Mari Ness, writer of things

I’ve seen enough. Not about the election. Just generally.

A small plate with a galaxy design on the center.

Working on a small plate that has a lot of space. Hahahah. Ok back to work.

BREAKING: I am preparing to ask my congressional representative and both of my Senators to say no to this.

IT IS.

.....and this really queer Oz webcomic just HAPPENS to be eligible for the Hugo Award.

Arguably more importantly, it also has a just delightful version of the Scarecrow.

Right! We watched the premiere together!

And that was ALSO how I ended up watching X-Files, which started up the following week, right after Brisco County!

I'm not sure if I'm going to plant a second one, but I think there's another paw paw nearby.

Resistance and Transformation: On Fairy Tales (Conversation Pieces) Amazon.com: Resistance and Transformation: On Fairy Tales (Conversation Pieces): 9781619761957: Ness, Mari: Books

....or support Aqueduct Press and possibly my checking account here, with this essay collection on fairy tales:

www.amazon.com/Resistance-T...

Dancing in Silver Lands by Mari Ness — neon hemlock Winner of the 2021 OutWrite Chapbook Competition in Fiction. Selected by Darcie Little Badger. A 5”x5” chapbook. Publishing in December 2021. “Spellbinding from page one, Dancing in Silver Lands op...

....you can support Neon Hemlock AND my ego here, with this tiny collection of tiny fairy tales:

www.neonhemlock.com/chapbooks-zi...

It's been years since I've seen it, but I have very fond memories.

The other silver lining of today is discovering that although I do NOT have DVDs of Burn Notice (I sorta had a love/hate relationship with that show, Bruce Campbell notwithstanding), I DO still have my DVD set of THE ADVENTURES OF BRISCO COUNTY, JR., and I think I'm due a rewatch.

Wallers - Nightmare Magazine The day her mother brought Mr. Nelson home, Martha faded into the wallpaper. It seemed the safest thing to do. Martha had never met Mr. Nelson, but she had met the others, and she knew what they could...

I primarily write fantasy and science fiction, but every so often I write a horror story like this one:

www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/wall...

ANYWAY, this is all good news for Melody Cat, a tireless and enthusiastic birder, who is hoping to see plenty of birds this summer.

I think - I think - she can count on the resident cardinals and the blue jays. But I think - I know - she'd like to see more than just those birds.

(still! auugh! edit button!)

No sign of rebirth from the firebushes yet, but...I haven't lost all hope. It's only the second day of March, and April - when the fringe tree and the bald cypress usually wake up - is stil coming.

Also returning to life: the native passion flower vines AND the native muscadine grape vines, which means at least some food for a couple of butterfly species (passion flower) and some squirrels and birds (the grapes).

In much happier news, delighted to report that after apparently succumbing to the four hard freezes in this central Florida winter, the paw-paw tree in the back has decided that maybe - maybe - life is worth living after all, and has pushed out a few tentative leaves.

But, uh.

Sure!

I guess those commercial passenger flights from Yemen might be fully operational!

Thanks very much for this helpful advice, United States Department of State!

....as of 4 pm EST, the Dubai Airport was operating only "limited flights," with their website asking passengers NOT to travel to the airport unless they had a confirmed departure time from their airline.

For anyone needing a distraction from *waves hands around* yeah, all that.

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I'm kinda ADDICTED to formal, structured poetry, but I'm also in full agreement with this.

Oh, thank you!!!!

So glad you enjoyed this one - especially since this was one of my works that I thought got overlooked last year. Glad to hear that I'm at least partly wrong about that!

Looking at 2025 poetry for #HugoAwards nominations, so thought I’d make a thread of the ones I loved!

“When All I Could See Were Flowers” by Mari Ness @mariness.bsky.social

I have read this poem again and again, each time I’m hit with such visceral wave of emotions - the power of wonderful art!

#LunarEclipse FAQ:

Q: Is it safe to look at?
A: Absolutely! Unlike a solar eclipse, there's no UNsafe time to look at a lunar eclipse.

Q: Do I need a telescope?
A: Nope! Best view is with naked eye. Just look up!

Q: Does the eclipse portend terror & doom?
A: Not at all! The news has that covered.

Yes, that was the exact point I was making.

I don't really remember Uncle Bill - he died when I was four years old.

But family members always said that World War I had turned him into a real stickler for rules.

As my great-great Uncle Bill (my great-grandmother's younger brother), who fought in World War I and was a brigadier general in World War II (he supervised recruitment/supply efforts), once wrote in a letter:

"If we don't follow the rules, they won't either."

Clerks.

Young Frankenstein

Schindler's List (well, ok, 99%)

OH WOW!

Congratulations!!!!

You only THOUGHT your day had enough pain in it already.