Marissa Lingen
Marissa Kristine Lingen is an American science fiction and fantasy author known for her short stories.
Life
Lingen was born in Libertyville, Illinois, to a family of Norwegian and Swedish descent. She studied physics and mathematics at Gustavus Adolphus College and worked at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. She now lives in Minnesota.Lingen is a prolific author, having published more than 150 pieces of short fiction. In 1999, her story “In the Gardens and the Graves” won the Isaac Asimov Award, now known as the Dell Magazines Award, for short fiction. Lingen has a vestibular disorder that has influenced some of her stories, especially in understanding the impact of zero gravity and three-dimensional spaces. Her fiction has appeared in multiple anthologies, as well as in Nature, Tor, Ideomancer, Analog and Clarkesworld.
Collections
- Dragon Brother and Other Stories.
Short Fiction Series
Carter Hall Stories
- "Carter Hall and the Motley Lions" – On Spec Issue 88, Vol 24, No 1.
- "Carter Hall Judges the Lines" – On Spec Issue 79, Vol 21, No 4.
- "Carter Hall Sweeps a Path" – On Spec Issue 72, Vol 20, No 1.
- "Carter Hall Recovers the Puck" – On Spec Issue 64, Vol 18, No 1.
Post-Nuclear Fantasies (Shared Universe)
- "Drifting Like Leaves, Falling Like Acorns" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
- "" – The Sockdolager.
- "" – Lightspeed.
- "" – Apex Magazine Issue 66.
- "" – Apex Magazine Issue 61.
- "" – Tor.com. Translated into Italian: "" – Vapori D'Arsenico Sabato 17.
- "" – Tor.com. Reprinted in The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2013 Edition.
Oort-Cloud Stories
- "Left to Take the Lead" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact. in Clarkesworld Magazine.
- "" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
- "Vulture's Nest" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
- "" – Tor.com. An is available.
- "Blue Ribbon" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Reprinted in Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2015. in Lightspeed Issue 88.
Short Fiction
- "" – Nature.
- "" – Daily Science Fiction.
- "" – Strange Horizons.
- "" – Nature.
- "Filaments of Hope" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
- "" – Uncanny Magazine.
- "" – Daily Science Fiction.
- "" – Nature.
- "Painting the Massive Planet" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
- "" – Uncanny Magazine Issue 24, Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction special issue
- "" – Nature Futures.
- "" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "" – Nature.
- "The Jagged Bones of Sea Saw Town" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
- "" – Reckoning.
- "" – Uncanny Magazine Issue 20. An with interview is available.
- "" – Nature Futures.
- "" – Daily Science Fiction.
- "" – Fireside Magazine.
- "" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "" – New Myths Magazine Issue 38.
- "Two Point Three Children" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
- "" – Daily Science Fiction.
- "" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "An Unearned Death" – The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2017.
- "" – Nature. Translated into Spanish: "" – Cuentos para Algernon Especial ultracortos XVII.
- "" – Daily Science Fiction.
- "" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies. An is available.
- "A Lab of One's Own" – On Spec Issue #106, Volume 28, No 3. Co-written with Alec Austin.
- "In the Ancestor's New House" – Spirits Unwrapped.
- "" – self-published online, .
- "" – Nature Futures.
- "" – self-published online, .
- "Upside the Head" – Science Fiction by Scientists: An Anthology of Short Stories.
- "" – Nature Futures.
- "" – Evil Girlfriend Media.
- "Ten Stamps Viewed Under Water" – The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction.
- "" – Strange Horizons.
- "Potential Side Effects May Include" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Co-written with Alec Austin.
- "" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue 173.
- "" – Abyss & Apex Magazine Issue 56. Co-written with Alec Austin.
- "The Hanged Woman's Portion" – Not Our Kind.
- "" – Nature Futures.
- "Empty Monuments" – Insert Title Here. Co-written with Alec Austin.
- "" – Daily Science Fiction.
- "" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "" – Nature Futures.
- "Calm" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Co-written with Alec Austin.
- "" – Nature Physics Futures. Reprinted in Nature Futures 2: Science Fiction from the Leading Science Journal. Reprinted in Year's Best Young Adult Speculative Fiction 2014.
- "" – Strange Horizons. An is available.
- "" – Nature Futures.
- "Things We Have in This House for No Reason" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
- "Ask Citizen Etiquette" – Asimov's Science Fiction.
- "" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue 129. Co-written with Alec Austin.
- "" – Daily Science Fiction.
- "Milk Run" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact July 2013. Co-written with Alec Austin.
- "" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue 117. An is available.
- "The Un-Wisher" – Spellbound Magazine.
- "The Young Necromancer's Guide to Re-Capitation" – On Spec. Co-written with Alec Austin.
- "The Radioactive Etiquette Book" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact. An is available.
- "" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies. An is available.
- "Dinosaurs of the Southern Dust Bowl" – White Cat Magazine.
- "" – Daily Science Fiction. Co-written with Alec Austin.
- "" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Reprinted in Ceaseless Steam: Steampunk Stories from Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "" – Lightspeed. An is available.
- "Modification or Mutation: 8 Ways a Parent Can Be Sure" – Daily Science Fiction, September 7, 2011.
- "" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
- "Blood Man Calls the Whale" – Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue 53, March 2012.
- "Tusk and Skin" – Bewere the Night
- "" – Nature.
- "Some of Them Closer" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Reprinted in . Reprinted in Forever Magazine Issue 60. An is available.
- "The Witch's Second Daughter" – Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue 49. An is available.
- "" – Beneath Ceaseless Skies Issue 46. Reprinted in The Best of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online Magazine, Year Two.
- "" – Clarkesworld Magazine. Reprinted in Clarkesworld: Year Four.
- "" – Nature.
- "Five Ways to Ruin a First Date" – Not One of Us.
- "Why I Live in the Silver Mine" – Jim Baen's Universe.
- "" – Futurismic.
- "Kay's Box" – Shimmer Magazine Issue 11.
- "The Calculus Plague" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact. Reprinted in Year's Best SF 15 and Twenty-First Century Science Fiction: An Anthology.
- "" – Aberrant Dreams Magazine.
- "In the Velvet Swamp" – Coyote Wild Magazine.
- "Swimming Back from Hell by Moonlight" – Aeon Issue 13.
- "" – Nature Physics Futures.
- "Loki's Net" – Jim Baen's Universe 2008.
- "Making Alex Frey" – Jim Baen's Universe.
- "Väinämöinen and the Singing Fish" – Abyss & Apex Magazine Issue 27. An is available.
- "" – Nature Futures. An is available.
- "Pirates by Adeline Thromb Age 8" – Shimmer Magazine, October 2007.
- "Scribing a Line" – Fictitious Force Issue 4.
- "Water, Flesh, and Stone" – Aberrant Dreams.
- "Rest Stop" – Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue 28.
- "A Six-Letter Word for Mom" – Fictitious Force Issue 4.
- "Singing Them Back" – Jim Baen's Universe Issue 4.
- "Michael Banks, Home from the War" – Aeon Issue 9.
- "Moth Kin" – Between Kisses Magazine.
- "Silent Teraphim" – Aberrant Dreams Issue 8.
- "The Opposite of Pomegranates" – Jim Baen's Universe Issue 1. Reprinted in The Best of Jim Baen's Universe.
- "Heart-Shaped Hole" – Challenging Destiny Issue 22.
- "" – Aeon, Issue 6.
- "The Beast's Apprentice" – Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine Issue 24.
- "Even Without Deceit" – Fictitious Force Issue 2.
- "The Flask of Today" – Story Station.
- "Five Brothers Underground" – Kenoma.
- "Another Hollywood Miracle" – Fortean Bureau.
- "Anna's Implants" – Challenging Destiny Issue 19.
- "Big Sister" – Story Station.
- "" – Neo-opsis Science Fiction Magazine Issue 3.
- "From the Hip Flask" – SDO Fantasy.
- "" – Raven Electrick.
- "Under the Masks" – Monthly Short Stories.
- "Take Back the Night" – Kenoma.
- "Endgene" – Quantum Muse.
- "Trail's End" – Alien Skin.
- "" – EOTU E-Zine.
- "Fair Use" – Fables.
- "Seven Minutes In Heaven" – Fortean Bureau.
- "Bestseller" – Continuum SF.
- "Shylock's Pound" – Penumbric.
- "Rock, Paper, Scissors" – Zahir.
- "Taste of Blood and Bubble-Gum" – Alien Skin.
- "The Grumpiest Place on Earth" – Flash Me Magazine.
- "MacArthur Station" – Fortean Bureau.
- "Dark Thread" – Challenging Destiny Issue 17.
- "Wishing on Airplanes" – Oceans of the Mind.
- "Drops of Yesterday" – SF-F.org.
- "Prototype" – Far Sector SFFH.
- "" – Would That It Were. Co-written with Tim Cooper.
- "" – Twin Cities Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- "" – Spellbound.
- "Making It Home" – This Way Up.
- "Natural Limitations" – Ideomancer.
- "Bright Red -- Aim Here" – Short Stuff.
- "Instead of Glass Slippers" – Rogue Worlds.
- "Grandma Disappears" – Spellbound.
- "" – Paradox12.
- "Irena's Roses" – Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
- "The Handmade's Tale" – Future Orbits. Received an Honorable Mention in The Year's Best Science Fiction: Nineteenth Annual Collection.
- "Butterhead" – Speculon. Reprinted in Twin Cities Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
- "Cornflake Girl" – Speculon.
- "In the Gardens and the Graves" – Asimov's Science Fiction. Won the Isaac Asimov Award.
Essays and Other Nonfiction
- "" – Uncanny Magazine Issue 32
- "" – Uncanny Magazine Issue 29
- "" – Tor.com
- "" – Uncanny Magazine Issue 27
- " – Uncanny Magazine Issue 24, Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction special issue
- "" – Uncanny Magazine Issue 23
- "" – Uncanny Magazine Issue 21
- "How Far Are We From Minneapolis?" – Reckoning Issue 1
- "The Apple and the Castle" – The Reader: War for the Oaks
- "Fresh-Baked Legacy" – Skirt!
- "Near Bliss" – Skirt!
- "A Perfect Fit" – Skirt!
- "Drawing the Line: What Makes YA Fiction?" – Speculon
- "" – Strange Horizons
- "Diversity, Hold the Sugar" – Skirt!
- "Camp Sparta" – Skirt!
- "" – Strange Horizons
- "What the Kelk is that Dwarf-Lover Doing?: Building a Better World Through Offensive Language" – Phantastes