Maressa Voss
@maressakate.bsky.social
WHEN SHADOWS GROW TALL, out now w/ Roundfire Books Rep’d by Veronica Goldstein @ DCL Writer | Seasonal fruit enthusiast | Seed saver Short fiction in Trollbreath Magazine & Moonday Magazine https://linktr.ee/maressavoss
Having benefited greatly from the guidance of @ccfinlay.bsky.social , this is one I’ll be sorry to miss! (Unless I can write a new novel by July…)
Cat Rambo@catrambo.bsky.social · 9mo agoVery excited to offer this new workshop for working writers. Please check it out and spread the word! www.catrambo.com/2026/01/06/a...
Is once again ✨vague✨ -- the writer's life is not for the faint!
Convincing you to read my flash fiction with the first sentence. “You are fungus, a kingdom unto yourself.” The Life and Times of Coprinus Comatus. moondaymag.com/coprinus-com...
Moonday Mag - The Life and Times of Coprinus Comatus
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John Wiswell@wiswell.bsky.social · 11mo agoConvincing you to read my novel with the first sentence. Share yours if you want. (Here's the opening of "Wearing The Lion.")
Trollbreath is one to watch (never mind they’ve published me twice!). Each issue is splendidly diverse, compulsively readable.
Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls@trollbreath.com · 11mo agoJust for funnsies, here's an interview with one of the co-editors of Trollbreath Magazine, posted by @duotrope.com today. Said editor being me (Jennifer helped me write the answers once she got up) duotrope.com/interview/ed...
“We could’ve eaten it if it was younger and not quite so drippy,” the largest says, pulling a face of regret. Isn’t that just life, you think, a soporific sigh escaping what might once have been your lips. moondaymag.com/coprinus-com...
I swear not all of my short story titles are Article + Noun + Verb + Adjective (or dismantlingly dark), but this one, at least, has a lil ray of light at the end (in the form of a waste chute but still...!)
Trollbreath Magazine@trollbreathmag.bsky.social · last yr.A Throwback Thursday read: magazine.trollbreath.com/the-instruct... Free!
If you want to see a really great use of repetition of word/phrase, you should check out this story. @maressakate.bsky.social nails a vibe and voice, and her theme is on point for the world we are being reluctantly driven towards by our tech lords.
Trollbreath Magazine@trollbreathmag.bsky.social · last yr.Free Fiction Friday is here! Here's an apt tale for humanities poor life choices: magazine.trollbreath.com/the-machines... @maressakate.bsky.social
Part allegory, part slipstream rage of consciousness little piece I wrote last year about why you really have brain fog and what happens when AI takes an interest in gardening. You honor me by reading!
Trollbreath Magazine@trollbreathmag.bsky.social · last yr.Free Fiction Friday is here! Here's an apt tale for humanities poor life choices: magazine.trollbreath.com/the-machines... @maressakate.bsky.social
Thrilled to be a repeat offender in Trollbreath Magazine, alongside some really special stories. This was one that extruded out in one long exhale (read: silent scream). The Machines Are Hungry (please don't feed them!)
Trollbreath Magazine@trollbreathmag.bsky.social · last yr.Subscriptions are $5 an issue/$20 a year at magazine.trollbreath.com @aimeeogdenwrites.com @bmorrisallen.com @maressakate.bsky.social @sarahpauling.bsky.social @cjtavares.bsky.social @jessonemoreword.bsky.social @mytherea.bsky.social @michaelallenrose.bsky.social
I have a short (short) piece in this issue, a work of slipstream, inspired by *gestures vaguely all around*… The Machines Are Hungry. Please don’t feed them.
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Now I am become Jeff, the destroyer of Whorls@trollbreath.com · last yr.The Fall Issue is now Live! magazine.trollbreath.com
Over the moon to share that I am now represented by the wondrous Susan Armstrong at C&W. It’s been a wild ride these last few weeks, approaching this terminus at high speed after five years of striving/toiling/hoping (and clearly I don’t know what to do with my hands just yet)…
I have committed an act of newsletter: I finally wrote up what I got from @catrambo.bsky.social's Wayward Wormhole workshop back in November (spoiler alert: it was a lot, and was not what I expected). buttondown.com/sarahday/arc...
What the desert says: Wayward Wormhole 2024
I meant to do a writeup of my time at Wayward Wormhole, Cat Rambo's residential writing workshop, as soon as I got home, but life had other plans. I'd like...
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3 AM typing marathon. Heart racing. Not inspiration -- just forgot to eat again. The muse: not bad to look at but a terrible roommate.
Many have said that When Shadows Grow Tall has A Wizard of Earthsea sensibility.
Ursula K. Le Guin@ursulakleguin.com · 2y agoNominations are now open for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction—and anyone can nominate work for this $25,000 prize! We hope you'll nominate books you love that meet this year's criteria:
New story day! "The Matador and the Labyrinth" is up at Diabolical Plots. Borges meets Hemingway. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1... The image is from a kylix drinking cup, c. 515 BC. The inscription around the edge reads "The boy is beautiful."
A reviewer here and there has expressed discontent about how my villains are unrealistic, a touch too mwa-ha-ha. To them, I ask, “Did you watch the press conference yesterday?” *me, watching, taking notes for book two* JD: “Say thank you.” *me, scribbling, “Bow to your overlord”*
@beardofdarkness.bsky.social was gracious to have me on his channel and we had a very chill chat about avenues to publishing, how to grease the creative gears, why I’m not a plotter, the function of beards in the generative phase, etc.
Tonight at 8:30pm EST, I will FINALLY have the opportuingty to chat with the author of "When Shadows Grow Tall", the wonderful @maressakate.bsky.social! Topics will include her writing journey, inspirations, writing fantasy in particular, women in fantasy, and more! Join us & bring your questions!
Join me at 5:30 PST tonight (!) with @beardofdarkness.bsky.social for a live interview. Bring your cat and questions of the burning/unhinged variety. www.youtube.com/live/E3fEG_1...
A Peak into Prose: Maressa Voss
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roma fatum est. roma est in aeternum. @maressakate.bsky.social took sargassa on a field trip to the very source. ☀️
"Just once, 347 would like to know what it feels like not to hit the drip. An impossibility—Tutrix is always there, ready to hook her up—but a curiosity nevertheless. What would it be like, to carry a feeling to its natural end; not have its rumpled edges smoothed over, its color faded to grey?"
It's Free Fiction Friday! Enjoy the story and consider subscribing or sending virtual coffee to keep the good stuff coming! magazine.trollbreath.com/the-instruct... ko-fi.com/trollbreathm...
My story, Instructions are Explicit, is free from the paywall today. Click on for a little jog through imperial space. Our story begins in the Dominion Ward, where Bound no. 347 grapples with challenges inherent to the postpartum period. magazine.trollbreath.com/the-instruct...
The Instructions are Explicit - Trollbreath Magazine
The Instructions are Explicit
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Trollbreath Magazine@trollbreathmag.bsky.social · 2y agoIssue One and parts of Issue Two are free from the paywall! Consider dropping some coffee money so we can continue to pay writers and artists for their fantastic work! magazine/trollbreath.com ko-fi.com/trollbreathm...
