rae mariz
@raemariz.bsky.social
storyteller. saboteur. author of Weird Fishes and more. SFF. Hawaiian diaspora in Sweden.
out soon: THE UNIDENTIFIED, new 2025 edition
out soon: THE UNIDENTIFIED, new 2025 edition
Pinned
Kids find ways to rebel against corporate control in a fun tech dystopia.
#hopepit #YA #P
If you like my #ecofiction Weird Fishes or my #IndigenousFuturism short stories in @khoreo.bsky.social and @grist.org (and soon @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social!) see how it all started
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
#hopepit #YA #P
If you like my #ecofiction Weird Fishes or my #IndigenousFuturism short stories in @khoreo.bsky.social and @grist.org (and soon @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social!) see how it all started
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
I’m independently re-releasing an updated version of my YA SF debut The Unidentified, so I’m going to be real annoying about it for a while so people know the new ebook and print edition is coming out. Tell your friends so I don’t have to!
Free peek at my site:
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
Free peek at my site:
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence! Show me yours if you want
THE UNIDENTIFIED, ebook release this Saturday, Nov 15
THE UNIDENTIFIED, ebook release this Saturday, Nov 15
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Convincing you to read my novel by the first sentence! Show me yours if you want
THE UNIDENTIFIED, ebook release this Saturday, Nov 15
THE UNIDENTIFIED, ebook release this Saturday, Nov 15
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You can never convince me that the system has to be the way that it is when things have not always been this way.
Once, there were god-kings; many of them lost their heads.
Anything created can be destroyed. Whatever cannot sustain will be changed.
Once, there were god-kings; many of them lost their heads.
Anything created can be destroyed. Whatever cannot sustain will be changed.
November 10, 2025 at 12:17 PM
You can never convince me that the system has to be the way that it is when things have not always been this way.
Once, there were god-kings; many of them lost their heads.
Anything created can be destroyed. Whatever cannot sustain will be changed.
Once, there were god-kings; many of them lost their heads.
Anything created can be destroyed. Whatever cannot sustain will be changed.
Reposted by rae mariz
I’m independently re-releasing an updated version of my YA SF debut The Unidentified, so I’m going to be real annoying about it for a while so people know the new ebook and print edition is coming out. Tell your friends so I don’t have to!
Free peek at my site:
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
Free peek at my site:
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
Kids find ways to rebel against corporate control in a fun tech dystopia.
#hopepit #YA #P
If you like my #ecofiction Weird Fishes or my #IndigenousFuturism short stories in @khoreo.bsky.social and @grist.org (and soon @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social!) see how it all started
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
#hopepit #YA #P
If you like my #ecofiction Weird Fishes or my #IndigenousFuturism short stories in @khoreo.bsky.social and @grist.org (and soon @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social!) see how it all started
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I’m independently re-releasing an updated version of my YA SF debut The Unidentified, so I’m going to be real annoying about it for a while so people know the new ebook and print edition is coming out. Tell your friends so I don’t have to!
Free peek at my site:
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
Free peek at my site:
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
I get @sarahgailey.bsky.social's newsletter in my inbox, and I'd been WAITING for a quiet moment to open this Reasons to Be Alive post by @edenroyce.bsky.social. I knew it would be good.
Friends, it was good. In all the ways. Give yourself a quiet moment.
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letters...
Friends, it was good. In all the ways. Give yourself a quiet moment.
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letters...
Papershells
A Love Letters Feature by Eden Royce - October 2025
stone-soup.ghost.io
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
I get @sarahgailey.bsky.social's newsletter in my inbox, and I'd been WAITING for a quiet moment to open this Reasons to Be Alive post by @edenroyce.bsky.social. I knew it would be good.
Friends, it was good. In all the ways. Give yourself a quiet moment.
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letters...
Friends, it was good. In all the ways. Give yourself a quiet moment.
stone-soup.ghost.io/love-letters...
I’m independently re-releasing an updated version of my YA SF debut The Unidentified, so I’m going to be real annoying about it for a while so people know the new ebook and print edition is coming out. Tell your friends so I don’t have to!
Free peek at my site:
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
Free peek at my site:
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
Kids find ways to rebel against corporate control in a fun tech dystopia.
#hopepit #YA #P
If you like my #ecofiction Weird Fishes or my #IndigenousFuturism short stories in @khoreo.bsky.social and @grist.org (and soon @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social!) see how it all started
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
#hopepit #YA #P
If you like my #ecofiction Weird Fishes or my #IndigenousFuturism short stories in @khoreo.bsky.social and @grist.org (and soon @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social!) see how it all started
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
November 10, 2025 at 6:45 AM
I’m independently re-releasing an updated version of my YA SF debut The Unidentified, so I’m going to be real annoying about it for a while so people know the new ebook and print edition is coming out. Tell your friends so I don’t have to!
Free peek at my site:
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
Free peek at my site:
raemariz.com/the-unidenti...
Kids find ways to rebel against corporate control in a fun tech dystopia.
#hopepit #YA #P
If you like my #ecofiction Weird Fishes or my #IndigenousFuturism short stories in @khoreo.bsky.social and @grist.org (and soon @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social!) see how it all started
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
#hopepit #YA #P
If you like my #ecofiction Weird Fishes or my #IndigenousFuturism short stories in @khoreo.bsky.social and @grist.org (and soon @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social!) see how it all started
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Kids find ways to rebel against corporate control in a fun tech dystopia.
#hopepit #YA #P
If you like my #ecofiction Weird Fishes or my #IndigenousFuturism short stories in @khoreo.bsky.social and @grist.org (and soon @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social!) see how it all started
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
#hopepit #YA #P
If you like my #ecofiction Weird Fishes or my #IndigenousFuturism short stories in @khoreo.bsky.social and @grist.org (and soon @solarpunklitmag.bsky.social!) see how it all started
books2read.com/b/bpJdnq
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Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Brittle star swimming! Love this movement.
Reposted by rae mariz
PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today!
This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.
In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook
Available wherever books are sold.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.
In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook
Available wherever books are sold.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
PSYCHOPOMP & CIRCUMSTANCE is out today!
This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.
In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook
Available wherever books are sold.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
This is a Southern Gothic fantasy with family secrets, Gullah funeral traditions, a beautifully strange house, and a generous sprinkling of magic.
In hardcover, eBook, & audiobook
Available wherever books are sold.
#booksky #Blackbooksky
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Keolu's work is so inspiring and I don't use that word too many times in tech these days.
We're seeing lots of headlines about the catastrophic impact of massive data center expansion. But what else could data centers look like?
In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.
🧵
In my perpetual quest to seek out alternative technofutures, I want to highlight the really cool work of Keolu Fox.
🧵
October 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Keolu's work is so inspiring and I don't use that word too many times in tech these days.
“I have a very tight bond with the boar, the feral pig, all hoglets … Not only this affectionate individual, but their story and history. And their instinctive, obsessive urge to poke at a problem.”
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...
October 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
“I have a very tight bond with the boar, the feral pig, all hoglets … Not only this affectionate individual, but their story and history. And their instinctive, obsessive urge to poke at a problem.”
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...
www.khoreomag.com/fiction/the-...
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a newly murdered thing of the sea
October 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
a newly murdered thing of the sea
Reposted by rae mariz
If you're looking for something you can do in these times, find something you have in abundance and apportion it in a way that you can give some away to neighbors. Just ask them if they want any, hand it over, and don't take anything in return.
A ripple of kindness goes further than you think.
A ripple of kindness goes further than you think.
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 AM
If you're looking for something you can do in these times, find something you have in abundance and apportion it in a way that you can give some away to neighbors. Just ask them if they want any, hand it over, and don't take anything in return.
A ripple of kindness goes further than you think.
A ripple of kindness goes further than you think.
WEDNESDAY x HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK
A sullen 13yo is haunted by her grandma’s irritatingly life-affirming ghost. Puberty & purgatory share some metaphysical similarities in this feel-good dark comedy about grief & creativity.
#DVpit #MG #MagicalRealism #HA
A sullen 13yo is haunted by her grandma’s irritatingly life-affirming ghost. Puberty & purgatory share some metaphysical similarities in this feel-good dark comedy about grief & creativity.
#DVpit #MG #MagicalRealism #HA
October 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
WEDNESDAY x HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK
A sullen 13yo is haunted by her grandma’s irritatingly life-affirming ghost. Puberty & purgatory share some metaphysical similarities in this feel-good dark comedy about grief & creativity.
#DVpit #MG #MagicalRealism #HA
A sullen 13yo is haunted by her grandma’s irritatingly life-affirming ghost. Puberty & purgatory share some metaphysical similarities in this feel-good dark comedy about grief & creativity.
#DVpit #MG #MagicalRealism #HA
Surly 12yo Belarusian social orphan enters the last old growth forest in Europe to cross the EU border to save her older sister whose been trafficked by bad dudes. The fantastical creatures from folktales still exist, they’re crowded like refugees in this enchanted forest.
#DVpit #A #LF #novella
#DVpit #A #LF #novella
October 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
WEDNESDAY x HOME ALONE 2
A morose 13yo is haunted by her grandma’s irritatingly cheerful ghost. When the suitcase gma’s ghost is bound to goes missing, she has to—horror of all horrors—go on a road-trip with her supportive family.
Feel-good dark comedy about grief & creativity.
#DVpit #MG #HA
A morose 13yo is haunted by her grandma’s irritatingly cheerful ghost. When the suitcase gma’s ghost is bound to goes missing, she has to—horror of all horrors—go on a road-trip with her supportive family.
Feel-good dark comedy about grief & creativity.
#DVpit #MG #HA
October 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Fantastical creatures from folktales still exist, they’re just crowded like refugees inside this dwindling area of Eastern European old growth forest. The folk are misunderstood and irritable, and curious about the first child to stumble into their enchanted habitat in 100 years.
#DVpit #A #novella
#DVpit #A #novella
October 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
TOMORROW & TOMORROW & TOMORROW x THE MARTIAN
#ND Black academic teams up with well-meaning white lady reality TV casting director to find an ensemble cast representative of global population for delusional tech-bro’s one-way televised mission to Mars megaproject.
#DVpit #A #LF #CON #HA
#NHPI #WOC
#ND Black academic teams up with well-meaning white lady reality TV casting director to find an ensemble cast representative of global population for delusional tech-bro’s one-way televised mission to Mars megaproject.
#DVpit #A #LF #CON #HA
#NHPI #WOC
October 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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We're aware the hashtag searching is down right now. We have reports it does work if you redownload the app, but is still buggy on desktop. We've contacted bluesky and will update soon #dvpit
#DVpit 2025 has officially begun!
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co
Today, Oct 8, 2025 from 8AM-8PM ET marginalized creators seeking out representation can pitch their completed manuscripts & portfolios to participating Agents & Editors!
Don't forget to use #DVpit in your posts!
Pls read rules before participating: dvpit.carrd.co
October 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
We're aware the hashtag searching is down right now. We have reports it does work if you redownload the app, but is still buggy on desktop. We've contacted bluesky and will update soon #dvpit
Reposted by rae mariz
“Laying someone to rest is the final act of care that leaves a lingering impression, not only on the dead, but on you.” @edenroyce.bsky.social on the importance of funerary details in the face of grief.
What My Grandmother’s Death Folder Taught Me About Love and Duty
My grandmother showed me her death folder when I was eight years old. She was a practical woman, born on a farm in upstate South Carolina, married to a Gullah man from Johns Island when she was ba…
buff.ly
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
“Laying someone to rest is the final act of care that leaves a lingering impression, not only on the dead, but on you.” @edenroyce.bsky.social on the importance of funerary details in the face of grief.
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Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
A Short Fiction Treasures Special: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
Going through the archives of Strange Horizons for this special column has been a bit like exploring a treasure chamber. I’ve picked fifty stories. I could have picked hundreds. Meaning: I left a l…
strangehorizons.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Strange Horizons turns 25 this year, which is pretty much an eternity in the world of spec fic zines, and I had the privilege of going through the archives for a special short fiction roundup: 2 x 25 Gems from Strange Horizons’ Archives
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/fi...
she's going through some things. but you're right, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. it's just a very long tunnel. (good thing your pearly eyes are adapted for darkness, friend.)
I think this fish is really cute.
(I also have the strong urge to reassure it — it’ll be OK fish.)
(I also have the strong urge to reassure it — it’ll be OK fish.)
September 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
she's going through some things. but you're right, there is a light at the end of the tunnel. it's just a very long tunnel. (good thing your pearly eyes are adapted for darkness, friend.)
**MEAN GIRLS meets THE MATRIX**
THE UNIDENTIFIED by rae mariz
Available next month through your favorite online retailers, unless your favorite online retailer is Amazon, because eff them. You won’t find it there.
#Unhingedpit #YA #SF #CS
THE UNIDENTIFIED by rae mariz
Available next month through your favorite online retailers, unless your favorite online retailer is Amazon, because eff them. You won’t find it there.
#Unhingedpit #YA #SF #CS
September 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
**MEAN GIRLS meets THE MATRIX**
THE UNIDENTIFIED by rae mariz
Available next month through your favorite online retailers, unless your favorite online retailer is Amazon, because eff them. You won’t find it there.
#Unhingedpit #YA #SF #CS
THE UNIDENTIFIED by rae mariz
Available next month through your favorite online retailers, unless your favorite online retailer is Amazon, because eff them. You won’t find it there.
#Unhingedpit #YA #SF #CS