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October 2024 Created Works Round-Up!
Nov. 3rd, 2024 10:27 am
Duck Prints Press’s monthly “created works round-ups” are our opportunity to spotlight some of the amazing work that people working with us have done that ISN’T linked to their work with Duck Prints Press. We include fanworks, outside publications, and anything else that creators feel like sharing with y’all. Inclusion is voluntary and includes anything that they decided “hey, I want to put this on the created work’s round-up!”
Check out what they’ve shared with us this month…
Estudo sobre Magia e Cristais – Ace Week Art by May Barros
art || original work || poly (multiple genders) || general audiences || no major warnings apply || complete
summary: Piece depicting the three main characters of the short story Estudos sobre Magia e Cristais by May Barros: Marcela is a white latina necromancer, Solis is a pale fairy with pink hair and wings and Talita is a black princess. The three are taking a stroll in a forest.
Came Back Wrong by May Barros
fiction || original work || no ships || teen & up || graphic depictions of violence || 762 || ongoing series
summary: A flash fiction where Vanessa is revived by a supernatural force, but she is no longer the woman she used to be
A Long Winter Podfic (remastered) by Shannon / shannonxl
audio || captain america || m/m, f/m || steve rogers / bucky barnes and steve rogers / peggy carter || mature || creator choses not to use warnings || 04:00:00 || complete
summary: Podfic of A Long Winter by dropdeaddream, WhatAreFears.
In 1945, Steve Rogers jumps from a nosediving plane and swims through miles of Arctic Ocean to a frozen shore.
In 1947, Steve Rogers marries Peggy Carter.
In 1966, the New York Times finds the lost letters of Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes.
It has been 0 days since River’s last cock-up by ShannonXL
fiction || slow horses || f/m || river cartwright/louisa guy || explicit || no major warnings apply || 5,841 || complete
summary: River gets dosed with an aphrodisiac on an assignment. Because of course that’s the kind of thing he would do.
other tags: Sex pollen
held within the sharp and curving by corduroyserpent
fiction || the scum villain’s self-saving system || m/m || gongyi xiao/zhuzhi-lang || mature || no major warnings apply || 5,077 || complete
summary: The former snake-man of Bai Lu Forest watched Gongyi Xiao writhe and shudder and cry, and eventually go still.
It was a pitiful end, but it was not *the* end. Because, many years later, the former snake-man of Bai Lu Forest also watched Gongyi Xiao wake up.
other tags: Post-Canon, Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence, Chronic Pain, Hurt/Comfort, Intimacy
unwarranted tenderness by corduroyserpent
fiction || heaven official’s blessing || m/m || jun wu/mei nianqing || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 606 || complete
summary: Jun Wu wakes up after his post-defeat nap. He is not alone.
other tags: Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Main Story Spoilers
Secret Lives, Chapter 9 by EliotQueliot
fiction || the magicians (lev grossman, syfy) || m/m || quentin coldwater/eliot waugh || mature || creator choses not to use warnings || 9,870 || work in progress
summary: Secret Lives started as a Duck Prints Press May Trope Mayhem piece…an AU in which Eliot and Quentin are supervillains/superheroes (you decide…and at some point, they’re going to have to). Eliot works primarily with ghosts in this fic, and I wanted to post some Queliot to enjoy for the Halloween season, so a haunting seemed quite appropriate…
other tags: Superheroes; Supervillains; Implied/Referenced Child Abuse; Past Child Abuse; Canonical Child Abuse; Bullying; Heroes; Brakebills (The Magicians); Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence; Ghosts; Homophobia; Murder; Canon-Typical Violence; True Love; Haunted Houses
you want it darker? || dark king eliot, Chapter 5: Eliot by EliotQueliot
fiction || the magicians (lev grossman, syfy) || m/m || quentin coldwater/eliot waugh || explicit || creator choses not to use warnings || 19,652 || work in progress
summary: With Josh’s help, Eliot gets to work collecting ingredients to bring Q back, including a visit to the Kitchen Witch.
An ambush by the Takers leads to an unsavory encounter with the Dark King.
(Warnings for Dark King Rupert Chatwin’s unwanted behavior toward Eliot in this chapter.)
other tags: Grief/Mourning; Canonical Character Death; Canon-Typical Violence; Soulmates; Underworld; Resurrection; Dark Fantasy; Margo Hanson is a Good Friend; Julia Wicker is a Good Friend; Quentin Coldwater Lives; Depression; References to Depression; Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence; Fillory (The Magicians); Goddess Julia Wicker; Fix-It; Suicidal Thoughts; Afterlife; Ghosts; Souls; True Love; Angst with a Happy Ending
Mosaic Haiku Ch. 14 poems, Ch. 4 paintings, Ch. 1-3 drawings by EliotQueliot
poems, watercolor paintings, and drawings || the magicians (lev grossman, syfy) || m/m || quentin coldwater/eliot waugh || general audiences || no major warnings apply || ongoing series
summary: Mosaic Haiku is a project very dear to my heart, pairing haiku with watercolors and drawings celebrating the lifetime of love that proved the key to saving all magic, shared by Eliot and Quentin at the Mosaic in The Magicians 3×05, A Life in the Day. I’ve added an all-new Ch. 14 (photos with the haiku on Tumblr; art to be added to the haiku on AO3 later); two new watercolor paintings for Ch. 4; and I found/reinstated some version of the drawings for Ch. 1-3 (I hadn’t yet started scanning the drawings separately for those, so quality varies). Going forward, the drawings will remain visible instead of simply being replaced by the watercolor versions. So far, the art is fully complete for Ch. 1-3 and in-progress for Ch. 4 & 6. This month I’m especially pleased with the two paintings of Quentin and Eliot in their golden years (see one of the Tumblr links and the Instagram link).
other tags: Haiku; Poetry; Mosaic; Beauty Of All Life; Episode: s03e05 A Life in the Day; Mosaic Timeline (The Magicians: A Life in the Day)
Daisy and the Devil by Scarlett Gale
fiction || original work || no ships, platonic or familial || general audiences || no major warnings apply || 9,554 || complete
summary: A playful fairy-tale retelling of The Girl without Hands that gives the girl in question (Daisy) a name, actual agency, female role models, and a happy ending.
