Marisca Pichette (she/they)
@marisca.bsky.social
makes things 🏳️🌈 | RIVERS IN YOUR SKIN (Android Press) | EVERY DARK CLOUD (@ghostorchidpress.com) | Stonecoast MFA '21 | Rep: @laurenbajek.bsky.social | https://linktr.ee/mariscarp
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A very happy book birthday to EVERY DARK CLOUD, an eco-horror novella about the beauty unearthed in the wake of disaster.
Gorgeous cover by @carlydraws.bsky.social. Get it now from @ghostorchidpress.com & anywhere books are sold 🖤
A very happy book birthday to EVERY DARK CLOUD, an eco-horror novella about the beauty unearthed in the wake of disaster.
Gorgeous cover by @carlydraws.bsky.social. Get it now from @ghostorchidpress.com & anywhere books are sold 🖤
Thrilled to find 2 of my beloved pieces on @datlow.bsky.social’s BH 17 recommendations!
🖤“Against cold stone” (poem, VASTARIEN)
🖤“White & Wolf” (flash, @dragonsroost.bsky.social anthology THE PLEASURE IN PAIN)
ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...
🖤“Against cold stone” (poem, VASTARIEN)
🖤“White & Wolf” (flash, @dragonsroost.bsky.social anthology THE PLEASURE IN PAIN)
ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...
January 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Thrilled to find 2 of my beloved pieces on @datlow.bsky.social’s BH 17 recommendations!
🖤“Against cold stone” (poem, VASTARIEN)
🖤“White & Wolf” (flash, @dragonsroost.bsky.social anthology THE PLEASURE IN PAIN)
ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...
🖤“Against cold stone” (poem, VASTARIEN)
🖤“White & Wolf” (flash, @dragonsroost.bsky.social anthology THE PLEASURE IN PAIN)
ellendatlow.com/2026/01/03/f...
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Rhysling noms are open & Hugo/Nebula noms are opening soon 🚀 so here's an incomplete list of speculative poems I loved in 2025⬇️
In @strangehorizons.bsky.social:
"The Blanket, the Secret, the Dark" by @rblemberg.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
In @strangehorizons.bsky.social:
"The Blanket, the Secret, the Dark" by @rblemberg.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The blanket, the secret, the dark
The birds have flown long ago. But the body, the body is like this: it has swallowed the smaller moon and now it wants to keep it.
strangehorizons.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Rhysling noms are open & Hugo/Nebula noms are opening soon 🚀 so here's an incomplete list of speculative poems I loved in 2025⬇️
In @strangehorizons.bsky.social:
"The Blanket, the Secret, the Dark" by @rblemberg.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
In @strangehorizons.bsky.social:
"The Blanket, the Secret, the Dark" by @rblemberg.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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My first story of 2026 is out now in @lightspeedmagazine.com!!! Take a journey into the woods & find yourself "Where the Chicken-Footed Dwell" 🪶
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/jan-2...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/jan-2...
Jan. 2026 (Issue 188) - Lightspeed Magazine
We have original science fiction by writing duo Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff (“Mother's Hip”) and Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (“Hunter, Hunter”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Bots All the Wa...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:07 PM
My first story of 2026 is out now in @lightspeedmagazine.com!!! Take a journey into the woods & find yourself "Where the Chicken-Footed Dwell" 🪶
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/jan-2...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/jan-2...
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Thank you SO MUCH to @marisca.bsky.social for shouting out "What the Birds Taught Me" as one of their favorite speculative poems of 2025!
In @heartlines-spec.com:
"Demonology for the Lovelorn" by @writerjencrow.bsky.social
"What the Birds Taught Me" by @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social
www.heartlines-spec.com/what-the-bir...
"Time Loop" by Prasant Atluri
www.heartlines-spec.com/time-loop-by...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
"Demonology for the Lovelorn" by @writerjencrow.bsky.social
"What the Birds Taught Me" by @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social
www.heartlines-spec.com/what-the-bir...
"Time Loop" by Prasant Atluri
www.heartlines-spec.com/time-loop-by...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Demonology for the Lovelorn
Demonology for the Lovelorn by Jennifer Crow
www.heartlines-spec.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Thank you SO MUCH to @marisca.bsky.social for shouting out "What the Birds Taught Me" as one of their favorite speculative poems of 2025!
Rhysling noms are open & Hugo/Nebula noms are opening soon 🚀 so here's an incomplete list of speculative poems I loved in 2025⬇️
In @strangehorizons.bsky.social:
"The Blanket, the Secret, the Dark" by @rblemberg.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
In @strangehorizons.bsky.social:
"The Blanket, the Secret, the Dark" by @rblemberg.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
The blanket, the secret, the dark
The birds have flown long ago. But the body, the body is like this: it has swallowed the smaller moon and now it wants to keep it.
strangehorizons.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Rhysling noms are open & Hugo/Nebula noms are opening soon 🚀 so here's an incomplete list of speculative poems I loved in 2025⬇️
In @strangehorizons.bsky.social:
"The Blanket, the Secret, the Dark" by @rblemberg.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
In @strangehorizons.bsky.social:
"The Blanket, the Secret, the Dark" by @rblemberg.bsky.social
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/po...
cont. ⬇️⬇️⬇️
My first story of 2026 is out now in @lightspeedmagazine.com!!! Take a journey into the woods & find yourself "Where the Chicken-Footed Dwell" 🪶
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/jan-2...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/jan-2...
Jan. 2026 (Issue 188) - Lightspeed Magazine
We have original science fiction by writing duo Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff (“Mother's Hip”) and Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (“Hunter, Hunter”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Bots All the Wa...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:07 PM
My first story of 2026 is out now in @lightspeedmagazine.com!!! Take a journey into the woods & find yourself "Where the Chicken-Footed Dwell" 🪶
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/jan-2...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/jan-2...
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we're trying a new thing.
we have an internationally shipping print tier for Patrons.
yes, shipping is expensive -- they wouldn't make it cheap for us even though we are SKELETONS.
join @ $11 if you're non-US-based and want to get a print copy starting with #41 Jan 19th
👇💀
we have an internationally shipping print tier for Patrons.
yes, shipping is expensive -- they wouldn't make it cheap for us even though we are SKELETONS.
join @ $11 if you're non-US-based and want to get a print copy starting with #41 Jan 19th
👇💀
Get more from The Deadlands on Patreon
a zine containing fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about Death
psychopomp.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:28 PM
we're trying a new thing.
we have an internationally shipping print tier for Patrons.
yes, shipping is expensive -- they wouldn't make it cheap for us even though we are SKELETONS.
join @ $11 if you're non-US-based and want to get a print copy starting with #41 Jan 19th
👇💀
we have an internationally shipping print tier for Patrons.
yes, shipping is expensive -- they wouldn't make it cheap for us even though we are SKELETONS.
join @ $11 if you're non-US-based and want to get a print copy starting with #41 Jan 19th
👇💀
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Peep my eligible poems below 🌙
January 1, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Peep my eligible poems below 🌙
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New poetry by @writerjencrow.bsky.social, @marisca.bsky.social, Michelle Koubek, @linardos.bsky.social, @danielausema.bsky.social, @the-lettersea.com, and Gretchen Tessmer!
What's this?! A message tossed backward in time, from the far-flung future worlds of literally tomorrow—it's the table of contents from Kaleidotrope's upcoming Winter 2026 issue!
January 1, 2026 at 11:25 PM
New poetry by @writerjencrow.bsky.social, @marisca.bsky.social, Michelle Koubek, @linardos.bsky.social, @danielausema.bsky.social, @the-lettersea.com, and Gretchen Tessmer!
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New fiction by Emily Linstrom, EC Dorgan, @rkduncan.bsky.social, @phoebebarton.bsky.social, @danpeacock.bsky.social, @clhellisen.bsky.social, @prioryruins.bsky.social, @jaydeholmes.bsky.social, @amulderwrites.bsky.social, @jelliclejay.bsky.social, @kmveohongs.bsky.social, and @ernerker.bsky.social!
What's this?! A message tossed backward in time, from the far-flung future worlds of literally tomorrow—it's the table of contents from Kaleidotrope's upcoming Winter 2026 issue!
January 1, 2026 at 11:12 PM
New fiction by Emily Linstrom, EC Dorgan, @rkduncan.bsky.social, @phoebebarton.bsky.social, @danpeacock.bsky.social, @clhellisen.bsky.social, @prioryruins.bsky.social, @jaydeholmes.bsky.social, @amulderwrites.bsky.social, @jelliclejay.bsky.social, @kmveohongs.bsky.social, and @ernerker.bsky.social!
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"my friends are all convinced
i’m dining with the devil.
but they can’t see:
sadness in his face,
regret, pain
from seeing too much."
January has hardly landed & I've already got 2 death poems out in the world! Check out the latest @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, including "the visitor" 🧹
i’m dining with the devil.
but they can’t see:
sadness in his face,
regret, pain
from seeing too much."
January has hardly landed & I've already got 2 death poems out in the world! Check out the latest @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, including "the visitor" 🧹
Hey, it's the future now! The Winter 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope is live! kaleidotrope.net
January 1, 2026 at 8:13 PM
"my friends are all convinced
i’m dining with the devil.
but they can’t see:
sadness in his face,
regret, pain
from seeing too much."
January has hardly landed & I've already got 2 death poems out in the world! Check out the latest @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, including "the visitor" 🧹
i’m dining with the devil.
but they can’t see:
sadness in his face,
regret, pain
from seeing too much."
January has hardly landed & I've already got 2 death poems out in the world! Check out the latest @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, including "the visitor" 🧹
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"Winter, though, is for dreams.
Still nights and clear skies
beckon warmth away
and then you will see him"
My first pub of 2026 is out now in Star*Line @sfpoetry.bsky.social! Check out the latest issue, including "Harvestman" 🍂
sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...
Still nights and clear skies
beckon warmth away
and then you will see him"
My first pub of 2026 is out now in Star*Line @sfpoetry.bsky.social! Check out the latest issue, including "Harvestman" 🍂
sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...
Star*Line 49.1 (Winter 2026) – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association
sfpoetry.org
January 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"Winter, though, is for dreams.
Still nights and clear skies
beckon warmth away
and then you will see him"
My first pub of 2026 is out now in Star*Line @sfpoetry.bsky.social! Check out the latest issue, including "Harvestman" 🍂
sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...
Still nights and clear skies
beckon warmth away
and then you will see him"
My first pub of 2026 is out now in Star*Line @sfpoetry.bsky.social! Check out the latest issue, including "Harvestman" 🍂
sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...
"my friends are all convinced
i’m dining with the devil.
but they can’t see:
sadness in his face,
regret, pain
from seeing too much."
January has hardly landed & I've already got 2 death poems out in the world! Check out the latest @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, including "the visitor" 🧹
i’m dining with the devil.
but they can’t see:
sadness in his face,
regret, pain
from seeing too much."
January has hardly landed & I've already got 2 death poems out in the world! Check out the latest @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, including "the visitor" 🧹
Hey, it's the future now! The Winter 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope is live! kaleidotrope.net
January 1, 2026 at 8:13 PM
"my friends are all convinced
i’m dining with the devil.
but they can’t see:
sadness in his face,
regret, pain
from seeing too much."
January has hardly landed & I've already got 2 death poems out in the world! Check out the latest @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, including "the visitor" 🧹
i’m dining with the devil.
but they can’t see:
sadness in his face,
regret, pain
from seeing too much."
January has hardly landed & I've already got 2 death poems out in the world! Check out the latest @kaleidotrope.bsky.social, including "the visitor" 🧹
Reposted by Marisca Pichette (she/they)
Hey, it's the future now! The Winter 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope is live! kaleidotrope.net
January 1, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Hey, it's the future now! The Winter 2026 issue of Kaleidotrope is live! kaleidotrope.net
2025 retrospective: a look at my December sun stats 🌲
poems accepted: 3
poems published: 3
stories accepted: 1 + 1 reprint
stories published: nothing new, though 1 story out in Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 🏰
bonus: 1 award nom!
poems accepted: 3
poems published: 3
stories accepted: 1 + 1 reprint
stories published: nothing new, though 1 story out in Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 🏰
bonus: 1 award nom!
January 1, 2026 at 6:24 PM
2025 retrospective: a look at my December sun stats 🌲
poems accepted: 3
poems published: 3
stories accepted: 1 + 1 reprint
stories published: nothing new, though 1 story out in Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 🏰
bonus: 1 award nom!
poems accepted: 3
poems published: 3
stories accepted: 1 + 1 reprint
stories published: nothing new, though 1 story out in Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 🏰
bonus: 1 award nom!
"Winter, though, is for dreams.
Still nights and clear skies
beckon warmth away
and then you will see him"
My first pub of 2026 is out now in Star*Line @sfpoetry.bsky.social! Check out the latest issue, including "Harvestman" 🍂
sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...
Still nights and clear skies
beckon warmth away
and then you will see him"
My first pub of 2026 is out now in Star*Line @sfpoetry.bsky.social! Check out the latest issue, including "Harvestman" 🍂
sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...
Star*Line 49.1 (Winter 2026) – Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association
sfpoetry.org
January 1, 2026 at 5:19 PM
"Winter, though, is for dreams.
Still nights and clear skies
beckon warmth away
and then you will see him"
My first pub of 2026 is out now in Star*Line @sfpoetry.bsky.social! Check out the latest issue, including "Harvestman" 🍂
sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...
Still nights and clear skies
beckon warmth away
and then you will see him"
My first pub of 2026 is out now in Star*Line @sfpoetry.bsky.social! Check out the latest issue, including "Harvestman" 🍂
sfpoetry.org/wp/starline/...
Peep my eligible poems below 🌙
January 1, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Peep my eligible poems below 🌙
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All right poetry pals, it's January 1, which means that Rhysling Award Nominations are now open!
Check your SFPA Missive for details and nominations links.
And in the meantime, get to re-reading your fav 2025 poems 💖
Check your SFPA Missive for details and nominations links.
And in the meantime, get to re-reading your fav 2025 poems 💖
January 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
All right poetry pals, it's January 1, which means that Rhysling Award Nominations are now open!
Check your SFPA Missive for details and nominations links.
And in the meantime, get to re-reading your fav 2025 poems 💖
Check your SFPA Missive for details and nominations links.
And in the meantime, get to re-reading your fav 2025 poems 💖
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Such a beautiful volume, including my Rapunzel twist, "In Her Tower of Scales" 🏰🍋
It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
A gift to end 2025 — Worlds of Possibility Volume 2!
This second volume collects short stories, flash fiction, and drabbles from the August 2023 to June 2025 issue run of Worlds of Possibility.
www.juliarios.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Such a beautiful volume, including my Rapunzel twist, "In Her Tower of Scales" 🏰🍋
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🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - NOVEMBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over 15 stories by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @yoakeim.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @authorizedmusings.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/147084...
I round up over 15 stories by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @yoakeim.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @authorizedmusings.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/147084...
Some Queer Short SFF - November 2025 | Charles Payseur
Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - NOVEMBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over 15 stories by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @yoakeim.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @authorizedmusings.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/147084...
I round up over 15 stories by @arielmarkenjack.bsky.social @marisca.bsky.social @sarahpinsker.bsky.social @nicowritesbooks.bsky.social @yoakeim.bsky.social @renanbernardo.com @authorizedmusings.bsky.social & MANY MORE!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/147084...
Such a beautiful volume, including my Rapunzel twist, "In Her Tower of Scales" 🏰🍋
It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
A gift to end 2025 — Worlds of Possibility Volume 2!
This second volume collects short stories, flash fiction, and drabbles from the August 2023 to June 2025 issue run of Worlds of Possibility.
www.juliarios.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Such a beautiful volume, including my Rapunzel twist, "In Her Tower of Scales" 🏰🍋
Reposted by Marisca Pichette (she/they)
It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
A gift to end 2025 — Worlds of Possibility Volume 2!
This second volume collects short stories, flash fiction, and drabbles from the August 2023 to June 2025 issue run of Worlds of Possibility.
www.juliarios.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It’s New Year’s Eve, and 2025 has been A Year. I thought everyone might appreciate a cozy gift. Please get the Worlds of Possibility Volume 2 ebook for free, if you would like it! www.juliarios.com/a-gift-to-en...
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This whole issue is stellar and I’m honored to have been part ✨
15. Sometimes, I just want a nice, warm slice of galaxy cake (bonus points if it's also, as I interpret it, a meditation on both art and on being open to both the points of light and darkness in our lives) as in "Upon a Vast, Velvet Veil" by @marisca.bsky.social
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/
Issue #25
“Breathing Under Ice” by Phoebe Billups: sisterhood / inheriting the volcano / what lies beneath”Dear New Tenant” by Jaq Evans: respawning sisters / sign the lease / going t…
www.fusionfragment.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This whole issue is stellar and I’m honored to have been part ✨
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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN NOVEMBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's October's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
Some Queer Short SFF - October 2025 | Charles Payseur
Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon
www.patreon.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN NOVEMBER 2025!!! Originals only pls, up to novella in length, indie okay. Just reply with the author, title, and a link to read and/or buy and I'll get them on the list. Here's October's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
This whole issue is stellar and I’m honored to have been part ✨
15. Sometimes, I just want a nice, warm slice of galaxy cake (bonus points if it's also, as I interpret it, a meditation on both art and on being open to both the points of light and darkness in our lives) as in "Upon a Vast, Velvet Veil" by @marisca.bsky.social
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/
www.fusionfragment.com/issue-25/
Issue #25
“Breathing Under Ice” by Phoebe Billups: sisterhood / inheriting the volcano / what lies beneath”Dear New Tenant” by Jaq Evans: respawning sisters / sign the lease / going t…
www.fusionfragment.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This whole issue is stellar and I’m honored to have been part ✨