Marie Croke
@mariecroke.bsky.social
SFFH Writer (she/her)
Stories in BCS, Apex, Diabolical Plots, Fireside, FFO, Best Horror of the Year, others
Rep: @redpenkaitlyn.bsky.social
SFWA | Odyssey '20 | Codex
Website: mariecroke.com
Newsletter: https://marie-croke.kit.com/9933797d42
Stories in BCS, Apex, Diabolical Plots, Fireside, FFO, Best Horror of the Year, others
Rep: @redpenkaitlyn.bsky.social
SFWA | Odyssey '20 | Codex
Website: mariecroke.com
Newsletter: https://marie-croke.kit.com/9933797d42
I dont care what anyone says, i LOVE that movie :)
August 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I dont care what anyone says, i LOVE that movie :)
Quiet date yestereve
August 18, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Quiet date yestereve
Nap buddy, always making sure she's near her hairball cleaner
August 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Nap buddy, always making sure she's near her hairball cleaner
20. Ghosts in the Snow by Tamara Siler Jones is book one in a fantasy murder mystery trilogy that i love. Im really just big on any sff mystery that does it well
August 4, 2025 at 12:33 AM
20. Ghosts in the Snow by Tamara Siler Jones is book one in a fantasy murder mystery trilogy that i love. Im really just big on any sff mystery that does it well
19. Lone Woman by Victor Lavalle starts off with a sense of dread and suspense, yet that fear slowly and steadily morphs into something far and away beautiful once the reasons for fear have been peeled away. Such a great book!
August 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
19. Lone Woman by Victor Lavalle starts off with a sense of dread and suspense, yet that fear slowly and steadily morphs into something far and away beautiful once the reasons for fear have been peeled away. Such a great book!
Daughter drew me a frog tattoo while on vacation!
August 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Daughter drew me a frog tattoo while on vacation!
18. The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed is another novella i adore, filled with a dangerous fantasy forest with the darker edge of fairy tale vibes
August 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
18. The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed is another novella i adore, filled with a dangerous fantasy forest with the darker edge of fairy tale vibes
17. Bound Feet by Kelsea Yu is a ghost story horror novella i really love that features plenty of relationship complexity between two women
August 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
17. Bound Feet by Kelsea Yu is a ghost story horror novella i really love that features plenty of relationship complexity between two women
16. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is just phenomenal. It's haunting and exploratory and mysterious and every word is a delight to read
August 2, 2025 at 2:48 AM
16. Piranesi by Susanna Clarke is just phenomenal. It's haunting and exploratory and mysterious and every word is a delight to read
15. The City and the City by China Miéville is the kind of story where the first, unspoiled experience can never be replicated even when you come back, and for that, it has stuck with me
August 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
15. The City and the City by China Miéville is the kind of story where the first, unspoiled experience can never be replicated even when you come back, and for that, it has stuck with me
14. A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher is a darker ghost story with multiple reveals that has been my fav from this author
August 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
14. A House With Good Bones by T. Kingfisher is a darker ghost story with multiple reveals that has been my fav from this author
13. The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden is utterly gorgeous and feels like the perfect read during winter. Loved all 3 books to pieces!
August 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
13. The Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden is utterly gorgeous and feels like the perfect read during winter. Loved all 3 books to pieces!
12. The Books of the Raksura by Martha Wells is super unique secondary world fantasy and the whole trilogy is fire!
August 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
12. The Books of the Raksura by Martha Wells is super unique secondary world fantasy and the whole trilogy is fire!
The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst is phenomenal! Dark fantasy where nature itself rises up against humans in unsettling, yet magical, ways
August 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst is phenomenal! Dark fantasy where nature itself rises up against humans in unsettling, yet magical, ways
10. Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones is a super cozy hug that just makes me smile the entire experience
August 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
10. Howl's Moving Castle by Dianna Wynne Jones is a super cozy hug that just makes me smile the entire experience
9. Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor is one that has stuck with me given everything the protagonist goes through, my fav of her novellas!
August 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
9. Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor is one that has stuck with me given everything the protagonist goes through, my fav of her novellas!
And the amazing The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow! Still get chills at that opening!
August 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
And the amazing The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E Harrow! Still get chills at that opening!
And in the spirit of mystery, my fav from the Queen herself: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
August 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
And in the spirit of mystery, my fav from the Queen herself: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton is one I've reread multiple times! Including to 2 out of 3 members of my immediate family
August 1, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The Seven and a Half Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton is one I've reread multiple times! Including to 2 out of 3 members of my immediate family
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is another fav of mine! You can't go wrong with any of Moreno-Garcia's books, but i particularly love this one!
July 31, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia is another fav of mine! You can't go wrong with any of Moreno-Garcia's books, but i particularly love this one!
Uprooted by Naomi Novik is a blend of dark forest nature magic with a small romance and is another book i love!
July 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Uprooted by Naomi Novik is a blend of dark forest nature magic with a small romance and is another book i love!
This is an older one, but Inherit the Stars by James P Hogan is one of my all-time favorite science fiction novels! It's a mystery surrounding a body found on the moon carbon dated to before humans exist
July 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is an older one, but Inherit the Stars by James P Hogan is one of my all-time favorite science fiction novels! It's a mystery surrounding a body found on the moon carbon dated to before humans exist
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi is a gorgeous retelling of Bluebeard that pulled me right in with its prose!
July 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi is a gorgeous retelling of Bluebeard that pulled me right in with its prose!
All the Murmuring Bones by @angelaslatter.bsky.social is both fairy-tale-esque and dark and disturbing and i love it!
July 31, 2025 at 1:11 PM
All the Murmuring Bones by @angelaslatter.bsky.social is both fairy-tale-esque and dark and disturbing and i love it!