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STAY WOKE -- A Thriller About Grief, Anxiety and Prejudice

Created by KC Clyburn

STAY WOKE is a psychological thriller about grief, anxiety, prejudice. When Brody's wife passes away, he flees with daughter Fatima to the small town of Orolet to start over. What he finds is prejudice, disruptive neighbors, bad cops and worst ghosts.

Latest Updates from Our Project:

CAMPAIGN DONE. FINALLY ABLE TO UPDATE!
4 days ago – Sat, Oct 24, 2026 at 07:33:50 PM

Hello one and all!

I finally have had a moment to take the time and tell you all, thank you. Well and truly thank you. I don't know what I really expected when I started this campaign, and then restarted it, but the support has been absolutely inspiring. We finished the campaign with $935.50 pledged, and it truly boggles the mind. Thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! I promise that I will pay you back by giving you a terrific story, and by using this positive energy to continue bringing you stories that you'll love an enjoy.

With the campaign over, you can expect a survey from Backerkit in the next two weeks. This will provide you with the opportunity to give your address and verify your pledge level. PLEASE BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR IT!

STAY WOKE is nearly done its developmental edit and will be going through line edits and proofreading starting the third week of November. I'll spend December working on that feedback, and then in January we should have the whole thing turned around!

Thank you again (I literally cannot say it enough) and I'll be in touch soon!
KC

STRETCH GOAL = HIT!
9 days ago – Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 01:22:52 PM

WE JUST SURPASSED $750 AND HIT OUR FIRST STRETCH GOAL WITH FIVE DAYS LEFT TO GO!

Once again, thanks to everyone who has supported me and pledged, I literally can not thank you enough. Hitting $750 means we can now afford to do a HARDCOVER VERSION OF STAY WOKE!

For those of you who are interested, you're able to change your pledge if you want the hardcover, but if you don't, that's dope too! 

It's all fun from here and you guys are making my dreams come true. Thank you again.

KC

HOME SSSTTTTRREEEETTTCCH!
12 days ago – Fri, Oct 16, 2026 at 12:55:42 PM

Hey all!

WE HAVE SEVEN MORE DAYS LEFT! Things are coming together nicely and with the extra money we've gotten I might be able to do some extras.

But to keep the main thing the main thing, our next milestone would be our first stretch goal of $750! If we can hit that in the next seven days, I can afford to make a hardcover version AND afford more art work and prints before we release in Q1 of 2027!

If you still need to pledge or you have anyone you know that would love a Black AF Horror/Thriller novel, let then know! WE'RE ONLY $82 FROM OUR STRETCH GOAL! We can do it!

Thanks again so much for your help, and let's close this out with a bang!

KC

FULLY FUNDED.
15 days ago – Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 03:54:41 PM

I'm still trying to process it, but we are FULLY FUNDED!



I'll drop back in with a bigger update soon but, just, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH!

ONLY $100 LEFT!
15 days ago – Tue, Oct 13, 2026 at 08:57:38 AM

OH MY!?!?

That's right, we are $100 from hitting our goal! Thank everyone from the body of my heart who has pledged so far. Once we hit the goal, maybe we get a little sneak peek at Chapter One?

Let's keep up the momentum, and thanks again!

KC