Maria Schrater
@mariaschrater.bsky.social
she/her, queer, biracial | Rhysling-nom'd poet | Apparition Lit Poetry Editor| Associate SFWA | Codex | Work in Sycorax, Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Apparition Lit, Abyss & Apex, Air & Nothingness, Haven Spec | mariaschrater.com
Me: If sisyphus was american he would make the rock into a dangerous theme park ride
Best friend: Sisyphus Flags
Best friend: Sisyphus Flags
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Me: If sisyphus was american he would make the rock into a dangerous theme park ride
Best friend: Sisyphus Flags
Best friend: Sisyphus Flags
Neighbors' 8 foot tall skeleton started cooing at me at 5:30 in the morning and. Not to be the resident stick in the mud. But based on the shriek I shrucked they should. Not be allowed to do that.
October 30, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Neighbors' 8 foot tall skeleton started cooing at me at 5:30 in the morning and. Not to be the resident stick in the mud. But based on the shriek I shrucked they should. Not be allowed to do that.
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With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.
October 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
With SNAP/EBT cuts looming I highly recommend downloading this app! Basically restaurants and other food businesses will have available bags of random food they don’t wanna waste for ppl to buy for hella cheap! This has saved me sooooo many times when I only have $5 and need some food.
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"Oh, well. You'll join us someday."
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"Oh, well. You'll join us someday."
My hot take is The Substance is a bad movie. It doesn't execute on its premise well enough and winds up being toothless. Great body horror though jesus christ
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
My hot take is The Substance is a bad movie. It doesn't execute on its premise well enough and winds up being toothless. Great body horror though jesus christ
Companion is my favorite ever robot movie I think and not just because Sophie Thatcher is STELLARRRRR
a woman wearing a pink headband and a white shirt looks down
Alt: a woman wearing a pink headband and a white shirt looks down
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October 30, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Companion is my favorite ever robot movie I think and not just because Sophie Thatcher is STELLARRRRR
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TODAY, beloveds, new poetry 💀🖤🍄
"Beneath the necrotic oak
the Death
Caps flourish their flesh-
umbrellaed skulls
in the inhuman hours
of the morning—"
Amanita Season by Belle Biscotti
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
"Beneath the necrotic oak
the Death
Caps flourish their flesh-
umbrellaed skulls
in the inhuman hours
of the morning—"
Amanita Season by Belle Biscotti
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
Amanita Season - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
Beneath the necrotic oak / the Death / Caps flourish their flesh-umbrellaed skulls
psychopomp.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
TODAY, beloveds, new poetry 💀🖤🍄
"Beneath the necrotic oak
the Death
Caps flourish their flesh-
umbrellaed skulls
in the inhuman hours
of the morning—"
Amanita Season by Belle Biscotti
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
"Beneath the necrotic oak
the Death
Caps flourish their flesh-
umbrellaed skulls
in the inhuman hours
of the morning—"
Amanita Season by Belle Biscotti
psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...
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ERROR 404: Expiation Not Found
by CP Nwankwo
"the gate gapes, always hungry—
its teeth are CCTV lenses, rusted wide."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff
by CP Nwankwo
"the gate gapes, always hungry—
its teeth are CCTV lenses, rusted wide."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff
October 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
ERROR 404: Expiation Not Found
by CP Nwankwo
"the gate gapes, always hungry—
its teeth are CCTV lenses, rusted wide."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff
by CP Nwankwo
"the gate gapes, always hungry—
its teeth are CCTV lenses, rusted wide."
Link ⬇️
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
#poetry #speculativepoetry #specpo #sff
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We are so thrilled to announce that Jess Cho will be joining the OTHERSIDE team as a Poetry Editor! Jess is a Rhysling Award-winning author with work in khōréō, Fantasy Magazine, Fireside Fiction, Apparition, Nightmare, and elsewhere. They can't wait to read your work when we open in January!
September 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We are so thrilled to announce that Jess Cho will be joining the OTHERSIDE team as a Poetry Editor! Jess is a Rhysling Award-winning author with work in khōréō, Fantasy Magazine, Fireside Fiction, Apparition, Nightmare, and elsewhere. They can't wait to read your work when we open in January!
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'Brooks and boulders' - the third piece of my aerial embroidery series incorporating pine bark chip 'rocks'! The contrasts between the hard rocks and soft embroidery, dark and pale shades and terrain makes this landscape my favourite 😊 will be available Friday with all the others! 1/2
August 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
'Brooks and boulders' - the third piece of my aerial embroidery series incorporating pine bark chip 'rocks'! The contrasts between the hard rocks and soft embroidery, dark and pale shades and terrain makes this landscape my favourite 😊 will be available Friday with all the others! 1/2
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For #MosaicMonday this fantastic photo of a mosaic (and a lovely fish 🐟) that was discovered in the submerged ruins of #Roman Baiae.
Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
August 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
For #MosaicMonday this fantastic photo of a mosaic (and a lovely fish 🐟) that was discovered in the submerged ruins of #Roman Baiae.
Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
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My poem What the Birds Taught Me is now free to read from Heartlines Spec!
🌿 A small glimpse into a peaceful future in harmony with nature
🪶 Caring for and learning from birds
I loved writing this poem and I'm so happy that it found a home with Heartlines!
🌿 A small glimpse into a peaceful future in harmony with nature
🪶 Caring for and learning from birds
I loved writing this poem and I'm so happy that it found a home with Heartlines!
Friendship and knowledge springs from all places -- even between creatures great and small 🪹
What the Birds Taught Me by @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social is now free-to-read!
www.heartlines-spec.com/what-the-bir...
What the Birds Taught Me by @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social is now free-to-read!
www.heartlines-spec.com/what-the-bir...
What the Birds Taught Me
What the Birds Taught Me by Nico Martinez Nocito
www.heartlines-spec.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
My poem What the Birds Taught Me is now free to read from Heartlines Spec!
🌿 A small glimpse into a peaceful future in harmony with nature
🪶 Caring for and learning from birds
I loved writing this poem and I'm so happy that it found a home with Heartlines!
🌿 A small glimpse into a peaceful future in harmony with nature
🪶 Caring for and learning from birds
I loved writing this poem and I'm so happy that it found a home with Heartlines!
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My new fantasy fiction magazine now has a website. We're still very fledgling, much baby. So please consider supporting us!
www.nightmarketmag.com
www.nightmarketmag.com
August 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
My new fantasy fiction magazine now has a website. We're still very fledgling, much baby. So please consider supporting us!
www.nightmarketmag.com
www.nightmarketmag.com
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Wanna read some stories?
Here's a 🧵 of my 2025 publications so far...
1) "Written on the Subway Walls" in @morningtransport.bsky.social : resistance in the face of systemic oppression, from the pov of the old Erie Canal bed in Rochester NY
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...
Here's a 🧵 of my 2025 publications so far...
1) "Written on the Subway Walls" in @morningtransport.bsky.social : resistance in the face of systemic oppression, from the pov of the old Erie Canal bed in Rochester NY
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...
Written on the Subway Walls
For February, The Sunday Morning Transport brings you stories by Jennifer Hudak, John Chu, Carrie Vaughn, and Marie Brennan.
www.sundaymorningtransport.com
June 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Wanna read some stories?
Here's a 🧵 of my 2025 publications so far...
1) "Written on the Subway Walls" in @morningtransport.bsky.social : resistance in the face of systemic oppression, from the pov of the old Erie Canal bed in Rochester NY
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...
Here's a 🧵 of my 2025 publications so far...
1) "Written on the Subway Walls" in @morningtransport.bsky.social : resistance in the face of systemic oppression, from the pov of the old Erie Canal bed in Rochester NY
www.sundaymorningtransport.com/p/written-on...
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Louder for the people in the back!!
Issue 8 released yesterday and is a labyrinth of delicious words: 8 short stories, 5 poems, 1 Horizon Zero Dawn essay, 1 review on spec-fic books
Not to mention the delightful @angelvleal.bsky.social acting as Guest Poetry Editor
✨✨✨
Issue 8 released yesterday and is a labyrinth of delicious words: 8 short stories, 5 poems, 1 Horizon Zero Dawn essay, 1 review on spec-fic books
Not to mention the delightful @angelvleal.bsky.social acting as Guest Poetry Editor
✨✨✨
Issue 8 has stepped through the portals! Our summer issue is always special because it's powered by a birthday wish, BUT this issue is EXTRA POWERFUL because it's powered by TWO BIRTHDAYS.
You should subscribe (or buy online!) -- can't let a birthday wish down 🎂
www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-8/
You should subscribe (or buy online!) -- can't let a birthday wish down 🎂
www.heartlines-spec.com/issue-8/
Issue 8
Issue 8 features portals, aliens, and metamorphoses. These stories and poems are about growing up, growing apart, and growing together. As much as our characters wish they could stay locked in their f...
www.heartlines-spec.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Louder for the people in the back!!
Issue 8 released yesterday and is a labyrinth of delicious words: 8 short stories, 5 poems, 1 Horizon Zero Dawn essay, 1 review on spec-fic books
Not to mention the delightful @angelvleal.bsky.social acting as Guest Poetry Editor
✨✨✨
Issue 8 released yesterday and is a labyrinth of delicious words: 8 short stories, 5 poems, 1 Horizon Zero Dawn essay, 1 review on spec-fic books
Not to mention the delightful @angelvleal.bsky.social acting as Guest Poetry Editor
✨✨✨
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horny Roman augurs be like “omina omina omina”
August 1, 2025 at 7:35 PM
horny Roman augurs be like “omina omina omina”
Hypermobility
Honey I can't open this jar I say. My hand keeps turning with the lid but it never loosens. My wrist bones crackle as they make a hard 90° turn, then another. My fingertips graze the inside of my elbow. The other wrist bends backwards like rubberhose instead of bracing the base.
Honey I can't open this jar I say. My hand keeps turning with the lid but it never loosens. My wrist bones crackle as they make a hard 90° turn, then another. My fingertips graze the inside of my elbow. The other wrist bends backwards like rubberhose instead of bracing the base.
August 1, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hypermobility
Honey I can't open this jar I say. My hand keeps turning with the lid but it never loosens. My wrist bones crackle as they make a hard 90° turn, then another. My fingertips graze the inside of my elbow. The other wrist bends backwards like rubberhose instead of bracing the base.
Honey I can't open this jar I say. My hand keeps turning with the lid but it never loosens. My wrist bones crackle as they make a hard 90° turn, then another. My fingertips graze the inside of my elbow. The other wrist bends backwards like rubberhose instead of bracing the base.
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ICYMI: "A Single Song", my dark fairytale retelling twisting together possession, music, revenge, and corruption, has been out for a month!
Read it free from @factorfourmagazine.com!
"A harp made of bones, they say, will only ever play a single song..."
factorfourmag.com/a-single-son...
Read it free from @factorfourmagazine.com!
"A harp made of bones, they say, will only ever play a single song..."
factorfourmag.com/a-single-son...
A Single Song by Nico Martinez Nocito
A harp made of bones, they say, will only ever play a single song. Haunting, my listeners called my melody, and beautiful. My fingers glided over the sinuous strings and my voice, the harp’s voice,…
factorfourmag.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
ICYMI: "A Single Song", my dark fairytale retelling twisting together possession, music, revenge, and corruption, has been out for a month!
Read it free from @factorfourmagazine.com!
"A harp made of bones, they say, will only ever play a single song..."
factorfourmag.com/a-single-son...
Read it free from @factorfourmagazine.com!
"A harp made of bones, they say, will only ever play a single song..."
factorfourmag.com/a-single-son...
Being SOOOO good not eating random city dandelions. Horrible part about learning foraging is I see snacks everywhere. Hey is that wild carrot or hemlock -
August 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Being SOOOO good not eating random city dandelions. Horrible part about learning foraging is I see snacks everywhere. Hey is that wild carrot or hemlock -
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Kudos to editor @mariaschrater.bsky.social for her Birds issue of Eye To The Telescope, which gets a nice review here!
therevelator.org/environmenta...
therevelator.org/environmenta...
Earth Versed: 10 New Poetry Books About Our Relationship With Nature • The Revelator
From a collection set in a landfill to an author’s cultural exploration of a critically endangered species, these books celebrate Earth and mourn its destruction.
therevelator.org
August 1, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Kudos to editor @mariaschrater.bsky.social for her Birds issue of Eye To The Telescope, which gets a nice review here!
therevelator.org/environmenta...
therevelator.org/environmenta...
Heckraiser #mildhorror
I Spit On York Grave
And it's just a story in the YEP with a dude looking sad and pointing at the grave he was caught spitting on.
OR
You actually go full on balls to the wall Drag Me To Hell and someone spits on one of the plague graves and
SHIT
KICKS
OFF
And it's just a story in the YEP with a dude looking sad and pointing at the grave he was caught spitting on.
OR
You actually go full on balls to the wall Drag Me To Hell and someone spits on one of the plague graves and
SHIT
KICKS
OFF
July 31, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Heckraiser #mildhorror
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Apparently it’s World Embroidery Day so maybe you’ll enjoy this aerial landscape I made of my beloved childhood haunt - the White Horse of Uffington. An @nationaltrust.org.uk site from the later Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. Find out more here www.oxfordarchaeology.com/uffington-wh...
July 30, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Apparently it’s World Embroidery Day so maybe you’ll enjoy this aerial landscape I made of my beloved childhood haunt - the White Horse of Uffington. An @nationaltrust.org.uk site from the later Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. Find out more here www.oxfordarchaeology.com/uffington-wh...
Kind words about the ETTT Birds issue!!! 💜💜
"an amazing diversity of tone and structure to these poems, with haunting results"
"an amazing diversity of tone and structure to these poems, with haunting results"
Earth Versed: 10 New Poetry Books About Our Relationship With Nature -- by me @therevelator.org featuring @mahaila.bsky.social @maidervang.bsky.social @monaarshiwrites.bsky.social @karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social @whitneyhanson.bsky.social @mariaschrater.bsky.social therevelator.org/environmenta...
Earth Versed: 10 New Poetry Books About Our Relationship With Nature • The Revelator
From a collection set in a landfill to an author’s cultural exploration of a critically endangered species, these books celebrate Earth and mourn its destruction.
therevelator.org
July 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Kind words about the ETTT Birds issue!!! 💜💜
"an amazing diversity of tone and structure to these poems, with haunting results"
"an amazing diversity of tone and structure to these poems, with haunting results"
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I think the really important thing about the "trans sports debate" is that it's NOT REAL, the things that people are fearmongering about are NOT REAL and are NOT HAPPENING. Cis women are not competing at a disadvantage against trans women, cis men aren't transitioning to win at sports, IT'S NOT REAL
July 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I think the really important thing about the "trans sports debate" is that it's NOT REAL, the things that people are fearmongering about are NOT REAL and are NOT HAPPENING. Cis women are not competing at a disadvantage against trans women, cis men aren't transitioning to win at sports, IT'S NOT REAL
AMC+ category "There's Something in the Water" catering SPECIFICALLY to me
July 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
AMC+ category "There's Something in the Water" catering SPECIFICALLY to me