Duck Prints Press LLC

03/17/2025

Our beautiful books have arrived! All packed, after a long day of work, the copies of our newest A Truth Universally Acknowledged are on their way to our backers! We can't wait for you all to read them!
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03/14/2025

Today, March 14th, is Pi Day—the day of celebration for all math nerds and pie-lovers. But there’s pi symbol usage that is especially near and dear to our hearts: the pi symbol on the polyamorous flag! We asked our contributors about their favorite books with polyamorous characters and relationships. The result? A list of 16 polyam reads to enjoy this pi day. Contributors to the list are: , Rascal Hartley, Linnea Peterson, Shea Sullivan, Shadaras, , , S. J. Ralston, Nina Waters and two anonymous contributors.

Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon
Triple Sec by TJ Alexander
Fire Logic by Laurie J. Marks
Gamechanger by L.X. Beckett
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert
A Flame in the Night by Morgan Dante
Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland
Destiny Calls by Samantha Wayland
Beware of Chicken by Casualfarmer
Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann
Many Hands: An Anthology of Polyamorous Erotica ed. by Nina Waters
Ask Me about Polyamory: The Best of Kimchi Cuddles by Tikva Wolf
Lilac by B.B. Reid

03/08/2025

Happy International Women’s Day! We’ve got 18 recommendations today for books staring q***r female characters, and the only reason we don’t have way more is that we told our reccers they couldn’t suggest more than two books each. If you want more recs, you can also check out our International Women’s Day post from 2024, which has 13 more recommendations. The contributors to today’s list are: , Rascal Hartley, Linnea Peterson, Shea Sullivan, Shadaras, , , S. J. Ralston, Nina Waters and two anonymous contributors.

Missed Fortunes by Tris Lawrence
Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass
Godkiller by Hannah Kaner
Ophelia After All by Racquel Marie
Lucy, Uncensored by Mel Hammond & Teghan Hammond
Blood Sisters by Vanessa Lillie
Spear by Nicola Griffith
The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard
Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Tauhou by Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall
Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
The Water Outlaws by S.L. Huang
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha
The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel
Chlorine by Jade Song

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02/22/2025

February is Black History Month, and Duck Prints Press is back with more q***r reads! We asked our list reccers for books either by Black authors or starring Black characters, and in this resulting list of 24 books, most of the books are both! The contributors to this list are: , Sebastian Marie, Shea Sullivan, Nina Waters, , , , , and an anonymous contributor.

The Black Veins by Ashia Monet
Give Fangs A Chance by Tatiana Carey
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Brooms by Jasmine Walls
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
Punk Rock Karaoke by Bianca Xunise
Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
Free-Wrench by Joseph R. Lallo
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson
This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
Bunt!: Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu
If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann
Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler
Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the Us by lenny duncan
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02/14/2025

All set up for at the Boston Westin Seaport District. Come say hi!

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02/11/2025

Become an Advance Reader for Duck Prints Press!
Reviews are essential for showing prospective readers that we’re publishing awesome books that they want to buy and read. We’re looking to recruit an active group of people who post reviews of our work, and to do that we need your help! We’re offering Advance Reader Copies (ARCs) of one of our projects: A Truth Universally Acknowledged, our most recent anthology, featuring 21 short stories and 20 full-page color artworks inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, but made deliciously q***r!

Interested? Link to full info in bio
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02/03/2025

Duck Prints Press has reluctantly made the decisions that we will not be active on Facebook any longer. We are not deleting our account at this time, and our Instagram will, for now, continue to cross post here. I encourage you to follow us another platform or sign-up for our newsletter to ensure you don't miss any of the latest Duck Prints Press news. You can see all our accounts or join the newsletter here: https://duckprintspress.com/index.php/about-duck-prints-press/contact-us/

02/02/2025

Happy Groundhog Day! Here in the USA, we’ve gotten the word from Punxsutawney Phil that we’re in for a long winter. We’re celebrating the day with our favorite q***r books about—no, not groundhogs—time loops (inspired by the 1993 classic movie “Groundhog Day”)! https://duckprintspress.com/2025/02/02/5-q***r-time-loop-reads-for-groundhog-day/

02/01/2025

The last few months I have been turning over the idea of what I can do, and should do, in response to this moment in time. I have been thinking about my role as a bookseller. I have been feeling my Indigeneity and q***rness, as well as all the privileges that come with passing. I have been turning to books as a source of information and of comfort, and have decided to add one more book club to my lineup.

The Strength in Community Book Club will meet on Sunday evenings online to discuss books that look to Indigenous and Black authors for topics of community building, reciprocity, mutual aid, abolition, resistance and intentionality. You can sign up to join & get the discord link on the book club page of my website.

The first books and meetings are:

3/2 EST The Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Pauline Gumbs

4/6 EST The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

5/4 EST Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care by Mariame Kaba Kelly E. Hayes

01/29/2025

新年快乐! To celebrate Chinese New Year and the start of the year of the snake, we put together a list of our 9 favorite q***r books with snake or snake-adjacent characters! Check out our recs: https://duckprintspress.com/2025/01/29/%e6%96%b0%e5%b9%b4%e5%bf%ab%e4%b9%90-celebrate-chinese-new-year-with-our-favorite-q***r-books-with-snakes/

01/28/2025

On Saturday, we hosted a Patreon panel on how to lead edit and coordinate multi-author projects like anthologies. Today, I've written up my notes into a HUGE blog post describing the basics of what I do. You can check out the panel recording by becoming a backer (minimum $7/month for panel access!) and/or you can read my blog post here: https://duckprintspress.com/2025/01/28/how-we-plan-implement-and-publish-anthologies-a-step-by-step-guide/

01/23/2025

Recently, I got pinged on a Tumblr post asking for recommendations of speculative fiction/science fiction and fantasy books starring q***r older female protagonists – 35 plus. Now I’m back with our 11 suggestions! https://duckprintspress.com/2025/01/23/11-great-q***r-sff-books-with-older-female-protagonists/

01/16/2025

Long time, no creator interview! We're back with some Q&A with author Vee Sloane, who has been working with DPP since our second anthology. Read all about them: https://duckprintspress.com/2025/01/16/creator-interview-vee-sloane/

01/12/2025

It's Letter Writing Week! Did you know we have an entirely epistolary short story? "The Last Letters of Mrs. Victoria Holmwood" by Nina Waters tells the story of an elderly widow who discovers a time machine and decides to change the past. Learn more about it: https://duckprintspress.com/2025/01/12/an-epistolary-tale-for-letter-writing-week/

01/11/2025

Long time, no grammar posting! I got an ask on Tumblr about grammar surrounding ellipse usage. If you've ever wanted to know way too much about my thoughts on this topic, check it out: https://duckprintspress.com/2025/01/11/answered-asks-grammar-and-ellipses/

01/10/2025

With recent changes to Facebook, we're pretty much one strong push from deleting this account. I don't know when we'll actually go for it, but honestly us doing so seems inevitable at this point, though it may be months yet. With that in mind, please make sure you follow us on at least one other platform and/or are subscribed to our newsletter. You can see all the options and use the mailing list sign-up form here:

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01/09/2025

We love words at Duck Prints Press, and we also love that words have a special, dedicated day when we can babble about how much we love them! Last year, we shared some of our favorite words. This year, we focused on words we’ve used in our stories and how we’ve (hopefully correctly!) used them. Contributors were asked to tell us one word they loved, and share with us a sentence from their own work in which they used the word. Ready to meet some cool words? Read on!

01/09/2025

We love words at Duck Prints Press, and we also love that words have a special, dedicated day when we can babble about how much we love them! Today is Word Nerd Day. Last year, we shared some of our favorite words. This year, we focused on words we’ve used in our stories and how we’ve (hopefully correctly!) used them. Contributors were asked to tell us one word they loved, and share with us a sentence from their own work in which they used the word. Ready to meet some cool words?