This project was for the anthologies She Wears the Midnight Crown and He Bears the Cape of Stars by Duck Prints Press.
Two anthologies, entitled She Wears the Midnight Crown and He Bears the Cape of Stars, that explore wlw and mlm relationships developing, growing, and changing while the characters attend or participate in masquerades!
Our 36 contributors have stretched their imaginations to present innovative stories exploring what a masquerade can be…and, of course, tell rich, engaging tales of wonderful queer folk finding love, companionship, acceptance, the queer platonic relationship of their dreams, or the found family they deserve. The collected works feature characters in all the colors of the Pride rainbow, queer and genderqueer, and these diverse individuals inhabit worlds ranging from science fiction settings where everyone must be masked to breathe, to fantasies where no one wears a literal mask but everyone shows the world a false guise, to iterations of the real world where some people lean into deception.
From the Seed&Spark Campaign
This is in the Digest format, with white paper and glossy cover options. The final books had 280 pages and 285 pages respectively.
UPDATE : Missed the campaign? You can now buy the books (with some slight cosmetic defects) from Duck Print Press! She Wears the Midnight Crown and He Bears the Cape of Stars.
If you’d be interested in getting your story typeset and ready to print, please visit my commissions page.
And because Duck Print Press does exquisite crowdfunding campaigns that come with beautiful merch, here’s the rest of the unboxing photographs.
Hermit Prints 