Marie Croke
SFFH Writer (she/her)
Stories in BCS, Apex, Diabolical Plots, Fireside, FFO, Best Horror of the Year, others
Rep: @redpenkaitlyn.bsky.social
SFWA | Odyssey '20 | Codex
Website: mariecroke.com
Newsletter: marie-croke.kit.com/9933797d42
- Reposted by Marie CrokeMy 2025 Recommended Reading List is finally ready! Honestly, just writing these descriptions made me excited about this year's sci-fi/fantasy all over again. www.tarvolon.com/2025/12/18/t...
- Reposted by Marie CrokeBCS stories of 2025! "Our Echoes Drifting Through the Marsh" @mariecroke.bsky.social BCS #423: "I froze, afraid Adamet was listening. Wondered whether my admission of taking Danai into the Whispermarsh had been a final wedge between us." www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/our-... #BCSof2025
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Our echoes drifting through the marsh, by @mariecroke.bsky.social, is a fantasy novelette published at @bcsmagazine.bsky.social that you should definitely check! Her inspiration for this one was also pretty cool. www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/our-... - Reposted by Marie Croke🌼🌒🌓🌔 HAPPY ECO EQUINOX 🌖🌗🌘🌼 ECO24: THE YEAR'S BEST SPECULATIVE ECOFICTION has been released into the world! We are honored to share these author's stories with you, and look forward to continuing the legacy of ECO for many years to come. 🍄💜 👽🖤 Order ECO24: www.apexbookcompany.com/products/eco...
- Reposted by Marie Crokeshort fic folks should read this post -
- Reposted by Marie CrokeWe have 10 days left in the @apexmag.bsky.social 2026 Kickstarter and we've crossed 60% funding! Help us get to 100%! www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...
- Reposted by Marie CrokeA fantastic read of the Twelve Dancing Princesses by @mariecroke.bsky.social in The Orange & Bee. I just love how this story comes together from 12 different views. It's one for the #fairytale lovers! theorangebee.substack.com/p/but-do-you... #fantasy #princesses #shortstory #happilyeverafter
- I dont care what anyone says, i LOVE that movie :)
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- Reposted by Marie CrokeIt's officially fundraising time over at @thecosmicbgr.bsky.social, and we're doing things a little differently this year. Help a pro-paying, deeply-progressive, 100% human magazine continue to thrive. We'll love you for it. gofund.me/ca0c2b7d
- I subscribe to the bathtub model of skill aggregation, only my bathtub is filled with a strange concoction of lattes, rum, and pomegranate smoothies since i want my writing to be spicy, sweet, and maybe a little fucked up
- Reposted by Marie CrokeToday is THE DAY. You can now actually order for-real copies of my adult fantasy debut HOUSE OF DUSK in hardback, ebook and audio format pretty much anywhere books are sold! Lots of links and blurbs here: devafagan.com/house-of-dusk/
- Just a reminder that i have a story in this upcoming Best Of Anthology! "A Lullaby of Anguish," about our obsession with buying and selling and displaying anguish, and two sisters who were caught in that life
- Reposted by Marie CrokeAugust Spec Flash Roundup! With @smallwondersmag.com @flashfictiononline.bsky.social @apexmag.bsky.social @flashpointsf.bsky.social @factorfourmagazine.com @naturefutures.bsky.social @hexliterary.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com @escapepod.org @molotovlitzine.bsky.social @yourimpossiblevoice.com 1/3
- Got some crit/beta feedback today that is going to elevate this book 💀🌱
- Reposted by Marie CrokeSomething very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident" grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w... #Worldcon
- My writing process is some hunger games shit where i add words to a dozen different novels while eagerly anticipating finding out which ones will survive to the end
- Reposted by Marie Crokeyour intermittent reminder of my existing newsletter where i rant about writing, publishing, and my childhood trauma! in the next newsletter, i'll be getting super real about having a debut novel come out in 6 months 🥲
- Quiet date yestereve
- Reposted by Marie Crokejust saw someone sincerely arguing that they need AI bc they don't have "natural" artistic talent and idk how to make you understand that nobody comes by this shit naturally. it's just...work. it's being bad at it for a really, really, really long time. it's intention, pursued over time! wtf!!!
- Cons are amazing! You get to hang out with old writer friends and meet other like-minded ppl (and give hugs!!) But cons aren't necessary for your career, just your finished words are. So if you can't go for whatever reasons, no worries, for you always have your next story!
- Reposted by Marie CrokeI love @mariecroke.bsky.social's story about changing yourself, when being yourself is enough. Read this gorgeous story in @metastellar.bsky.social www.metastellar.com/fiction/flas... #speculative #flashfiction #shortstory
- Inside every irritated cat there is a fluffball who demands more hugs #caturday
