Our Kickstarter to raise the money to publish our next anthology of 16 queer monsterfucking stories, Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling, has crossed the 80% funded line! We’re now less than $2,000US from our funding goal.

Thanks to everyone who has helped us get this far.

Meet two more contributors!

Author: Ivy L. James

About: Ivy L. James wrote her first story on Post-it notes as a child. Since then, she has graduated to regular paper and enjoys writing inclusive romance, short fiction, and poetry. Her poetry chapbooks include The Orange and Pink Sunset and A Necklace of Teeth (Dogleech Books). Her work has appeared in The Stygian Collection (Stygian Society), Seers and Sybils (Brigids Gate Press), Horns (Bullshit Lit), HerStry, Snowflake Magazine, and Scavengers Literary Magazine, among others. Ivy lives in Arizona with her partner and their pets. You can connect with her at www.authorivyljames.com.

Links: Personal Website | Bluesky | Instagram

Story Title: Courted: The Witch and the Rasera

Excerpt:

Cass woke in the middle of the night to the strangest noise. A long ululation, punctuated by chirps, clicks, and growls. Some stray cats getting into it, maybe. Rubbing her eyes, she stumbled to the bedroom window and peered out.

In the light of the stars, Nazliha shrieked as she lumbered to and fro on the lawn, doing what could only be described as a weird, monstrous song-and-dance.

“Fuck,” Cass mumbled. She stumbled down the staircase, and then she opened the front door with a yawn before grumbling, “Nazliha, what the hell?”

“Cass.” The rasera flapped her wings and wiggled. “Dance with me.”

Cass hugged herself, trying not to shiver in her oversized tee, boxers, and bare feet. “It’s two in the morning. Go home.”

Nazliha picked right back up where she’d left off: wailing at the moon while shimmying from side to side, her tail whipping with way too much energy.

“Nazliha!”

The rasera deflated then, wings and ears drooping. “You will not share my dance?”

“I was sleeping, and now I’m not, so no.”

Nazliha sank onto all fours. “You may return to your sleep. I will go.” And she slunk back into the woods, tail tucked, tufted ears low. 


 

Author: T. L. Sly

About: A native of the Eastern Seaboard, T.L. Sly lives with their autistic teenage son, loving partner, younger brother and sister, three cats, and a dog. When not writing, Sly enjoys swimming in the ocean, hiking, stargazing, crafting, costuming, and making clothes for their 18″ doll collection. They love to read historical and supernatural romance novels, listen to music, and watch horror movies. Sly has dedicated nearly 25 years to writing for fandom and is thrilled to be sharing their original writing at long last. A romantic at heart, Sly believes in hope, true love, and that there’s nothing in the world quite like a good thunderstorm.

Links: Archive of Our Own

Story Title: To Love a Wild Hart

Excerpt:

SNAP

Max startled awake, instantly on high alert, his heart thundering in his ears. He wasn’t sure what had made the loud sound that woke him, but there weren’t a lot of options. He was too far from the trail—well over the required 200 feet—for it to be night hikers, unless they were very lost. It was most likely an animal, though what type was the question. Forcing himself to breathe slowly and quietly, Max strained his ears.

He tensed further when he heard shuffling and rustling nearby. Whatever was making the sounds was right outside his hammock. It didn’t sound small, either. There was weight behind the sounds that made Max think maybe it was a bear, and Max silently cursed himself for not sleeping in one of the designated shelter areas. His preference for being alone was going to get him killed one of these days; plenty of guides had told him so over the last five years.

Hell, it might get him killed now if it really was a bear moving around in his camp.

As part of the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for Monsterotica: Tales of Unusual Courtship and Coupling (16 very queer very sexy monsterfucking erotica tales!), we’re producing seven different merchandise items – a sticker, a bookmark, an art print, a postcard set, a key chain and a folding fan. In today’s update, let’s take a closer look at four of those merch items!

Monster Dux Die-Cut Sticker

Every anthology we publish, Alessa Riel makes a new version of the Press’s signature Dux mascot. For Monsterotica, Dux has gone monstery, with tentacles and a gaping maw that definitely is not even slightly suggestive! As with most of our stickers, we will manufacture it with Vograce, and the final sticker will be approximately 3 in x 3 in/7.5 cm x 7.5 cm. You can check out Alessa’s other Dux designs, and learn more about Dux, on our webpage!

Tentacle Shakey Glitter Key Chain

We approached Tomowowo with only a vague concept for a cute key chain with special features – whether that be glitter or something else. She came back to us with this precious neon-shaded tentacle, just dripping with potential. 

She also made a super helpful mock-up, giving an idea how the manufactured key chain will look – a top transparent level showing the glitter, with a fully-rendered bright layer at the bottom! The glitter will be holographic green! The final key chain will be made by Vograce, and will be approximately 2 in x 1.5 in/5 cm x 3.8 cm.

Lick Your Beloved Enamel Pin

Reshipkmn has done several past enamel designs for us, so we were eager for her contributing another to a Press project, and she didn’t let us down. This amazing, detailed enamel pin will be manufacturer by Alchemy, as have all the enamel pins we’ve made, and will be 2 in x 1.5 in/5 cm x 3.8 cm.

Dragon Abduction Folding Fan

(our first fan, made as part of our campaign to fund A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice,” featuring art by Zel Howland)

As for how big it is, here’s a photograph I took of my daughter – six years old when the picture was taken – modeling the original sample fan I bought when we were deciding if we wanted to do a fan.


 

It’s biiiiig. 25 in x 12 in/66 cm x 33 cm, to be precise.

See something you gotta have? The sticker is included in our “Book + Flat Merchandise” backer level, and the key chain, enamel pin, and fan are all included in our “Book + All Merchandise.” Alternatively, all of these are available as add-ons – as long as you back at a level that includes any physical rewards, you can mix-and-match to get exactly the merchandise you want, in the quantities you want!

Become a backer of the Monsterotica Kickstarter today!