Writer of queer, speculative smut
📚Published in Nobilis Erotica, OFIC Magazine, & The Pink Hydra
✨Find me on Neocities! jasterwrites.neocities.org
18+ please! This blog is spicy
I'm J. Aster, your local queer, speculative smut writer! What's speculative? Anything adjacent to sci-fi/fantasy and related genres. My published work and commission info is below.
Enjoy my published work!
Body and Mind, The Pink Hydra Issue 5
E, M/M, noncon, mild hypno, vampires, dracula, missing scene, epistolary
One night in Transylvania, Count Dracula stakes his claim. For Dracula Daily fans: a post-"This man belongs to me" interlude.
Mango, OFIC Magazine Issue 11
E, F/NB, pwp, exploration of sexuality, sexual fantasy, pegging, asexual character, transmasculine character
Scout, historically asexual, is experiencing some alarming new urges and has no clue how to deal with them. Her friend Luvi has some mutually beneficial advice.
Bitter Luck, Nobilis Erotica ep. 499
E, M/M, Latin America, shaman4shaman, happily ever after
Javi is a downtrodden shaman living under his father's thumb. A chance encounter in a market sets his life on a new path.
Free to listen!
Sacrifice, Nobilis Erotica ep. 486
E, M/M, human/deity
A man sacrificed to a volcano god finds more than he expected.
Free to listen!
Commission me to write your steamy idea!
I write queer, speculative smut. Unsure of whether your request fits? Just ask! Give me your alien biology, fantasy creatures, mythical beings, sentient plants! OC's welcome! Visit the link above for more detailed guidelines.
We are beyond thrilled to share the cover art that artist Jinx Inks has done for our next anthology, Wild and Full of Marvels: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Folklore and Fairy Tales.
This all-new collection, fourth in our Queer Fanworks Inspired By… series, features 23 stories, 23 art pieces, and a 10-page comic, all inspired by folklore, fairy tales, myths, and legends with personal significance to the creator. Teasers, excerpts, and trims of the art pieces will be shared throughout our Kickstarter campaign. Check out the contributor list and read their biographies!
We’re also offering some awesome merchandise, all featuring art by the anthology contributors. We’ll be sharing reveals for these pieces over the next couple weeks as we lead up to our upcoming campaign launch.
Follow our pre-launch page on Kickstarter to be among the first to hear when our campaign goes live on July 8th 2026!
ok so this is another long shot but a few years ago there was a twitter post (in japanese i think?) that had measurememts for how to make this book stand thing out of cardboard that you could use to double up books and use up more space on shelves
back then i made a bunch of these but by now i lost the pic and dont know how to find the original post anymore
if it comes down to it i can just take one apart and get the measurements from there but i would be very grateful if anyone happens to have the original post or something similar??
don't mind how long it's been since i made this post, anyway i realized that i don't even need to take one apart to get the measurements when i can literally just unfold it and refold it /FACEPALM
so anyway here is the diagram for anyone else who is interested!!
this requires pretty big carboard pieces, if you have a really big box or something you can make it from one piece, but if you don't, you can also just make each of the pieces individually and then tape them together
and then in the end you put it together like this!!
and then when you make a bunch you can put them all next to each other and stack your books like crazy
EVERYONE START GETTING MORE USE OUT OF YOUR SPACE NOW!!!!
For everyone who ‘used to love reading’ but now hasn’t finished a book in years, you CAN get it back. Genuinely start bringing a book (preferably short and either fiction or a non fiction topic you already really enjoy) everywhere you go and when you have 5-20 mins waiting for the bus or at the doctors office or mechanic or whatever, get out your book and read it! You don’t have to finish it quickly or even read it often but it is so good for your brain and fun to get into the habit of reading more (and replacing being on your phone for those moments). Source: I read 0 books in 2023 and I’ve read 12 in the first 4 months of 2026
Now Available: Monsterotica Book and Leftover Merch!
Happy release day!! Our latest anthology, Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling, is now officially published and available to people who didn’t back our crowdfunding campaign.
You can buy Monsterotica in e-book or print formats direct from our webstore, via itch.io, or through one of the many other places that carry out books.
We also have some leftover campaign merchandise for you folks who missed the chance to buy the merch during the campaign!
art print of the full wrap-around Monsterotica cover art by Siao Bell
stretch goal art print of The Riddle by Shea Sullivan
enamel pin featuring a monster licking a person as they embrace, with art by reshipkmn
our signature campaign dux, this time in purple and rather tentacly, by Alessa Riel
a very snakey, Medusa-esque bookmark with art by Jagoda Zirebiec
our quirky, funny postcard set, featuring the designs of Xianyu Zhou
the amazing (and huge!) folding fan of a person only too delighted to be abducted by a dragon, with art by pukamuriska
Kickstarter Launch Day for “Ducks in a Row” and “Duxxx in a Row”!
Since Duck Prints Press was founded in January 2021, we have published over 200 stand-alone short stories by dozens of authors, ranging in length from just over 1,000 words up to 9,999 words. Most of these short stories are available for purchase individually from our webstore or are only available to people who back our Patreon… until now! With Ducks in a Row: A Curated Collection of Short Stories and Duxxx in a Row: A Curated Collection of Explicit Stories, Duck Prints Press dips into our vault, anthologizing stories we published from 2021 to 2023 into all-new collections!
Whether you’ve looked at our short story offerings and weren’t sure where to start, or you’ve heard about Duck Prints Press and wanted a tasting selection of what we offer, or you’ve wanted all your favorites in one lovely volume, or you had no idea we existed until today and just heard “short stories by queer authors” and said “SIGN ME UP,” Ducks in a Row and Duxxx in a Row have a little something for most everyone, with stories in different genres, with different types of characters, and by many different authors!
Ducks in a Row contains 22 short stories by 22 different authors and is 236 pages long. Duxxx in a Row features 19 short stories by 19 different authors and is 264 pages long. Each is being offered in e-book (ePub and PDF) and trade paperback formats, and we’ve also got some of our signature dux merchandise (including our first-ever dux enamel pin!) and art prints and bookmarks featuring the gorgeous artwork Pallas Perilous did for the book covers!
Visit our Kickstarter to learn more and become a backer today!
Monsterf#ck: An anthology of queer & trans dark desires by Incision Press is now available for preorder! My story features a sadistic android and their intersex human plaything 🤖🌶️You don't want to miss this incredible anthology 👀
Incision Press' third short story anthology, from queer and trans perspectives, will bring out the salacious monster lurking inside. The kin
Trans Rights Readathon: Help Us Raise Money for the Trevor Project!
March 17th marks the first day of the Trans Rights Readathon. As their carrd explains, “The Trans Rights Readathon is an annual call to action to readers and book lovers in support of Trans Day of Visibility (TDOV) on March 31st. We are calling on the reader community to read and uplift books written by and/or featuring trans, non-binary, 2Spirit, and gender-nonconforming authors and characters.”
In the spirit of the Trans Rights Readathon, we wanted to bring your attention to our books that feature trans main characters and/or were written by trans creators. And, we wanted to do something tangible!
Duck Prints Press will donate $50 to the Trevor Project in mid-April to support their crisis intervention and suicide prevention work with queer youth. AND, for every one of the above books you buy from our webpage or itch.io between now and March 31st, we will increase that donation by adding 20% of the net we earn from those sales to the amount we donate!
We hope you’ll consider reading some of our work as part of your Trans Rights Readathon read-a-thoning. Want to know more about them?
Learn about the eligible books!
Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories (trans and non-binary characters, trans and non-binary authors)
Duck Prints Press presents 22 delightfully fluffy, happy, odd, snug, and cozy stories about queer characters pursuing academic excellence! From field research shenanigans to cooking adventures, from space station education departments to eldritch libraries, creators brought their vivid imaginings to life in these charming fantasy and science fiction stories. Settle into your favorite research carrel or prepare to read on the sly under your desk as you join us for Scholarly Pursuits: A Queer Anthology of Cozy Academia Stories.
Lightbringer by boneturtle (non-binary author)
I’ve never heard this story told outside our village, but my friend, it’s about you as well as us. Your life is also forfeit to the Lightbringer who mended the chaos, and the chaos which breathed the Lightbringer to life.
In a lonely valley where darkness laps at the ragged shore of reality, there rests a village where the people are reborn each time they die. Though they’ve forgotten their past lives, they faithfully maintain their ancient festival to coax the light back whenever the darkness takes hold.
In this village where no one visits, a man named Ashe arrives. Beloved, yet cursed to be forgotten by those he holds most dear, he waits in the ever-growing darkness for someone who may never return. The villagers beg him to give up, to play the part of the Lightbringer and marry someone else.
Then a new stranger arrives, one who may hold the key to breaking this cycle of darkness once and for all.
Scrap Metal Angel by Nicola Kapron (trans man main character)
Reality, tiny and fragile, is cut off from the sea of chaos and nightmares that surrounds it by seven Gates. One of them is open—and has been since the Stone Age. Through that opening, strange creatures and energies slip through. Some are malevolent. None are harmless. And all of them must be kept a secret.
Every hidden magical world needs a shadowy clean-up crew. Adrian Somer is a Gatekeeper, sworn to protect the cosmic Gates, to defend reality from the unknown entities that exist beyond them, and to help those whose lives are affected by magic.
When a grieving sorceress starts punching holes in reality to try and resurrect her murdered fiancé, Adrian must turn to a ghost from his past in order to save the city, and perhaps the world—even if that means digging up someone he thought was safely buried: the twin brother he killed eight years ago.
To Drive the Hundred Miles by Alec J. Marsh (trans man main character, trans author)
Serendipity, WA is filled with Christmas cheer, beautiful mountain views, and trans man Will’s feminist Wiccan family. Home for the holidays, he avoids their clumsy attempts at support by hiding in the local coffee shop and flirting with Bea, a friend from high school.
The beautiful landscapes can’t make up for the the realities of being queer in a small town, and Bea wants out. Will grabs for a prosperity spell, and finds a new way to connect to the magic he’s become estranged from. New romance and optimism get them through the holidays, ready to face their next problems.
A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” (non-binary characters, trans and non-binary authors and artists)
With this third installment in our Queer Fanworks Inspired By… anthology series, we set out to explore the truth by which we at Duck Prints Press live: that a classic work without a single canonically queer character must be in want of a very LGBTQIA+ makeover! “A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice,” with 21 short stories and 20 full-page color artworks, is just that. 38 creators have contributed to this project, drawing inspiration from Pride and Prejudice’s characters and story to create delightful, thoughtful, intriguing, and (of course) very queer fanworks and Pride and Prejudice-inspired original works. For this collection, we encouraged our creators to focus on Sapphic/wlw relationships and/or transgender and genderqueer interpretations for their inspiration, though those are definitely not the only types of queer we’ve fit into this diverse collection.
And Seek (Not) to Alter Me: Queer Fanworks Inspired by William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” (trans and non-binary characters, trans and non-binary authors and artists)
In “And Seek (Not) to Alter Me,” 16 authors and 15 artists have come together to create an exquisite, full-color collection of artwork and stories inspired by William Shakespeare’s play “Much Ado About Nothing.” We encouraged contributors to stretch their imaginations, think outside the box, and put their own unique—and queer—twists on Benedick, Beatrice, Hero, Claudio, Don Pedro, and the whole gang! In true Shakespearean fashion, our creators utilize gender, sexuality, romanticism, and a host of costume changes to tell unique artworks and stories—some featuring original characters, some characters from the play—that show Shakespeare’s work in a whole new light.
Add Magic to Taste Second Edition (trans and non-binary characters, trans and non-binary authors)
For this gorgeous re-issue of Duck Prints Press’s debut anthology “Add Magic to Taste,” 18 authors have come together to produce new, original short stories uniting four of our absolute favorite themes: queer relationships, fluff, magic, and coffee shops! Our diverse writers have created an even more diverse collection of stories guaranteed to sweeten your coffee and warm your tart. This edition also includes the 16 microfics originally written for our Kickstarter extra Mini-Morsels!
Aether Beyond the Binary (trans and non-binary characters, trans and non-binary authors)
How would Earth look if the very atoms around us were suffused with magical aether? How would our lives be different if this aether was discovered last year, or last century, or last millennia? How might the people who lived with this magic explore their gender identities? These are the questions we posed to the 17 authors who contributed to “Aether Beyond the Binary.” Their inventive answers comprise this must-not-miss collection about magical realms, adventures and mysteries, new chances and well-earned endings, and characters as gender-diverse as the worlds they inhabit.
Many Hands: An Anthology of Polyamorous Erotica (trans and non-binary characters, trans and non-binary authors)
For those who love their short stories spicy, welcome to Duck Prints Press’s debut explicit anthology. In this collection of brand-new stories, we celebrate many flavors of polyamory. Orgy? Yes please! Ménage à trois? C’est magnifique! Foursomes and moresomes? Delighted to attend! We asked our 15 contributors to blow our minds with their fun combinations, unusual settings, favorite trope usage, and (of course) super sexy smut—and they didn’t disappoint. From a vampire free-for-all to a heartfelt reunion, from surprise soulmates to enemies-to-lovers, this collection has polyamory in lots of scrumptious varieties that lovers of erotica won’t want to miss!
Aim For The Heart: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Alexandre Dumas’s “The Three Musketeers” (trans and non-binary characters, trans and non-binary authors and artists)
“Aim For The Heart” features 20 stories, each up to 5,000 words long, 19 full-page art pieces rendered in black-and-white or grayscale, and a 12-page comic. Our contributors have delved into their imaginations and the intricacies of Dumas’s novels to tell new stories and create new images. They take us from the depths of deep space to the streets of 17th century France to the modern day, with a healthy dose of fluff and feels along the way. Every creator has shared their vision of these beloved characters, some with fanfiction and fanart, others with original pieces, and all with a heaping dose of inspiration.
She Wears the Midnight Crown (trans and non-binary characters, trans and non-binary authors)
“She Wears the Midnight Crown” is one of our two paired masquerade-themed anthologies. It features 17 stories exploring wlw relationships developing, growing, and changing while the characters attend or participate in masquerades!
Our contributors 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.
“He Bears the Cape of Stars” is the companion to this anthology, featuring 17 mlmstories.
He Bears the Cape of Stars (trans characters, trans and non-binary authors)
“He Bears the Cape of Stars” is one of our two paired masquerade-themed anthologies. It features 17 stories exploring mlm relationships developing, growing, and changing while the characters attend or participate in masquerades!
Our contributors 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.
“She Wears the Midnight Crown” is the companion to this anthology, featuring 17 wlw stories.
Note: only books purchased from duckprintspress.com and itch.io will count toward the donation!
In mid-April, I will post an accountability update with our total donation amount and proof of donation! (Same as I’ve done for our Pride Bundles every year.)
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As we all know, times are very tough for adult creators. This survey will run for a month (March 7th - April 7th), after which the results will be shared with the community to help erotic prose writers of all kinds gain insight into what readers are looking for and how we can better help you find it. It's a win-win for all of us!
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Queer Tales of Impossible Style, a fashionable space opera anthology.
What Elegant Stars: Queer Tales of Impossible Style, Neon Hemlock's latest upcoming anthology, is funding now on Kickstarter!
This one will be full of fashion-forward, queer sci-fi, and! (if it funds!) illustrations by me, Matthew Spencer.
There are stretch goals for paper dolls, full-page interior illustrations, and full-color endpapers...
There's a satin scarf (I've designed) based on the cover, that's available as an add-on....
and! My favorite backing tier, Club Serpentine, gets you everything Neon Hemlock publishes in 2026 (available in epub and paperback!)
If you love speculative fiction, sci fi, queer genre stories, indie publishers etc. Please consider checking it out!
