Marissa Lingen
@marissalingen.bsky.social
Science fiction writer, poet, essayist. Minnesota nerd par excellence. Tisanes, leaves, Moomins, snow. She/her. Repped by Kurestin Armada.
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This is fabulous, a sort of fairytale you could imagine springing from the title of Chimamanda' Adichie's "The Danger of a Single Story."
A person--or a crow--who knows only a single story is tragic. Kiris will rectify this situation! (1/3)
A person--or a crow--who knows only a single story is tragic. Kiris will rectify this situation! (1/3)
New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is fabulous, a sort of fairytale you could imagine springing from the title of Chimamanda' Adichie's "The Danger of a Single Story."
A person--or a crow--who knows only a single story is tragic. Kiris will rectify this situation! (1/3)
A person--or a crow--who knows only a single story is tragic. Kiris will rectify this situation! (1/3)
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I have for some time now told crows the story of my friend Marissa who tells stories to crows, and here at last is a story about that.
New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I have for some time now told crows the story of my friend Marissa who tells stories to crows, and here at last is a story about that.
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MARISSA DOES IT AGAIN www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
MARISSA DOES IT AGAIN www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-...
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New Issue: BCS #445 out today, featuring stories by returning BCS author @marissalingen.bsky.social and new one @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social, podcast of Lingen read by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social, Archives @kjkabza.bsky.social, art by Bruce Brenneise: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - Issue #445 by Scott Andrews
The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen. The Loaf in the Woods by David Marino. BCS 354: The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
New Issue: BCS #445 out today, featuring stories by returning BCS author @marissalingen.bsky.social and new one @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social, podcast of Lingen read by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social, Archives @kjkabza.bsky.social, art by Bruce Brenneise: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/issues/issue...
From Tom Lehrer to Stephen Colbert, there's this thing I love where the funny person is making the funny joke about the horrible thing, and it's genuinely funny and yet you can see that he is GENUINELY FURIOUS. "You have my sword!" "And my bow!" "And my axe!" "And my memorable punchline!"
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
From Tom Lehrer to Stephen Colbert, there's this thing I love where the funny person is making the funny joke about the horrible thing, and it's genuinely funny and yet you can see that he is GENUINELY FURIOUS. "You have my sword!" "And my bow!" "And my axe!" "And my memorable punchline!"
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This is so gorgeous that I read it twice over
New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This is so gorgeous that I read it twice over
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My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...
In the Zone - Lightspeed Magazine
As her head hit the pillow, Yadira felt exhausted and relieved. Exhausted, because she’d worked on a very large collage almost the whole day straight. Her shoulder blades ached from hunching over her ...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My story "In the Zone", about a young woman with a special power that allows her to rescue immigrants, is now available to read at @lightspeedmagazine.com. Check it out! www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/in-t...
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Guest-narrated by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/audio/bcs-35...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - BCS 354: The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Guest-narrated by @tinaconnolly.bsky.social! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/audio/bcs-35...
New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - The Crow’s Second Tale by Marissa Lingen
So Kiris knew, even at the age of five: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow, like in the song. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she felt down to her five-year-ol...
www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
New story this morning! The Crow's Second Tale in @bcsmagazine.bsky.social ! www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... This is one of my stories that is 100% not autobiographical except the part that is, which is that I tell stories to crows too, just in case.
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Yooo! Someone You Can Build A Nest In was picked as a Kindle Gold Box Deal! For today only, get it for just $4.99.
A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
Someone You Can Build a Nest In
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November 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Yooo! Someone You Can Build A Nest In was picked as a Kindle Gold Box Deal! For today only, get it for just $4.99.
A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who's hunting her. We've all been there, right?
me: I'm at the comma-fiddling stage of this revision, surely scrolling the socials will be more delightful than deciding to change one crucial word per page.
my socials: oh ye of little faith
me: OMG BACK TO THE COMMAS WITH ME
my socials: oh ye of little faith
me: OMG BACK TO THE COMMAS WITH ME
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
me: I'm at the comma-fiddling stage of this revision, surely scrolling the socials will be more delightful than deciding to change one crucial word per page.
my socials: oh ye of little faith
me: OMG BACK TO THE COMMAS WITH ME
my socials: oh ye of little faith
me: OMG BACK TO THE COMMAS WITH ME
I enjoyed this gently weird near-future thing from Parker Peevyhouse in @strangehorizons.bsky.social : strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
The Orchard Village Catalog
When I started at Optionality, they put me in a cramped condo with three other newish employees, one of whom insisted on assigning each roommate a different burner on the stove. I was the last to m…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I enjoyed this gently weird near-future thing from Parker Peevyhouse in @strangehorizons.bsky.social : strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
Okay I want to say more about this, specifically I want to say: lampshading is a technique to use carefully.
What's lampshading? it's when the author says, yeah, I know this is a problem, I acknowledge it but I'm not going to solve it. Throw a lampshade on it, it's a lamp.
What's lampshading? it's when the author says, yeah, I know this is a problem, I acknowledge it but I'm not going to solve it. Throw a lampshade on it, it's a lamp.
Explanations that hew to realism in a universe like this can make things worse, because they require you to examine a sequence of events which is secretly not entirely sensible in the first place.
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Okay I want to say more about this, specifically I want to say: lampshading is a technique to use carefully.
What's lampshading? it's when the author says, yeah, I know this is a problem, I acknowledge it but I'm not going to solve it. Throw a lampshade on it, it's a lamp.
What's lampshading? it's when the author says, yeah, I know this is a problem, I acknowledge it but I'm not going to solve it. Throw a lampshade on it, it's a lamp.
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Explanations that hew to realism in a universe like this can make things worse, because they require you to examine a sequence of events which is secretly not entirely sensible in the first place.
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Explanations that hew to realism in a universe like this can make things worse, because they require you to examine a sequence of events which is secretly not entirely sensible in the first place.
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On this eve of fifty Novembers
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
November 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
On this eve of fifty Novembers
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
the winds still howl
the bell still tolls.
My breath turns heavy
as we drift into the long cold night.
The Fitzgerald stirs beneath.
I harbor their echoes
and cradle her steel.
My waves bear the sorrow
of all I have taken.
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Do you suffer from vertigo? Or do you care for someone who does? Would you like to explore your experiences through creative writing? If so, please sign up for this online workshop with the wonderful @marissalingen.bsky.social 5pm GMT, 23rd November. Email ar220@st-andrews.ac.uk to register.
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Do you suffer from vertigo? Or do you care for someone who does? Would you like to explore your experiences through creative writing? If so, please sign up for this online workshop with the wonderful @marissalingen.bsky.social 5pm GMT, 23rd November. Email ar220@st-andrews.ac.uk to register.
A bunch of writer friends are noting that they have not used LLMs to write. Me either, absolutely not. I feel like we need to stop asking kids what they want to BE when they grow up and start asking them what they want to DO. Because: I am not here to BE A WRITER, I am here to WRITE.
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A bunch of writer friends are noting that they have not used LLMs to write. Me either, absolutely not. I feel like we need to stop asking kids what they want to BE when they grow up and start asking them what they want to DO. Because: I am not here to BE A WRITER, I am here to WRITE.
small child on the way out of the library, dragging his feet and chanting angrily: NO PIZZA, BOOKS! NO PIZZA, BOOKS!
me: What if...both?
Small child stares goggle-eyed for a very long moment, then continues his exit from the library, chanting happily: PIZZA AND BOOKS! PIZZA AND BOOKS!
me: What if...both?
Small child stares goggle-eyed for a very long moment, then continues his exit from the library, chanting happily: PIZZA AND BOOKS! PIZZA AND BOOKS!
November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
small child on the way out of the library, dragging his feet and chanting angrily: NO PIZZA, BOOKS! NO PIZZA, BOOKS!
me: What if...both?
Small child stares goggle-eyed for a very long moment, then continues his exit from the library, chanting happily: PIZZA AND BOOKS! PIZZA AND BOOKS!
me: What if...both?
Small child stares goggle-eyed for a very long moment, then continues his exit from the library, chanting happily: PIZZA AND BOOKS! PIZZA AND BOOKS!
I think my motto for the rest of the year is going to be "it fixes what it fixes."
Making dinner, finishing Chapter 5 revisions, doing my volunteer work: the fact that it doesn't fix EVERYTHING doesn't mean that it fixes NOTHING. The middle ground, where things fix what they fix, is where we live.
Making dinner, finishing Chapter 5 revisions, doing my volunteer work: the fact that it doesn't fix EVERYTHING doesn't mean that it fixes NOTHING. The middle ground, where things fix what they fix, is where we live.
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I think my motto for the rest of the year is going to be "it fixes what it fixes."
Making dinner, finishing Chapter 5 revisions, doing my volunteer work: the fact that it doesn't fix EVERYTHING doesn't mean that it fixes NOTHING. The middle ground, where things fix what they fix, is where we live.
Making dinner, finishing Chapter 5 revisions, doing my volunteer work: the fact that it doesn't fix EVERYTHING doesn't mean that it fixes NOTHING. The middle ground, where things fix what they fix, is where we live.
Catching up on @bcsmagazine.bsky.social reading, and I really liked this Chris Willrich story that is math-tinged and goblin-y: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-ra...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies - A Random Walk Through the Goblin Library by Chris Willrich
“Oh, no, not at all. I have not retired, and neither have my informants. My informants are dead. I am a necromancer, grandchild. The pool of possible spies is far larger among the dead than the living...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Catching up on @bcsmagazine.bsky.social reading, and I really liked this Chris Willrich story that is math-tinged and goblin-y: www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/a-ra...
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if the US government didn’t want immigrants to have a deep sense of political engagement they shouldn’t make a civics test a prerequisite for citizenship. you created me (guy who knows what cloture is), America
November 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
if the US government didn’t want immigrants to have a deep sense of political engagement they shouldn’t make a civics test a prerequisite for citizenship. you created me (guy who knows what cloture is), America
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BCS #445 ebook out early today at @WeightlessBooks & Kindle Store and for subscribers, w stories by thirteen-time BCS author @marissalingen.bsky.social and new one @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social, behind cover art by Bruce Brenneise: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #445
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #445 - Kindle edition by Lingen, Marissa, Marino, David, Andrews, Scott H.. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #445.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
BCS #445 ebook out early today at @WeightlessBooks & Kindle Store and for subscribers, w stories by thirteen-time BCS author @marissalingen.bsky.social and new one @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social, behind cover art by Bruce Brenneise: weightlessbooks.com/fiction/bene... www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceas...
If you subscribe to BCS, you get to read my crow story TODAY!
New @bcsmagazine.bsky.social issue today has stories by @marissalingen.bsky.social and @davidmarinowrites.bsky.social! weightlessbooks.com/beneath-ceas...
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #445
Issue #445 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies online magazine, featuring stories by Marissa Lingen and David Marino and cover art by Bruce Brenneise.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
If you subscribe to BCS, you get to read my crow story TODAY!
Nothing says civic pride to me like voting at the ice arena.
The library would also be good, but for some reason we never get assigned to the library even though the library is a block closer to our house than the arena and has voting.
The library would also be good, but for some reason we never get assigned to the library even though the library is a block closer to our house than the arena and has voting.
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Nothing says civic pride to me like voting at the ice arena.
The library would also be good, but for some reason we never get assigned to the library even though the library is a block closer to our house than the arena and has voting.
The library would also be good, but for some reason we never get assigned to the library even though the library is a block closer to our house than the arena and has voting.
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Despite having almost complete control over the City, I’ve seen Jacob Frey mostly hide, delegate, and abdicate most of his responsibility, particularly when issues are tough or he perceives them to be controversial and not politically convenient to him.
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Despite having almost complete control over the City, I’ve seen Jacob Frey mostly hide, delegate, and abdicate most of his responsibility, particularly when issues are tough or he perceives them to be controversial and not politically convenient to him.