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“The Fairy Garden” by Rhosyn Goodfellow

The theme we offered as inspiration to our authors for the month of March was “The Language of Flowers,” and this week’s release is the first of two stories we got written to that theme! Rhosyn Goodfellow offers up a story about a child in danger, the grandmother who loved her, and the fairies she hopes will assist her when she needs their help most…

Title: The Fairy Garden

Author: Rhosyn Goodfellow

Genre: Modern with Magic

Rating: General Audiences

Trigger Warnings: bad parenting, child abuse, death of a grandparent (off-screen), gore (non-graphic descriptions), violence (non-graphic descriptions)

Relationship: family

Character Features: child

Tags: attempted murder, child point of view, fae and fairyfolk, fraught family dynamics, the language of flowers, past tense, poisoning, pov third person limited, present tense, serious illness

Summary:

“It’s best to avoid fairies, but once they notice you, you’d best make friends right quick.”

Nana Iris warned Lily about the dangers of consorting with fairies, but with Nana Iris gone, there’s no one but Lily to make amends when Lily’s soon-to-be step-father disturbs Nana Iris’s fairy garden. If Lily’s lucky, maybe she’ll make a new friend; she could really use one right now.

Read Lily’s story now, and find out if Lily’s lucky enough to make a much-needed friend…

Love Rhosyn Goodfellow’s writing? They’re also a contributor to our just-released anthology She Wears the Midnight Crown. Check it out!

If stories told from a child’s point of view, about children in danger finding aid in unexpected places are your cup of tea, we’ve got a couple others for you to check out, too! Take a peek at The Offered Ones by A. L. Heard and Widow’s Black by Nina Waters.

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!

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Backer Reward Fluff Story: “Count the Number of Seeds” by Lyn Weaver

Every month, every single backer of our Patreon and ko-fi gets access to a brand new, six-month-exclusive free story! This month’s free story is Count the Number of Seeds by Lyn Weaver, the third story in the “Sunrise Over the Black Forest” universe; the first written (though third chronologically) is the erotica story We All Need to Get By (available in our webstore!) and the second, Things We Know, But Don’t Recall, is also erotica and is currently Patreon exclusive. Combined, the stories explore the meetings between Sevan, vampire and Lord of the Black Forest, and Kel, a less-than-innocent priest who takes over an abandoned church deep in the woods.

Title: Count the Number of Seeds

‘Verse: Sunrise Over the Black Forest

Author: Lyn Weaver

Genre: Fantasy with Technology, Gothic

Rating: General Audiences

Relationships: interspecies relationship, m/m, relationship of convenience

Character Features: amnesia, in a religious order, immortal, magic use, nature spirit, non-human, vampire

Tags: church setting, fluff, past tense, pov third person limited, unreliable narrator, vampiric feeding (mentions of)

Teaser:

Kel was bent over the stage, attacking various stains with the concentrated effort of a man taking out his frustrations on something that couldn’t fight back. His golden hair was up in a messy ponytail, and he’d taken off his outer vestments, presumably to keep them clean.

Sevan wanted to tug that tail. To materialize beside Kel instead of meters away. To sink his teeth into the nape peeking out of Kel’s untidy dress shirt.

He carefully set that train of thought aside and tossed one of the apples up. It made a satisfying thunk when he caught it. “Good evening.”

“Hello, neighbour,” Kel said. He glanced up briefly, then went back to scrubbing. “You’re later than usual. I was starting to think you weren’t coming.”

Length: 9 pages/2,407 words

Best of all? This is only one of the TWENTY-FOUR stories you could read RIGHT NOW if you backed our Patreon or ko-fi for at least $3/month! And, as if that’s not enough, if you backed at $10/month or $25/month, you could access forty-seven stories posted for our backers, AND claim free stories from our webstore!

Intrigued? Back us on Patreon or ko-fi now, and find out what awaits Kel in the depths of the Black Forest…

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!

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“He Bears the Cape of Stars” and “She Wears the Midnight Crown” Books and Merchandise Now on Sale!

Duck Prints Press’s anthologies He Bears the Cape of Stars and She Wears the Midnight Crown, featuring 34 stories by 34 authors exploring the potential for mlm and wlw relationships growing and changing during unusual masquerades, are now available! From science fiction to fantasy to modern to historical, these anthologies take the reader to many different settings, with larger-than-life characters exploring the world around them, the people they meet, and themselves! The casts are as diverse as Pride itself, and whether they’re looking for love, a second chance, a companion, or a friend, these books have a little bit of everything!

HE BEARS THE CAPE OF STARS, featuring 17 mlm stories, is available for sale on:

The Duck Prints Press Website | Barnes and Noble | Kobo

SHE WEARS THE MIDNIGHT CROWN, featuring 17 wlw stories, is available for sale on:

The Duck Prints Press Website | Barnes and Noble | Kobo

…and many other major e-book sales platforms! And you can request your library purchase it through the e-book lending program of their choice!

AND THAT’S NOT ALL!

Extra merchandise from the masquerade anthologies crowdfunding campaign is now on sale too! Did you miss the campaign? Are you dying for an amazing tote bag, a gorgeous bookmark, an aromatic candle, a glossy sticker or two, a new patch, or some lovely queer art for your walls? You can get this merch, and lots of merch from our past campaigns, from our website NOW!

She Wears the Midnight Crown merchandise: art print | bookmark | dux sticker

He Bears the Cape of Stars merchandise: art print | bookmark | dux sticker

Other campaign merchandise: chibi masquerade patch | scented candle | tote bag

Was there campaign merch you wanted that’s not available on our store? We have very limited quantities left of our enamel pins, and we have a whole heck of a lot of seconds (as in, damaged copies) of the print books! If your interested, feel free to drop us a line on any of our social media platforms or at info at duckprintspress dot com – we’d be delighted to hook you up!

Come now to the Duck Prints Press website and GET YOUR BOOK ON! You’re not going to want to miss these amazing collections or any of the gorgeous merch!

(and if you can help us spread the word by sharing this post, we’d appreciate it a lot, too!)

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, claim free stories, and get backer-exclusive extras when you support our crowdfunding campaigns? Back us on Patreon or ko-fi monthly!

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Backer-Reward Erotica: “Cecaelia” by Dei Walker

Did you know that our backers on Patreon at the $10/month and $25/month get a free bonus erotica story every single month?

Well, now you know! Our most recent bonus story is “Cecaelia” by Dei Walker – making a splash with a woman on a cruise and the half-octopus, half-human lounge singer she gets a crush on.

Title: Cecaelia

Author: Dei Walker

Genre: Modern with Magic

Rating: Explicit

Relationship: customer/employee relationship, f/f, interspecies relationship

Character Features: bipoc, non-human character, octopus person, performer, tentacles

Tags: attraction at first sight, break-up (past), breast play, clitoral stimulation, cruise ship, first kiss, getting together, past tense, pov third person limited, tentacle in vagina sex, vaginal fingering

Teaser:

Halyna hadn’t expected a show; she’d slunk in after dinner for a sunset sulk, eyes on the horizon. When she’d arrived, the lounge had been quiet, but now the room was full.

The reason why was obvious the moment the woman began to sing. Her voice was vibrant, honey and whiskey on the rocks. Delight shivered down Halyna’s spine.

Length: 15 pages/5,163 words

Want to read it? OF COURSE YOU DO! Become a backer on our Patreon and you can read it now!

Or, want to get some sexy f/f fantasy action from Dei Walker without joining us on Patreon? Well, we have got you covered – Clerical Error, featuring a cleric, a warrior, some ruins, and some sexy, sultry action, is available on our webstore right now!

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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New Erotica Release: “Lust” by Nina Waters

This Saturday, have we got some spice for y’all!

Title: Lust

Author: Nina Waters

Genre: Modern with Magic (Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics)

Rating: Explicit

Relationship: m/m

Trigger Warnings: bigotry (anti-werewolf) (mentions of)

Character Features: actor, alpha, bipoc, interspecies relationship, non-human character, omega, porn star, werewolf

Tags: creature transformation (dog/wolf), doggy style, first time together, knotting, past tense, possessive behavior, pov third person limited, public sex, rimming, rough sex, scent bonding, sex with sentient animals

Teaser:

The scent of musk and anticipation hung heavy in the studio air. The musk was unavoidable—the set dressers sprayed it during every clean-up session to cover up the stink of the many sex scenes filmed in the room—but the anticipation was unusual. Surprised, Daniel sniffed again; he was roughly 86.3% sure that he wasn’t the source of that aroma. He sure as hell could have been, though. Fuck, did he want this. He was slick and half hard just thinking about it.

Length: 15 pages/4,766 words

If shape changer werewolf smut is your jam, you’re not gonna want to miss Lust by Nina Waters! Get your copy NOW!

This is Nina Waters’s first published erotica with Duck Prints Press, but not their first published title! Love Nina Waters’s words? Check out their other titles: novel A Glimmer of Hope, novelette Puppetry, and short stories The Last Letters of Mrs. Victoria Holmwood, and Widow’s Black!

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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Backer Reward Story: “Awkward and Oblivious” by R. L. Houck

Did you know? People who back us on Patreon and ko-fi get a minimum of one free story a month (backing levels start at $3/month)! Depending on your backer level, you may get way more than one! Curious about our most recent freebie? Well read on and learn all about it!

Title: Awkward and Oblivious

Author: R. L. Houck

Genre: Modern

Rating: General Audiences

Trigger Warnings: harm to animals

Relationship: employee/customer, idiots to lovers, w/w

Character Features: oblivious, trucker, veterinarian

Tags: everyone knows but them, fluff, getting together, humor, love at first sight, past tense, pets, pining, pov third person limited

Teaser:

Dr. Anna leaned forward and booped Mako on the nose, making the puppy’s tail wildly wag. Then Dr. Anna turned and took a step toward the door that led to the back of the clinic.

Say something. Ask her, you idiot! “Oh, uh! I was wondering—?”

Dr. Anna paused and turned back. “Yes?”

Alex clutched Mako to her chest, running her fingers through the beagle puppy’s soft coat for reassurance. “Um. I just—I’m so grateful for all you did for Mako when she was sick. Would you like to go out for coffee sometime? As a thank you?”

Length: 10 pages

Want to read on? OF COURSE YOU DO! Well, back us now on Patreon or ko-fi, and read your fill!

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New Release: “Warmer Lights” by Era J. M. Couts

Title: Warmer Lights

Author: Era J.M. Couts

Genre: Modern

Rating: General Audiences

Relationship: m/m

Tags: berlin, fluff, germany, present tense, reunions, second chances, second person, sports (dancing)

Teaser:

In the beginning, it feels like a game.

A playful game, where there’s laughter and giggling and energy to no end. A game where every move is fun, every day is fun, every breathing second is fun.

You’ve just met someone, and it’s exciting and pure and intense.

Length: 7 pages/1,430 words

This Saturday we bring you second chances, short and sweet! Check it out now!

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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New Erotica Release: “We All Need to Get By” by Lyn Weaver

For this Saturday’s new story release, we share with y’all the first-written story set in a world that will soon have three installments on our Patreon/ko-fi. Lyn Weaver’s Sunrise Over the Black Forest ‘verse is an poignant m/m human/vampire story with a heaping dose of sex to love, mutual pining, and idiots who won’t use their words. Meet Kel and Sevan, and sink your teeth into their debut story…

Title: We All Need to Get By

Author: Lyn Weaver

Genre: Fantasy with Technology, Gothic

Rating: Erotica

Relationship: established relationship, friends with benefits, interspecies relationship, m/m, relationship of convenience

Character Features: in a religious order, magic use, non-human character, panic attacks (mentions of), self-esteem issues, vampire

Tags: biting, blood drinking, blood play, church setting, coming untouched, dubious consent (mild), multiple orgasms, mutual pining, overstimulation, past tense, pov third person limited, priest kink (minor), vampiric feeding

Teaser:

Kel hadn’t set out to become a vampire’s snack. Like most things in his life, it had just sort of happened. He’d done something stupid because it had looked like fun, realized exactly where that path would lead him if he continued down it, and then somehow been surprised when he ended up exactly where he’d thought he would. The very first time Sevan had showed up in the old church, looking to thank the new neighbour for banishing that dreadful aura of zealotry that had been clinging on for centuries, Kel had looked at him and thought, I’m gonna end up being sucked dry, aren’t I?

Length: 14 pages/4,290 words

Take a bite out of this awesome story!

Love Lyn Weaver’s work? She and many other authors also contributed to our anthology And Seek (Not) to Alter Me: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.”

Hungry for more m/m erotica this weekend? Check out our m/m tag! We’re up to 9 m/m stories to heat up your Saturday!

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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New Novelette Release: “In Good Company” by Nicola Kapron

If you love your stories dark, your doves dead, and your husbands murdery, have we got a story for you…

Title: In Good Company

Author: Nicola Kapron

Genre: Modern

Rating: Mature

Trigger Warnings: body horror, child abuse, death of a child (past), death of a parent (past), harm to children, suicide (past) (mentions of), violence (graphic descriptions), vomiting (mentions of)

Relationship: enemies to friends, friends to enemies (platonic), m/m, murder husbands

Character Features: bipoc, doctor, murderer, ptsd, serial killer, vigilante

Tags: attraction at first sight, drug addiction (mentions of), drug use (non-consensual), human trafficking (mentions of), imprisonment, kidnapping, past tense, pov third person limited, terminal illness (mentions of), war crimes

Teaser:

Haruki no longer remembered what had been going through his head the first time he’d killed. All he recalled was the sight of those he’d once loved with all the helpless force of a scared, scarred child covered in red and utterly still. He hadn’t felt grief or triumph when he realized they weren’t struggling anymore. He’d just felt—

Empty.

Better to be hollow than to despair.

Length: 29 pages/11,761 words

What’s Saturday without a little scare? Read your fill with In Good Company by Nicola Kapron!

Want more stories filled with dark feels? Nicola Kapron has got you covered! Check out The Act of Salvation and Campfire Stories!

This is the second story of February aligned with the month’s theme, “Storm’s Coming.” Our first, Lightbringer by boneturtle, also brings the eerie m/m feels. Check it out too!

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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New Release: Lightbringer by boneturtle

Happy February everyone! As much of the US suffers through a deep freeze, what better moment to bring some light and warmth into your day? The theme for our February stories is “Storm’s Coming,” and Lightbringer, by boneturtle, is our first release for that – a novelette sure to leave the reader with a lovely glow.

Title: Lightbringer

Author: boneturtle

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: Mature

Trigger Warnings: body horror (mild)

Relationship: arranged marriage, established relationship, fake marriage, m/m

Character Features: amnesia, deity, immortal, non-human, shapeshifting

Tags: angst, character injury (permanent), happy ending, hurt/comfort, martyrdom, mythology (original), past tense, penis in anus sex, pov first person, pov third person limited, pov third person, present tense, reincarnation, reunions, second chances, winter solstice

Teaser:

There is a village at the far edge of the world where the people return to the same life each time they die. Endlessly, they forget and live each of their lifetimes as though it’s their first. They climb the mountains, and fish in the frozen lakes, and eat what the forest provides. They are improbably happy, and they pray to no one.

Except for once, each year, when the light fades.

Length: 30 pages/10,284 words

Price: $2.99 USD

Join us for an adventure spanning eons and a love for the ages – read Lightbringer now!

Want more m/m on this February day? We’ve got you covered! Check out Alec J. Marsh’s short stories “Heart’s Scaffold” and “Study Hall,” “Pas de Deux” by Aeryn Jemariel Knox, or sink your teeth into the Welcome to Pine Hills University ‘verse with Tris Lawrence’s books!

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 and read your fill!