Podcast appearances and mentions of Mari Ness

John, Alison and Liz discuss this year's Hugo Awards finalists. An uncorrected transcript of this episode is available here. Please email your letters of comment to comment@octothorpecast.uk, join our Facebook group, and tag @OctothorpeCast (on X or on Mastodon or on Bluesky) when you post about the show on social media. Content warnings this episode: None A note from John: I've done my level best to find useful URLs and link them below. Please let me know if there are better links or things I've missed! Best Novel Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher The Tainted Cup by Robert Jackson Bennett Best Novella The Brides of High Hill by Nghi Vo The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed Navigational Entanglements by Aliette de Bodard The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar The Tusks of Extinction by Ray Nayler What Feasts at Night by T Kingfisher Best Novelette “The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video” by Thomas Ha “By Salt, By Sea, By Light of Stars” by Premee Mohamed “The Four Sisters Overlooking the Sea” by Naomi Kritzer “Lake of Souls” by Ann Leckie “Loneliness Universe” by Eugenia Triantafyllou “Signs of Life” by Sarah Pinsker Best Short Story “Five Views of the Planet Tartarus” by Rachael K Jones “Marginalia” by Mary Robinette Kowal “Stitched to Skin Like Family Is” by Nghi Vo “Three Faces of a Beheading” by Arkady Martine “We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read” by Caroline M Yoachim “Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole” by Isabel J Kim Best Series Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse The Burning Kingdoms by Tasha Suri InCryptid by Seanan McGuire Southern Reach by Jeff VanderMeer The Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson The Tyrant Philosophers by Adrian Tchaikovsky Best Graphic Story The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag The Hunger and the Dusk, Vol. 1 by G Willow Wilson and Chris Wildgoose Monstress, Vol. 9 by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda My Favorite Thing is Monsters, Vol. 2 by Emil Ferris Star Trek: Lower Decks: Warp Your Own Way by Ryan North and Chris Fenoglio We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans Best Related Work “Charting the Cliff: An Investigation into the 2023 Hugo Nomination Statistics” by Camestros Felapton and Heather Rose Jones r/Fantasy's 2024 Bingo Reading Challenge “The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel” by Jenny Nicholson Speculative Whiteness: Science Fiction and the Alt-Right by Jordan S Carroll Track Changes by Abigail Nussbaum “The 2023 Hugo Awards: A Report on Censorship and Exclusion” by Chris M Barkley and Jason Sanford Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form) Dune: Part Two Flow Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga I Saw the TV Glow Wicked The Wild Robot Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form) “The Beginning” (Fallout) “Death's Hand in Mine” (Agatha All Along) “Dot and Bubble” (Doctor Who) “Fissure Quest” (Star Trek: Lower Decks) “The New Next Generation” (Star Trek: Lower Decks) “73 Yards” (Doctor Who) Best Game or Interactive Work Caves of Qud Dragon Age: The Veilguard The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Lorelei and the Laser Eyes Tactical Breach Wizards 1000xRESIST Best Editor (Short Form) Scott H. Andrews Jennifer Brozek Neil Clarke Jonathan Strahan Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Sheila Williams Best Editor (Long Form) Carl Engle-Laird Ali Fisher Lee Harris David Thomas Moore Diana M. Pho Stephanie Stein Best Professional Artist Micaela Alcaino Audrey Benjaminsen Rovina Cai Maurizio Manzieri Tran Nguyen Alyssa Winans Best Semiprozine The Deadlands Escape Pod FIYAH khōréō Strange Horizons Uncanny Magazine Best Fanzine The Ancillary Review of Books Black Nerd Problems The Full Lid Galactic Journey Journey Planet Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog Best Fancast The Coode Street Podcast Eight of Diana Wynne Jones Hugo, Girl! Hugos There A Meal of Thorns Worldbuilding for Mascochists Best Fan Writer Camestros Felapton Abigail Nussbaum Roseanna Pendlebury Jason Sanford Alasdair Stuart Örjan Westin Best Fan Artist Iain Clark Sara Felix Meg Frank Michelle Morrell España Sheriff Alison Scott Best Poem Calypso by Oliver K Langmead “Ever Noir” by Mari Ness “there are no taxis for the dead” by Angela Liu “A War of Words” by Marie Brennan “We Drink Lava” by Ai Jiang “Your Visiting Dragon” by Devan Barlow Lodestar Award The Feast Makers by H.A. Clarke Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee Sheine Lende by Darcie Little Badger So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole Astounding Award Moniquill Blackgoose Bethany Jacobs Hannah Kaner Angela Liu Jared Pechaček Tia Tashiro Credits Cover art: “Scorching Hot Takes” by Alison Scott Alt text: A black background. Text in purple reads “Octothorpe 132” while text MADE OF FIRE says “Scorching hot takes on the Hugo finalists”. Theme music: “Fanfare for Space” by Kevin MacLeod (CC BY 4.0)

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “Six People to Revise You” by J.R. Dawson, as read by Erika Ensign   Poetry: "Care for Lightning" by Mari Ness, as read by Erika Ensign  Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews J.R. Dawson   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2025 by Uncanny Magazine

Recent scholarship has shed considerable light on many previously puzzling or mysterious aspects of the life of the Baba Yaga---or, as some would still have it, the Baba Yagas. But one element has remained largely unstudied, and indeed, almost completely ignored. | © 2024 by Mari Ness. Narrated by Susan Hanfield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The day her mother brought Mr. Nelson home, Martha faded into the wallpaper. It seemed the safest thing to do. Martha had never met Mr. Nelson, but she had met the others, and she knew what they could do to her. Had done to her. And her mother. It was possible that this one was different, but Martha did not want to take that chance. “Martha?” called out her mother. She was clinging to Mr. Nelson's arm, Martha saw, and swaying a little. Just as she had with the others. “Martha?” ©2022 by Mari Ness. Narrated by Judy Young.

Editors' Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “For All Those Who Sheltered Here” by Del Sandeen, as read by Matt Peters Short Fiction: “White Rose, Red Rose” by Rachel Swirsky, as read by Erika Ensign Short Fiction: The North Pole Workshops” by Mari Ness, as read by Matt Peters Poetry: “Confessions of a Spaceport AI” by Mary Soon Lee, as read by Erika Ensign Interview: Lynne M. Thomas Interviews Del Sandeen   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2021 by Uncanny Magazine

Here's the audio and video from the September 15th, 2021 livestream with guests Ellen Klages and Mari Ness. Rajan Khanna guest hosted for Matthew Kressel.

On the Shelf for March 2021 The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 196 with Heather Rose Jones Your monthly roundup of history, news, and the field of sapphic historical fiction. In this episode we talk about: The topics that historical fiction flinches away from Stories picked for the 2021 Fiction Series Recent and upcoming publications covered on the blogChoquette, Leslie. 2001. “'Homosexuals in the City: Representations of Lesbian and Gay Space in Nineteenth-Century Paris” in Merrick, Jeffrey & Michael Sibalis, eds. Homosexuality in French History and Culture. Harrington Park Press, New York. ISBN 1-56023-263-3 Vicinus, Martha. 1992. "'They Wonder to Which Sex I Belong': The Historical Roots of the Modern Lesbian Identity" in Feminist Studies vol. 18, no. 3 467-497. Binhammer, Katherine. 2002. "Thinking Gender with Sexuality in 1790s' Feminist Thought" in Feminist Studies vol 28, no 3. pp. 667-690. Boyd, Nan Alamilla. 2013. "The History of the Idea of the Lesbian as a Kind of Person" in Feminist Studies vol. 39, no. 2 362-365. Interview with Mari Ness about Madame de Murat and the salon fairy talesResistance and Transformation: On Fairy Tales by Mari Ness (Aqueduct Press) New and forthcoming fictionA Call to Justice (series #3) by S.W. Andersen The Wife in the Attic by Rose Lerner Fishwives by Sally Bellerose Flying High by G.B. Baldassari ”Bump in the Night” by Lara Kinsey The Railwalkers by Ruth Hanson The Ledge Light: New London by Diana Perkins Eleutheria: Chronique des Amazones by Helena Manenti Girls in Black (Ranger Paraversum Book 2) by Vesna Kurilic Interview with Aliette de BodardThe inspirations for using a pre-colonial fantasy-Vietnam as a setting Themes of colonization and apocalypse Future plans for space pirates inspired by Ching Shih and other pirates of the south China SeaFireheart Tiger by Aliette de Bodard In the Vanishers' Palace by Aliette de Bodard Dominion of the Fallen series by Aliette de Bodard Xuya Universe series by Aliette de Bodard Recommended work: Unconquerable Sun by Kate Elliott (gender-bent Alexander the Great in space with sapphic subplot) Recommended work: When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo (historic fantasy with f/f tiger-human romance) A transcript of this podcast is available here. (Interview transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Aliette de Bodard Online Website: AlietteDeBodard.com Twitter: @aliettedb Patreon: Aliette de Bodard Links to Mari Ness Online Website: Blogging with Dragons Essays: Mari's essays at Tor.com Twitter: @mari_ness Patreon: Mari Ness

Editors’ Intro: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas Short Fiction: “The Ruby of the Summer King” by Mari Ness, as read by Erika Ensign Poetry: “fair exchange” by Ewen Ma, as read by Joy Piedmont Interview: Lynne M. Thomas interviewing Mari Ness   Want to join the Space Unicorn Ranger Corps? You can find new science fiction and fantasy stories, poetry, and nonfiction every month in Uncanny Magazine. Go to uncannymagazine.com or subscribe to the eBook version at weightlessbooks.com or amazon.com. This podcast was produced by Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky. Music created by Null Device and used with permission. Copyright © 2020 by Uncanny Magazine

That notorious ship that sailed to the wretched isle known as Neverland under the leadership of one James, self-styled Jas., Cook, called the Jolly Roger, has most naturally been a subject of intense study among historians. Yet even the most meticulous of these scholars have often failed to note that among that dreadful crew sailed at least one woman, Gerta, or, as she named herself, the Great Gerta, or, as she was named by others, Gerta the Girthy. | Copyright 2020 by Mari Ness. Narrated by Judy Young.

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents Mari Ness' “Gretel's Bones.” You can read the full text of the poem and more about Mari here.

She is a girl, coming to a house. Not just any house: a large, sprawling mansion, built up from the remains of a ruined abbey, or a shattered castle. One that stands on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the seas, or lost in fog-swept moors, or deep within a rugged forest. A house of secrets, a house of ghosts and haunts. She is alone, or nearly alone, or thinks she is alone. This is not quite as strange as it might sound. In her world, parents die young. Most of her remaining relatives are indifferent, or poor. | Copyright 2019 by Mari Ness. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

She is a girl, coming to a house. Not just any house: a large, sprawling mansion, built up from the remains of a ruined abbey, or a shattered castle. One that stands on the edge of a cliff, overlooking the seas, or lost in fog-swept moors, or deep within a rugged forest. A house of secrets, a house of ghosts and haunts. She is alone, or nearly alone, or thinks she is alone. This is not quite as strange as it might sound. In her world, parents die young. Most of her remaining relatives are indifferent, or poor. | Copyright 2019 by Mari Ness. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

One of the doors in the closet, behind the boxes, leads to a harsh desert world. The first time you stepped through, you didn't bring water, and nearly died as you crouched beneath the sun, waiting for the door to open again. You were saved only by the unexpected appearance of someone draped in gray, who gave you water before showing you a mottled face of lizard skin. You screamed. By the time you returned, you could barely stand. Your head pounded; your skin was badly burnt. | 2017 by Mari Ness. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

Mari Ness is a speculative fiction writer and poet based in central Florida. I was recently turned on to Mari's work by a mutual acquaintance of ours, and I really enjoyed digging through her short stories and poetry. In our conversation we talked about her new book Through Immortal Shadows Singing, her experience working in the speculative poetry genre, and what she loves about revising fairy tales. For the second segment, Mari chose Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery as her topic. (Conversation recorded September 12, 2017.) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Stitcher | SoundCloud | TuneIn | RSS Support: Support our Patreon | Leave a review Share: Tweet this episode | Share to Facebook Connect: Newsletter | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Tumblr Show Notes: Mari Ness Medium Festival of Photography Keep the Channel Open - Episode 44: scott b davis Mari Ness - The Witch in the Tower Mari Ness - The Middle Child’s Practical Guide to Surviving a Fairy Tale Mari Ness - Souls Mari Ness - Deathlight Mari Ness - Through Immortal Shadows Singing: GoodReads, IndieBound, B&N, Kobo Mari Ness - Disney Read-Watch Keep the Channel Open - Episode 23: José Iriarte Joe Haldeman Ursula K. Le Guin Jane Yolen Margaret Atwood - The Penelopiad Lisa M. Bradley Rose Lemberg Sofia Samatar Kurt Vonnegut Kazuo Ishiguro - Never Let Me Go Keep the Channel Open - Episode 38: Brandon Taylor Lucy Maud Montgomery Lucy Maud Montgomery - Magic for Marigold Georgette Heyer Agatha Christie Lucy Maud Montgomery - Emily of New Moon Louisa May Alcott - Little Women Nicole Kornher-Stace - Archivist Wasp Mysterious Galaxy Lucy Maud Montgomery - Pat of Silver Bush Lucy Maud Montgomery - Rilla of Ingleside Robert C. O’Brien - Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Lara Donnelly Lara Donnelly - Amberlough Theodora Goss Theodora Goss - The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter

Tonight, Redshift presents the lonely story of two cosmic explorers stranded within a cold, distant nebula. But, as they are soon to discover, perhaps they are not as alone as they thought. Bundle up for Deathlight, by Mari Ness.

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Ciro Faienza presents poetry from the December issues of Strange Horizons. "Jacob's Ladder" by Evelyn Deshane. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Evelyn here. "the princess of blue roses" by Steffi Lang. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Steffi here. "ICE / SHADOW" by Mari Ness. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Mari here.

Els wondered again if she should start recording her final words. If she could start recording her final words. There was cold, and then there was cold, and the Tolstar was cold. Dun had shut off every heating system that wasn't absolutely needed to keep systems running outside of the main control room, and even that he left cold enough to let ice crystals form. Narrated by Claire Benedek.

"Inhabiting Your Skin" by Mari Ness -- published in Apex Magazine issue 73, June 2015. Mari Ness has published fiction and poetry in multiple venues, including Tor.com, Clarkesworld, Daily Science Fiction, and right here at Apex Magazine. You can follow her official blog at marikness.wordpress.com, or on Twitter as @mari_ness. She lives in central Florida, where she is still trying to figure out how to program the convection oven/microwave. This Apex Magazine Podcast was performed and produced by Lisa Shininger. Music used with kind permission of Oh, Alchemy! Apex Magazine Podcast, Copyright Apex Publications.

That evening, she kills him again. This time, she works slowly, exquisitely slowly, taking frequent stops for food, for wine, for blood. Once or twice she even excuses herself to go to the bathroom, apologizing for leaving him alone. | Copyright 2014 by Mari Ness. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents poetry from the January issues of Strange Horizons. "The Restoration of Youth" by Mari Ness read by Julia Rios. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Mari here. "Dermatoglyphics" by Stacie Taylor read by Anaea Lay. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Stacie here. "Architect" by Sharon Kretz read by Ciro Faienza. You can read the full text of the poem and more about Sharon here. "Roman Shade" by April Grant read by Dennis M. Lane. You can read the full text of the poem and more about April here.

In this episode of the Strange Horizons podcast, editor Anaea Lay presents poetry from the September issues of Strange Horizons. "And Deeper Than Did Ever Plummet Sound" by Mat Joiner, read by Mat Joiner. You can read the full text of the poem, and more about Mat, here. "Tryptych" by Jane Crowley, read by Ciro Faienza. You can read the full text of the poem, and more about Jane, here. "When Ever Young" by Mukete Samuel Oreh, read by Tony Sebastian Ukpo. You can read the full text of the poem, and more about Mukete, here. "The Loss" by Mari Ness, read by Julia Rios. You can read the full text of the poem, and more about Mari, here.

Our first piece of audio fiction for February is "And the Hollow Space Inside" written by Mari Ness and read by Kate Baker. Subscribe to our podcast.

Our second piece of audio fiction for June is "Trickster" written by Mari Ness and read by Kate Baker. Subscribe to our podcast.