Marisca Pichette (she/they)
@marisca.bsky.social
makes things 🏳️🌈 | RIVERS IN YOUR SKIN (Android Press) | EVERY DARK CLOUD (@ghostorchidpress.com) | Stonecoast MFA '21 | 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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"I am an assemblage—my hair fastened in place, a gift from an aunt who decided one morning not to rise. My eyes are mismatched. When my mother helped me press them into my sockets, she whispered their stories to me."
@thedeadlands.com #41 is out now, incl. my flash, "The Self-Made Women's Circle" 🪝
@thedeadlands.com #41 is out now, incl. my flash, "The Self-Made Women's Circle" 🪝
the deadlands ISSUE 41
with fiction guest edited (again!!) by @vajra.me, and the same amazing amazing amazing amazing poetry and non fiction you have always loved
IT IS RELEASED UPON THE WORLD
check the ToC + the link to grab your own by supporting us as a Patron is here:
with fiction guest edited (again!!) by @vajra.me, and the same amazing amazing amazing amazing poetry and non fiction you have always loved
IT IS RELEASED UPON THE WORLD
check the ToC + the link to grab your own by supporting us as a Patron is here:
The Deadlands - Issue 41 | Psychopomp
Guest edited by Vajra Chandrasekera, including the work of: Charlotte Suttee, Phoua Lee, Joe Koch, Jeremy Morris, gray lindsey, Dmitri Akers, Aliya Whiteley, Marisca Pichette, Alan M. Fisher, Sadoeuph...
psychopomp.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
"I am an assemblage—my hair fastened in place, a gift from an aunt who decided one morning not to rise. My eyes are mismatched. When my mother helped me press them into my sockets, she whispered their stories to me."
@thedeadlands.com #41 is out now, incl. my flash, "The Self-Made Women's Circle" 🪝
@thedeadlands.com #41 is out now, incl. my flash, "The Self-Made Women's Circle" 🪝
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"Mothers, sisters, daughters. Aunts, cousins, grandmothers. I am related to all in the way that all insects share the fear of being crushed. Pieces of them occupy pieces of me—and every scrap remembers its whole."
Stoked to have my flash "The Self-Made Women's Circle" included in this issue!! 🪳🪝☕
Stoked to have my flash "The Self-Made Women's Circle" included in this issue!! 🪳🪝☕
This is the second (of two!) issue of the Deadlands for which I was guest editor for fiction! Stories by Alan Fisher, Marischa Pichette, Dmitri Akers, Jeremy Morris, Joe Koch, Aliya Whiteley, and Sadoeuphemist, and with another lovely, stark cover from @carlydraws.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
"Mothers, sisters, daughters. Aunts, cousins, grandmothers. I am related to all in the way that all insects share the fear of being crushed. Pieces of them occupy pieces of me—and every scrap remembers its whole."
Stoked to have my flash "The Self-Made Women's Circle" included in this issue!! 🪳🪝☕
Stoked to have my flash "The Self-Made Women's Circle" included in this issue!! 🪳🪝☕
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Day 20! I read The Self-Made Women's Circle by @marisca.bsky.social published in @thedeadlands.com. A harrowing tale of sorority and cruel necessity. Read my review here:
mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/s...
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S/D/Y Jan 20 – The Self-Made Women’s Circle by Marisca Pichette – The Deadlands
The Self-Made Women’s Circle is not what I would call an easy read, at least in terms of the content. The prose is very much an easy read, flowing and intelligent and creative. But the story …
mickstaniforth.wordpress.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Day 20! I read The Self-Made Women's Circle by @marisca.bsky.social published in @thedeadlands.com. A harrowing tale of sorority and cruel necessity. Read my review here:
mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/s...
mickstaniforth.wordpress.com/2026/01/20/s...
"Mothers, sisters, daughters. Aunts, cousins, grandmothers. I am related to all in the way that all insects share the fear of being crushed. Pieces of them occupy pieces of me—and every scrap remembers its whole."
Stoked to have my flash "The Self-Made Women's Circle" included in this issue!! 🪳🪝☕
Stoked to have my flash "The Self-Made Women's Circle" included in this issue!! 🪳🪝☕
This is the second (of two!) issue of the Deadlands for which I was guest editor for fiction! Stories by Alan Fisher, Marischa Pichette, Dmitri Akers, Jeremy Morris, Joe Koch, Aliya Whiteley, and Sadoeuphemist, and with another lovely, stark cover from @carlydraws.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
"Mothers, sisters, daughters. Aunts, cousins, grandmothers. I am related to all in the way that all insects share the fear of being crushed. Pieces of them occupy pieces of me—and every scrap remembers its whole."
Stoked to have my flash "The Self-Made Women's Circle" included in this issue!! 🪳🪝☕
Stoked to have my flash "The Self-Made Women's Circle" included in this issue!! 🪳🪝☕
"I am an assemblage—my hair fastened in place, a gift from an aunt who decided one morning not to rise. My eyes are mismatched. When my mother helped me press them into my sockets, she whispered their stories to me."
@thedeadlands.com #41 is out now, incl. my flash, "The Self-Made Women's Circle" 🪝
@thedeadlands.com #41 is out now, incl. my flash, "The Self-Made Women's Circle" 🪝
the deadlands ISSUE 41
with fiction guest edited (again!!) by @vajra.me, and the same amazing amazing amazing amazing poetry and non fiction you have always loved
IT IS RELEASED UPON THE WORLD
check the ToC + the link to grab your own by supporting us as a Patron is here:
with fiction guest edited (again!!) by @vajra.me, and the same amazing amazing amazing amazing poetry and non fiction you have always loved
IT IS RELEASED UPON THE WORLD
check the ToC + the link to grab your own by supporting us as a Patron is here:
The Deadlands - Issue 41 | Psychopomp
Guest edited by Vajra Chandrasekera, including the work of: Charlotte Suttee, Phoua Lee, Joe Koch, Jeremy Morris, gray lindsey, Dmitri Akers, Aliya Whiteley, Marisca Pichette, Alan M. Fisher, Sadoeuph...
psychopomp.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
"I am an assemblage—my hair fastened in place, a gift from an aunt who decided one morning not to rise. My eyes are mismatched. When my mother helped me press them into my sockets, she whispered their stories to me."
@thedeadlands.com #41 is out now, incl. my flash, "The Self-Made Women's Circle" 🪝
@thedeadlands.com #41 is out now, incl. my flash, "The Self-Made Women's Circle" 🪝
Reposted by Marisca Pichette (she/they)
the deadlands ISSUE 41
with fiction guest edited (again!!) by @vajra.me, and the same amazing amazing amazing amazing poetry and non fiction you have always loved
IT IS RELEASED UPON THE WORLD
check the ToC + the link to grab your own by supporting us as a Patron is here:
with fiction guest edited (again!!) by @vajra.me, and the same amazing amazing amazing amazing poetry and non fiction you have always loved
IT IS RELEASED UPON THE WORLD
check the ToC + the link to grab your own by supporting us as a Patron is here:
The Deadlands - Issue 41 | Psychopomp
Guest edited by Vajra Chandrasekera, including the work of: Charlotte Suttee, Phoua Lee, Joe Koch, Jeremy Morris, gray lindsey, Dmitri Akers, Aliya Whiteley, Marisca Pichette, Alan M. Fisher, Sadoeuph...
psychopomp.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:30 PM
the deadlands ISSUE 41
with fiction guest edited (again!!) by @vajra.me, and the same amazing amazing amazing amazing poetry and non fiction you have always loved
IT IS RELEASED UPON THE WORLD
check the ToC + the link to grab your own by supporting us as a Patron is here:
with fiction guest edited (again!!) by @vajra.me, and the same amazing amazing amazing amazing poetry and non fiction you have always loved
IT IS RELEASED UPON THE WORLD
check the ToC + the link to grab your own by supporting us as a Patron is here:
Reposted by Marisca Pichette (she/they)
This is the second (of two!) issue of the Deadlands for which I was guest editor for fiction! Stories by Alan Fisher, Marischa Pichette, Dmitri Akers, Jeremy Morris, Joe Koch, Aliya Whiteley, and Sadoeuphemist, and with another lovely, stark cover from @carlydraws.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 12:17 AM
This is the second (of two!) issue of the Deadlands for which I was guest editor for fiction! Stories by Alan Fisher, Marischa Pichette, Dmitri Akers, Jeremy Morris, Joe Koch, Aliya Whiteley, and Sadoeuphemist, and with another lovely, stark cover from @carlydraws.bsky.social
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Several of these authors are on bsky and you can (and should) follow them! Alan Fisher is @amfisher.bsky.social, Marisca Pichette at @marisca.bsky.social, Dmitri Akers on @prairieandzoyd.bsky.social, and Joe Koch's @horrorsong.blog.
January 20, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Several of these authors are on bsky and you can (and should) follow them! Alan Fisher is @amfisher.bsky.social, Marisca Pichette at @marisca.bsky.social, Dmitri Akers on @prairieandzoyd.bsky.social, and Joe Koch's @horrorsong.blog.
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did you miss Table of Contents O' Tuesday? 🌮??
who doesn't love TOC'Os 😂 🫶💀
who doesn't love TOC'Os 😂 🫶💀
it's HERE
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
January 15, 2026 at 3:26 PM
did you miss Table of Contents O' Tuesday? 🌮??
who doesn't love TOC'Os 😂 🫶💀
who doesn't love TOC'Os 😂 🫶💀
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“It awakens at the end
When fields burn
When waves rise
And people drown—
The Eucatast will rouse
And turn the end back
To begin anew.”
ICYMI: my eucatastrophic story “The Show Must Go” out now in @unchartedmag.bsky.social 🐘
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
When fields burn
When waves rise
And people drown—
The Eucatast will rouse
And turn the end back
To begin anew.”
ICYMI: my eucatastrophic story “The Show Must Go” out now in @unchartedmag.bsky.social 🐘
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
The Show Must Go - Uncharted
Cirque stole the elephant’s bridle from its gilded chest. In the lee where midnight loitered on the toes of dawn, Cirque pocketed all they could and fled the Stage for the last time. Weighed down by h...
www.unchartedmag.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:52 AM
“It awakens at the end
When fields burn
When waves rise
And people drown—
The Eucatast will rouse
And turn the end back
To begin anew.”
ICYMI: my eucatastrophic story “The Show Must Go” out now in @unchartedmag.bsky.social 🐘
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
When fields burn
When waves rise
And people drown—
The Eucatast will rouse
And turn the end back
To begin anew.”
ICYMI: my eucatastrophic story “The Show Must Go” out now in @unchartedmag.bsky.social 🐘
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
“It awakens at the end
When fields burn
When waves rise
And people drown—
The Eucatast will rouse
And turn the end back
To begin anew.”
ICYMI: my eucatastrophic story “The Show Must Go” out now in @unchartedmag.bsky.social 🐘
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
When fields burn
When waves rise
And people drown—
The Eucatast will rouse
And turn the end back
To begin anew.”
ICYMI: my eucatastrophic story “The Show Must Go” out now in @unchartedmag.bsky.social 🐘
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
The Show Must Go - Uncharted
Cirque stole the elephant’s bridle from its gilded chest. In the lee where midnight loitered on the toes of dawn, Cirque pocketed all they could and fled the Stage for the last time. Weighed down by h...
www.unchartedmag.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:52 AM
“It awakens at the end
When fields burn
When waves rise
And people drown—
The Eucatast will rouse
And turn the end back
To begin anew.”
ICYMI: my eucatastrophic story “The Show Must Go” out now in @unchartedmag.bsky.social 🐘
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
When fields burn
When waves rise
And people drown—
The Eucatast will rouse
And turn the end back
To begin anew.”
ICYMI: my eucatastrophic story “The Show Must Go” out now in @unchartedmag.bsky.social 🐘
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/the-...
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January 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
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January 14, 2026 at 7:46 PM
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12) "GPS Girl" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps-girl
13) "fritillary frigate" by @marisca.bsky.social
radonjournal.com/issue-11/fritillary-frigate
radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps-girl
13) "fritillary frigate" by @marisca.bsky.social
radonjournal.com/issue-11/fritillary-frigate
January 15, 2026 at 12:11 AM
12) "GPS Girl" by @angelvleal.bsky.social
radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps-girl
13) "fritillary frigate" by @marisca.bsky.social
radonjournal.com/issue-11/fritillary-frigate
radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps-girl
13) "fritillary frigate" by @marisca.bsky.social
radonjournal.com/issue-11/fritillary-frigate
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It's officially poetry award nomination season. Things move fast and the biggest award in SpecPo, the Rhysling Award, is now accepting nominations from Science Fiction Poetry Association members.
Radon is immensely proud of our poets and we want to help you find our poems that are eligible.
Radon is immensely proud of our poets and we want to help you find our poems that are eligible.
January 15, 2026 at 12:11 AM
It's officially poetry award nomination season. Things move fast and the biggest award in SpecPo, the Rhysling Award, is now accepting nominations from Science Fiction Poetry Association members.
Radon is immensely proud of our poets and we want to help you find our poems that are eligible.
Radon is immensely proud of our poets and we want to help you find our poems that are eligible.
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I’m deathly delighted to have a new story forthcoming in the next issue of @thedeadlands.com 🖤🔪🕯️
it's HERE
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I’m deathly delighted to have a new story forthcoming in the next issue of @thedeadlands.com 🖤🔪🕯️
I’m deathly delighted to have a new story forthcoming in the next issue of @thedeadlands.com 🖤🔪🕯️
it's HERE
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
January 14, 2026 at 2:10 PM
I’m deathly delighted to have a new story forthcoming in the next issue of @thedeadlands.com 🖤🔪🕯️
Reposted by Marisca Pichette (she/they)
it's HERE
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
January 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
it's HERE
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
our issue 41 table of contents!!
TOC'o tuesday is the best, we know 🌮 🖤
so let's start with POETRY
thread/
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POETRY
bark! by @sutteca0.bsky.social
in which orpheus is a hmong daughter by Phoua Lee
Babe by gray lindsey
The Breeze & The Black Door by Mack W. Mani
bark! by @sutteca0.bsky.social
in which orpheus is a hmong daughter by Phoua Lee
Babe by gray lindsey
The Breeze & The Black Door by Mack W. Mani
January 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
POETRY
bark! by @sutteca0.bsky.social
in which orpheus is a hmong daughter by Phoua Lee
Babe by gray lindsey
The Breeze & The Black Door by Mack W. Mani
bark! by @sutteca0.bsky.social
in which orpheus is a hmong daughter by Phoua Lee
Babe by gray lindsey
The Breeze & The Black Door by Mack W. Mani
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FICTION
The Skull of Francisco Xalbec by Alan M. Fisher
The Self-Made Women's Circle by @marisca.bsky.social
On the Anthology Entitled “Frames of Colour and Un-Colour” Dmitri Akers
Mushaboom by Jeremy Morris
The Skull of Francisco Xalbec by Alan M. Fisher
The Self-Made Women's Circle by @marisca.bsky.social
On the Anthology Entitled “Frames of Colour and Un-Colour” Dmitri Akers
Mushaboom by Jeremy Morris
January 13, 2026 at 2:10 PM
FICTION
The Skull of Francisco Xalbec by Alan M. Fisher
The Self-Made Women's Circle by @marisca.bsky.social
On the Anthology Entitled “Frames of Colour and Un-Colour” Dmitri Akers
Mushaboom by Jeremy Morris
The Skull of Francisco Xalbec by Alan M. Fisher
The Self-Made Women's Circle by @marisca.bsky.social
On the Anthology Entitled “Frames of Colour and Un-Colour” Dmitri Akers
Mushaboom by Jeremy Morris
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@marisca.bsky.social's eco-horror novella, EVERY DARK CLOUD, is out now from Ghost Orchid Press. Find links to all her work on mariscapichette.com. You can find this story in Spirit of the Wolf from Wolfsinger Publications, proceeds of which go to benefit a wolf sanctuary.
Author | Marisca Pichette
Marisca Pichette | Author of speculative fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
mariscapichette.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
@marisca.bsky.social's eco-horror novella, EVERY DARK CLOUD, is out now from Ghost Orchid Press. Find links to all her work on mariscapichette.com. You can find this story in Spirit of the Wolf from Wolfsinger Publications, proceeds of which go to benefit a wolf sanctuary.
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You may have heard this story as a child, but you did not hear all of it. Wolves inhabit more than fairytales and folklore sprouts from real history…
Today’s story is “Appleseed” by @marisca.bsky.social
#FurryLit
Today’s story is “Appleseed” by @marisca.bsky.social
#FurryLit
The Voice of Dog: “Appleseed” by Marisca Pichette
You may have heard this story as a child, but you did not hear all of it. Wolves inhabit more than fairytales and folklore sprouts from real history…Today’s story is “Appleseed” by Marisca Pichette, w...
thevoice.dog
January 12, 2026 at 6:05 PM
You may have heard this story as a child, but you did not hear all of it. Wolves inhabit more than fairytales and folklore sprouts from real history…
Today’s story is “Appleseed” by @marisca.bsky.social
#FurryLit
Today’s story is “Appleseed” by @marisca.bsky.social
#FurryLit
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“Witch?”
The house straightened, towering over her. Its foundation was cracked & mottled with lichen.
“If that’s the word, then they’re not so wrong. But you must understand that no witch lives in me. I am the witch, if that is the name they give me. The witch you seek is me.”
The house straightened, towering over her. Its foundation was cracked & mottled with lichen.
“If that’s the word, then they’re not so wrong. But you must understand that no witch lives in me. I am the witch, if that is the name they give me. The witch you seek is me.”
My first story of 2026 is out now in @lightspeedmagazine.com!!! Take a journey into the woods & find yourself "Where the Chicken-Footed Dwell" 🪶
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/jan-2...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/jan-2...
Jan. 2026 (Issue 188) - Lightspeed Magazine
We have original science fiction by writing duo Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff (“Mother's Hip”) and Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (“Hunter, Hunter”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Bots All the Wa...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
“Witch?”
The house straightened, towering over her. Its foundation was cracked & mottled with lichen.
“If that’s the word, then they’re not so wrong. But you must understand that no witch lives in me. I am the witch, if that is the name they give me. The witch you seek is me.”
The house straightened, towering over her. Its foundation was cracked & mottled with lichen.
“If that’s the word, then they’re not so wrong. But you must understand that no witch lives in me. I am the witch, if that is the name they give me. The witch you seek is me.”
“Witch?”
The house straightened, towering over her. Its foundation was cracked & mottled with lichen.
“If that’s the word, then they’re not so wrong. But you must understand that no witch lives in me. I am the witch, if that is the name they give me. The witch you seek is me.”
The house straightened, towering over her. Its foundation was cracked & mottled with lichen.
“If that’s the word, then they’re not so wrong. But you must understand that no witch lives in me. I am the witch, if that is the name they give me. The witch you seek is me.”
My first story of 2026 is out now in @lightspeedmagazine.com!!! Take a journey into the woods & find yourself "Where the Chicken-Footed Dwell" 🪶
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/jan-2...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com/issues/jan-2...
Jan. 2026 (Issue 188) - Lightspeed Magazine
We have original science fiction by writing duo Corey Jae White and Maddison Stoff (“Mother's Hip”) and Oluwatomiwa Ajeigbe (“Hunter, Hunter”). We also have two terrific flash pieces: “Bots All the Wa...
www.lightspeedmagazine.com
January 11, 2026 at 5:14 PM
“Witch?”
The house straightened, towering over her. Its foundation was cracked & mottled with lichen.
“If that’s the word, then they’re not so wrong. But you must understand that no witch lives in me. I am the witch, if that is the name they give me. The witch you seek is me.”
The house straightened, towering over her. Its foundation was cracked & mottled with lichen.
“If that’s the word, then they’re not so wrong. But you must understand that no witch lives in me. I am the witch, if that is the name they give me. The witch you seek is me.”