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June 2023 Releases: 6 All-New Titles from Duck Prints Press Just in Time for Pride Month!
Happy Release Day, Everyone! We publish new short stories and novelettes for our General Imprint on the fourth Thursday of the month, and here we are with five new short stories and a novelette!
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June 22nd Releases:
Title: Of Loops and Weaves
Author: Catherine E. Green
F/F, Getting Together, Maximum Fluff
Robin loves to sit in the local coffee shop, crocheting a sweater for her friend Dee, who she hopes will become more than a friend.
She doesn’t expect to need to frog a chunk of project.
And she really doesn’t expect Dee to walk in on her doing so…
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Title: Solarpunks: Viva la Revolución (a story in the Solarpunks ‘verse)
Author: J. D. Harlock
Found Family, Utopian Future, the Very Teenage Urge to Rebel Against Authority
The future is perfect, with strong community ties, collective ownership, plenty for all, and an ideal balance of private life and public life.
In such a setting, what’s a group of bored teenagers to do to shake up the order of things?
Sami, Ros, and Amara aren’t sure…but Sami has a plan.
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Title: Seal Island
Author: K. B. Vimes
M/M, Queerplatonic Relationship, Ace Trans Main Character, Selkies
Michael has always known he was a boy, and always known he didn’t fit in with either the boys or girls around him in the quiet fishing community where he grows up. To escape the insistence of his friends and family that he become a “proper young lady,” he seeks refuge on the island in the bay where the seals sun themselves during the summer.
It’s not until he’s 18 that he realizes he might be able to make the island a more permanent home. Will the seals welcome the young man who’s never felt like he’s belonged?
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Title: More Than We Deserve
Author: Nicola Kapron
M/M, Finding a Slice of Hope Amidst Dystopia, Trans Main Character, Spies and Super Soldiers
Every year, the employees of The Winterborne Group have to fill out Form 301-A, checking off boxes related to gender and sexuality to enhance the megacorp’s diversity numbers.
This year, Dice uses this opportunity to finally, after years of passing, tell the company he’s trans.
That’s not the problem.
The problem is that Grey, Dice’s favorite company-owned Horizon super soldier, has asked for Dice’s help completing his Form 301-A.
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Title: Live Like There’s No Tomorrow (a short prequel story in the Welcome to PHU ‘verse)
Author: Tris Lawrence
Family Feels, Surviving Cancer, Finding Hope Through Everyday Struggles
Middle-school student Jackson is not particularly upset about his cancer; the doctor’s assure him he’ll recover, and his biggest concern is that his friends will be a grade or more above him by the time he’s able to get back to school.
Well, that and that he’s sure that his mother is keeping a secret from him, but he can’t figure out what that secret is and she’s not talking about it.
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Title: Moongatherer
Author: Willa Blythe
F/F, PTSD, Recovery From Trauma, Bonding While on a Quest Together
The Summer Solstice is approaching, the day when the sunlight lasts the longest and the dangers of being out in the world, exposed to the harsh rays, is greatest. As is their way, Clan Firefox has once again chosen two representatives to travel to Moon’s Rest and make an offering to the Goddess to bring the moonlight back.
No one is surprised that Pomegranate will be making the journey.
But everyone is shocked when Honeycomb is selected, and no one more so than Honeycomb herself.
And, as they set out on their journey, all Honeycomb can see is the memory of harsh solar rays and burning fires…
Maybe during this journey, these two young women can find more than they ever thought to seek…
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Think they all sound amazing? Well, you should, because they are. And we’ve got you covered – you can buy ALL SIX of these new titles in one awesome bundle – and save 20% off the list price for buying each story individually!
Come on over to the Duck Prints Press webstore and find your new favorite short story! And, while you’re at it, don’t forget to check out the anthology we’re Kickstarting!
Want more stories, and to support our awesome, queer-owned, fandom-based small business indie Press? We rely on your backing on Patreon to keep our prices low and maximize the royalties we pay to authors! Support us, and get free stories every month – the higher your backer level, the more you get!
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34 ORCHARD's Spring 2021 Table of Contents is here!
34 ORCHARD’s Spring 2021 Table of Contents is here!
We’re excited to announce 34 Orchard‘s Table of Contents for Issue 3 – Spring 2021 – coming to the 34 Orchard website April 25, 2021!
In our third issue, twenty artists ruminate on the sometimes devastating consequences of choice … on the verandah, a selection of cocktails awaits. Choose wisely!
Cover Art: Please Pray – Jen Connic
Am I Beautiful? – Carl Olson
Inheritance – Annie Dunn Watson
Salt…
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#34 Orchard Spring 2021 Issue#Annie Dunn Watson#apocalyptic science fiction#Carl Olson#Charlotte Wyatt#Crystal Sidell#dark fiction literary magazines#David H. West#David Holper#Elisa Subin#Heather Sullivan#Japanese urban legends#Jared Lynch#Jen Connic#Jon Shank#Keltie Zubko#Ken MacGregor#Meghan Arcuri#Nadine Rodriguez#Nicola Kapron#pandemic stories#Stephanie Lennon#stories set in the Arctic#stories with singular they#Trisha J. Woodridge#W.T. Paterson#William Kitcher#zombie stories
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Meet Aether Beyond the Binary Contributor Nicola Kapron
Today’s author spotlight for Aether Beyond the Binary (the aetherpunk anthology starring outside-the-binary characters that we’re currently crowdfunding!) focuses on Nicola Kapron, one of the most prolific authors working with Duck Prints Press. She’s written numerous short stories and a novelette published on our website, but this is her first anthology contribution with us. And – she’s also the crafter of adorable dux plushies we’re selling as add-ons!
Better yet – we’ll be hosting an Ask Me Anything session with Nicola Kapron on Discord! Want to come hang out with Nicola, Nina Waters (ABTB lead editor), and other DPP authors, editors, and fans? Join us on January 6th, 2024 at 3 p.m. Eastern (time zone converter) and bring your questions!
About Nicola Kapron: Nicola Kapron has previously been published by Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Rebel Mountain Press, Soteira Press, All Worlds Wayfarer, Mannison Press, and more. Nicola lives in British Columbia with a hoard of books—mostly fantasy and horror—and an extremely fluffy cat. Link: Personal Website
Read an interview with Nicola Kapron.
Stories Nicola Kapron has Published with Duck Prints Press:
The Act of Salvation (science fantasy, m/m, second person pov)
Be Not Afraid (modern fantasy, m/m, omg they were roommates, the apocalypse happened and life didn’t actually change that much) (included in the contributor short stories add-on!)
Campfire Stories (modern horror, no ship, trading campfire monster stories)
Dead Man’s Bells(fantasy, m/nb, dark romance, demonic possession)
In Good Company (modern horror, m/m, enemies to accomplices)
More Than We Deserve (dystopian sci-fi, m/m, friends to lovers) (included in the contributor short stories add-on!)
The Ocean Went on Forever (sci-fi, m/m if you squint, very hard to summarize – see “challenge: easy-to-tag works)
Nicola’s Aether Beyond The Binary Contribution:
Title: How Your Garden Grows
Tags: alternate history, attempted murder, character injury (serious), elemental (nature), environmentalism, genderfluid, natural disaster (unnatural), non-binary, non-human character, past tense, post-apocalypse, science fiction with magic, scientist, siblings, third person limited point of view
Excerpt:
The dive chamber was dark. The only light filtered upward from the moon window set into the floor. Large and circular, it served as the portal through which ze would exit and, hopefully, return. A transparent barrier of purple-tinged glass sat between Stone and the outside. The Nightmare Sea spread out below zir.
“Copy,” Leigh said. “Three…”
The color of the glass made the ocean of trees below look blue. Even with that tint, the swirls of cloud that clung to the spiralling shapes shimmered through every colour Stone knew and several ze didn’t.
“Two…”
Wind currents batted at the treetops. Most of them splashed off like water on the shore, faint trails in the sky the only evidence they’d even tried.
“One…”
Stone breathed in deeply, then let the air hiss out between zir teeth. Zir fingers flexed inside the heavy gloves. Far below, something in the shining sea reflected like metal instead of like heat shimmer or phantasmal crystal. It was near zir planned diving path.
“Diving.”
Learn more about the anthology and our other contributors by visiting our page on Kickstarter!
#duck prints press#aether beyond the binary#neopronouns#nonbinary#non-binary character#crowdfunding#kickstarter#aetherpunk#nicola kapron#oops i meant to schedule this#oh well
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September General Imprint Releases: Three New Titles from Duck Prints Press
We’ve got three new short stories out September 28th 2023!
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Title: A Ghost for Halloween
Author: K. B. Vimes
General/No Relationship, Family and Siblings, Ghosts, Mourning and Grief, Child Point of View
In the spirit of Color by Owl Outerbridge, The Offered Ones by A. L. Heard, and The Fairy Garden by Rhosyn Goodfellow, K. B. Vimes continues our authors’ tradition of writing compelling stories that explore the fears and hopes attendant with raising children in the modern world.
Halloween is Maggie’s favorite day of the year; she just wishes she knew why her parents hate it so much, why they always refuse to go trick-or-treating with her, why her mother spends the night drunk. At least this year, she’s found another kid to go with her. He’s strange, but Maggie will overlook a lot if it means she gets to have a friend.
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Title: Be Not Afraid
Author: Nicola Kapron
M/M, Angels and Demons and the Apocalypse Oh My!, the Hardest Part of the Post-Apocalypse is Finding a Job, There’s Only One Bed (but the Roommate Doesn’t Sleep)
Nicola Kapron returns with her seventh story published with Duck Prints Press, this time exploring how “the end of the world” can mean very different things depending on one’s circumstances.
Tora survives the end of the world, and so does his sister, even though he can’t escape the niggling feeling that one or both of them shouldn’t have. Still, that’s not his immediately problem. No, he’s more concerned about his demon roommate and his odd-job daily gig.
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Title: Commute
Author: Eliot Lovell
F/F, the Inherent Awkwardness of Sitting Together on the Train, WLW Disaster Flirting
Fluffy f/f is one of our most popular short story genres. Eliot Lovell’s debut story with Duck Prints Press joins our extensive catalog of works by such authors as A. L. Heard, Violet J. Hayes, Annabeth Lynch, and D. V. Morse. You can check out all of our f/f general imprint titles here.
Eloise intensely dislikes when she has to work in the city, not least because of the commute by train. But the longer the beautiful woman sits across from her in the facing row of seats, the more she starts to think maybe commuting isn’t so bad…
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Also Now Available: The Summer 2023 General Imprint Bundle!
The Summer 2023 General Imprint Bundle Includes:
Little Witch’s Apothecary by J. D. Harlock
Chinaski’s Dirty Work by J. D. Harlock
Count the Number of Seeds by Lyn Weaver
Entanglement by Lyn Weaver
Awkward and Oblivious by R. L. Houck
if it’s meant to be by Tris Lawrence
Chrysopoeia by Zel Howland
Usually $9.93, you can now get all seven of these stories for only $7.99! Come on over and check out a selection of what Duck Prints Press has to offer!
#duck prints press#new release#our titles#queer stories#eliot lovell#nicola kapron#k. b. vimes#j. d. harlock#lyn weaver#r. l. houck#tris lawrence#zel howland
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Get 4 Story Excerpts: Read the Duck Prints Press Zine!
This debut online PDF edition of the Duck Prints Press zine includes general information about the Press, where to find us on social media, how to buy our books, and, most excitingly: FREE EXCERPTS! Yes, download this 20-page PDF, and you can read the openings of four stories. And don't worry - the zine is SFW!
The first five pages of Many Drops Make a Stream by Adrian Harley. Pre-orders are open through September 30th!
Many Drops Make a Stream is a fantasy novel featuring the shapeshifter Droplet as she embarks on a rescue mission, loses a found family and tries to convince herself she doesn’t want to find another, and stumbles into a sapphic pre-relationship. All the laughs and drama that author Adrian Harley could fit between the covers!
The first two scenes of Theirs All Along by boneturtle. Available now!
Theirs All Along is the prequel introduction story to boneturtle’s Pet Names verse, featuring sexy established-relationship M/M/M fantasy smut and lots of emotional intimacy. Husbands Aren, Samael, and Mithros just want to take care of each other…
The first two scenes of Be Not Afraid by Nicola Kapron. Coming September 28th!
Be Not Afraid tells the story of Tora as he faces a personal apocalypse in the midst of an actual actual apocalypse…and a M/M “OMG they were roommates” get-together story.
The first chapter of To Drive the Hundred Miles by Alec J. Marsh. Pre-orders open October 5th!
To Drive the Hundred Miles follows trans man Will as he returns home for the holidays, confronts his family’s clumsy attempts at “support,” and finds comfort at the local coffee shop. Features family feels, a nascent M/F relationship, and a splash of smut.
Download the PDF NOW and get a glimpse of all the great stories Duck Prints Press has to offer!
Who we are: Duck Prints Press LLC is an independent publisher based in New York State. Our founding vision is to help fan creators publishing their original works. We are particularly dedicated to working with queer authors and publishing stories featuring characters from across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. Want to always hear the latest? Sign up for our monthly newsletter! Want to support the Press, read about us behind-the-scenes, learn what’s coming down the pipeline, get exclusive teasers, and claim free stories? Back us on Patreon monthly!
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Saturday Releases: All-New Stories by Nicola Kapron and Annabeth Lynch!
This week, we’re welcoming in spring with two very nature-oriented tales: one of the forest, grown wild and out of control, and one of the creatures that play amidst the fireflies during a hot summer night.
Dead Man’s Bells by Nicola Kapron
Dark Fantasy, M/NB, Demonic Possession (Voluntary)
The vines were alive. They writhed like snakes as he ran a hand over them. As one, they untangled themselves from the shrouded shape of the spear. A few even dropped off entirely and nudged at his ankles. Underneath, the weapon gleamed with the soft, wet shimmer of fresh growth.
Around it, he could make out the silhouette of something that was almost human. Luminous green eyes. Roots wrapped tightly into the shape of arms, legs, musculature. Foxglove flowers blooming in the hollow of a throat.
A forest demon persisting long after it had been cut down and sanded into a useful shape.
Beautiful, Liam thought. This feeling might be awe. If he didn’t need to keep moving forward, toward it, he would have fallen to his knees.
For a moment, the ringing paused, and the vines slowed in their movements. “I am not dead,” said the voice that wasn’t his own. “You did not kill me. Even like this, you cannot tame me. Raise me, and I will live again.”
Follow Liam as his life intertwines with that of the verdant growth possessing the basement of his family’s manor. Read Dead Man’s Bells now!
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Away With the Fairies by Annabeth Lynch
Modern with Magic, Siblings and Family, Fae/Fairy Kidnapping (Consensual)
“Why do the lightning bugs only fly up?” I asked Linda.
“Not all of them do. But this kind produces light as they fly. They’re sending signals to the others,” she said, coming to look at the ones I grabbed. “They’re telling each other things with the lights.”
“Like what?”
“Like what kind they are, or if they’re boys or girls, or whether they want to have babies. They talk by flashing. That’s why they blink.”
“What about that one?” I pointed at a fast-moving one. “That one isn’t blinking at all.”
Linda looked at the one I pointed at. She watched it for a long time, waiting for its light to blink off.
It didn’t.
What have Linda and her sister Suzy found amidst the fireflies (spoilers…it might be in the title…)? Read Away With the Fairies and find out!
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Love works featuring nature spirits, fae, and fairyfolk? These two aren’t the only ones in our catalog! Check out our anthologies Add Magic to Taste, He Bears the Cape of Stars, and She Wears the Midnight Crown, or…
Let the Solstice Come by D. V. Morse (historical with magic, elementals are enslaved by humans, rebellion)
The Fairy Garden by Rhosyn Goodfellow (modern with magic, child point of view, fae and fairyfolk)
A Glimmer of Hope by Nina Waters (modern with magic, m/m, novel-length, angst with a happy ending)
Who we are: Duck Prints Press LLC is an independent publisher based in New York State. Our founding vision is to help fanfiction authors navigate the complex process of bringing their original works from first draft to print, culminating in publishing their work under our imprint. We are particularly dedicated to working with queer authors and publishing stories featuring characters from across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. Love what we do? Want to make sure you don’t miss the announcement for future giveaways? Sign up for our monthly newsletter and get previews, behind-the-scenes information, coupons, and more!
Want to support the Press, read about us behind-the-scenes, learn about what’s coming down the pipeline, get exclusive teasers, and claim free stories? Back us on Patreon or ko-fi monthly!
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DPP Contributor Interview: Nicola Kapron
Author Nicola Kapron has been working with Duck Prints Press for over two years, and in that time she has been one of our most prolific authors. Her work ranges from the sweet and fluffy to the dark and grotesque, with an emphasis on horror elements, trope twisting, love and the monstrous, and cross-genre queer works. We're thrilled to have Nicola as the debut author in our new Creator Interview series!
Author Biography: Nicola Kapron has previously been published by Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine, Rebel Mountain Press, Soteira Press, All Worlds Wayfarer, Mannison Press, and more. Nicola lives in British Columbia with a hoard of books—mostly fantasy and horror—and an extremely fluffy cat.
Links: Personal Website
Nicola works with Duck Prints Press as an author, and is also the crafter whose skilled hands are behind our adorable Dux plushies.
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When and why did you being creating?
I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember. Most of my work was very small when I was younger because I have dysgraphia and handwriting is physically painful for me. As soon as I learned to use a keyboard, I started working on longer and longer projects. Now there’s no stopping me.
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What are your goals as a creator?
I want to write stories that linger.
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What do you consider to be your strengths as a creator?
Dialog[ue], genre-blending, worldbuilding, coming up with cool monsters, slow-burn romance (or at least obsession), crafting background lore that is impossible to tag.
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What do you consider to be your weaknesses as a creator?
Description, pacing, writing healthy characters with healthy relationships, easy-to-tag stories.
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What’s your favorite medium to work in? Why?
Fiction writing, particularly fantasy. I enjoy coming up with the most bizarre situations and then thinking about how people might react to them. After all, mountains may crumble, oceans may rise, but people will stay fundamentally people.
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Are you a pantser, a planner, or a planster? What’s your process look like?
A planster. I spend a lot of time coming up with detailed story outlines and summarizing character arcs. Then I start writing and 80% of that goes out the window. I like to say that my first drafts are dedicated to figuring out what the story isn’t about. Unless I’m writing a short story, in which case draft 1 may well be the final draft. I don’t control the process.
I typically write in chronological order from beginning to end, but for a short project I may pause and write the middle bits ahead of time as they drift into my head. This isn’t viable for a longer project because the pacing always begins to confuse me.
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What do the phrases “writer’s block” or “art block” mean to you?
Writer’s block comes in two kinds to me. The first kind is the most common: I’m not actually blocked so much as I am swamped. I have too many ideas and too much stuff to do. As a result, I can’t focus on anything and writing words is like pulling teeth. This kind just has to be muscled through until I hit another vein of inspiration. The second kind is the kind where I genuinely run out of writing energy completely, leaving me feeling drained and empty. I only hit this state once. It lasted for about a week. Worst week of my life. The second kind can’t be worked through, only waited out like a sprain. I recommend going outside and finding something else to focus on until your writing muscles recover.
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Tell us about a creator who is an inspiration to you. When did you first encounter them? How have they influenced your work?
Charles de Lint. I had the opportunity to do a Co-Op with him in high school. He supervised me writing my first novella, an urban fantasy story about the people whose job it is to keep magic secret. Although our writing styles are rather different – he’s a pioneer of dreamlike mythic fantasy, I prefer to write about the ‘realistic’ consequences of fantastical things existing – I feel I learned a lot from his approach to worldbuilding and character-crafting. There’s nobody who writes flawed, troubled, and incandescently beautiful characters like Charles de Lint.
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What book or media franchise or other creator’s work do you always come back to? How many times have you rewatched/reread/reviewed it?
Neil Gaiman’s work has a way of bringing me back in. I don’t think I could tell you how many times I’ve read and re-read his various creations. Just know that it’s a lot.
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What’s your favorite part of the creation process?
Daydreaming about writing the story is always the best part. That and reading it after it’s done.
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What are your favorite tropes?
Cute monsters, involuntary body modification as trauma metaphor, codependent relationships, coping mechanisms that aren’t good but are at least keeping you alive.
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What are your favorite character archetypes?
My favourite character archetypes are anything that is clearly meant to evoke a classic heroic or villainous archetype, but with the alignment swapped. Luminous holy maidens plotting destruction. Ominous armoured overlords trying to bring salvation. Man-eating monsters struggling to live happy, productive lives in the shadow of cities they’ll never truly belong in. Chosen ones choosing to turn their backs on what they were meant to save. It’s the defiance of fate and expectations both.
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What motivates you to create?
Unfortunately, I don’t have a clear answer for this one. Just breathing motivates me to create some days. In general, though, I think that the desire to share my thoughts with others is what makes me put my fingers on the keyboard. I can’t chat about my work with people if I don’t write the work.
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Which of your own creations is your favorite? Why?
Whichever one I just re-read and got invested in as if someone else wrote it.
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Which of your own creations is your least favorite? Why?
Whichever story I just finished always causes me physical pain to think about.
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Do you like having background noise when you create? What do you listen to? Does it vary depending on the project, and if so, how?
Rain noises help me think. Music is a very hit or miss addition, because if there are words I’ll end up mentally singing along instead of thinking about writing.
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When you look at your “career” as a creator, what achievement would you most like to reach – what, if it happened or has already happened, would/did make you go “now – now I’m a success!”?
I would love to publish a full novel.
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What advice were you given as a new creator? Did it help you?
Show, don’t tell. It definitely helped me when I was younger and had a grudge against the entire concept of descriptive language. Now I keep having to remove entire paragraphs of description for word count, though, so it does have an expiration date.
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If you could give one piece of advice to a new creator who came to you for help, what would that advice be?
Worldbuilding is your friend, but sooner or later, you have to actually start writing the story.
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Short Stories and Novelettes Nicola has published with Duck Prints Press:
The Act of Salvation (science fantasy, m/m, second person pov)
Be Not Afraid (modern fantasy, m/m, omg they were roommates, the apocalypse happened and life didn’t actually change that much)
Campfire Stories (modern horror, no ship, trading campfire monster stories)
Dead Man’s Bells (fantasy, m/nb, dark romance, demonic possession)
In Good Company (modern horror, m/m, enemies to accomplices)
More Than We Deserve (dystopian sci-fi, m/m, friends to lovers)
The Ocean Went on Forever (sci-fi, m/m if you squint, very hard to summarize – see “challenge: easy-to-tag works)
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Nicola is also a contributor to our upcoming anthology Aether Beyond the Binary. We’ll be launching crowdfunding for this campaign in late December, and we’ve invited Nicola to host an Ask Me Anything session during the campaign! The time and date for the AMA aren’t set yet, but if you want to make sure you don’t miss it, join our Book Lover’s Server.
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Trapped on a distant ocean-covered planetoid.
Alone save for an expedition crew that ignores him and a father that hates him.
And then his cochlear implants start picking up strange voices...
Rock never wanted wanted to move to Triton, but after the death of his mother, his father didn't give him a choice. He's the only teenager and only civilian on an underwater base, too far from civilization to even receive interstellar entertainment feeds.
And he hears people, calling to him from the deep.
Now, Rock needs to figure out what's going on, and what he should do about it, before it's too late...
Check out The Ocean Went on Forever, the newest short story by Nicola Kapron, for a rebellious teenager, an eerie mystery, a dose of "eat the rich," and a smidgen of slash, if you squint.
The Ocean Went on Forever, available now from Duck Prints Press!
Or, back us on Patreon at $7/month or higher and claim it as one of your free monthly stories!
Who We Are: Duck Prints Press LLC is an independent publisher based in New York State. We help fan creators publish their original works. We are particularly dedicated to working with queer authors and publishing stories featuring characters from across the LGBTQIA+ spectrum. Sign up for our monthly newsletter!
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Reminder: “Ask Me Anything” Session with Nicola Kapron TODAY!
Just a reminder that today (January 6th) at 3 p.m. Eastern (timezone converter), novelette, short story author, and Aether Beyond the Binary anthology contributor Nicola Kapron will be taking questions on the Duck Prints Press Book Lover’s Discord server! We’d love to have you join us – don’t forget to bring your curiosity!
RSVP with this link!
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Aether Beyond the Binary: Final 48 Hours
Well, this morning has been an absolute rollercoaster for our crowdfunding campaign, but it's all ended okay. The bogus pledge has been removed, and we're officially actually funded, pretty much entirely thanks to the outpouring of support from y'all here on Tumblr. Thank you so much.
Anyway, what follows is what I was originally going to post today, lmao. So, back to our regularly scheduled blogging...
The Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for our anthology Aether Beyond the Binary, featuring 17 stories of non-binary, genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, bigender, and other outside-the-binary characters living in modern aetherpunk settings, has entered our final two days of funding! And we’ve crossed our funding goal (after a scare with a fake pledge that has made things…uh…interesting)!!
It’s not too late to get your copy of this awesome collection made by our very queer press by our very queer contributors. We wrap on January 25that 9:35 a.m. Eastern time.
Learn more about Aether Beyond the Binary now by visiting the Kickstarter campaign, or read on for more info…
What would the Earth look like if the very atoms that compose the planet were suffused with magical aether? How would our lives in the modern world be different if this aether was discovered last year, or last decade, or last century, or last millennia? How might the people who inhabit this oh-so-different but still modern Earth explore their gender identities? These are the questions we posed to the 17 authors chosen to contribute to Duck Prints Press’s newest anthology Aether Beyond the Binary. Their diverse answers are bound together in this must-not-miss collection of stories about magical worlds, adventures and mysteries, new chances and well-earned endings, and characters as gender-diverse as the worlds they inhabit.
Aether Beyond the Binary features 17 stories, each up to 7,500 words. We aim to publish it as an e-book (ePub and PDF), and to print it digest size, 5.5 in x 8.5 in (14 cm x 21.5 cm) in both trade paperback and hardcover formats. Aether Beyond the Binary also features a spectacular wrap-around cover by non-binary artist Mar Spragge; this will be printed as a lovely gloss dust jacket for the hardcover edition.
Curious about the project? You can learn way more by visiting the campaign page or by checking out our other blog posts about it to learn more about our merch and contributors and read excerpts, creator interviews, and more:
Contributor: Catherine E. Green
Contributors: Ellen Faye and Bettina Juszak
Contributors: Em Rowntree and Kelas Lloyd
Contributors: Flore Picard and Alec J. Marsh
Contributor: Mikki Madison
Contributor: Nicola Kapron
Contributor: S. J. Ralson
Contributor: Scarlett Gale
Contributors: Sebastian Marie, Lyonel Loy, and Elior Haley
Contributor: Terra P. Waters
Contributor: Zel Howland
Merch: Aether Dux Die-Cut Sticker
Merch: Aether Musician Bookmark
Merch: Non-Binary Sky Whale Enamel Pin
Merch: Plant-Watering Bot Holographic Sticker
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Time is running out to participate in Duck Prints Press’s 2023 Pride Bundle fundraiser! Through July 28th, we’re offering two book bundles – one containing 14 short stories from our general imprint, one containing 11 short stories from our erotica imprint – with nearly 40% of the proceeds going to the Ali Forney Center and Transgender Law Center.
Since we listed these bundles on the 54th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, June 28th, 1969, we’ve raised $225.25 to donate! We’d love to increase that number, and with your help we can!
Check out everything you can get:
Titles in the General Imprint Charity Bundle:
A Mutual Interest by Alec J. Marsh
The Problem with Wishes by Annabeth Lynch
Let the Solstice Come by D. V. Morse
Warmer Lights by Era J. M. Couts
An Odd Gathering of Peculiar Cats by J. D. Harlock
Dead Man’s Bells by Nicola Kapron
Widow’s Black by Nina Waters
twin flames by nottesilhouette
A Shield for the People by Puck Malamud
Much Ruckus by R. L. Houck
Bubble, Bubble by Sage Mooreland
Settling Down by Theresa Tanner
Best Friends AND… by Tris Lawrence
To Fill My Cup by Violet J. Hayes
Approximately 35% of the $19.69 list price of this bundle will go to the charities.
Titles in the Erotica Imprint Charity Bundle:
Pas de Deux by Aeryn Jemariel Knox
Study Hall by Alec J. Marsh
A Safe Place to Land by boneturtle
Clerical Error by Dei Walker
In the Moonlight by E. V. Dean
We All Need to Get By by Lyn Weaver
The Fated Prince by Mikki Madison
Lust by Nina Waters
No One Right Way by R. L. Houck
Easier Than Expected by Samantha M. Piper
Urchin Juiced by Xianyu Zhou
Approximately 40% of the $19.69 list price of this bundle will go to the charities.
Looking for a big W this week? A small, queer indie press gets support, two wonderful charities get money to help queer youth, and you get great stories? Sounds like winning to us! So come visit Duck Prints Press’s webstore and get your stories now!
You can read all the details about us, the charities, and how this sale works by visiting the main post here.
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32 of Our Favorite Sci-Fi Reads for National Science Fiction Day
Duck Prints Press LOVES kicking off the new year with one of our favorite annual recommendation lists: science fiction stories (ideally queer, but it wasn’t required) to celebrate National Science Fiction Day! For this year, 14 Duck Prints Press contributors suggested a whopping 32 awesome science fiction books. Note that there’s no overlap with last year (by design) so make sure you also check out Our Ten Favorite Science Fiction Reads of 2022 for some more titles to add to your 2024 TBR.
Our 2024 Science Fiction Recs:
The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots
Little Mushroom by Shisi
Always Human by Ari North
More Than We Deserve by Nicola Kapron
Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho
Ocean’s Echo by Everina Maxwell
Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
CrashCourse by Wilhelmina Baird
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki
We Have Always Been Here by Lena Nguyen
Emergent Properties by Aimee Ogden
Victories Greater than Death by Charlie Jane Anders
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
The Fever King by Victoria Lee
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Infomocracy by Malka Older
Zero Sum Game by S. L. Huang
Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott
Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Trigun and Trigun Maximum by Yasuhiro Nightow
Legend of the Galactic Heroes by Yoshiki Tanaka & Katsumi Michihara
In the Lives of Puppets by T. J. Klune
Mega Man by Ian Flynn & Pat Spaz Spaziante
Mega Man Megamix by Hitoshi Ariga
Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow
Once & Future by A. R. Capetta & Cory McCarthy
Five-Twelfths of Heaven by Melissa Scott
The Big Sigma by Joseph R. Lallo
Want to come read some of these books with us? Join our 2024 Queer Book Challenge on Storygraph! One of our challenges there is to read a queer science fiction book, and there’s a lot on this list that’d count!
You can check out all our sci-fi recs on this Goodreads shelf.
Wish you could contribute to these lists? Back our Patreon, join our Discord, and you can!
#duck prints press#national science fiction day#book recs#queer book recs#book recommendations#recommendation list
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25 Book Recommendations for International Pronouns Day
Today is International Pronouns Day, and in honor of the occasion, we’ve put together a rec list, as is our wont. We focused on books that use neopronouns, they/them or it/its characters, and books that did interesting things with pronouns, such as avoiding them completely, changing them between scenes, etc. Basically, if something about the pronouns in the book stood out to us, we considered it for inclusion in this list! Nine Duck Prints Press contributors suggested titles for this blog post. And now…the books!
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
In the Watchful City by S. Qiouyi Lu
Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee
Translation State by Ann Leckie
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon Yang
The Spare Man by Mary Robinette Kowal
The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison
Gamechanger by L. X. Beckett
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
What Are Your Words?: A Book About Pronouns by Katherine Locke
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan
The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
Victories Greater than Death by Charlie Jane Anders
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzimons
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
Spell Bound by F. T. Lukens
Your Shadow Remains Half by Sunny Moraine
Lock In by John Scalzi
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
They/Them by Stuart Getty
The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
The Light of a Thousand Stars and You by Nicola Kapron, published in Bleed Error Issue 1.
Do you have any favorite books that use pronouns other than he or she, and/or that do interesting things with pronouns? Tell us about them!
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14 Books for National Coming Out Day
Today, October 11th, is National Coming Out Day. No one ever has to come out, of course, but it can be empowering and relieving to read stories about others doing so. Thus, we gathered up fourteen of our favorite stories that include one ore more characters coming out of the closet!
Check Please! by Ngozi Uzaku
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman
People Notice the Rain by Cindy Paul
Imogen, Obviously by Becky Albertalli
I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
Hockey Boisby A. L. Heard
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar
More Than We Deserve by Nicola Kapron
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Commit to the Kick by Tris Lawrence
Boys Run the Riot by Keito Gaku
Kate in Waiting by Becky Albertalli
D’Vaughn and Kris Plan a Wedding by Chencia C. Higgins
Mou Mou (A Certain Someone) by Mu Su Li
Have you read any books featuring characters coming out? Or, were there books you read that inspired your own decision to come out (if you’ve done so)?
#duck prints press#coming out#national coming out day#queer characters#queer books#rec list#book recs#book recommendations#queer book recommendations
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Today is July 28th, which means it’s the last day to buy our General Imprint Pride Bundle and Erotica Imprint Pride Bundle, save money on our stories, and help us raise funds to donate to the Ali Forney Center and Transgender Law Center!
Each bundle costs $19.69, in honor of the year of Stonewall. The Press is donating 40% of our share of the proceeds to the charities, and many of our authors chose to donate part of their share to charity as well, with the result that more than 35% of each bundle sale will go directly to the causes our authors have chosen to support. Thus far, we’ve raised just over $300; we’ll divide our final total in half and make the donations once the fundraiser is complete, and we’ll post receipts for transparency purposes.
The General Imprint bundle includes 14 short stories – 175 pages of very queer fiction – with works by Alec J. Marsh, Annabeth Lynch, D. V. Morse, Era J. M. Couts, J. D. Harlock, Nicola Kapron, Nina Waters, nottesilhouette, Puck Malamud, R. L. Houck, Sage Mooreland, Theresa Tanner, Tris Lawrence, and Violet J. Hayes. Approximately $7 of every General Imprint bundle purchase goes to charity (35%).
The Erotica Imprint bundle includes 11 short stories – a steamy, smutty 151 pages – with works by Aeryn Jemariel Knox, Alec J. Marsh, boneturtle, Dei Walker, Lyn Weaver, Mikki Madison, Nina Waters, R. L. Houck, Samantha M. Piper, Tris Lawrence, and Xianyu Zhou. Approximately $8 of every Erotica Imprint bundle purchase goes to charity (40%).
DUCK PRINTS PRESS gets your eyes on two whole bundles of our publications.
THE CHARITIES get cold, hard cash!
AND YOU get great stories, a sampler of works written by the authors who are part of Duck Prints Press! Some come on over and BUY YOUR 2023 GENERAL IMPRINT AND EROTICA IMPRINT PRIDE BUNDLES NOW!
You can read more about this charity drive, the Press, the charities, and the stories by reading this post!
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