Marie Croke

Marie Croke

Marie Croke is a fantasy & science-fiction writer with almost 40 stories in publication. She is a graduate of the Odyssey workshop, first place winner in the Writers of the Future contest, and her work has been published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Apex Magazine, Diabolical Plots, Zooscape, Fireside and Cast of Wonders among many other fine magazines and anthologies. She has worked as a slush editor for multiple magazines, including khōréō, and has written reviews for Apex Magazine. She is now an Acquisitions Editor at Dark Matter INK. She lives in Maryland with her family and enjoys crocheting, kayaking, and aerial dancing (lyra & hammock) in her free time.

Turn to Stone Ourselves (BCS) and All the Starlit Worlds I’ve Visited…Without You (Dark Matter) Published! Plus Chicon, Covid and Capclave!

December 2, 2022

SALES 1) The first story, published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies on September 8th, is “Turn to Stone Ourselves.“ This story was conceptualized as my take on gargoyles, a people who are stone during the day and come alive at night. I crafted them as carved beings who house the souls of the dead, giving them … More Turn to Stone Ourselves (BCS) and All the Starlit Worlds I’ve Visited…Without You (Dark Matter) Published! Plus Chicon, Covid and Capclave!