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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

IT'S TODAY!!! My fantasy novella, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, is out today! From here on out, if you suddenly have the urge to read about harpies, opinionated weapons, and a bunch of misfits fighting the fash, you can just DO THAT! Order direct or from bookstores: hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

Happy author Marissa Lingen, a long-haired white woman, holds up a copy of her book, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR

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J.R. Dawson @jrdawson.bsky.social · 20h

Hi, I'm open for sensitivity reads rn. I can read for queer characters, disability (focuses in CPTSD, hypermobility, Long Covid, OCD, Anxiety), and progressive/reform Judaism. Please DM me for more information if you're interested in working together.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

What a timely Bluebeard poem from @faithallington.bsky.social in @kaleidotrope.bsky.social ! Though I know we all wish it felt irrelevant it is very much of the moment: kaleidotrope.net/autumn-2026/...

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'Bluebeard at Midnight' by Faith Allington

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This is a lovely, thoughtful conversation between @marissalingen.bsky.social and @jomiles.bsky.social about their new Horned Lark novellas. I've already read Marissa's (A Dubious Clamour) and absolutely loved it! And Jo's looks great as well. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqDk... #booksky

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Chat with authors Marissa Lingen and Jo Miles

YouTube video by Kevin Hearne

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

“Cutting this much from the university budget will mean that some of the core functions of the university will be lost. It’s not possible to just do more with less — to work smarter, to trim around the edges. We’re going to have to do less with less.” Gift link: www.startribune.com/umn-cuts-sta...

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Perry: What we lose if the U cuts $225 million

"Austerity doesn’t work. Instead, it creates a death spiral, where reduction in services leads to reductions in revenue, which lead to reductions in services, which leads to reduction in revenue, whic...

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Beth Cato @bethcato.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Twin Cities folks! Come out to Red Wing MN this weekend. Leaves are entering peak color & the Friends of the Library are hosting a big book sale! Thursday the 1st: 10am-5pm Friday the 2nd: 10am-5pm Saturday the 3rd: $2 bag sale 10am-2pm

Fall 2026 book sale

In the Foot room

Thursday the 1st: 10am-5pm
Friday the 2nd: 10am-5pm
Saturday the 3rd: $2 bag sale 10am-2pm

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Farmer's market haul: cacio e pepe bagels, cheddar chipotle bagels, maple chai cream cheese (to go with previously purchased frozen bagels), rib tips, mashed squash, spices, barbecue sauce, cucumbers, two colors of cherry tomatoes, raspberries, strawberries.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

INTERNET, INTERNET, WAKE UP, NEIL PRICE HAS A NEW BOOK COMING OUT IN OCTOBER! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!

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Jordan Kurella @jordankurella.com · 29/09/2026

hey all!!! this Wednesday, which is tomorrow, i'll be at @storyhour.bsky.social with @megelison.bsky.social !!!! holy carps!!! you know you wanna attend this one. free author readings online, to refill the creative well! 7pm Pacific, 10pm Eastern youtube.com/@storyhour2020

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Story Hour

Every week, an hour of speculative fiction short stories, narrated by the authors. From horror to weird to hard SF and everything in between; from newly published authors to seasoned pros and multiple...

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I am double-booked for that day already so sadly I will miss this. YOU should go and take notes for me!!!

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Sweetland Orchards orchard tour and heirloom apple tasting kit was a great way to spend a fall afternoon. I added eight apples to the spreadsheet today with another waiting for me in the fridge, and everyone who went with me was committed to spending their full attention on apples.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Everything I write is in conversation with Mike, John M. Ford. Every single thing. And I simultaneously can't believe it's been twenty years and can believe it only too well. (It's always like that for our important people, I think. Also: it is very very much like that in this case.)

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Andrew Plotkin @eblong.com · 25/09/2026

I've been quoting bits of John M. Ford, who died twenty years ago this morning. blog.zarfhome.com/2026/09/twen... “There's not the time to stand still in the corridor / waiting for life to make sense after all.”

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Twenty years without a Christmas card

I wasn't blogging in 2006, but I was a regular commenter on the Nielsen Haydens' blog Making Light in the year and on the morning that I read "Mike Ford is gone." I found the comment which I posted tw...

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Stephanie Burgis @stephanieburgis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A quick reminder: tomorrow's newsletter will include a giveaway of 50 (!) e-ARCs of my upcoming cozy-spooky romantasy novella A Waltz of Sinister Import, the 3rd & final novella in The Supernatural Adventures of Lady & Lord Riven. Subscribe here: stephanieburgis.com/newsletter #romancelandia

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ICYMI, check out the recording of my lovely chat with @marissalingen.bsky.social! We discuss harpies, fungi, Gilbert & Sullivan, portal fantasy, the importance of doubt, and the power of hope: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqDk... Thanks @kevinhearne.bsky.social and @hornedlarkpress.com for hosting!

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Chat with authors Marissa Lingen and Jo Miles

YouTube video by Kevin Hearne

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Check it out! We compared notes on hopeful endings and how we pack in our favorite story elements, the wonderful weirdness of fungi, and how doubt is an unexpected but important virtue. My cat even made a guest appearance!

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Honestly I just have to say that @jomiles.bsky.social and @kevinhearne.bsky.social handled SO MANY of the details for last night's event, and I showed up and smiled and blathered, THANK YOU SO MUCH JO AND KEVIN for making all the details so much better than they would have been on my watch.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Farmer's market haul: strawberries, raspberries, cherry tomatoes, heirloom slicing tomatoes, small cucumbers, red bell peppers, a poblano, orange cauliflower, potatoes, cacio e pepe bagels, chipotle cheddar bagels, chili crisp cream cheese.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TONIGHT ONLY!* Join the livestream to chat with me and my friend and fellow @hornedlarkpress.com author @jomiles.bsky.social about our recent novellas! From the comfort of your own home or any other location as long as you're considerate with headphones! *Unless you watch it on YouTube later

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Event
Alien Forests and Dubious Swords: A chat with Jo Miles and Marissa Lingen Hosted by Kevin Hearne
Wednesday, September 23 7 PM ET
Join the livestream at:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KevinHearneAuthor
Instagram: @kevinhearne
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/kevinhearne

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K.A. Doore @kadoore.com · 23/09/2026

I finished reading A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social last night and what a warm hug of a novella. I mean, also an angry, fascist-bashing, fierce hug, but mostly very warm, yes.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The end of this outline says, "friendship is magic, power to the people, leave the campsite better than you found it," and I had faith that I would know what that meant in concrete terms when I got there, and uh. Actually I DO.

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Philip Brewer @philipbrewer.net · 22/09/2026

Recommended reading: A Dubious Clamor by @marissalingen.bsky.social A glorious book dense with charm, whimsy, fantasy, song, excitement, danger, and more modest amounts of intrigue and sword fighting. www.philipbrewer.net/2026/09/22/r...

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Recommended reading: A Dubious Clamor

After a gap during which I quit following numerous friends, acquaintances, fellow writers, etc. due to a collapse of my RSS feed reader, I have gotten set up with a new feed reader, and am beginning t...

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 22/09/2026

Feel like punching fascists sometimes? Want to see a pair of women absolutely slay? Then the antifascist action masterpiece COYOTE RUN by @lilithsaintcrow.com is for you! hornedlarkpress.com/product/coyo...

Copy of Coyote Run by Lilith Saintcrow, art by Phineas X. Jones.

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 22/09/2026

How about harpies and magic swords and a group of friends and strangers coming together to defeat authoritarians, PLUS CAKE? Pick up a copy of A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social! hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

A copy of A Dubious Clamor, cover art by Matthew Curtius.

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 22/09/2026

If you *haven’t* read any of our books yet, may we suggest a few? How about an anti-colonial spacefaring yarn where the plants are people too? Grab THE FINAL CHRONICLE OF YENEH by @jomiles.bsky.social! hornedlarkpress.com/product/the-...

A copy of The Final Chronicle of Yeneh by Jo Miles, cover art by Kim Herbst

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Luiza Jarovsky, PhD @luizajarovsky.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Norwegian humor is on another level. Here's how the Norwegian Consumer Council explained @doctorow.pluralistic.net's concept of 'enshittification':

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Catherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

It me! If you enjoyed some of my disability panels at FoF, may I also recommend my latest essay: "Here and Happy" where I talk about the need for disabled characters (and people) to take up joyous space in our stories and lives.

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Marie Sotiriou @mariesotiriou.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The fantasy novella A Dubious Clamor by Marissa Lingen is a delightful read🌈📚 It stars a sapphic lead who takes action to stop legislation that would threaten immigrants, magical creatures & anyone who doesn’t conform. Collective action, 🎶musical magic, harpies, & a sword with a mind of her own🗡️

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Virtual book event with @jomiles.bsky.social hosted by @kevinhearne.bsky.social ! Come around Wednesday to hear about our boooooks!

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Alien Forests and Dubious Swords A chat with Jo Miles and Marissa Lingen Hosted by Kevin Hearne
Wednesday, September 23 7PM ET
Join the livestream at:
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@KevinHearneAuthor
Instagram: @kevinhearne
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv./kevinhearne

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 20/09/2026

When one rallies with friends to defeat authoritarian plots, there must needs be cake afterward. But you can enjoy A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social with or without cake. We just recommend with.

AVAILABLE NOW
A DUBIOUS CLAMOR
Enchanted swords! Cake! Dastardly aristocrats! Harpies! A magic system based on music! Defeating the oppressors! Did we mention cake?
Get it wherever you buy books!

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Naomi Kritzer @naomikritzer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Reupping this again: MSP please alert the young white women with golden doodles, one of them urgently needs the post-exposure rabies series.

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 19/09/2026

We got your perfect weekend read right here: A coalition of unique folks stand up against homogenized culture. A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social will cure what ails you. Available in all the places—heck, ask for it at your library!

Now Available: A Dubious Clamor
"An exquisite delight: A perfect balance of sharp edges, society manners, and cake.” —Davinia Evans, author of Notorious Sorcerer

Sapphic yearning
Gays vs the
government

Unique
Magic System
Complex
Characters
Get it wherever you buy books

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 18/09/2026

We’ve heard it’s Buy a Book Friday (totally a thing) so we are gonna suggest A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social because it’s the story you didn’t know you needed including harpies, swords with opinions, and cake hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

Now Available: A Dubious Clamor
Find it wherever you buy books
"No war but class war; also, harpies! Delightful, unique, and frequently hilarious."
—Naomi Kritzer, author of Catfishing on CatNet
After a two year stint as a harpy leaves Jules with a shaky reputation, she tries to live a discreet life as a curse breaker, carefully maintaining her ties to her aristocratic mother and a wild clamor of harpies.
When her balance is disrupted, she must find the strength to confront her past and finally merge her two worlds.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

So many thanks to @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social for an amazing launch party last night! Go buy books from them, they are lovely! ...today is a day for much quiet very couch

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Adam Stemple @adamstemple.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

@marissalingen.bsky.social right now at her A Dubious Clamour release event on story ideas: “The thing that makes it a pearl is that it irritates you.” Fucking brilliant.

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Edmund Schweppe @edschweppe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've finished this book, and it is wonderful. There is nothing at all dubious about my enjoyment. I do, however, wish to join a clamor for more stories in this world, and more words from @marissalingen.bsky.social in particular!

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Now you don't have to BELIEVE there will be cake because I am providing @kevinhearne.bsky.social PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE of the wee tiny cakes. Also shown: the macarons that are the gf treat. Not pictured: the vegan treats, which are upstairs so my family doesn't "mistake" them for available yet.

On a wooden table, one small tray of green and brown macarons, two large (stacked) trays of tiny fancy cakes

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 17/09/2026

Have y’all grabbed your copy of A DUBIOUS CLAMOR by @marissalingen.bsky.social yet? Pardon us while we yodel about it because it rocks and we promise you’ve never read about harpies like this before

Now Available
Where to get it
You can order A Dubious Clamor wherever you buy books, or go to
hornedlarkpress.com

Why Buy It?
"A Dubious Clamor forges an alloy of magic, enchanted swords, whimsy, and social
adventure." —Paul Weimer, The Skiffy and Fanty Show
About the Book
Enjoy a world of sorcerous aunts, musical magic, and moody swords in this delightful tale of finding one's balance in an unbalanced world.

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Neil Ottenstein @nottenst.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Felt like I needed a @marissalingen.bsky.social story and listened to @katercakes.bsky.social read "A Shaky Bridge" from @clarkesworldmagazine.com 227 A nice moving short story clarkesworldmagazine.com/lingen_08_25/

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A Shaky Bridge by Marissa Lingen

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 17/09/2026

Tonight at @moonpalacebooks.bsky.social in Minneapolis! A twofer! @marissalingen.bsky.social and @naomikritzer.bsky.social discuss A DUBIOUS CLAMOR and you’d best believe there will be cake!

You’re invited
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
Join Marissa Lingen for the release of her new book A DUBIOUS CLAMOR and a conversation with Naomi Kritzer!
SEPTEMBER 17 2026 6:00 PM -7:00 PM
MOON PALACE BOOKS
3032, MINNEHAHA AVE
MINNEAPOLIS, MN

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

(coughCLAMORcough) (but still do come)

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Wm Henry Morris @wmhenrymorris.com · 17/09/2026

BRB. Need to find a smith who can forge a sword of doubt.

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

One week from today! @marissalingen.bsky.social and I have much to chat about with our shiny new books from @hornedlarkpress.com. We promise to delight and entertain you, and probably inspire you to go smash some authoritarianism. #booksky

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Alien Forests and Dubious Swords: A chat with Jo Miles and Marissa Lingen

Join authors Jo Miles and Marissa Lingen for this special virtual book event! Hosted by author Kevin Hearne.

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