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Marissa Lingen
@marissalingen.bsky.social
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Science fiction writer, poet, essayist. Minnesota nerd par excellence. Tisanes, leaves, Moomins, snow. She/her. Repped by Kurestin Armada.
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Ponyo has one of my biggest identification characters in film, and Spirited Away is beautiful, but my heart belongs to Porco Rosso.
gwillow.me G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 15h
In honor of Hayao Miyazaki's birthday, what's your favorite Studio Ghibli film? Doesn't have to be the one you think is "the best," just the one that nestled in your heart. Mine is Howl's Moving Castle.
a painting of howl 's moving castle shows a cloudy night sky
Alt: a pixelated gif of Howl's Castle sitting on a hillside under an evening sky.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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lollardfish.bsky.social
IF THIS IS THE FIRST POST YOU SEE TODAY LOG OFF AND GO BACK TO BED
socio-steve.bsky.social Stephen Nuñez @socio-steve.bsky.social · 2d
Next 3 hours or so are going to contain a lot of this as folks wake up across the US
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
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lollardfish.bsky.social
You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown
As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...
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January 2, 2026 at 4:53 AM
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This is why the best ways of telling people about your upcoming written fiction are almost never summaries. This is why the meme about rewriting the plots to things in misleading summaries works.
themountaingoats.bsky.social the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 5d
"possibilities, not hard stops" -- this is one reason why a recent trend in interviewing on album cycles has been kind of mystifying to me: people will ask me to sort of summarize the song. but that's not how songs work! their job begins where the tidy explanation ends!
January 1, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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Writers! How are your workshop applications coming?
I have good news and bad news…
The good news is that we have a STELLAR group of instructors this year! Fonda Lee is back this year after a break, joining Arkady Martine and Valerie Valdes, and new to the faculty: John Wiswell! FOUR amazing alumni!
January 1, 2026 at 12:24 AM
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Maybe not as formal as a resolution but yikes, something I'll have to work on in '26:

A dear friend asked what SFF books we're looking forward to in '26, and I blithely answered, and it took me TWO DAYS to notice that *I* have an SFF book coming out in '26, and might have said so.
January 1, 2026 at 1:12 AM
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...And because I could really do with something hopeful right now, how would you like some character art? :)

I commissioned this character art of Lady & Lord Riven on honeymoon from Rafael Batista de la Silva, and I love so many things about it, but especially their tenderness and affection!
In a hotel bedroom at night, a tall, blond and very pale man dressed in Edwardian evening clothes stands beside his wife before a vanity table, leaning over her to murmur, smiling, into her ear while rubbing her shoulders. His wife, in a lovely Edwardian evening gown, laughs out loud as she leans back into his touch, in a moment of mutual appreciation. The mirror before them reflects her but not him (as he is a vampire).
December 31, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Let's hear it for the @dakotacountymn.bsky.social Librarians: Wescott County Branch, who assembled a truly glorious display of books focused on "Immigrant and Refugee Experience." Closing out the year being the community institution we need.
December 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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For the second last story of the celebration, I'm back off the positive vibes and on to anxiety about what capitalists would do to our brains if they could A Shakey Bridge @marissalingen.bsky.social in @clarkesworldmagazine.com

#booksky 💙📚
🪐📚🤖
A Shaky Bridge by Marissa Lingen
Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.
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December 31, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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BCS of 2025! "The Crow's Second Tale" @marissalingen.bsky.social BCS #445 "So Kiris knew: no one should only know one story. Not even a crow. And if she was the only one who had spotted the problem, she would have to be the one to fix it." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/the-... #BCSof2025
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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December 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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“It turns out that banishing the slur from public discourse was, in fact, important. Because now it’s back and it turns out that it does matter when subtext becomes actual text, when terrible people enable open hatred and bigotry, encouraging others to emulate them, degrading us all.”
Perry: The return of the r-word
"These days, the r-word slur has become a staple of the American right wing, uttered with few professional or social consequences," David M. Perry writes.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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What a fantastic list! 🌟 Short SFF and speculative poetry are such gems in the literary world. Excited to discover new voices! Keep shining! ✨ #SFF #SpeculativePoetry
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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My recommendations for short SFF and speculative poetry, 2025! By no means comprehensive, even I can't read everything, but gosh there's been good stuff: marissalingen.com/blog/?p=4317
2025 short stuff rec list – Novel Gazing Redux
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December 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Full story is now free to read!
December 21, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Hooray! My sapphic romantasy short story "Five Reasons Why I am Absolutely Not in Love with my Nemesis" is available as an ebook now. Just subscribe to my Patreon at any level from $5/month upwards to snap up this & a whole bunch of other stories from me:

patreon.com/stephanieburgis

#romancelandia
The front cover of the ebook shows a magic wand trailing stars, with an elegant, art-nouveau style frame around the title.
December 21, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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If you have a newsletter, please tell me where I can sign up for your newsletter! I am trusting The Socials less and less for getting me news of what my pals, colleagues, and parasocials are up to. Tell me where I can find you! Mine is: buttondown.com/MarissaLingen
And Other Stories: Marissa Lingen's Newsletter
Stories, poems, essays...and some anecdotes and recipes from author Marissa Lingen
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December 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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blergh, I HATE having to ask coz I know it’s super hard for everyone especially around this time of year… but I’m also about to hit negative balances and I don’t get paid til next Friday :/

been a real f’ing hard eight months tbh and I’m sorry everything is so awful

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I appreciate you! (And the kitties do, too!)
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December 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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stephanieburgis.bsky.social
Look what arrived: my author copies of (the US edition of) Enchanting the Fae Queen! Aren't they beautiful?

You can preorder your own copy now: stephanieburgis.com/books/enchanting-the-fae-queen

And I'll give away an early copy in my next newsletter! stephanieburgis.com/newsletter

#romancelandia
A box full of trade paperback copies of Stephanie Burgis's Enchanting the Fae Queen (number 2 in the Queens of Villainy). The illustrated cover for Enchanting the Fae Queen, by Stephanie Burgis, shows a mischievously grinning woman with long blonde curls, a moonstone crown, a pink dress and bare feet, sitting perched in a tree teasing the uniformed general who stands before her, his expression determined and one of his hands around her closest leg while she pokes his strong nose with one finger. Vines of leaves sweep magically out from the tree around her to draw him towards her. The tagline reads: All’s fae in love and war. The back cover has a blurb from Sarah Beth Durst that reads, "Spectacular!!!" The main text reads: Welcome back to Stephanie Burgis's sparkling gaslamp world in the Queens of Villainy series, where a seductive fae queen meets her unexpected match in the enemy empire's valiant general. Queen Loreleiis a notorious fae seductress with a trail of broken hearts in her wake. But behind her glamorous lifestyle and sparkling mask lurks a dangerously intelligent woman who'd do anything to keep her people safe. Including kidnapping the empire's most famous hero. The virtuous High General Gerard de Moireul represents all that is moral and true. He has to, after his parents were executed for treason. The last thing he needs is the Queen of Balravia, who showers rainbow glitter and sparkles everywhere she goes without the slightest regard for good taste, decorum, or royal dignity. They're opposites in every way, but when they're swept up in a grand-and deadly-fae tournament, they discover all of each other's most hidden truths ... and how perfectly they might be suited after all. Steph holds up one of the copies spine-up on top of the box, showing the lovely teal and pink colors and the Bramble Romance logo at the bottom of the spine. The title page shows a griffin surrounded by stars standing above the title.
December 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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my name is cow
and wen its nite
and when a star
is shiyning brite

and three wise men
give me the nod
i walk up close
I lik the God
December 15, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Our stern alarums changed to merry meetings
December 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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It isn’t easy being a fairytale granddaughter in @marissalingen.bsky.social’s charming new story “What a Big Heart You Have.”

kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2025/...
But my grandmother trusts people. She always has. Even wolf people. Maybe especially wolf people. So I had to get there with my snacks and my axe, charging in to the rescue. It was very dramatic. Word got out.
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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msemilyedwards.bsky.social
i see so much love for inclusive detective stories, nick & nora spouses, and solid whodunnits and yet i can get no traction for my series that is all that and more.

can you PLEASE help people know about Viviana Valentine? www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/GFM/a...
lineup if viviana valentine books, with illustrated covers featuring a brunette woman in colorful locations
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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All day I've been singing that classic Santa Lucia song "Spanish Pipedream."
December 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Catching up on some of what I've missed in short fiction, and I'm really glad to have run across Anjali Sachdeva's April piece in @strangehorizons.bsky.social : strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
No One Dies of Longing
It is no small thing to call forth life from the desert; do not imagine any but a witch could do it so well.
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December 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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If you haven't come across these before, give yourself a treat and read all these posts about @marissalingen.bsky.social making lussekatter every year back to 2006

And definitely read this year's post

marissalingen.com/blog/?p=4308
Exactly what we needed – Novel Gazing Redux
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December 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM