Created Works Round-Up: December 2025
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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…
Teen Titans: Wrath of the Ravager by Elias Strunck
art || teen titans || no ships || general audiences || no major warnings apply || complete
summary: Cover and sample pages in the style of the 2003 Teen Titans show
other tags: Ravager/Rose Wilson
When You’re Ready by Boomchick/Lucy K.R.
fiction || svsss/the scum villain’s self-saving system || m/m || luo binghe/shen yuan || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 15,673 || work in progress
summary: On the last season of The Bachelorette, host Shen Jiu went off the rails and attacked sweet, handsome contestant Luo Binghe, losing his place on the franchise and sullying the program’s quest for love.
Now, Shen Yuan has taken his brother’s place as host for the new season of The Bachelor, starring the very same Luo Binghe who his brother hurt & derided–a handsome, friendly, charming young man who clearly deserves all the best in the world. Surely Shen Yuan can protect his brother AND help Luo Binghe find love among the charming women vying for his affection. Surely things won’t get any more complicated from here, right?
Right!?
other tags: Alternate Universe: Reality TV, The Bachelor, Ensemble Cast, Luo Binghe’s Harem as Bachelor Contestants, background f/f relationships, background implied qijiu, slow burn, light angst, romantic comedy, getting together
as a whetstone loves a blade by corduroyserpent
fiction || trigun (anime & manga 1995-2008) || m/m || legato bluesummers/millions knives || mature || no major warnings apply || 7,855 || complete
summary: Sometimes you have to bring your emotional support human back from the dead, and live in an abandoned house with him, and never talk about your feelings. Normal thing for Millions Knives to do.
other tags: Post-Trigun Maximum (Manga), Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence, Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies, Chronic Pain, Non-Sexual Intimacy, Suicidal Thoughts, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Ambulatory Wheelchair User Legato Bluesummers, Millions Knives is on the Aromantic Asexual Spectrum, Demisexual Legato Bluesummers, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
The Way of House Sparrows by Vee Dragonmuse
fiction || ted lasso || poly (multiple genders) || roy kent/jamie tartt/keeley jones || explicit || no major warnings apply || 147,736 || complete
summary: In which, Jamie continues his journey to be a better man while still embracing his inner prick and Roy whenever he stands still long enough. Keeley finds that kind of personal growth very appealing.
other tags: Post S3, domestic life, discussion of past child abuse, PTSD
In the Heart of the Lake by Shadaras
art || original work || platonic or familial || teen & up || no major warnings apply || complete
summary: Any time he can skip out of work to hold his child, he does.
other tags: Father-Child Relationship, Underwater Setting, Non-Sexual Nudity
Long, long ago, in the faraway land of Deimos… by EvilToTheCore13
fiction || warframe || m/m || loid/albrecht || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 12,376 || work in progress
summary: A cursed sorcerer-prince. A clever and brave servant who becomes a prisoner in the beast’s enchanted castle.
Nothing is ever quite so clear or quite so easy as it is in fairytales. Can love truly break a curse? And even if it can–will Albrecht Entrati ever accept it?
other tags: Alternate Universe – Beauty and the Beast FusionAlternate Universe – FantasyAlternate Universe – Historical, Some Whump, Eventual Romance, Human/Monster Romance
After the Moon Rose Anew by Shadaras
fiction || the spear cuts through water – simon jimenez || m/m || jun ossa/keema of the daware tribe || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 1,048 || complete
summary: After the curtains close on the Inverted Theater, there are still moments of interest in the lives of these two young heroes who are no longer gods but mortals seeking contentment in their second lives.
This is one such moment.
other tags: Post-Canon, Established Relationship, Introspection
Mosaic Haiku (Art and Poetry), nine new paintings and a drawing by EliotQueliot
art || the magicians (lev grossman, syfy) || m/m || quentin coldwater/eliot waugh || general audiences || creator choses not to use warnings || work in progress
summary: Mosaic Haiku celebrates the lifetime of love between Eliot and Quentin that yielded the “key to greater magic” in “A Life in the Day.” For the Time Is an Illusion event held by Magicians Fanworks Extravaganza, I added nine paintings to Mosaic Haiku, in Chapters 5, 11, 12, 13, 15, and 16 on AO3 (specifics about which art are listed in the chapter notes). For links to the works of art as individual pieces, see @eliotqueliot on the creators list for the Time Is an Illusion event (the Tumblr link for this post) and click the titles of the artworks to see the individual Tumblr posts. Additionally, following the event, I added a drawing to Chapter 6. The Instagram link takes you to that drawing (with links in the post to the individual Tumblr post).
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), Watercolors, Drawings
The First Duty of All Magicians Is to Save Their Friends, Chapter 7: Soulmate Cards by EliotQueliot
fiction || the magicians (lev grossman, syfy) || m/m || quentin coldwater/eliot waugh || explicit || creator choses not to use warnings || 4,113 || work in progress
summary: In Quentin’s room, Eliot does his best to move the mission along (specifically: to bang one Quentin Coldwater). But he doesn’t want to hurt Quentin, and he actually has feelings for the boy that make him wish that other life Margo told him about could be real again. So the route proves more circuitous than one might expect from one Eliot Waugh.
other tags: Horomancy, Post-Mosaic Timeline (The Magicians: A Life in the Day), Fix-It, POV Eliot Waugh, Character Death Fix, Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence, Time Shenanigans, Episode: s03e05 A Life in the Day, Physical Kids Cottage (The Magicians), Rescues, Eliot Waugh Is Smart, Margo Hanson is a Good Friend
The First Duty of All Magicians Is to Save Their Friends, Chapter 8: Soulmate Cards (Part 2) by EliotQueliot
fiction || the magicians (lev grossman, syfy) || m/m || quentin coldwater/eliot waugh || explicit || creator choses not to use warnings || 2,629 || work in progress
summary: Eliot and Quentin choose to talk this time, and things go better.
Part of that may be due to Eliot realizing how important it is to share his feelings…
…and to a tiny, beautiful magic that lives in Quentin now.
The magic which made the soulmate cards…
other tags: Horomancy, Post-Mosaic Timeline (The Magicians: A Life in the Day), Fix-It, POV Eliot Waugh, Character Death Fix, Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence, Time Shenanigans, Episode: s03e05 A Life in the Day, Physical Kids Cottage (The Magicians), Rescues, Eliot Waugh Is Smart, Margo Hanson is a Good Friend
The First Duty of All Magicians Is to Save Their Friends, Chapter 9: Striptease or Fashion Fight? (Or, Cats and Kittens) by EliotQueliot
fiction || the magicians (lev grossman, syfy) || m/m || quentin coldwater/eliot waugh || explicit || creator choses not to use warnings || 2,738 || work in progress
summary: Eliot’s mission: seduce one Quentin Coldwater to save his life. But really, who’s seducing whom?
other tags: Horomancy, Post-Mosaic Timeline (The Magicians: A Life in the Day), Fix-It, POV Eliot Waugh, Character Death Fix, Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence, Time Shenanigans, Episode: s03e05 A Life in the Day, Physical Kids Cottage (The Magicians), Rescues, Eliot Waugh Is Smart, Margo Hanson is a Good Friend
…Baby One More Time, Chapter 12 by EliotQueliot
fiction || the magicians (lev grossman, syfy) || m/m || quentin coldwater/eliot waugh || mature || creator choses not to use warnings || 5603 || work in progress
summary: “If at first you don’t succeed, try and try until you give up the ghost, because I’m not giving up on Quentin.”
(This fic started as a May Trope Mayhem 2024 entry, and a few additional chapters entered May Trope Mayhem 2025!)
other tags: Time Loop, Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence, Quentin Coldwater Lives, Time Travel Fix-It, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Memories, horomancy, Mosaic Timeline (The Magicians: A Life in the Day), Age Difference, The Clock Barrens (Fillory), the mosaic, Post-Mosaic Timeline (The Magicians: A Life in the Day)
…Baby One More Time, Chapter 13 by EliotQueliot
fiction || the magicians (lev grossman, syfy) || m/m || quentin coldwater/eliot waugh || mature || creator choses not to use warnings || 5,537 || work in progress
summary: Quentin meets Quentin.
Eliot confronts his truth.
(This fic started as a May Trope Mayhem 2024 entry, and a few additional chapters entered May Trope Mayhem 2025!)
other tags: Time Loop, Alternate Universe – Canon Divergence, Quentin Coldwater Lives, Time Travel Fix-It, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Memories, horomancy, Mosaic Timeline (The Magicians: A Life in the Day), Age Difference, The Clock Barrens (Fillory), the mosaic, Post-Mosaic Timeline (The Magicians: A Life in the Day)
Mosaic Haiku, Ch. 20: Snow Days at the Mosaic by EliotQueliot
poetry || the magicians (lev grossman, syfy) || m/m || quentin coldwater/eliot waugh || general audiences || creator choses not to use warnings || 227 || work in progress
summary: Have fun playing in the snow
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), Watercolors, Drawings
Mosaic Haiku, Chapter 21: Time Is an Illusion by EliotQueliot
poetry || the magicians (lev grossman, syfy) || m/m || quentin coldwater/eliot waugh || general audiences || creator choses not to use warnings || 1,293 || work in progress
summary: In this episode of Mosaic Haiku, Eliot and Quentin reflect on the very first smoldering days of their friendship. These moments are both their past—and their future, somewhere, since they’ve time-traveled to the past of Fillory.
The events we see in Season 1, Episode 1, include some of their favorite moments from their first days together, and they reflect on these and remember them to one another over the years at the Mosaic. (Being armchair time-travelers has become a favorite pastime.)
Please note: The Tumblr post has the photoscenes from the show in place. The AO3 chapter has some of the art (there will be more added over time).
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), Watercolors, Drawings
Need by ShannonXL
fiction || the vampire diaries (tv) || f/m || elena gilbert/damon salvatore || explicit || creator choses not to use warnings || 4,373 || complete
summary:
Elena gets hit by a curse and Damon is the one who’s there.
other tags: fuck or die
Merry Christmas to my Dog by ShannonXL
video || original work || no ships || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 00:00:39 || complete
summary: Did you know that animals can talk on midnight on Christmas eve? Something about Jesus dying for capitalism makes them chatty.
If You Don’t Have Your Own Deathworlder, Homegrown Is Fine by Pherryt
fiction || witcher || no ships || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 22,317 || complete
summary:
Lambert’s gone missing and Geralt’s not going to let that go without an investigation. While chances are slim, there’s always hope his brother is still alive.
Meanwhile, Lambert wakes up in a strange metal cage, face to face with the largest cat he’s ever seen – and it’s wearing clothes!
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Aka: Witchers in space – brought to you by the author getting inspired by multiple Deathworlder fics and all those humans are space orcs posts from Tumblr.
other tags: blood and injury (non graphic), imprisoned, impled past torture, nothing graphic
