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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 14h

Preorders are OPEN for HIDING UNDER THE LEAVES @theslabpress.bsky.social 🍂

Including my flesh garden story, "Nature Morte" ⚰️

Hiding Under the Leaves

Hiding Under the Leaves [Major, Tim, Hogan, Liam, Scott, Donna] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Hiding Under the Leaves

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The Slab Press @theslabpress.bsky.social · 2d

📖🚀🦡🦴🦴🍂 - Book rocket badger bones leaves... What could it mean?

What if I said it's at World Fantasycon on Friday at noon in the Balmoral panel room?
Why, it is only the launch of Hiding Under the Leaves!
Quite a few of the authors will be there. Readings, books, drinkies, nibbles. Come! 🍷

Book cover of Hiding Under the Leaves. Black Background, red leaves, and a white badger skeleton.
Reads: Hiding Under the Leaves, edited by Donna Scott, with stories by Tim Major, Emma Coleman, LJ McMenemy, Liam Hogan, Gary Couzens, Frazer Lee, Emma Levin and many more...

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Donna Scott @wishusdonna.bsky.social · 2d

In fact this will be the very first book launch of the convention!

The Slab Press @theslabpress.bsky.social · 2d

📖🚀🦡🦴🦴🍂 - Book rocket badger bones leaves... What could it mean?

What if I said it's at World Fantasycon on Friday at noon in the Balmoral panel room?
Why, it is only the launch of Hiding Under the Leaves!
Quite a few of the authors will be there. Readings, books, drinkies, nibbles. Come! 🍷

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 1d

Just a month away: join me for ON SUBMISSIONS 📃🖋️

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On Submissions | The Practice Of Writ

We will tackle the question plaguing every author upon finishing a piece: what next? From revision to research and beyond, we will chart the road to publication, considering cover letters, pitches, pa...

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 1d

Just a month away: join me for ON SUBMISSIONS 📃🖋️

www.practiceofwriting.com/event-detail...

On Submissions | The Practice Of Writ

We will tackle the question plaguing every author upon finishing a piece: what next? From revision to research and beyond, we will chart the road to publication, considering cover letters, pitches, pa...

www.practiceofwriting.com

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 2d

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Adam Bassett @adamcbassett.com · 2d

Needed a change of scenery, so I took EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social to a park today. Excellent little novella to read on a sunny, cloudless afternoon. 😂

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 2d

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Adam Bassett @adamcbassett.com · 2d

Needed a change of scenery, so I took EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social to a park today. Excellent little novella to read on a sunny, cloudless afternoon. 😂

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Adam Bassett @adamcbassett.com · 2d

Needed a change of scenery, so I took EVERY DARK CLOUD by @marisca.bsky.social to a park today. Excellent little novella to read on a sunny, cloudless afternoon. 😂

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Julie C. Day (Essential Dreams Press) is sleepy @thisjulieday.bsky.social · 2d

Just over 3 months ago Storyteller was published and interest is still going strong.
It’s has been featured on a curated list of indie publishers on Bookshop dot org!
You can check out the list here: bookshop.org/lists/short-...

Short Story Standouts

Check out these gripping, funny, and exciting short story collections & anthologies!

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 5d

"Jasper had three dragons. One lived in the upstairs bathroom of her house, on a bed of shredded toilet paper. One sat next to a succulent in its pot on the porch. The third lived in an old birdhouse in the backyard.”

ICYMI: “How Not to Swallow a Dragon” in @celestialechopress.bsky.social 🐉🌈🏡

Behind the Revolving Door, an Anthology of Choices, Volume I|Paperback

Within these pages are stories about choices made under ordinary and extraordinary circumstances. What happens when a chef decides to cook a vampire filet? Why does a mother desire and, at the same ti...

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 5d

"Jasper had three dragons. One lived in the upstairs bathroom of her house, on a bed of shredded toilet paper. One sat next to a succulent in its pot on the porch. The third lived in an old birdhouse in the backyard.”

ICYMI: “How Not to Swallow a Dragon” in @celestialechopress.bsky.social 🐉🌈🏡

Behind the Revolving Door, an Anthology of Choices, Volume I|Paperback

Within these pages are stories about choices made under ordinary and extraordinary circumstances. What happens when a chef decides to cook a vampire filet? Why does a mother desire and, at the same ti...

www.barnesandnoble.com

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 6d

🖤🖤🥳🥳 absolutely earned!!

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 6d

poem accepted after 48 rejections! 🎉🎨

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 6d

"Cockle & Foxfire
built a spaceship

from endangered morpho
wings & pull-tabs secreted
from Polar Seltzer cans.”

Check out my poem "fritillary frigate" in @radonjournal.bsky.social #11! 🎈🦋💫

www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/fri...

fritillary frigate | Issue 11

Radon Journal Issue 11 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.

www.radonjournal.com

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 6d

poem accepted after 48 rejections! 🎉🎨

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 6d

"Cockle & Foxfire
built a spaceship

from endangered morpho
wings & pull-tabs secreted
from Polar Seltzer cans.”

Check out my poem "fritillary frigate" in @radonjournal.bsky.social #11! 🎈🦋💫

www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/fri...

fritillary frigate | Issue 11

Radon Journal Issue 11 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.

www.radonjournal.com

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 6d

YESSS @angelvleal.bsky.social !!!

SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Short Poem Winners

First Place: Lost Ark • F. J. Bergmann • Space & Time Magazine 146

Second Place: A Black Hole is a Melting Pot That Will Make Us Whole • @pedroiniguez.bsky.social • Star*Line 47.1

Third Place: The Witch Recalls Her Craft • @angelvleal.bsky.social • Uncanny 60

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SF & F Poetry Assn @sfpoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Short Poem Winners

First Place: Lost Ark • F. J. Bergmann • Space & Time Magazine 146

Second Place: A Black Hole is a Melting Pot That Will Make Us Whole • @pedroiniguez.bsky.social • Star*Line 47.1

Third Place: The Witch Recalls Her Craft • @angelvleal.bsky.social • Uncanny 60

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 6d

Ahhhh 😭💜💜

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 7d

Starting off October strong with a double pub day!

NEW STORY: "How Not to Swallow a Dragon" in @celestialechopress.bsky.social BEHIND THE REVOLVING DOOR 🐉
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/behind-the...

NEW POEM: "fritillary frigate" in @radonjournal.bsky.social Issue 11 🎈

fritillary frigate | Issue 11

Radon Journal Issue 11 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.

www.radonjournal.com

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 6d

Likewise!!! 🖤✨

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 7d

Love new words!! Thank you for reading!

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 7d

"Eating is a profound act. She understands

now that she has teeth."

Another stellar poem by @angelvleal.bsky.social in @radonjournal.bsky.social ⚙️

www.radonjournal.com/issue-11/gps...

GPS Girl | Issue 11

Radon Journal Issue 11 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.

www.radonjournal.com

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Marisca Pichette (she/they) @marisca.bsky.social · 7d

Starting off October strong with a double pub day!

NEW STORY: "How Not to Swallow a Dragon" in @celestialechopress.bsky.social BEHIND THE REVOLVING DOOR 🐉
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/behind-the...

NEW POEM: "fritillary frigate" in @radonjournal.bsky.social Issue 11 🎈

fritillary frigate | Issue 11

Radon Journal Issue 11 featuring writers of science fiction and social commentary.

www.radonjournal.com

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