#terra fic: phase shift

[terrapwaters]

If you're looking for a book to buy with your Xmas money, look no further! Check out Phase Shift, a scifi/horror novel about a small town invaded by aliens and the teens working together to fight them. For fans of Stranger Things and The Goonies! Available now:

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[duckprintspress]

November Created Works Round-Up

Duck Prints Press’s monthly “created works round-ups” are our opportunity to spotlight some of the amazing work that people working with us have done that ISN’T linked to their work with Duck Prints Press. We include fanworks, outside publications, and anything else that creators feel like sharing with y’all. Inclusion is voluntary and includes anything that they decided “hey, I want to put this on the created work’s round-up!”

Check out what they’ve shared with us this month…

Bring me to life by Era JM Couts / @erajmcouts

art || arcane || no ships || general audiences || no major warnings apply || complete

summary: Jinx falling. Or floating. Or diving. Or just being Jinx.

TUMBLR - AO3

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Orlesian Sex Magic by Andi Rigby / @andi-rigby

fiction || dragon age: the veilguard || m/m || rook/emmrich || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 1,998 || complete

summary: Rook is distracted while planning for a dragon hunt with Taash and Harding. Hilarity ensues as the entire team conspires to razz their leader about what’s in Orlais, and whether or not it’s safe to use magic during sex.

other tags: Canon compliant, no spoilers, party banter

AO3

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sometimes i need to hear your voice by dizzydragonfly

fiction || spider-man: spider-verse (sony animated movies) || f/f || margo kess/charlotte webber || general audiences || no major warnings apply || 1,500 || complete

summary: Charlie was in her French class when she heard it.

It wasn't anything close by; She snapped her head back to look around the room, but she was the only one who noticed it.

It was unmistakable, though, and after all these months she's been Sun Spider, Charlie knew how to recognize the sound of a gunshot. She tried to hold herself together long enough to raise her hand and wait for Mrs. Gibbons to call on her.

other tags: Triple Drabble Sequence, Slice of Life, Character Study, Spider-Man Interacting with New Yorkers, (but it's Sun Spider), Slight Violence, Canon Disabled Character, High School, Chronic Illness, Canon Queer Character, Mobility Aids, Physical Disability

AO3

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it's the only way i can escape by dizzydragonfly

fiction || spider-man: spider-verse (sony animated movies) || no ships || charlotte webber (marvel) || general audiences || no major warnings apply || 200 || complete

summary: You close your eyes, and you listen to the world around you. It comes in waves, in pulses. It's thousands of heartbeats pounding out of sync. It's overlapping conversations, footsteps, babies screaming. It's three different radio stations, and motorcycles passing each other on the street.

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having super-senses isn't always a good time

other tags: Double Drabble, POV Second Person, Sensory Overload, Super Hearing, Superpowers, Character Study, No Dialogue, Podfic Available

AO3

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Prejudice and Prejudice by Mitchan / @mitchancita

fiction || one piece || m/m || roronoa zoro/sanji || teen & up || no major warnings apply || 21,616 || complete

summary: It is very convenient for Mr. Judge Vinsmoke to arrange a same-sex union for his son Sanji with the son of a wealthy merchant who can buy his ailing business in good terms. Plagued with quarrels and misunderstandings, the marriage seems doomed to remain cold forever... until a flood, a ball, and a few murder attempts bring them together.

other tags: Regency(ish) AU, Marriage before Love, CW Kidnapping and references to the slave trade

AO3

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Beyond the Boundary - an Our Flag Means Death zine by Swev

fiction || our flag means death || multiple || explicit || creator choses not to use warnings || 70 || complete

other tags: Listed per fic in the zine

AO3 - LINK

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Phase Shift by Terra P. Waters / @terrapwaters

fiction || original work || platonic or familial, f/m, f/nb || teen & up || creator choses not to use warnings || 102,000 || complete

summary: Sixteen-year-old Oliver Mitchell was always a loner, content to spend his time taking care of his younger sister and hard-working mother. When his sister is the first in a string of impossible disappearances, he reluctantly teams up with his secret crush, Lizzy—and her boyfriend—to solve this mystery and bring their loved ones home. As more people are taken from their small Minnesota town, they realize these kidnappings are the first wave of an invasion of telepathic alien creatures. As they keep investigating, Oliver comes to realize that the kidnappings aren't completely random—and he's the aliens' next target.

other tags: science fiction, scifi, horror, teenage characters, friendship, aliens, alien invasion

LINK

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Noodles by ShannonXL / @shamwowxl

video || original work || no ships || mature || no major warnings apply || 00:01:51 || complete

summary: A video excerpt from my digital social life (Discord). Discussion topics this week included: Nap pods, invasions of privacy, Slow Horses, and noodles.

other tags: discussions of sex

YOUTUBE

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Frames for the New Unicorn - a collaborative animation project by Swev / @unicornframes

video || our flag means death || no ships || general audiences || no major warnings apply || 00:02:23 || complete

summary: A collaborative recreation of a beloved scene. Each frame has been created by an artist.

TUMBLR - INSTAGRAM - TWITTER - YOUTUBE - LINK

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[terrapwaters]

The proof copy is here! One step closer to print pre-orders!

[terrapwaters]

Phase Shift Prologue and Chapter 1 now available!

For those of you who read my long Stranger Things Stoncy series, Mr. Sandman, Nyctophobia is the original sci-fi series based on elements of that story. Phase Shift is the first book in the series. I finished a third editing pass, and it’s ready to go out into the world! I decided it’s a bit too “fanfiction-like” for traditional publishing, so I’m posting it to my Patreon and Ream sites.  

Rating: Teen and up

Tags: science fiction, alternate dimensions, teen characters, friendship, bisexual main character (minor references), lesbian character, nonbinary character, aliens

Summary: Despite being a self-professed science geek, high school freshman Camilla Mitchell has had a secret imaginary friend for years. It comes as quite a shock when said friend, Emma, accidentally drags her into a dimension full of hostile telepathic creatures. Cam’s friends, her brother, Oliver, and her mother, Kathryn, work furiously to solve her disappearance and bring her home. Other members of their small Minnesota town disappear, one after the other, including Lizzy Becker’s best friend, who is ripped from her arms. Lizzy badgers loner Oliver into working with her to rescue their missing loved ones. They discover a bridge between the two worlds—a bridge that allows the hostile creatures from Cam’s newly-discovered dimension into ours. If there’s a bridge, there’s a way to rescue the people taken. Right?

Content warnings: disordered eating, emetophobia, child abuse mention, homophobic bullying, teen characters in danger, gun violence, physical violence, abduction

The prologue and first chapter are now available for free on both Patreon and Ream! Chapters 2-24 will be posted weekly, available to the $4/mo subscribers on either platform.

If you want to be ready when I post Chapter 2 on Wednesday, January 10th, subscribe now!

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[terrapwaters]

My proof copy for Phase Shift is almost here!

[terrapwaters]

Hi! Just wondering if there was any update on physical copies of Phase Shift? Very excited to get it on my bookshelf!

Hi! Thanks for the ask! It was supposed to go up on October 1st, but I had a lot of changes I wanted to make (a lot of progress I've made as an author since I last drafted it), so I took it down right away. I've been super busy since then, and haven't had time to send out a newsletter about it!

I've got about 12 pages left to edit, and then I'll put it back up and send out an email letting you guys know it's available. I'll post here on tumblr as well.

[terrapwaters]

Preorder my novel, Phase Shift, today!

[terrapwaters]

#pitmad is on!

If anyone has twitter, I’d love it if you could RT (not like) my Phase Shift pitch!

https://twitter.com/TerraPWaters/status/1400422018630098944?s=20

If you’re pitching too, let me know and I can RT yours as well!

[pterawaters]

Hey look, it’s my book!

The proof copy is here! One step closer to print pre-orders!