got reviewed! You can check that out if you'd like to see the book's reception.



Click here to read the review if the image link doesn't work.

Just over a month away...
7 months ago – Thu, Apr 16, 2026 at 02:18:10 PM

GUNS UP!


I'm really excited to share my debut novel with you. I'm thrilled that we have nearly 100 followers on the campaign, but we can do better! Please share with your friends, sci fi enjoyers, and readers you know. Making special editions and audiobooks is expensive, so more support is always helpful to that end. I've had the pleasure of working with some awesome folks on the book and your contributions helps me pay them fairly.

In the meantime: Please comment and let me know what sort of rewards you'd be looking for in a special edition of the book? (Things you won't find in the standard edition, naturally.)