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Maressa Voss

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WHEN SHADOWS GROW TALL, out now w/ Roundfire Books Writer | Seasonal fruit enthusiast | Seed saver | Liminal Zone Lover Rep’d by Susan Armstrong at C&W Short fiction in Trollbreath Magazine & Moonday Magazine https://linktr.ee/maressavoss

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Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · 25d

Part allegory, part slipstream rage of consciousness little piece I wrote last year about why you really have brain fog and what happens when AI takes an interest in gardening. You honor me by reading!

Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 25d

Free Fiction Friday is here! Here's an apt tale for humanities poor life choices: magazine.trollbreath.com/the-machines...

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A robot-like humanoid drawing against an antique wall background.
The Machines are Hungry by Maressa Voss
Trollbreath Magazine

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Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · 2d

Absolutely delighted to be making the trek. Who else??!

World Fantasy 2025 @worldfantasy2025.bsky.social · 2d

The Programme for World Fantasy 2026 is now live!

worldfantasy2025.co.uk/programme/

Programme – World Fantasy Convention 2025

worldfantasy2025.co.uk

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Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · 5d

Killer!

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · 7d

Dude knows about sixteen words

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · 12d

“We could’ve eaten it if it was younger and not quite so drippy,” the largest says, pulling a face of regret.
Isn’t that just life, you think, a soporific sigh escaping what might once have been your lips.

moondaymag.com/coprinus-com...

The cover of a magazine in Halloween colors with a spooky aesthetic. An eerie painting of a woman sitting on a chair graces the cover. She is not smiling.

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · 19d

I swear not all of my short story titles are Article + Noun + Verb + Adjective (or dismantlingly dark), but this one, at least, has a lil ray of light at the end (in the form of a waste chute but still...!)

Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 19d

A Throwback Thursday read: magazine.trollbreath.com/the-instruct...

Free!

The Instructions are Explicit by Maressa Voss Image of a baby, feet view, blurry

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · 25d

Can relate !

Reposted by Maressa Voss

Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls @trollbreath.com · 25d

If you want to see a really great use of repetition of word/phrase, you should check out this story.

@maressakate.bsky.social nails a vibe and voice, and her theme is on point for the world we are being reluctantly driven towards by our tech lords.

Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 25d

Free Fiction Friday is here! Here's an apt tale for humanities poor life choices: magazine.trollbreath.com/the-machines...

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Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · 25d

Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 25d

Free Fiction Friday is here! Here's an apt tale for humanities poor life choices: magazine.trollbreath.com/the-machines...

@maressakate.bsky.social

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Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · 25d

No more pie for the tech overlords!

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Sep 2

The mind of Gio is singular!

Gio Clairval @gioclair.bsky.social · Aug 31

A little story of mine (I have 15 out in 2025)

ZD Dochterman @zddochterman.bsky.social · Aug 30

Just started working my way through stories from fellow authors in "What Lurks: A Cryptid Anthology" geni.us/whatlurks

Gio Clairval's @gioclair.bsky.social is a banger. Story of runaway teenagers who get trapped in an eerie tunnel, told in the style of found footage and police records. Amazing.

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thrilled to be a repeat offender in Trollbreath Magazine, alongside some really special stories. This was one that extruded out in one long exhale (read: silent scream).
The Machines Are Hungry (please don't feed them!)

Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · Sep 1

Subscriptions are $5 an issue/$20 a year at magazine.trollbreath.com
@aimeeogdenwrites.com @bmorrisallen.com @maressakate.bsky.social @sarahpauling.bsky.social @cjtavares.bsky.social @jessonemoreword.bsky.social @mytherea.bsky.social @michaelallenrose.bsky.social

Trollbreath Magazine Issue 5 Fall 2025 Fiction

La Forêt de Fontainebleu,

Les Chasseurs, Le Renard by Aimee Ogden

The Water Dragons of Harney County by B. Morris Allen

The Machines are Hungry by Maressa Voss

Gracie and Leelanau Save the Worst Boy at Camp One-Pine by Sarah Pauling

Mary Ann’s Misadventures in Wonderland by Gretchen Tessmer

The Flowers of Empyrean by Michael Piel

Draconis astronomus by Catherine Tavares

A Sea of Laundry by J. M. Bask

Children of Miracles, Coffins of Brass by R. J. Howell

Rashomonster by Michael Allen Rose

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Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Sep 1

I have a short (short) piece in this issue, a work of slipstream, inspired by *gestures vaguely all around*…
The Machines Are Hungry. Please don’t feed them.

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Aug 24

🙌🏼

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Aug 17

Spoiler alert, my next book.

"Frightening" Dan McDaid @danmcdaid.bsky.social · Aug 16

Shout out to Sarah, who is correct. Fuck all other planets, Earth number #1

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Aug 11

World Con! Who’s going?? let’s meet up!

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Aug 6

Get in losers, we’re going digital!

Trollbreath Magazine @trollbreathmag.bsky.social · Aug 5

Fall Cover Reveal! magazine.trollbreath.com/membership-a...
Support our work bringing short fiction, essays, and poetry! Join now at $5 an issue, $20 a year

Trollbreath Magazine Issue 5, Fall 2025
Aimee Ogden
Maressa Voss
Crystal Sidell
Catherine Tevares
Image is a hovering old teal Chevy heading down a dirt road of fields toward a futuristic city

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Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · May 9

Over the moon to share that I am now represented by the wondrous Susan Armstrong at C&W. It’s been a wild ride these last few weeks, approaching this terminus at high speed after five years of striving/toiling/hoping (and clearly I don’t know what to do with my hands just yet)…

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Apr 27

...unbelievably, irrepressibly vague !! 👀

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Sarah Day 🖋️🦊 @sarahday.org · Mar 29

I have committed an act of newsletter: I finally wrote up what I got from @catrambo.bsky.social's Wayward Wormhole workshop back in November (spoiler alert: it was a lot, and was not what I expected).

buttondown.com/sarahday/arc...

What the desert says: Wayward Wormhole 2024

I meant to do a writeup of my time at Wayward Wormhole, Cat Rambo's residential writing workshop, as soon as I got home, but life had other plans. I'd like...

buttondown.com

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Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Mar 26

Most welcome.

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Mar 26

Came here to say that this piece is deliciously out there and fresh as hell.

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Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Mar 11

3 AM typing marathon. Heart racing. Not inspiration -- just forgot to eat again. The muse: not bad to look at but a terrible roommate.

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Mar 6

It Is Done 🙇‍♀️

Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Mar 5

@sophieburnham.bsky.social wanna nominate each other? 😎

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Maressa Voss @maressakate.bsky.social · Mar 5

Many have said that When Shadows Grow Tall has A Wizard of Earthsea sensibility.

Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · Mar 1

Nominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:

Ursula K. Le Guin — Nominate a Book for the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction

www.ursulakleguin.com

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