The fifth book in my Sex Positivity series is live: the Demon Module! Check it out, here!
Here's the front and rear covers, featuring the lovely Romantic Rose!
As for the module, it's another monster (so to speak) sub-volume. Contain 1,245 pages and almost 1,200 unique images, it explores the poetic history of demons, covering manmade, summoned and natural demons in exhaustive detail; i.e., Faustian bargains and the Promethean Quest; e.g., deals with the devil, exquisite torture, Gothic heroines vs demon lovers (re: Radcliffe) and more! The module has taken five months to write, but is actually based on an older manuscript—a Humanities primer I originally wrote in 2023. Having since written my PhD and three other books, I returned to the Demon Module after having finished my Undead Module and expanded on it big time! In fact, it's my biggest book yet, and I couldn't be prouder!
Book details: My name is Persephone van der Waard and I am currently writing and illustrating a non-profit book series on sex positivity and the Gothic. About the project: Made in collaboration with other sex workers, Sex Positivity is a four-volume book being released one volume/sub-volume (module) at a time. From newest to oldest: as of 2/14/2025, my Demon Module is live; as of 9/6/2024, my Undead Module is live; as of 5/1/2024, my Poetry Module is live; as of 2/14/2024, the manifesto/instruction volume is live; as of 10/8/2023, the thesis volume is live. Simply go to my website's 1-page promo and pick up a copy of each for free! While you're there, you can also learn about the other yet-to-release volumes/modules, project history and logo design.
Note: Volume Two divides in three; part one is the Poetry Module, and part two is the Monster Modules, the Undead and Demons. Each module is effectively its own sub-volume with its own release, but also its own online promo series (where you can download the exhibit images at full resolution): "Brace for Impact," "Searching for Secrets," and "Deal with the Devil." For organizational purposes, all sub-volumes are considered part of the same overall volume. —Perse
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Persephone van der Waard is the author of the multi-volume, non-profit book series, Sex Positivity—its art director, sole invigilator, illustrator and primary editor (the other co-writer/co-editor being Bay Ryan). She has her independent PhD in Gothic poetics and ludo-Gothic BDSM (focusing on partially on Metroidvania), and is a MtF trans woman, anti-fascist, atheist/Satanist, poly/pan kinkster, erotic artist/pornographer and anarcho-Communist with two partners. Including her multiple playmates/friends and collaborators, Persephone and her eighteen muses work/play together on Sex Positivity and on her artwork at large as a sex-positive force. She sometimes writes reviews, Gothic analyses, and interviews for fun on her old blog; or does continual independent research on Metroidvania and speedrunning. If you're interested in her academic/activist work and larger portfolio, go to her About the Author page to learn more; if you're curious about illustrated or written commissions, please refer to her commissions page for more information.
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