Welcome to Our May News Blast!
Hello, and welcome! Are you read to hear more about what Duck Prints Press has been up to the last month? Then, read on…
Now Available: Puppetry by Nina Waters!
Duck Prints Press LLC is thrilled to announce our third title – a modern-with-magic novelette by Nina Waters, with three full-page illustrations by Nikki O’Shea!
Summary: Harriet comes to her senses on a bustling New York City sidewalk with no memory of how she got there, where she was going, or how to get home. Terrified that her elderly Puppeteer, Jacob, will be angry with her, Harriet panics. There’s no way she can find her way, not alone!
Fortunately, Harriet isn’t alone.
“Puppetry” is a story about aging, changing, growing up, asserting independence – and finding someone worth spending a lifetime of lifetimes with.
Length: 19,950 words/58 pages
Genre: Modern with Magic
Rating: Adult
Tags: BIPOC main character, asexual main character, magical automatons, found family, aging and old age, memory loss, minor character death, classism, racism, off-screen non-con, happy ending
Format: e-book (ePub, Mobi and PDF)
Price: $1.99 US
Want a Cute Sticker? Want to Support Duck Prints Press?
Meet Barista!Dux!
Duck Prints Press LLC is now taking pre-orders of an all-new, original, exclusive die cut sticker featuring this adorable barista! This precious creature can be yours for only $3.75 US (and that includes shipping, domestic or international)!
How it works:
- You decide you can’t live without this dux and it‘s sweet, sweet offerings (who could, really?)
- You complete this pre-order form: https://forms.gle/K4nn3gHeV8Q1AnUbA
- You wait for our pre-order period to end on June 15th, 2021.
- We order awesome, original, exclusive die-cut stickers of Barista!Dux from Stickermule!
- We send you an invoice (through Paypal or Quickbooks, depending on the preference you indicated on your survey).
- Once we have the stickers and your payment, we put your dux in the mail!
- YOU RECEIVE YOUR VERY OWN BARISTA!DUX!
(Pre-orders closed, so no link here!)
Did you know?
You can help support Duck Prints Press anytime by buying us a ko-fi!
On the horizon…
There’s lots in the works here at Duck Prints Press! Some things to look forward to…
- The first novel of Tris Lawrence’s “Welcome to Phu” series, Commit to the Kick, will by coming to DPP in e-book form in June!
- Our first anthology Add Magic to Taste will be Kickstarting on July 15th – so expect an e-mail from us when this exciting opportunity goes live! Add Magic to Taste features 20 brand new original short stories about queer love in magical coffee shops and bakeries! We’re here with the luff!
- We have recruited 11 authors and 15 artists for our second anthology, And Seek (Not) to Alter Me, a collection of queer fanworks inspired by William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing.” We’re still actively recruiting creators, and expect to Kickstart this, our second anthology, in October.
- …and more, so stay tuned!