#duck print press

[florilege-studio]

The hint of a shape emerges. Kas closes their eyes, left hand on the lowest keyboard as their right pulls the switch. Upstairs, the crowd has fallen silent. Gilbert and Rae finally stop sniping at each other, and Kas feels more than hears Gilbert come up to stand behind them. “There,” they say. “Look.” They move to the next switch, and the shape in the pool, almost human now, falters. It turns liquid again, then gas, then solid, dripping light from its aethereal body. Kas presses a key, then another. The shape rises. The connection has been made. Another switch. A flicker. The quintessence collapses in a wave; occluding light briefly obscures the glass wall. It leaves streaks of luminescent liquid behind, snaking their way down to the pool as it starts to swirl once more. “Stop!” Gilbert shouts. “Turn it off!”

A teaser from my short story 'The Light Organ', which is going to be published in Aether Beyond the Binary, a queer anthology from @duckprintspress.

You can get it by backing the Kickstarter campaign for the anthology, where my short story is just one of 17 incredible contributions, all featuring characters outside of the gender binary and more. It's on right now and we need your help to reach the funding goal!

#duck print press #aether beyond the binary #the light organ #writeblr #writers on tumblr #genderqueer characters #nonbinary characters #nonbinary #queer author #queer fantasy #florilege's stories

[hermit-writes]

Hermit Prints - Many Drops Make a Stream

This project was for the novel Many Drops Make a Stream by Adrian Harley, published by @duckprintspress

A memory-stealing cult. The ever-watchful City of Eyes. Making small talk. Join Droplet as she faces all these horrors and more… Vigilante shapeshifter Droplet has trained her entire life to take down those with more power than scruples, but she still makes mistakes. When a rescue mission goes wrong, a memory-stealing cult of blood mages escapes with kidnapped captives in tow. To save them, Droplet reluctantly teams up with the outgoing, tenacious Azera. Droplet knows better than to trust a human—she made that mistake once, and that person’s betrayal scattered her community across the known world—and she can tell Azera is hiding secrets behind her sunny smile. But if they can’t learn to work together, even Droplet’s own memories could be lost.

This is in the digest format, with white paper and matte cover options. The final books had 206 pages. The cover art is by @rcrisdraws.

If you’d be interested in getting your story typeset and ready to print, please visit my commissions page.

You can purchase the print and ebook versions from Duck Print Press (as well as related merch items)

Art print of the cover, book, sticker, bookmark, enamel pin

Book front

Book Spine

Sample interior page

Bookmark, sticker, wood carved pendant, enamel pin

#hermit prints #typesetting #duck print press #independant press #adrian harley #many drops make a stream

[georg-prime]

We’re entering the home stretch on Duck Prints Press’s third crowdfunding campaign. She Wears the Midnight Crown and He Bears the Cape of Stars are anthologies of wlw and mlm stories that share a common theme: masquerades, the queerer and more unusual the better! The 18 stories in each anthology – 36 stories total if you get both books! – are set in many different times and places and genres, and feature diverse queer and genderqueer characters…and every story has a happy ending!

First you’re hearing about it? You can learn everything you could want to know by checking out our campaign page, visiting our website, and/or reading the updates we’ve posted throughout the last month!

Only an hour left to back these anthologies ;)

#lgbtq #lgbt fiction #Duck Print Press #I got both and they look great #backed the previous one and wasn't desapointed #crowfunding

[duckprintspress]

AHHHH BOOKS OF OURS HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE QUEER LIBERATION LIBRARY ( @queerliblib ) I AM SO EXCITED.

If you don't know what the QLL is this is a great chance to find out!! They're an online library of hand-curated queer e-books with really awesome range (non-fiction! fiction! many genres and disciplines!), and they keep growing! Anyone in the US can become a member FOR FREE. From their webpage: Queer Liberation Library (QLL) is fighting to build a vibrant, flourishing queer future by connecting LGBTQ+ people with literature, information, and resources that celebrate the unique and empowering diversity of our community.

They're also a non-profit 501(c)3 organization, and completely funded by donations (we donate a pittance monthly, I wish we could do more).

I HIGHLY recommend you go to their webpage here to find out more, and you can follow their tumblr (tagged above) too!

And if you didn't know - all our published anthologies to-date are available through multiple library apps, including Libby (if selected by the library) and Hoopla (should be available to all libraries with Hoopla subscriptions). So even if you aren't a member of QLL, you might want to check your local library e-book system to see if you can read our books. Titles potentially available at your library include our anthologies Add Magic to Taste, She Wears the Midnight Crown, He Bears the Cape of Stars, Aim For The Heart: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Alexandre Dumas's "The Three Musketeers" and And Seek (Not) to Alter Me: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing," and our stand-alone titles To Drive the Hundred Miles by Alec J. Marsh and Many Drops Make a Stream by Adrian Harley. There's more on the way, too, so be on the lookout.

#queer liberation library #qll #duck prints press #about us

[theirprofoundbond]

✨ Mini giveaway! ✨

@duckprintspress is running a Kickstarter campaign for mythical creature pride pins and stickers, featuring gorgeous art by @migglangelus!

Happily, the campaign is funded! We've already reached one stretch goal (agender/aromantic kelpie) and we're so close to the second one (genderqueer flag colors, creature pending)! We have just under 24 hours to go...

If you’re eyeing these beautiful beasties but you’re unable to afford backing the campaign, I’d like to help!

On behalf of the first person to DM me (it must be a DM), I’ll back for one of the following options:

3 stickers with worldwide shipping

1 enamel pin with US shipping only

Let me know whether you want the stickers or the pin, and which mythical creature(s) you’d like.

You must be comfortable giving me your address, because I need it to complete the pledge!

Please consider signal boosting our campaign and/or sharing it with people you think would be interested 😊 We gotta spread that love and pride! ❤️️🌈

Update: We have a winner! Thanks to the folks who have boosted this post. The campaign runs until 4/2 so take a peek and signal boost if you can!

#queer #transgender #gay #lesbian #bisexual #asexual #queer art #Pride #Duck Prints Press #signal boost #I think everyone was too busy stabbing Caesar the first time I posted about this so no one took me up on my offer! #Hopefully people aren't too busy booping to notice this time 😂

[terrapwaters]

Friends, my short story Ancient Hearts Unearthed, will be included in Aether Beyond the Binary, an anthology from Duck Prints Press (@duckprintspress). Above is the awesome cover art by non-binary artist Mar Spragge. Our Kickstarter runs through January 25th! It’s all about characters outside the binary (nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, etc.) in an aetherpunk setting! We’re almost 60% funded with 16 days left.

Here’s an excerpt from my story about a pair of archeologists exploring a newly uncovered cave:

Sasha almost ran into Victoria, stopping short. Over her shoulder, they saw the cavern wall. The appearance of the rock was unusual enough to draw Sasha’s attention to the fact that they’d come to a dead end. “Those markings are too regular to be natural.” They stepped around Victoria and reached out to run their fingers over the rock, feeling the way shapes had been carved into it. “They’re pictographs. Or runes, perhaps?” They turned to Victoria. “What does the ancient rune expert have to say about them?” “I’m…” She took a long, silent moment to look at the wall, moving her light around and tracing the shapes with her fingers. “I can’t see them well enough. We need the supplies to make rubbings. And more light.” “Where can we get anything other than aetherwork light sources?” “Candles, I suppose.” Victoria looked down at her hand, pressing the red light on and off. “Or some sort of electricity lamp.” She snickered. “Whale oil?” Then Victoria turned and ran a hand over the runes again. “What bothers me is that these are early Age of Aether markings. You see the way they’re using archaic forms of our letters?” Sasha leaned closer. “I’ll be damned. This doesn’t match the bronze era artifacts in the rest of the cave, either.” They made a tiny humming noise. “Who else would have this much knowledge of ancient runes?” As Victoria leaned as close as she could to the wall, she asked distractedly, “What do you mean?” “Obviously, it’s a fake,” they said, mulling over the problem in their head. “Sanderson has wanted my place on the admissions committee since he joined the department.” “What if it’s not a fake?” Victoria made a tiny, excited noise. “What if this is early Aether Age work? What if this is a secret that’s been buried for almost a thousand years?” Sasha’s heart swooped at the thought. “We have to find out what that inscription says.”

If you want to find out what happens next, please back our kickstarter campaign!

#queer fiction #terra writes things #duck prints press #aether beyond the binary #writers of tumblr #writeblr #writing community

[thechaoscryptid]

A Very Duck Prints Press Handwriting Meme

Happy National Handwriting Day! @duckprintspress is doing a handwriting meme for the occasion (and if you're heading thataway, check out the Kickstarter for Aether Beyond the Binary).

The prompts:

Write your URL

Write the name you write under

Write "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."

Copy out a favorite book quote

Write anything you want using your non-dominant hand

Draw a duck!

Tag five friends

Tagging (as always, no pressure): @asablehart , @365runesofthesystem , @asa-writes-stuff , @thefatladysang , and @chocolatecatcupcakecheese

Behold, my "this would make a good ransom note" handwriting and the first thing I've drawn in actual YEARS.

#duck prints press #my writing #on a technicality lmao #tag game

[tryslora]

What I'm Reading Wednesday...

On the Duck Prints Press reading server, it’s What I’m Reading Wednesday where we all share what we finished in the last week, what we are currently reading, and what we think of these books.

I figured hey, why not bring that to the rest of the world for myself. Because I love yelling about my current reads. And I’ve always got several things in motion at one time, between physical, audio, and ebooks, plus things I’m reading for specific reasons.

Here’s the summary from the last week in visual format (the actual discussion is behind the read-more):

Fiction

I am currently reading Many Drops Make a Stream by Adrian Harley (from Duck Prints Press). There are so many things to love in this book. The world building packs so much into such a small space. The culture clash between human and shapeshifter is wonderful (and Harley’s shapeshifters truly have a culture all their own). I thought it was going to be a quick read because it’s short, but the language and depth of information have me going slower and savoring every word. That said, I’ve also reached the point where I want to take it in faster, so I find myself spending a little extra time every time I pick it up, just to get a few more pages!

Manga & Graphic Novels

I have one manga and one graphic novel in progress.

I’ve been reading The Complete Elfquest, volume 1 by Wendy & Richard Pini for a little over two weeks now. We have several of these volumes, and my intention is to read one chapter/issue a night, so I am able to savor them slowly, but also get through them. Reading this first volume is like coming home into a fandom from childhood. The first chunk of it was also collected in the original Warp Graphics compilations, and I can’t remember how often I read those back in high school. I’m reaching the parts now where I probably only read the individual issues once or twice, so it’s familiar, but not to the point where I’m like oh yes, I remember gazing at that panel for hours. I still love these elves, and this story, and I cannot wait to get home each day and be allowed to read a chapter. I’m looking forward to when I reach new-to-me material.

I watched the 24 episode anime The Apothecary Diaries and I wasn’t ready to let it go when it was over, so I started reading the manga by Natsu Hyuuga and Nekokurage. I finished volumes 5 & 6 this past week and am currently reading volume 7. I have the remaining already published volumes waiting for when I’m done with this. I adore Maomao and Jinshi, and am incredibly excited to get to the point where canon moves past what is in the anime. That said, getting to revisit events I already watched on TV and linger over what was said and the exact expressions has been soooo good. (And yes, I know the light novels also exist and will be rolling into those in ebook form after the manga; I might be a tad bit obsessed).

Audiobook

A while ago I thought “I should read some TJ Klune” so I checked the library list I had for audiobooks, and the first of his Extraordinaries trilogy was available in audio. I listened to it. I was addicted. I’m now on the third book—Heat Wave—and I find it very very hard to put it down. I can’t listen while working, only while commuting, walking, or doing chores—things that don’t require me to actually think so I can multi-task. But hey, it’s a GREAT way to get me to do my PT since it means fifteen minutes more of audiobook listening! Nick, the POV character, has ADHD and I flail a lot over pretty much everything he thinks and does. I love every character in this series. I love how Klune is using superheroes as an allegory for the queer experience and for racial issues, but at the same time, is actually addressing those issues explicitly. I both want to listen faster to find out what happens, and linger so it doesn’t end.

Ebook

I have been reading Wayfinder by CE Murphy, which is the second in a duology. This is a romance, yes, but it’s another fun culture clash book, this time between humanity and faerie, and I am so here for that. Murphy is an author I used to read a lot from, and I’m trying to work my way through her back catalog slowly because I’ve always enjoyed her style. Accessible and fun. This series is about a woman who has always been able to hear lies (a Truthseeker), and how her talent develops, and how she works with the faerie kingdoms to try to help them (despite some of them not wanting help, and the original situation not being the one she’s actually needed for).

Non-fiction

I have been working my way through three non-fiction books.

One is A Year of Zen by Bonnie Myotai Treace. I had been looking for a journaling prompt book, and decided to give this one a try. I made the difficult decision to write directly in the book itself, then the additional decision to let myself fail if needed. So if I don’t get to answer a prompt on a day, I just answer it the next day. One prompt per day. It’ll take me more than a year to go through it, but that’s okay. The idea is to have me think and write a short paragraph every day, and not feel guilty about messing up. It’s working surprisingly well. Learning to let myself fail has been a big part of my process this year, and hopefully I am learning to let go of some of the anxiety about things needing to be matched and rigid.

The one I am stalled on right now is The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris. It was recommended as a book that therapists like to use for themselves, not merely recommend to their patients, and it reminded me of the radical acceptance I’m supposed to be practicing (and apparently am, despite myself, according to my therapist after she listened to me). The problem is, it has exercises (doesn’t everything?) and I stalled out because I didn’t have time.

Time is a theme, y’know? And that’s what happened with the last non-fiction book. I’ve been working through The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron, taking it as a self-guided 12 week course. I’m currently on week 5. However, I did a week of just doing morning notes before I really got started, then I took a week off when everything went haywire in my schedule because of the power outage. So it’s been about seven weeks so far. This week, as I worked on exercises, I found myself really digging in to my emotions about this book. And in the end, I decided that while I can see the value in some things, the book itself is giving me more anxiety about everything to do with my writing, while at the same time making it impossible for me to find time TO write (while following the advice it gives). So. I am no longer doing it as a course, with exercises, but I will finish reading it. And if an exercise appeals, I’ll do it. It’ll still take time, because I’ll probably still read one chapter each weekend, but I am already feeling WAY less stressed and I only made this decision last night.

So…

That’s it for me! What are you reading?

#what i'm reading wednesday #duck prints press #reading #books

[ramblingandpie]

In good news: I felt pretty great all weekend! We had a bunch of @duckprintspress folks over for a meet-up and it was great. Kids got nice and tuckered out (there were Other Children), I cooked a ton of food, there was a fiber craft circle....

And now our house is just us again and I'm so pooped. But in a good way. Body tired from productivity and happiness.

#duck prints press #my feet do hurt today #but between yesterday and today i was on them a LOT #and it was worth it

[deathbycoldopen]

[ID in alt text]

Concept art for my short story "Flower and Rot" featured in the anthology Aether Beyond the Binary, published by @duckprintspress

Excerpt:

Four dozen minds linked by Aether watched me through thousands of leaves and roots and flowers as I hurried away. Their attention bored into my back right up to the moment I switched off the Aethercoil and the flow of Aether abruptly stopped. The grove became just an unusually lush garden. I was alone once more. The thing growing inside my eye stopped too, but I couldn’t afford to hope that it had shriveled away without Aether to feed it. My vision was still cloudy in that eye, and the whole area was delicate and tender. Spitting rain formed halos around the streetlights as I reached the drugstore parking lot. I clumsily fished for my keys with my left hand, keeping the right firmly covering my eye. My shitty sedan was the only car in the lot, but I checked every line of sight around me before stepping into the driver’s seat. I was pretty sure I was alone. I couldn’t take the chance that I was wrong. I already knew what I would see, but I had to know how fucked I was. I pulled down the visor and flipped open the mirror.  Rot.

The Kickstarter for Aether Beyond the Binary is now live and waiting for you to back it! Check it out here!

Some detail shots under the cut:

#duck prints press #aether beyond the binary #aetherpunk #my art #my writing #anthology #kickstarter

[hermit-writes]

Hermit Prints — Hockey Bois

This project was for the novel Hockey Bois by A.L. Heard, published by Duck Prints Press.

Nick Porter has always loved hockey. Ever since he can remember, it’s been his favorite thing in the world. It’s too bad he never learned to play, he’d tell himself, but it was too late to do it now. Adults don’t just magically learn to skate and join a hockey team. That’d be ridiculous. Except maybe they do? On a whim, he decides to sign up for an adult  beginner’s class. He learns to skate, joins a team, and meets a really hot teammate… and it’s pretty much a disaster from there on out.

This is available in both hard covers and trade paperback, in the 6×9 format.

If you’d be interested in getting your story typeset and ready to print, please visit my commissions page.

You can purchase the hardcover, paperback, and e-book from Duck Print Press. The trade paperback should also be available to order at your local bookstore, and the e-book available in libraries!

#typesetting #hermit prints #commissions open #independant press #duck prints press #Hockey Bois #A.L. Heard

[duckprintspress]

Hey @prideknights as someone who voted "yes please re-issue" on that poll, thank you so much for making the cards available again!! We couldn't afford them at all the first time but we're a bit more fiscally secure now and...

They're so much shinier in person than a picture can possibly show.

THANK YOU!

I can't wait to use them.

(eta: just checked, if you want a set orders this time are open through the end of March! go forth!)

#duck prints press #pride knights

[quicklikelight]

Genre: Lunarpunk Rating: General Relationship: f/f, friends-to-lovers Tags: PTSD, anxiety, OCD, climate change, emotional hurt/comfort, first kiss, getting together, science fantasy, religion, summer solstice, WLW Length: 10k+ words

When the Summer Solstice makes the days unbearably hot, Clan Foxfire sends two people to Moon's Rest, the temple of the Moon goddess that can bring back the longer nights and cooler days. Honeycomb never expected to be chosen, but when her name is called to join Pomegranate on the journey, it's all she can hope not to bring disaster on her Clan. Can Honeycomb face her fears and step into the power her Clan has given her, even when the challenges seem overwhelming?

This lunarpunk f/f novelette has it all: angst, friends to lovers, science+fantasy, trauma recovery, and a Moon you could definitely make your girlfriend. Check it out now, from Willa Blythe with @duckprintspress.

Buy "Moongatherer" today! Excerpt:

“Clan Foxfire,” Grandmother Flame said. She hummed a soft melody, and the congregation hummed it in echo, a quiet chorus that Honeycomb had to hurry to join. “We gather for an important duty. The Long Day is nearly here, and it’s time to send our messengers to Moon’s Rest to make our offering.” The fragrance of woodsmoke, clary, and mountain cedar suffused the air, making Honeycomb’s nose itch; she wanted to sneeze. She looked longingly out of one of the cavern’s gnarled, branching exits and could make out the twilight beyond. Perhaps she could sneak out—make a quiet exit—and no one would notice. Once she was outside, she wouldn’t have to smell the smoke, only clean air and the sky and the waters of the sacred spring. No one would notice if she wasn’t there. She just had to find the quietest way to leave. Honeycomb began to shift in her seat, stretching first, then moving to rock up on her heels. If she could get past the last few rows of— “Honeycomb.” The voice, heavy with something she didn’t have the context for, grabbed her attention and brought her back to the cavern. She looked around and found that the whole Clan was looking at her. Oh. Oh, no.

#wlw #queer fantasy #science fantasy #lunarpunk #lesbians #Willa Blythe #original fiction #queer fiction #queer books #sapphic books #duck prints press

[crawfordpress]

VAE VICTUS

A wordless fight comic between a flock of geese and a single (yet formidable) duck. Released in the spring of 2021. 12 pages. 5.5 X 8.5 Black and white on Canary Yellow copy paper. Risograph printed.

OUT OF PRINT

#vae victis #risograph #ducks #geese #goose #comics #comic #mini comic #zine #comic zine #mini comics #Crawford Press #out of print

[terrapwaters]

Friends, I have exciting news! Later today, November 30th, you will be able read my original work The Wayward Timekeeper, by subscribing to the Duck Prints Press Patreon at the $10 level!

Some info about this story Genre: Fantasy Rating: General Audiences Relationship: family, m/m, polyamory (background), siblings Character Features: bipoc, deity, immortal, non-human character, magic use Tags: action and adventure, the afterlife, fall equinox, first kiss, getting together, past tense, pregnancy, religion, spring equinox, third person limited pov

By subscribing to the patreon, you also get access to a ton of other fantastic stories by other members of the press!

#writers of tumblr #original fiction #terra writes things #terra p. waters #terra fic: four gods #duck prints press