Helping out an old friend in New York gets all kinds of complicated when the president of Iran is assassinated outside the UN. But when the case against a disgruntled U.S. soldier unravels, not even the assassins know who is actually responsible.

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 hea...

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 ...

In modern corporate culture, we frequently equate the value of an outcome with the amount of suffering required to achieve it. If a project required all-nighters, immense stress, and sacrificed weekends, we unconsciously assume the final product is superior to one completed easily in half the time. This irrational correlation between pain and quality is a deeply ingrained cognitive trap. Behavioral economists call this the Martyrdom Effect. Humans possess a psychological blind spot that as...

The hardest part of going to war is coming home to face yourself.The tale of a man and the memory that haunts him, River City One is the poetic and compassionate story of John Walker, a lawyer and ex-Marine adrift in a nameless city. Home from the war, he has become a man on the edge, quietly raging against the people he must now work for and live among—the kind of people incapable of understanding the terror he felt in combat and the guilt he carries in h...

This book starts with a paradox and ends with a riddle.The paradox notes that the mammal specie with the most capable adults is the mammal specie with the most hekpless of babies.Is there a connection? The author contends that there is.He attempts to show how the evolution of the helpless baby has led to reciprocal genetic and behavioural adaptions of the nursing females. In addition, the increasing length of the baby's helplessness resulted in the development of th...

With many businesses struggling to survive, and less consumer spending to go around, its no longer a question of becoming the next Google, IBM or Coca-Cola - it's all about knowing what your competitors are doing. This book will help managers and leaders devise better strategies and get better execution from emploees. T.J. Walker has turned his experience collecting and analyzing competitive intelligence for the CIA into strategies for businesses wanting to stay on the leading edge of thei...

Do you love queer tales? Adore monsters? Delight in reading erotic monsterloving stories? Then Duck Prints Press proudly presents Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling! Our authors have created titillating tales featuring unusual creatures (often with unconventional genitalia!) facing similar challenges: how to court the partner(s) of their choice (human or otherwise!). From aliens to undersea hybrids, from winged beings to myths come to life, from insectoid aliens...

There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They have been sighted by a lucky-or unlucky-few, some have even been photographed, but their existence remains unproven and unrecognized by the scientific community.These creatures, long thought gone, have somehow survived; creatures from our nightmares haunting the dark places. They swim in our lakes and bays, they soar the night skies, they hunt in the woods. Some are from our past, an...

The tale of a man and the memory that haunts him, River City One is the poetic and compassionate story of John Walker, a lawyer and ex-Marine adrift in a nameless city. Home from the war, he has become a man on the edge, quietly raging against the people he must now work for and live among—the kind of people incapable of understanding the terror he felt in combat and the guilt he carries in his heart.When he meets Ruth, a beautiful, famous singer traveling through the city, John di...

A job seeking former Army Ranger, hot and tired from his long drive, stops for the night at a Las Vegas Motel. He wants a beer. Across the wide street an all-night market beckons him. Looking both ways he starts to run and is immediately struck by an unseen object hurling him high in the air and dropping him to the ground with a mind-numbing thud. He's dragged to safety by a large, verbally complaining, furry black dog. David Manning's life is changed from that moment forward.He en...

A hands on workbook describing the steps and ideologies behind controlling your happiness. This guide includes the authors view point on how society relates happiness to instant gratification from external sources rather than long term satisfaction caused by internal sources.J.B. Waters is a self-proclaimed self-mastery writer and orator who is heavily involved in realigning the personal development culture in his community. Coining the terms "motivational listener" and "true self-...