Marisca Pichette (she/they)
@marisca.bsky.social
makes things 🏳️🌈 | RIVERS (Android Press) | EVERY DARK CLOUD (@ghostorchidpress.com) | Stonecoast MFA '21 | HWA & SFWA 🐉 | 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 🖤
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Awards Eligibility Post: I published a novella, 12 stories, & 5 flash in 2025!
Huge thanks to all the publishers, editors, readers, & reviewers who spent their time with my writing this year. 🖤🎈🦇
Huge thanks to all the publishers, editors, readers, & reviewers who spent their time with my writing this year. 🖤🎈🦇
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Awards Eligibility Post: I published a novella, 12 stories, & 5 flash in 2025!
Huge thanks to all the publishers, editors, readers, & reviewers who spent their time with my writing this year. 🖤🎈🦇
Huge thanks to all the publishers, editors, readers, & reviewers who spent their time with my writing this year. 🖤🎈🦇
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"I was born in plains, not woodland. I was born at sunset, and my first gaze found a million stars. I was hungry, yes, but for milk–not blood. And if there were children in the world, I hadn’t met them."
My final 2025 story is out now! Check out "Appleseed" in SPIRIT OF THE WOLF 🐺
My final 2025 story is out now! Check out "Appleseed" in SPIRIT OF THE WOLF 🐺
Spirit of the Wolf
Spirit of the Wolf [Authors, Various, Hightshoe, Carol] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Spirit of the Wolf
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November 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"I was born in plains, not woodland. I was born at sunset, and my first gaze found a million stars. I was hungry, yes, but for milk–not blood. And if there were children in the world, I hadn’t met them."
My final 2025 story is out now! Check out "Appleseed" in SPIRIT OF THE WOLF 🐺
My final 2025 story is out now! Check out "Appleseed" in SPIRIT OF THE WOLF 🐺
Awards Eligibility Post: I published a novella, 12 stories, & 5 flash in 2025!
Huge thanks to all the publishers, editors, readers, & reviewers who spent their time with my writing this year. 🖤🎈🦇
Huge thanks to all the publishers, editors, readers, & reviewers who spent their time with my writing this year. 🖤🎈🦇
November 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Awards Eligibility Post: I published a novella, 12 stories, & 5 flash in 2025!
Huge thanks to all the publishers, editors, readers, & reviewers who spent their time with my writing this year. 🖤🎈🦇
Huge thanks to all the publishers, editors, readers, & reviewers who spent their time with my writing this year. 🖤🎈🦇
"I was born in plains, not woodland. I was born at sunset, and my first gaze found a million stars. I was hungry, yes, but for milk–not blood. And if there were children in the world, I hadn’t met them."
My final 2025 story is out now! Check out "Appleseed" in SPIRIT OF THE WOLF 🐺
My final 2025 story is out now! Check out "Appleseed" in SPIRIT OF THE WOLF 🐺
Spirit of the Wolf
Spirit of the Wolf [Authors, Various, Hightshoe, Carol] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Spirit of the Wolf
www.amazon.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"I was born in plains, not woodland. I was born at sunset, and my first gaze found a million stars. I was hungry, yes, but for milk–not blood. And if there were children in the world, I hadn’t met them."
My final 2025 story is out now! Check out "Appleseed" in SPIRIT OF THE WOLF 🐺
My final 2025 story is out now! Check out "Appleseed" in SPIRIT OF THE WOLF 🐺
Writing is wild bc wym I decided to write a silly little wren story at 9am and next I know I’ve teleported to 2pm
November 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Writing is wild bc wym I decided to write a silly little wren story at 9am and next I know I’ve teleported to 2pm
The sapphic witch cozy mystery is officially on sub 🧹
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The sapphic witch cozy mystery is officially on sub 🧹
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If you enjoy the polar opposite vibes Poe and Pratchett, this one’s for you ⬇️
FFer Read of the Day: "The House of Us" by @marisca.bsky.social in @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social
dreamforgemagazine.com/story/the-ho...
dreamforgemagazine.com/story/the-ho...
The House of Us - Dreamforge Magazine
The storm followed her from the city gates to the moors, lashing at her back and tossing pebbles between the spokes of her bike. The raincoat […]
dreamforgemagazine.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you enjoy the polar opposite vibes Poe and Pratchett, this one’s for you ⬇️
If you enjoy the polar opposite vibes Poe and Pratchett, this one’s for you ⬇️
FFer Read of the Day: "The House of Us" by @marisca.bsky.social in @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social
dreamforgemagazine.com/story/the-ho...
dreamforgemagazine.com/story/the-ho...
The House of Us - Dreamforge Magazine
The storm followed her from the city gates to the moors, lashing at her back and tossing pebbles between the spokes of her bike. The raincoat […]
dreamforgemagazine.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:31 PM
If you enjoy the polar opposite vibes Poe and Pratchett, this one’s for you ⬇️
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FFer Read of the Day: "The House of Us" by @marisca.bsky.social in @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social
dreamforgemagazine.com/story/the-ho...
dreamforgemagazine.com/story/the-ho...
The House of Us - Dreamforge Magazine
The storm followed her from the city gates to the moors, lashing at her back and tossing pebbles between the spokes of her bike. The raincoat […]
dreamforgemagazine.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "The House of Us" by @marisca.bsky.social in @dreamforgemagazine.bsky.social
dreamforgemagazine.com/story/the-ho...
dreamforgemagazine.com/story/the-ho...
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"'I’m sorry. I can’t wait any longer.'
Ynes didn’t know if this is what Luca wanted. Maybe they would have preferred Steph’s scaffold. It burned her, not knowing this final detail.
All the years & she couldn’t figure out how to keep them, how to let them fall apart."
⬇️🖤new bones story🖤⬇️
Ynes didn’t know if this is what Luca wanted. Maybe they would have preferred Steph’s scaffold. It burned her, not knowing this final detail.
All the years & she couldn’t figure out how to keep them, how to let them fall apart."
⬇️🖤new bones story🖤⬇️
Following on from our amazing launch it's our book birthday for Hiding Under the Leaves!
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"'I’m sorry. I can’t wait any longer.'
Ynes didn’t know if this is what Luca wanted. Maybe they would have preferred Steph’s scaffold. It burned her, not knowing this final detail.
All the years & she couldn’t figure out how to keep them, how to let them fall apart."
⬇️🖤new bones story🖤⬇️
Ynes didn’t know if this is what Luca wanted. Maybe they would have preferred Steph’s scaffold. It burned her, not knowing this final detail.
All the years & she couldn’t figure out how to keep them, how to let them fall apart."
⬇️🖤new bones story🖤⬇️
"'I’m sorry. I can’t wait any longer.'
Ynes didn’t know if this is what Luca wanted. Maybe they would have preferred Steph’s scaffold. It burned her, not knowing this final detail.
All the years & she couldn’t figure out how to keep them, how to let them fall apart."
⬇️🖤new bones story🖤⬇️
Ynes didn’t know if this is what Luca wanted. Maybe they would have preferred Steph’s scaffold. It burned her, not knowing this final detail.
All the years & she couldn’t figure out how to keep them, how to let them fall apart."
⬇️🖤new bones story🖤⬇️
Following on from our amazing launch it's our book birthday for Hiding Under the Leaves!
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
November 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"'I’m sorry. I can’t wait any longer.'
Ynes didn’t know if this is what Luca wanted. Maybe they would have preferred Steph’s scaffold. It burned her, not knowing this final detail.
All the years & she couldn’t figure out how to keep them, how to let them fall apart."
⬇️🖤new bones story🖤⬇️
Ynes didn’t know if this is what Luca wanted. Maybe they would have preferred Steph’s scaffold. It burned her, not knowing this final detail.
All the years & she couldn’t figure out how to keep them, how to let them fall apart."
⬇️🖤new bones story🖤⬇️
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"At the beginning, she’d cried every time she visited the Quietus. She’d cried when Luca’s eyes sank & their teeth fell out. She’d cried when mold covered their chest, replacing the dress she should have brought to cover them."
ICYMI: my latest story "Nature Morte" in HIDING UNDER THE LEAVES 🍂
ICYMI: my latest story "Nature Morte" in HIDING UNDER THE LEAVES 🍂
Following on from our amazing launch it's our book birthday for Hiding Under the Leaves!
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"At the beginning, she’d cried every time she visited the Quietus. She’d cried when Luca’s eyes sank & their teeth fell out. She’d cried when mold covered their chest, replacing the dress she should have brought to cover them."
ICYMI: my latest story "Nature Morte" in HIDING UNDER THE LEAVES 🍂
ICYMI: my latest story "Nature Morte" in HIDING UNDER THE LEAVES 🍂
"At the beginning, she’d cried every time she visited the Quietus. She’d cried when Luca’s eyes sank & their teeth fell out. She’d cried when mold covered their chest, replacing the dress she should have brought to cover them."
ICYMI: my latest story "Nature Morte" in HIDING UNDER THE LEAVES 🍂
ICYMI: my latest story "Nature Morte" in HIDING UNDER THE LEAVES 🍂
Following on from our amazing launch it's our book birthday for Hiding Under the Leaves!
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"At the beginning, she’d cried every time she visited the Quietus. She’d cried when Luca’s eyes sank & their teeth fell out. She’d cried when mold covered their chest, replacing the dress she should have brought to cover them."
ICYMI: my latest story "Nature Morte" in HIDING UNDER THE LEAVES 🍂
ICYMI: my latest story "Nature Morte" in HIDING UNDER THE LEAVES 🍂
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Check out this eerie anthology, including my corpse garden story, "Nature Morte" 🪴🦴🦇
Following on from our amazing launch it's our book birthday for Hiding Under the Leaves!
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Check out this eerie anthology, including my corpse garden story, "Nature Morte" 🪴🦴🦇
Check out this eerie anthology, including my corpse garden story, "Nature Morte" 🪴🦴🦇
Following on from our amazing launch it's our book birthday for Hiding Under the Leaves!
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
November 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Check out this eerie anthology, including my corpse garden story, "Nature Morte" 🪴🦴🦇
Reposted by Marisca Pichette (she/they)
Following on from our amazing launch it's our book birthday for Hiding Under the Leaves!
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
November 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Following on from our amazing launch it's our book birthday for Hiding Under the Leaves!
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
Support your local independent bookstore by ordering ISBN: 9781738426867
Or buy from us direct! We can ship paperbacks from stock in the UK, and from the publisher on demand in UK & US.
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Farewell October, hello October 2025 sub stats!
poems accepted: 5
poems published: 4
stories accepted: 0 👻
stories published: 1
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poems accepted: 5
poems published: 4
stories accepted: 0 👻
stories published: 1
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November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Farewell October, hello October 2025 sub stats!
poems accepted: 5
poems published: 4
stories accepted: 0 👻
stories published: 1
🕸️ 🕷️ 🕸️
poems accepted: 5
poems published: 4
stories accepted: 0 👻
stories published: 1
🕸️ 🕷️ 🕸️
Farewell October, hello October 2025 sub stats!
poems accepted: 5
poems published: 4
stories accepted: 0 👻
stories published: 1
🕸️ 🕷️ 🕸️
poems accepted: 5
poems published: 4
stories accepted: 0 👻
stories published: 1
🕸️ 🕷️ 🕸️
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Farewell October, hello October 2025 sub stats!
poems accepted: 5
poems published: 4
stories accepted: 0 👻
stories published: 1
🕸️ 🕷️ 🕸️
poems accepted: 5
poems published: 4
stories accepted: 0 👻
stories published: 1
🕸️ 🕷️ 🕸️
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A reading roundup for October 2025. 📚💙
I read EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social in one sitting, at a nature park in Vermont. A really lovely novella.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS was an effort to read something unusual for me, and it was a pretty fun time. Not my favorite but a good change of pace.
I read EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social in one sitting, at a nature park in Vermont. A really lovely novella.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS was an effort to read something unusual for me, and it was a pretty fun time. Not my favorite but a good change of pace.
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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NEW STORY DAY!!!!
I have a cursed film/cosmic horror story up in @nocturnemag.bsky.social just in time for Halloween!!!
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
I have a cursed film/cosmic horror story up in @nocturnemag.bsky.social just in time for Halloween!!!
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
Issue 5 | Nocturne Magazine
www.nocturnezine.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
NEW STORY DAY!!!!
I have a cursed film/cosmic horror story up in @nocturnemag.bsky.social just in time for Halloween!!!
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
I have a cursed film/cosmic horror story up in @nocturnemag.bsky.social just in time for Halloween!!!
www.nocturnezine.com/issue-5
🍄🎃🍄🎃
A reading roundup for October 2025. 📚💙
I read EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social in one sitting, at a nature park in Vermont. A really lovely novella.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS was an effort to read something unusual for me, and it was a pretty fun time. Not my favorite but a good change of pace.
I read EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social in one sitting, at a nature park in Vermont. A really lovely novella.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS was an effort to read something unusual for me, and it was a pretty fun time. Not my favorite but a good change of pace.
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Reposted by Marisca Pichette (she/they)
A reading roundup for October 2025. 📚💙
I read EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social in one sitting, at a nature park in Vermont. A really lovely novella.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS was an effort to read something unusual for me, and it was a pretty fun time. Not my favorite but a good change of pace.
I read EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social in one sitting, at a nature park in Vermont. A really lovely novella.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS was an effort to read something unusual for me, and it was a pretty fun time. Not my favorite but a good change of pace.
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A reading roundup for October 2025. 📚💙
I read EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social in one sitting, at a nature park in Vermont. A really lovely novella.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS was an effort to read something unusual for me, and it was a pretty fun time. Not my favorite but a good change of pace.
I read EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social in one sitting, at a nature park in Vermont. A really lovely novella.
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS was an effort to read something unusual for me, and it was a pretty fun time. Not my favorite but a good change of pace.
Reposted by Marisca Pichette (she/they)
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - SEPTEMBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
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I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
Some Queer Short SFF - September 2025 | Charles Payseur
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October 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
🏳️🌈SOME QUEER SHORT SFF - SEPTEMBER 2025🏳️🌈
I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
I round up over a dozen stories by @remedy.bsky.social @ashvalewrites.bsky.social @ecastroianni.bsky.social @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bogiperson.bsky.social @abetterjulie.bsky.social @kcolemanwrites.bsky.social & MORE!!!!
www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
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List will be going up in the next day or two so get on it people!
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN SEPTEMBER 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 August's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
Some Queer Short SFF - August 2025 | Charles Payseur
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October 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
List will be going up in the next day or two so get on it people!
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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN SEPTEMBER 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 August's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
Some Queer Short SFF - August 2025 | Charles Payseur
Get more from Charles Payseur on Patreon
www.patreon.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN SEPTEMBER 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 August's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...