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 🖤
Honored my ghostie story was selected ☕️
Get yourself a copy of BOREAL 🌲
Get yourself a copy of BOREAL 🌲
I'm incredibly proud of every author Strange Wilds Press has published in our debut anthology. This is the first year we've nominated stories for the Pushcart Prize. Congratulations Akis Linardos Nicole Lynn, @neilwilliamson.bsky.social, @marisca.bsky.social, @sjtownend.bsky.social, and Kuzma Mac.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Honored my ghostie story was selected ☕️
Get yourself a copy of BOREAL 🌲
Get yourself a copy of BOREAL 🌲
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I'm incredibly proud of every author Strange Wilds Press has published in our debut anthology. This is the first year we've nominated stories for the Pushcart Prize. Congratulations Akis Linardos Nicole Lynn, @neilwilliamson.bsky.social, @marisca.bsky.social, @sjtownend.bsky.social, and Kuzma Mac.
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I'm incredibly proud of every author Strange Wilds Press has published in our debut anthology. This is the first year we've nominated stories for the Pushcart Prize. Congratulations Akis Linardos Nicole Lynn, @neilwilliamson.bsky.social, @marisca.bsky.social, @sjtownend.bsky.social, and Kuzma Mac.
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I'm incredibly proud of every author Strange Wilds Press has published in our debut anthology. This is the first year we've nominated stories for the Pushcart Prize. Congratulations Akis Linardos Nicole Lynn, @neilwilliamson.bsky.social, @marisca.bsky.social, @sjtownend.bsky.social, and Kuzma Mac.
November 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I'm incredibly proud of every author Strange Wilds Press has published in our debut anthology. This is the first year we've nominated stories for the Pushcart Prize. Congratulations Akis Linardos Nicole Lynn, @neilwilliamson.bsky.social, @marisca.bsky.social, @sjtownend.bsky.social, and Kuzma Mac.
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TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN OCTOBER 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 September's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
Some Queer Short SFF - September 2025 | Charles Payseur
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November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
TELL ME YOUR 🏳️🌈QUEER SHORT SFF🏳️🌈 OUT IN OCTOBER 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 September's list for context & more info: www.patreon.com/posts/some-q...
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and the issue 99 COVER ✨
Asterisa, Weaver of Constellations, by Babs Webb
Asterisa, Weaver of Constellations, by Babs Webb
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 PM
and the issue 99 COVER ✨
Asterisa, Weaver of Constellations, by Babs Webb
Asterisa, Weaver of Constellations, by Babs Webb
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it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
2025 Queer Adult Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
Welcome to the 2025 list of queer adult science-fiction and fantasy books! If you’re new to this dance, this list and the ones before (see: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019) are my answer t…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
it's here
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
it's QUEER
it's the
2025 Queer Adult SFF Books list!!!!
🌈📚🌈📚🌈📚🌈
Contract is signed! Thrilled to share that my story, "Twelve Facts About the Dermestid Beetle," will be coming out in a future issue of @nightmare-magazine.com 🪳🦴🪳
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Contract is signed! Thrilled to share that my story, "Twelve Facts About the Dermestid Beetle," will be coming out in a future issue of @nightmare-magazine.com 🪳🦴🪳
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Behold my 2025 poetry round up!! I published 24 poems this year, eligible for the Nebula, Hugo, Rhysling, & Elgin Awards 💫
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Behold my 2025 poetry round up!! I published 24 poems this year, eligible for the Nebula, Hugo, Rhysling, & Elgin Awards 💫
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
Behold my 2025 poetry round up!! I published 24 poems this year, eligible for the Nebula, Hugo, Rhysling, & Elgin Awards 💫
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
November 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Behold my 2025 poetry round up!! I published 24 poems this year, eligible for the Nebula, Hugo, Rhysling, & Elgin Awards 💫
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
Huge thanks to @penumbricmag.bsky.social @sfpoetry.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social @smallwondersmag.com @kaleidotrope.bsky.social @justkeepupmagazine.bsky.social ⬇️
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"What roots she has her own" by @marisca.bsky.social is 🔥🔥🔥 kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
“What roots she has her own” by Marisca Pichette
kaleidotrope.net
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 AM
"What roots she has her own" by @marisca.bsky.social is 🔥🔥🔥 kaleidotrope.net/archives/sum...
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"Once there was a child walking alone. The child sees no woods, so he creates them seed by seed. He meets a wolf &, because he loves all life, he protects her. Because she is lost, she follows him.
But the wolf was not born in the woods. The wolf was not always lost."
ICYMI: my story, "Appleseed"
But the wolf was not born in the woods. The wolf was not always lost."
ICYMI: my story, "Appleseed"
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 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Once there was a child walking alone. The child sees no woods, so he creates them seed by seed. He meets a wolf &, because he loves all life, he protects her. Because she is lost, she follows him.
But the wolf was not born in the woods. The wolf was not always lost."
ICYMI: my story, "Appleseed"
But the wolf was not born in the woods. The wolf was not always lost."
ICYMI: my story, "Appleseed"
"Once there was a child walking alone. The child sees no woods, so he creates them seed by seed. He meets a wolf &, because he loves all life, he protects her. Because she is lost, she follows him.
But the wolf was not born in the woods. The wolf was not always lost."
ICYMI: my story, "Appleseed"
But the wolf was not born in the woods. The wolf was not always lost."
ICYMI: my story, "Appleseed"
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 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Once there was a child walking alone. The child sees no woods, so he creates them seed by seed. He meets a wolf &, because he loves all life, he protects her. Because she is lost, she follows him.
But the wolf was not born in the woods. The wolf was not always lost."
ICYMI: my story, "Appleseed"
But the wolf was not born in the woods. The wolf was not always lost."
ICYMI: my story, "Appleseed"
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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
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 🐺
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 🍂