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Pre-Order “Scrap Metal Angel” by Nicola Kapron!

Pre-orders for Nicola Kapron’s novella Scrap Metal Angel are now live!

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.

In this dark but hopeful urban fantasy novella, masterful storyteller Nicola Kapron introduces us to a world that, on the surface, appears similar to our own, but underneath has complex magic, secret rituals, hidden organizations, and the constant shadow of danger from the mysteries that dwell beyond the six closed Gates. What lies outside the portals locked to protect humanity? Join trans man Adrian Somer, his Cambodian immigrant colleague Kade Mauzy, and the other characters in Scrap Metal Angel to find out…

What can you order?

Scrap Metal Angel E-Book

Scrap Metal Angel Trade Paperback

Merch: Adrian and Scrap Metal Angel‘s eponymous angel, Whistler, Two-Sided Bookmark

Merch: The Second Gate and Shion Matreva (the “grieving sorceress” mentioned in the blurb!) Two Postcard Set

Merch: Gatekeeper Adrian and Gatekeeper Kade Poster Print

Merch: Rainbow Feather Magnet (Patreon Exclusive! For $10/month and $25/month Patrons who back this campaign)

Or, Get a Bundle!

Scrap Metal Angel E-Book + Trade Paperback Bundle

Scrap Metal Angel E-Book + Trade Paperback + All Merch Bundle

Can’t get enough of Nicola Kapron’s stories? We can help with that! For this campaign, we’ve also debuted a short story bundle containing 7 short stories and 1 novelette by Kapron, including all the work she’s done with Duck Prints Press. AND, for the first time ever, the print version of the novelette In Good Company is also available on our website. Buying either of these also goes to help us reach our campaign goal!

This campaign is live from NOW until October 25th, 2024. Back us now, and help us reach our $2,800 goal to fund publishing this awesome story! Visit duckprintspress.com to learn all the details.

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Meet the “Scrap Metal Angel” Campaign Merchandise!

Secret Gates have protected mankind from the unknown chaos beyond the edges of reality for millennia, and now, all that stands between everything humanity knows and the horrors outside it are a depressed trans man, his exhausted partner, and a creature ill-suited to the world after being pulled from his own horrific reality. This is Scrap Metal Angel by Nicola Kapron, an urban fantasy where only fragile Gates protect all we know from eldritch, incomprehensible magic. This is the world that Adrian Somer is determined to save.

As part of Duck Prints Press’s crowdfunding campaign to launch the publication of Nicola Kapron’s new novella Scrap Metal Angel, we’ve worked with artist Felix Vanasse (website, Instagram, and Facebook) to create artwork of the main protagonists Adrian Somer, Kade Mauzy, and Whistler, and main antagonist Shion Matreva. The gorgeous results will be made into a poster, two postcards, and a two-sided bookmarks – all of which can be purchased individually or as part of our main book + merchandise bundle.

Want the deets? We got those for you!

Scrap Metal Angel bookmark (2 in x 7.25 in/5 cm x 18.5 cm). (Printed by UPrinting.) A lovely two-sided glossy bookmark featuring art by campaign artist Felix Vanasse (Website | Instagram | Facebook), with main character Adrian Somer on one side and the Scrap Metal Angel himself, Whistler, on the other.

Two Postcard Set (4 in x 6 in/10.25 cm x 15.25 cm). (Printed by UPrinting.) A set of two glossy postcards—expandable to three if we hit our stretch goals!—the first featuring the second Gate, the second featuring book character Shion Matreva. Art by Felix Vanasse.

Gatekeepers Poster Print (11 in x 17 in/28 cm x 43.25 cm). (Printed by UPrinting.) A glossy poster print, shipped folded, featuring Adrian Somer and Kade Mauzy, the Gatekeepers who are striving to save the world. Art by Felix Vanasse.

Want even more? We got that too! Anyone who backs our Patreon at the $10/month or $25/month level AND backs this campaign will get an extra – a bonus magnet featuring this lovely artwork (also the scene divider in the book!):

PATREON EXCLUSIVE: Rainbow Feather Magnet (3 in x 1 in/7.5 cm x 2.5 cm). (Printed by Vograce.) A thick magnet with a layer of acrylic on front and a shiny iridescent hologram finish, featuring a version of our pretty feather divider on which the white has been replaced with a rainbow gradient. All Duck Prints Press $10/month and $25/month Patreon supporters who also back this campaign will get this magnet for free! Become a backer today.

And all this is above and beyond your opportunity to get an awesome, intriguing book! What’s not to love?

Support our Crowdfunding Campaign today!

Campaign ends October 25 2024!