Mari Ness, writer of things
@mariness.bsky.social
I write things. Occasionally they get published.
Also occasionally on other sites, including marikness.wordpress.com, https://medium.com/@marikness, https://www.patreon.com/mari_ness. Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/mari_ness
Also occasionally on other sites, including marikness.wordpress.com, https://medium.com/@marikness, https://www.patreon.com/mari_ness. Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/mari_ness
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So yes, delighted to say that I am one of the inaugural finalists for the Hugo Award for Best Poem, alongside @angelaliu.bsky.social, @aijiang.bsky.social,
@swantower.bsky.social, @devanbarlow.bsky.social
& Oliver K. Langmead!
@swantower.bsky.social, @devanbarlow.bsky.social
& Oliver K. Langmead!
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The #PoetryHugo website has been updated with a list of news related to the award, as well as a Google Sheet where you can add your own award-eligible poems for any speculative poetry award: www.poetryhugo.com
Speculative Poetry Initiative
What Are the Hugo Awards and Who Can Participate?
www.poetryhugo.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The #PoetryHugo website has been updated with a list of news related to the award, as well as a Google Sheet where you can add your own award-eligible poems for any speculative poetry award: www.poetryhugo.com
While Hegseth sits in air conditioned offices and orders the military to fire on shipwreck survivors.
After causing the shipwreck.
Got it.
After causing the shipwreck.
Got it.
Q: So you didn't see any survivors after that first strike?
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
HEGSETH: I did not personally see survivors. The thing was on fire. This is called the fog of war. This is what you in the press don't understand. You sit in your air conditioned offices and plant fake stories in the Washington Post
December 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
While Hegseth sits in air conditioned offices and orders the military to fire on shipwreck survivors.
After causing the shipwreck.
Got it.
After causing the shipwreck.
Got it.
I've said it before, and I will say it again: if you are intrigued by the concept of Maradaine and all of the crossover characters that pop up in one book and then in the next series -
This is where I think you should start:
This is where I think you should start:
A MURDER OF MAGES
The Maradaine Constabulary Book One
Inspectors Satrine Rainey—a former spy—and Minox Welling—an untrained mage—are two detectives protecting Maradaine from crime, both magical and mundane.
maradaine.com/index.php/mu...
The Maradaine Constabulary Book One
Inspectors Satrine Rainey—a former spy—and Minox Welling—an untrained mage—are two detectives protecting Maradaine from crime, both magical and mundane.
maradaine.com/index.php/mu...
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I've said it before, and I will say it again: if you are intrigued by the concept of Maradaine and all of the crossover characters that pop up in one book and then in the next series -
This is where I think you should start:
This is where I think you should start:
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Absolutely DELIGHTED to see that the speculative poetry hugo #poetryhugo will continue into next year! YESSSS
THE BEACONS ARE LIT! GONDOR WILL ANSWER!
This seems to be a good time to note that I'm still hoping that we will have a Special Hugo Award for Best Poem in 2026!
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Absolutely DELIGHTED to see that the speculative poetry hugo #poetryhugo will continue into next year! YESSSS
Just posted my poem, "Storm," which originally appeared in Wizards in Space back in December 2022, up on Patreon and Medium, free for everyone to read.
Enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/storm-...
Enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/storm-...
Storm | Mari Ness
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December 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Just posted my poem, "Storm," which originally appeared in Wizards in Space back in December 2022, up on Patreon and Medium, free for everyone to read.
Enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/storm-...
Enjoy!
www.patreon.com/posts/storm-...
....this may well be the best thing you see all day.
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
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December 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
....this may well be the best thing you see all day.
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Nominations for ECO25 are OPEN 🌍🌱✨ We look forward to reading your best 2025 ecofiction!
Get the full details in our blog post announcement below ⬇️
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Submission Portal: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Get the full details in our blog post announcement below ⬇️
Full guidelines: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Submission Portal: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Nominations for ECO25 Now Open!
ECO: The Year’s Best Speculative Ecofiction is an annual showcase of some of the most compelling and thought-provoking ecofiction published every year. If you published speculative ecofiction in 2025 ...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Nominations for ECO25 are OPEN 🌍🌱✨ We look forward to reading your best 2025 ecofiction!
Get the full details in our blog post announcement below ⬇️
Full guidelines: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Submission Portal: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Get the full details in our blog post announcement below ⬇️
Full guidelines: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
Submission Portal: apexbookcompany.moksha.io/publication/...
....an amazing list that just happens to include a poem by ME, "Care for Lightning," published by Uncanny in January 2025!
Space Unicorns! Behold The Uncanny Magazine 2025 Poetry Eligibility Post! buff.ly/pTkzCUI
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
....an amazing list that just happens to include a poem by ME, "Care for Lightning," published by Uncanny in January 2025!
....just noting again that "grab everything that has Karen Lord's name on the cover" is a rule that has never steered me wrong.
Today! I am so happy and proud that this is out in the world, and so grateful to my friends and co-editors @older.bsky.social and @annaleen.bsky.social and all the amazing contributors to We Will Rise Again.
December 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
....just noting again that "grab everything that has Karen Lord's name on the cover" is a rule that has never steered me wrong.
Yes.
I genuinely cannot believe that this needs to be said, but the United States should not be blowing up ANY boats in the Caribbean.
I genuinely cannot believe that this needs to be said, but the United States should not be blowing up ANY boats in the Caribbean.
It's great that reporting on the double tap has spotlighted the abject criminality of this Administration.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
But don't forget: Venezuela is not waging war on America or Americans, and the men killed were not combatants.
The first strike was every bit as illegal as the second.
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Yes.
I genuinely cannot believe that this needs to be said, but the United States should not be blowing up ANY boats in the Caribbean.
I genuinely cannot believe that this needs to be said, but the United States should not be blowing up ANY boats in the Caribbean.
Sigh.
Usually I'm over here squawking about the need to fund/have more history classes in United States schools, but I think we've just shown that we need some more basic English/American literature classes as well.
Usually I'm over here squawking about the need to fund/have more history classes in United States schools, but I think we've just shown that we need some more basic English/American literature classes as well.
here's the whole comment. imagine thinking that romance and romantasy and YA are the only books written in first person. that's WILLLLLLLLD.
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Sigh.
Usually I'm over here squawking about the need to fund/have more history classes in United States schools, but I think we've just shown that we need some more basic English/American literature classes as well.
Usually I'm over here squawking about the need to fund/have more history classes in United States schools, but I think we've just shown that we need some more basic English/American literature classes as well.
(ah, yes, the annual "awards nominations have opened and yet last I heard I still have at least one more upcoming speculative publication for December" season....)
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
(ah, yes, the annual "awards nominations have opened and yet last I heard I still have at least one more upcoming speculative publication for December" season....)
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Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
December 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Last Christmas Ich gave thee myne hearte
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
But the verye next daye ther came a wolf,
Wyth sinews of whispers - quiet as frost -
And the wolf stole myne hearte, fled
To a tower out of tyme biyonde all the stars.
Seek now myne hearte,
Return it within a yeare and a daye:
Thys ys thy queste
....I mean, I have a list, but right now, the one on top is Amazon's Wheel of Time.
(sniffle)
(sniffle)
That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about.
Willow.
Willow.
December 2, 2025 at 1:35 AM
....I mean, I have a list, but right now, the one on top is Amazon's Wheel of Time.
(sniffle)
(sniffle)
I personally call it "solid way to escape holiday stress for a bit" but I do recognize that descriptions vary.
For one day only, my cozy-spooky romantasy novella A Marriage of Undead Inconvenience is 99c in the US!
The @nytimes.com called it "a charmingly subversive treat." 🦇
Check it out!
www.amazon.com/Marriage-Und...
#romancelandia
The @nytimes.com called it "a charmingly subversive treat." 🦇
Check it out!
www.amazon.com/Marriage-Und...
#romancelandia
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I personally call it "solid way to escape holiday stress for a bit" but I do recognize that descriptions vary.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(uh, no, Google Gemini, I am NOT writing in Korean. I'm just very excited. Go away.)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(uh, no, Google Gemini, I am NOT writing in Korean. I'm just very excited. Go away.)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LAcon V is pleased to announce @teresempierre.bsky.social as a Special Guest.
She is an award-winning Canadian writer and editor whose work has appeared in Uncanny, Fantasy Magazine, & Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Her work has been shortlisted for the Ignite, the Elgin, & the Aurora.
She is an award-winning Canadian writer and editor whose work has appeared in Uncanny, Fantasy Magazine, & Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction.
Her work has been shortlisted for the Ignite, the Elgin, & the Aurora.
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(uh, no, Google Gemini, I am NOT writing in Korean. I'm just very excited. Go away.)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(uh, no, Google Gemini, I am NOT writing in Korean. I'm just very excited. Go away.)
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YOU CAN START READING SPECULATIVE POETRY RIGHT HERE
I made some! bsky.app/profile/pope...
This is my awards eligibility thread for poetry for 2025, this year with Helpful and Clever Graphic. For those who don't know, I'm Elizabeth R. McClellan, and my poetry can be found at popelizbet.com.
December 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
YOU CAN START READING SPECULATIVE POETRY RIGHT HERE
OK EVERYONE GO DIRECTLY TO ALL OF THE AMAZING SPECULATIVE POETRY ARCHIVES OUT THERE DO NOT PASS GO DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT READ SPECULATIVE POETRY WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S THE HOLIDAYS AND YOU NEED TO DO STUFF JUST READ SPECULATIVE POETRY
ok and adore your cats, but SPECULATIVE POETRY
ok and adore your cats, but SPECULATIVE POETRY
December 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
OK EVERYONE GO DIRECTLY TO ALL OF THE AMAZING SPECULATIVE POETRY ARCHIVES OUT THERE DO NOT PASS GO DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE BUT READ SPECULATIVE POETRY WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S THE HOLIDAYS AND YOU NEED TO DO STUFF JUST READ SPECULATIVE POETRY
ok and adore your cats, but SPECULATIVE POETRY
ok and adore your cats, but SPECULATIVE POETRY
(yeah, this is now a temporary OMG YES SPECULATIVE POETRY YES HUGO AWARD FOR BEST POEM OMG SPECULATIVE POETRY IS JUST SO AMAZING account. I would apologize but hey, this also includes limericks so I think it all evens out)
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
(yeah, this is now a temporary OMG YES SPECULATIVE POETRY YES HUGO AWARD FOR BEST POEM OMG SPECULATIVE POETRY IS JUST SO AMAZING account. I would apologize but hey, this also includes limericks so I think it all evens out)
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I COULD NOT BE MORE PLEASED
Looking forward to high-fiving the 2026 winner of the Hugo for Best Poem!
Looking forward to high-fiving the 2026 winner of the Hugo for Best Poem!
THE BEACONS ARE LIT! GONDOR WILL ANSWER!
This seems to be a good time to note that I'm still hoping that we will have a Special Hugo Award for Best Poem in 2026!
December 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I COULD NOT BE MORE PLEASED
Looking forward to high-fiving the 2026 winner of the Hugo for Best Poem!
Looking forward to high-fiving the 2026 winner of the Hugo for Best Poem!
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There once was a man from Arcturus,
Whose poetry was rather curious
He spoke of star trails
And cosmic travails
But the rhyme scheme was hard to endure-ious
Whose poetry was rather curious
He spoke of star trails
And cosmic travails
But the rhyme scheme was hard to endure-ious
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
There once was a man from Arcturus,
Whose poetry was rather curious
He spoke of star trails
And cosmic travails
But the rhyme scheme was hard to endure-ious
Whose poetry was rather curious
He spoke of star trails
And cosmic travails
But the rhyme scheme was hard to endure-ious
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December 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In Anaheim did Worldcon
a special Hugo Award decree
where sci-fi verse
with rhymes diverse
were celebrated as best poetry
(With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Yes, there will be a Hugo for Best Poem in 2026. The press release is out. The LAcon V will be updated later today.
a special Hugo Award decree
where sci-fi verse
with rhymes diverse
were celebrated as best poetry
(With apologies to Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Yes, there will be a Hugo for Best Poem in 2026. The press release is out. The LAcon V will be updated later today.
December 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
ARISE ARISE POETS OF SPECULATION! SHIELDS SHALL BE BROKEN! SONNETS SHALL BE DECLAIMED! A SONG DAY! A RED DAY! AND A NEW SUN RISES!
THE BEACONS ARE LIT! GONDOR WILL ANSWER!
This seems to be a good time to note that I'm still hoping that we will have a Special Hugo Award for Best Poem in 2026!
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
ARISE ARISE POETS OF SPECULATION! SHIELDS SHALL BE BROKEN! SONNETS SHALL BE DECLAIMED! A SONG DAY! A RED DAY! AND A NEW SUN RISES!
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THE BEACONS ARE LIT! GONDOR WILL ANSWER!
This seems to be a good time to note that I'm still hoping that we will have a Special Hugo Award for Best Poem in 2026!
I love that the special award happened and that you were nominated for it!
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
THE BEACONS ARE LIT! GONDOR WILL ANSWER!