Marissa K. Lingen
Author of The Chinese Americans (Major American Immigration)
About the Author
Works by Marissa K. Lingen
On The Acquisition Of Phoenix Eggs 2 copies
Some of Them Closer 2 copies
The Opposite of Pomegranates 2 copies
Surfacing {short story} 2 copies
Rest Stop 1 copy
How to Wrap a Roc's Egg 1 copy
Ask Citizen Etiquette 1 copy
Dark Thread 1 copy
Erasing the Map 1 copy
Loki's Net 1 copy
Making Alex Frey 1 copy
Singing Them Back 1 copy
The Beast's Apprentice 1 copy
Things We Sell to Tourists 1 copy
Anna's Implants 1 copy
A Dubious Clamor 1 copy
Associated Works
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 49 • June 2014 (Women Destroy Science Fiction! special issue) (2014) — Contributor — 174 copies, 11 reviews
Uncanny Magazine Issue 24: September/October 2018 (Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction) (2018) — Contributor — 52 copies
Consolation Songs: Optimistic Speculative Fiction for a Time of Pandemic (2020) — Contributor — 35 copies, 3 reviews
Science Fiction by Scientists: An Anthology of Short Stories (Science and Fiction) (2016) — Contributor — 21 copies, 1 review
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 38, No. 2 [February 2014] (2014) — Contributor — 10 copies, 2 reviews
Analog Science Fiction and Fact: Vol. CXXXIV, No. 9 (September 2014) (2014) — Contributor — 9 copies, 1 review
The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Two (2011) — Contributor — 5 copies, 1 review
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 44, No. 11 & 12 [November/December 2020] (2020) — Contributor — 4 copies
Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue #86 — Author — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1978-07-26
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Places of residence
- Eagan, Minnesota, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Minnesota, USA
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Reviews
"Shrapnel From My Cousin’s Kaiju Battle: $229 Plus Shipping" was more than worth the price alone. The stories in this chapbook are varied in tone but share the common theme of humanizing monsters (and in some cases, monsterfying humans - or at least, some people), and exploring relationships and bonds. Hence the title.
Some light-hearted and tongue-in-cheek stories next to more introspective pieces that would barely classify as stories. All are wonderful.
Some light-hearted and tongue-in-cheek stories next to more introspective pieces that would barely classify as stories. All are wonderful.
A retelling of a Finnish folk/fairy tale about a brother who challenges the world’s greatest charmer and loses, and his sister who has to pay the price. I liked this one a lot. It had all the rhythms of a proper fairy tale, with some quite funny touches, and the relationship between the sisters and their brother was great, and the ending nicely landing in the grey area between happily ever after and tragedy.
Ended up skimming this for work, so I'm going to count it as read. Lovely, with a lot of world packed into very few words.
Especially poignant as I think about the future these days:
“If I spend another year as a child,” I said. “A sleepwalking child. If I spend two, three. How will I learn then, not to be used? How will it ever get better?”
Uncle Flower reached out and stroked my head. “Oh, Zally. I don’t know if it will.”
. . .
I stood on tiptoe and kissed his cheek. “It’ll be all right, Uncle Flower. I promise.”
“You can’t know that.”
“I can. I dream in centuries, and there’ll be more centuries. So it’ll be all right.”
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Especially poignant as I think about the future these days:
“If I spend another year as a child,” I said. “A sleepwalking child. If I spend two, three. How will I learn then, not to be used? How will it ever get better?”
Uncle Flower reached out and stroked my head. “Oh, Zally. I don’t know if it will.”
. . .
I stood on tiptoe and kissed his cheek. “It’ll
“You can’t know that.”
“I can. I dream in centuries, and there’ll be more centuries. So it’ll be all right.”
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Statistics
- Works
- 39
- Also by
- 55
- Members
- 78
- Popularity
- #229,021
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 5
- ISBNs
- 14