We’re hard at work on Dark Mountain: Issue 1 – our first book-length publication, drawing together writing that takes on the themes of Uncivilisation and the task of negotiating between the world as we know it and the unknown world beyond.

In the next few days, we will have a final contents list for this issue, which we’ll share with you on here. (Those of you who submitted work, thank you again for your patience.)

In the mean time, we have a few bits and pieces to keep you up to date.

Firstly, the latest on our funding situation. We started out with a target of $7,000 to raise. With two weeks to go, we’re well past half way to that goal – having raised $2,115 in pre-orders and contributions through our online campaign, plus a private donation of £1,000. We’ve reduced the online target to reflect that donation, which leaves us with another $3,235 to raise between now and February 15th, when the final text of the journal goes to the printers.

If you haven’t ordered your copy yet, we’d be very grateful for your support – and if you have, we’d be grateful for anything you can do to help us spread the word further. Here’s the link to the page where you can pre-order a copy (and, if you choose, make an additional donation):

http://www.indiegogo.com/darkmtn

Here at Dark Mountain HQ, we’re continuing to burn the midnight oil. Here are Paul and I, caught on camera at the end of a long day’s editing:

Posted by Dougald. Sunday, January 31st, 2010 at 7:30 pm.