Where the Stars Fell is a show made by, for, and about disabled and neurodivergent people. This lived experience is at the core of our storytelling efforts, and our mission to tell an engaging, empathetic story that features moments of relatability, education, and getting to do the cool thing.

Where the Stars Fell is a supernatural fantasy fiction podcast from Caldera Studios (Inkwyrm, Mini Marconis) and created by Newton Schottelkotte. Now in our third and penultimate season, the show is a semi-serialized dramedy full of memorable and fascinating characters, a unique twist on the religious fantasy route that seeks to center Jewish mythology as well as Christian, and an original soundtrack full of love for the Appalachian region in which its produced.

Dr. Edison Tucker is having a very weird life. Not being able to die tends to color things that way. Lucille Kensington is the literary scene’s biggest enigma. That’s just the way she likes it. When the pair find themselves sharing a cabin in the strangest town in America— Jerusalem, OR— they’re prepared for a housemate situation from hell. What they’re not expecting is tidings of a stranger sort: Ed is the antichrist, Lucy her guardian angel, and if they can’t find a way to work together soon, the rapture is set to take first the town, then the world… but neither of them know that yet. Welcome to Jerusalem, OR, where what doesn’t kill you is just another mystery.

Where we last left our heroes, Ed and Lucy had acted on their feelings for one another just in time for some big news: the rapture is due in two months, and everyone is choosing sides. As tensions build in Jerusalem, OR, Ed, Lucy, and the rest of the ICUP (Ineffable Congregation of the Upper Pacific; they really need to find a new acronym) try to prepare and find moments of hope and community where they can. This season is set to feature such memorable moments as:

- A body-swap episode (three angels, the antichrist, and a demon! Surely that will end well!)
- Ed finally finding out what happened in the time loop (for real this time, we promise!)
- More spicy sword lesbian action (we know our audience!)

Fanart by pineshrikes of the fabled Fade to Black in Her Ford Friday

If you enjoy Good Omens, Gravity Falls, or Gideon the Ninth, you’ll love what our show has to offer. This season will feature eight full-length episodes, and two minisodes released at crowdfund milestones. The season is set to run from April to August 2023.

$5- Digital Bundle:

- All of our patreon exclusive short stories, plus a bonus crowdfund-exclusive
- Sheet music for “Cemetery” and “Here With You”
- Bonus fully produced deleted scene from Episode 18
- Social media shoutout

$10- Season 3 poster (pdf, lockscreen, and desktop versions)

$25- Sticker pair with two exclusive sticker designs

$50- Personal message from a character

$100- “It’s animal of me”  Linocut design tote bag + postcard print

$250- Crowd scene cameo in season 3

$666- Hand-annotated copy of a script of your choice

25% Funded ($1,250)- We’ll release the episode titles for season 3

50% Funded ($2,500)- We’ll release Minisode 5, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

75% Funded ($3,750)- We’ll release Minisode 6, “Whitechapel”

100% Funded- Season three will be in your ears this April!

Stretch Goal 1- At $6,000 we’ll be able to pay our cast and crew more! We’ll also bring you a crossover episode with Fawx and Stallion, where the Gabe and BB of Victorian London meet the 224B Baker Street crew.

Stretch Goal 2- At $10,000 we’ll create the musical episode we have planned for season 3! With several original songs, we’d love to kick off the season with this big event. This will also add all of the musical episode’s sheet music to the Digital Bundle tier.

We’re lucky enough to have a crew of wonderful Patrons who contribute monthly to supporting the show, as well as the ability to run ads and take sponsors. All of those profits go directly into making the next season, but we need this crowdfund to get us the rest of the way there!

Income Sources for Season 3

Budget Breakdown

Minus crowdfund rewards and consulting, that averages out to about $760 per episode. We’re bringing in a ton of exciting special guests and fan-favorite returning characters in addition to our main cast, plus more original music than ever before; all at the fairest and most sustainable rate we can strive to offer. We believe that a creative community can only thrive when the artists in it are able to do what they do while putting food on the table, and our goal is to move further towards professional rates for our cast and crew every season. From the writing, sound design, acting, music, and goodies you get for supporting this crowdfund, you can be sure that everyone is being compensated for their work to the best of our ability and reach. We try to practice what we preach, and we need your help to do so!

Maybe you’ve been a fan of this show since the beginning. Maybe you followed us here from other Caldera Studios projects. Maybe this is the place where you saw yourself represented for the first time, or discovered that there is a story where someone like you gets to be the hero. Maybe you just like supporting stories that are full of queer characters, characters with disabilities, and characters of color. Or maybe you learned that this is Showrunner Newt’s birthday month, and you’d like to make their 21st the best birthday ever. For whatever the reason, art of this scale and passion cannot happen without the support of people who care. We make this show for the various communities we are a part of– so that they can see themselves like all of us want to. Now, we’re hoping they– and you– can show their support for Where the Stars Fell and help us bring about the apocalypse. In the story. Not in real life.

We’re lucky enough to receive other streams of income for the show, like ad revenue and Patreon, so season three will still happen. What we’re not willing to compromise on, however, is the payment of our cast and crew. Everyone on our team will be paid the same fair rates regardless of if this crowdfund succeeds. What that means is that those rates will come from slower, more incremental income streams, and the timeline for producing season three will become exponentially slower. So: if you want to see how things shake out for our heroes and Jerusalem, OR before, like, 2025, we need to hit our goal!

The only way we will reach our crowdfunding goal is if we can reach beyond our networks. If you’d like to be a part of supporting diverse independent art, you can make the difference in our success! Please share our campaign via your social media, email, word-of-mouth, however you want! We can't do this without you!

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