Blurb
Once upon a time there lived a princess…
When the kingdom discovers that their crown princess doesn’t like cake, chaos ensues. How will the royal line ever continue? Cake is essential to a good marriage! (Not to mention, the rejection of his cake was deeply insulting to the baker-prince who proposed with it.)
…and the stableboy who loved her…
The princess befriends a stableboy. She’s oblivious to the fact that he’s in love with her. The stableboy does his best to explain to the princess what is so wonderful about cake, but it takes an arduous journey to convince her to try a slice.
…in a kingdom that didn’t want to understand…
The Princess who Didn’t Eat Cake is a demisexual fairy tale. It aims to introduce people to the concept of demisexuality and to offer a rough idea of how the world may be experienced by people identifying on the asexual spectrum. It offers both the titular fairy tale, a brief essay explaining what demisexuality is in more detail and a short list of books featuring demisexual characters for anyone who would like to see more representation in fiction.
This 10th anniversary edition contains a brand-new personal essay looking back on a decade of reading demisexual fiction.
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The nonfiction back matter has once again been updated with different book recs to reflect on ten years’ worth of my favourite demisexual representation in fiction. It also comes with a brand new personal essay on the ways in which I’ve seen demisexual fiction evolve in that decade.
Is it still free?
Yep! The reason I’m releasing it only on itch and Payhip is because they allow me to use a Pay What You Want system that lets you download it for free! If you want to give me a tip for the work I’ve put into making this, you can! The standard recommended tip is €3.99, which is what I’d release individual novelettes under, but you can tip less (or more!) too, depending on your own preferences.
