Marissa Lingen

Look into 4H in your area! It varies widely but is definitely not just for raising livestock--it facilitates kids coming up with projects ALL over the map. I loved my time in 4H, and a generation later so did/do my neighbor kids across the street.

I have openings in my editing calendar for immediate work and future bookings. I work with novellas and novels, and with many genres. More info here: www.kathowardbooks.com/editing and I'm always happy to answer questions.

Coming July 7. Preorder now! Book cover for The Final Chronicle of Yeneh by Jo Miles, a sci-fi adventure blended with a portal fantasy: A tree-like alien creature looks over its shoulder at the reader while running away, framed by thorny vines and metal barriers

Preorders are live for The Final Chronicle of Yeneh! Part portal fantasy, part sci-fi adventure, all heart.

Think Narnia in space. If you love Narnia but wonder why they needed four British children to rule them after deposing the evil queen, this one's for you.

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Ah Yes, the Trick by Mari Ness

So, yes, everyone, the delightful folks over at Interstellar Flight Press have just published my latest poem, "Oh yes, the trick," as part of their Queer Speculative Disability Poetry in Conversation project.

You can read it for free here:

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always happy boi

Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription at Weightless Books gets you BCS stories a week early--in this case, both parts of a novella two weeks early--on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors a pro rate and our First Readers an honorarium worthy of writing all replies personalized. Thank you!

Thank you dear!

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Thank you!

Again thank you!

Honestly the biggest obstacle I think contemporary short story writers face is getting awareness that we/our stories exist, so I really appreciate this

Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social

Marie Brennan @swantower.bsky.social

Sarah Pinsker @sarahpinsker.bsky.social

Jose Pablo Iriarte @labyrinthrat.bsky.social

Usman Malik @usmantm.bsky.social

(also, me. I do reread my own stuff from time to time)

Thanks, friend!

I love this idea. ❤️

My three short story authors are @jenniferhudak.bsky.social, @sarahpinsker.bsky.social, and @marissalingen.bsky.social. I love all your work so much!

Thank you!!!

And we're so glad you do!

The book THE LIGHTHOUSE AT THE EDGE OF THE WORLD beside a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection pin

Thank you to the @jrlibraryguild.bsky.social for this honor! What a beautiful pin. It matches the lettering! @zenoagency.bsky.social @torbooks.bsky.social

I personally live in Eagan, which is a fairly walkable suburb south of the Minnesota River, because there was not a lot for sale in the size we needed (three adults working from home) in Minneapolis proper when we were moving here. But a few months earlier we'd have been spoiled for choice.

I am absolutely in agreement here. You can hardly go wrong in South Minneapolis, the neighborhoods there are great, it will depend on where you can find the size/shape of house you're looking for at the moment you're looking. Also I have friends who love living in N Mpls too, and even GASP St Paul.

The listing for Wooing the Witch Queen reads: Felix flees his dukedom-in-disguise to seek sanctuary at Queen Saskia’s door. A misunderstanding leads him to start working for her. Perfect for readers who adore yearning and crave magical heroines who can be vulnerable and take charge with equal measure.

Oh wow - thank you SO MUCH to the New York Public Library for including Wooing the Witch Queen in this amazing list of Best New Romance Books to read in 2026! www.nypl.org/books-more/r...

#romancelandia

Great news for UK readers! Waterstones has selected THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS for their 25% off pre-order sale! Just use the code FEB26 at check-out to get the best price of the year on my dragon.

All three of Garrodigh's heads can't wait to meet you.

Omg I cannot believe this. Thank you so much to all who voted. I’m so touched this story meant something to you because it meant so much to me.

Seriously what a good choice

EMQ for gov

"What a Big Heart You Have," Marissa Lingen. Short story. Everyone who enjoys Tumblr fairy tales should read this as it's going to be 100% your jam. A grandma keeps getting herself into trouble; a granddaughter needs to learn that grandma can make her own decisions.

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Thank you so much! (and also thanks Naomi for talking about it!)

Thank you!

Aww thank you buddy!

Liberals Keep Looking for the New Woody Guthrie or Bob Dylan. It’s the Wrong Model. What people misunderstand about protest songs.

“Bruce, nuance is wonderful, but sometimes you have to kick them in the teeth.”--Tom Morello, and all of us, on "Streets of Minneapolis"
(source: slate.com/culture/2026... )

Yeah, I immediately recognized where it is.

It's been all these weeks of seeing photos like this and immediately knowing the place, and reminding myself that it would not be better if it was in someone else's home instead of mine.

Thank you for bearing witness to how they've treated one of our neighbors.