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IT’S A 2026 THREESOME!

WRITING

Let’s dive right in!

First off, I’m part of Coyote & Crow’s latest Kickstarter campaign, Legends & Icons, along with a lot of other awesome Native creators. The projects has already funded, and we’re moving on to stretch goals, including sending aid to communities in MN (group or groups TBD; selected from Stand With Minnesota).

Speaking of MN, I’ve got a couple of signed books up as part of the Superheroes for Minnesota auction, which supports organizations doing mutual aid and other great work for impacted communities in MN and elsewhere in the US. From the auction description:

“Superheroes are needed now more than ever. We are a group of writers, illustrators, artists, and creators who think that now is the time for us all to act, together, to support vulnerable communities…Proceeds from this auction will support organizations providing legal aid, emergency assistance, food, and community resources to those in urgent need.”

If for some bizarre reason you haven’t yet picked up Marvel Untold: Sisters of Sorcery or Marvel Zombies: The Hunger, now’s your chance to get signed copies AND help someone else in need. Win-win!

Photo of two books by Marsheila Rockwell - Marvel Zombies: The Hunger and Marvel Untold: Sisters of Sorcery
Books for SH for MN Auction

Finally, Part One of my Arkham Horror short story, “Delicious is the Tongue of the Taster,” is now available for your reading pleasure. If you’ve been missing my dark and twisty fiction, this one should really hit the spot, as it were.

Wish there was more tangible stuff to report, but…waves at dumpster fire that is the US

EVERYTHING ELSE

We’ve moved on from Marching Band to Indoor Percussion, where my youngest’s school took third in our first competition. So there are stolen moments of joy here and there. Grab them where you can, my friends.

Other than that, we’ve had a spate of unseasonably chilly weather down here in the desert, so here’s a link to some free stuff to help keep you warm. And remember – sometimes it’s okay to whistle at night!

Comics, Family, Life Stuff, Poetry, Short Fiction, WFH (work for hire/tie-ins)

MID-YEAR ROUND-UP

Writing

So, yeah, it’s been a minute. In all honesty, while I have been doing writing stuff, given the general state of things (*gestures to…everything*), I have not felt much like talking about those things. (Which is why it’s always good to follow me over on bsky or FB, I guess…I’m more likely to drop writing news there, since it’s quicker.) But I’ve been doing some updates to the ole website, so I figured I’d take some time and do a proper(ish) blog post.

Some things that have occurred since my last post:

*poems “#LANDBACK” and “The Fabulous Underwater Panther” nominated for the Rhsyling Award

*poem “The Fabulous Underwater Panther” long-listed for the Rhysling Award

*short story “Triptych” published at Arkham Horror

*appeared on Graymalkin Lane’s “About John Proudstar” podcast episode w/Jon Proudstar

*short story “The First Gate” published in Permutations: A Well World Anthology

I also recorded another podcast for Graymalkin Lane and I have another short story which will hopefully be published soon, both of which I’m sure I will post about on FB or bsky long before I get around to blogging about here (sorry). Might be some other stuff, too; hard to say (or maybe I’m just being cagey, heh).

Everything Else

Let’s see:

*Got elected Band Booster Board Secretary

*Band kiddo got chosen to be a section leader

*Husband got laid off

*Daughter got her first job

*Band kiddo got his learner’s permit

*Shoulder injury that morphed into frozen shoulder; finally starting PT

*got a new kitten; say hi to Charmander!

Close up of orange tabby kitten face

I’m sure there was more, but that’s all the old frosty shoulder can take for one sitting. Until next time, take good care of yourselves, your loved ones, and your community.

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AWARDS ELIGIBILITY & YEAR-END STUFFS

Writing

First off, I had two short stories published this year:

  • “The Curious Incident of the Blog in the Night-Time,” Multiverse of Mystery anthology, Sept 2024 – FANTASY/MYSTERY
  • “Our Lady of the Gatling Gun,” Shifting, Swirling HERitage anthology, July 2024 – ALT HISTORY

    • I also had a chapbook (Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes) published this year, with the following individual poems being printed for the first time:

  • “We Dance Defiance,” Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, Fallen Tree Press, Sept 2024 – CONTEMPORARY, FORM
  • “#Landback,” Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, Fallen Tree Press, Sept 2024 – SF
  • “Blood Crops,” Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, Fallen Tree Press, Sept 2024 – FANTASY/HORROR
  • “The Fabulous Underwater Panther,” Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, Fallen Tree Press, Sept 2024 – FANTASY/HORROR
  • “#MMIWG2TS,” Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, Fallen Tree Press, Sept 2024 – HORROR, FORM
  • “Not Your Mascot: An Iterative Poem in Script Form,” Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, Fallen Tree Press, Sept 2024 – CONTEMPORARY
  • “Tribal Ink,” Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, Fallen Tree Press, Sept 2024 – CONTEMPORARY – NOMINATED FOR PUSCHART
  • “Unasked, Unanswered,” Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, Fallen Tree Press, Sept 2024 – CONTEMPORARY
  • “She Had Some Nightmares,” Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, Fallen Tree Press, Sept 2024 – HORROR
  • “To Keep Us Safe,” Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, Fallen Tree Press, Sept 2024 – CONTEMPORARY
  • “Miigwech, Mishoomis,” Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, Fallen Tree Press, Sept 2024 – CONTEMPORARY
  • “Born Métis,” Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, Fallen Tree Press, Sept 2024 – CONTEMPORARY, FORM

    • All of these things are eligible for various awards (Nebula, Rhysling, Edgar, etc) and some have already been nominated (Pushcart), so if you’re a person who is able to nominate for a particular award and are interested in reading any of these works for that purpose, HMU for a copy.

    I was also one of “today’s top creators”/ “celebrities” (LOL) who participated in the Shadows & Verse: Dark Poems with Celebrity Commentary charity anthology that came out in October.

    And that’s pretty much all you missed over the past few months, aside from some IP hijinks that various NDAs do not allow me to elaborate on, but that I might some day reveal on a convention panel (all the more reason to come see me when I do make the rare appearance, heh).

    Some fun stuff on the horizon for the new year though, so watch my socials: @marsheilarockwell.bsky.social, Twitter (yes, still, for now), and my FB Author Page, since they all get updated far more frequently than my blog, alas.

    Everything Else

    Marching Band, Plumbing Issues, and a Sudden Lack of Free Time, Oh My! Next year looks to be more of the same, hopefully minus the plumbing issues.

    Hope your holiday season is as stress-free as possible and that you find some pockets of joy. Good luck in 2025! May you not only survive, but thrive.

    Awards, Collaborations, Métis, Novels, Poetry

    SHE HAS A BLOG? SHE HAS A BLOG!

    Writing

    Quick update as I’m on deadline for a story, but I realized I’d been terribly remiss in not mentioning a few important things.

    First, Marvel Zombies: The Hunger was nominated for the IAMTW’s Scribe Award. Alas, it did not win.

    Second, and far more exciting, my first chapbook EVER came out on July 15. Blood Quantum & Other Hate Crimes, published by the fine folks over at Fallen Tree Press, contains speculative and non-speculative poems about Indigenous existence, past, present, and future. Chris La Tray, Montana’s first Métis Poet Laureate, had this to say about it:

    “In BLOOD QUANTUM, Métis poet Marsheila Rockwell has delivered nothing less than a howl of defiance against erasure. Erasure of culture and of language. Erasure of experience and personhood. Erasure of an entire people’s identity and what that means for subsequent generations struggling to return to a place they’ve never been. As a Métis person myself, I’m reminded of Louis Riel’s prediction that after a century it is the artists who will return our spirit to us. With this mighty chapbook, Marsheila Rockwell is indication that Riel was correct.”

    The cover art (below) was provided by Indigenous artist, Justin Beatty.

    Anyway, I’m really proud of it, so I hope you will check it out and maybe leave a review if you’re so inclined. Chi miigwech!

    Everything Else

    Marching Band. IYKYK.

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    MID-YEAR ROUND-UP

    Writing

    HAPPY PRIDE!!!

    It’s been so long since I’ve updated this blog, you probably wondered if I was even still writing, LOL. I am! I have stuff to talk about! I’ve just been floundering in the Sea of Overwhelm, so actually sitting down to recap All The Things has seemed nigh impossible (this is why you should definitely follow me on social media – I post updates there much more regularly).

    Some things:

    I sold a poetry chapbook! I can’t give you all of the deets just yet, but the poems revolve around my experiences as a Métis woman and was blurbed by Montana Poet Laureate Chris La Tray (who also happens to be my cousin, but you can’t be a Métis person from Montana and not be cousins, so…). Anyway, I’m super excited about this, since it’s been a goal of mine for a long time now.

    I have a SF story, “The First Gate,” coming out in Permutations: A Well World Anthology, slated for March 2025. My story features the Betareds, which are basically giant teddy bears with red eyes and fangs. Seems on brand, no? You can read more about that here.

    I have an alternate history story, “Our Lady of the Gatling Gun,” coming out in the Shifting, Swirling, HERitage anthology. In my timeline, the Métis women lead their people to victory at Batoche, forever altering the history, culture, and geography of western Canada and the US, and ultimately the entire world. The story features my own Métis ancestors, Charlotte Adam(s) LaFountain and Madeleine Ross LaFountain, as well as relatives by marriage, Madeleine Dumont (wife of Gabriel Dumont) and Marguerite Riel (wife of Louis Riel).

    I will also have another story, “The Curious Incident of the Blog in the Night-Time,” coming out in the IAMTW’s Multiverse of Mystery anthology. This story features an Indigenous Holmes, a Pinkerton Watson, and a monster…or does it?

    I was a contributor to WordFire Press’s upcoming Shadows & Verse: Classic Dark Poems with Celebrity Commentary. Which I guess makes me a celebrity? LOL

    I made an appearance on Russ’s Rockin’ Rollercoaster, doing an episode on tie-in writing with fellow tie-in authors Jennifer Brody and Dayton Ward. You can watch that here, if you’re so inclined.

    I was also interviewed over on the Horror Writers Association website RE: the intersection between horror and mental health.

    Oh, and I just found out my poem, “Tapping on the Void,” was selected to be in the SFPA’s Dwarf Stars Anthology, which also means it’s been nominated for that award. So, yaay!

    Anyway, I think that’s everything.

    Everything Else

    Kids. Pets. Health. Mental health. Genocide. It’s been, and continues to be, a LOT. But today is National Cancer Survivors Day, so hug ’em if you’ve got ’em, and remember to donate to your favorite cancer charity (mine is Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation).

    AWARENESS = FUNDING = CURE

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    2023 WRAP-UP-Y THING/HAPPY 2024!

    Writing

    I actually was not going to do a 2023 wrap-up post because I’m sick and I didn’t think I had that much to say, but I realized I was wrong, so here are some things I did or that happened in 2023 that I’m proud of or happy about (in no particular order):

    • Had my second Marvel book published (Marvel Zombies: The Hunger)
    • Had two poems selected as Rhysling Finalists (“EMDR” and “A Spell for Winning Your Personal Injury Lawsuit”); neither placed in the top three, alas
    • Had my first role-playing adventure published (“The Case of the Great Underwater Panther”)
    • Got an agent for the book of my heart
    • Found the perfect crit partner for said book
    • Wrote my first solo comic book script

    Everything Else

    • Started driving again, after having been unable to do so since getting hit by a cop and a subsequent spine surgery in 2019
    • Attended Stasia Savasuk’s Style School (literally life-changing; you should totally do it if you can)
    • Reconnected with several members of my LaFountain family (and connected with some further back in my Métis line)
    • Went to Paris and London over the summer and got to sit inside the circle at Stonehenge during the full moon
    • Got a really nasty case of Covid while in Europe that murdalized my immune system; said immune system is still rebuilding (I am not happy about this, but it has been an ongoing challenge I’ve had to overcome, so the fact it hasn’t completely derailed the latter half of my year should probably be acknowledged)
    • Lived to tell the tale

    Here’s hoping 2024 brings more of the good and less of the bad for all of us! Happy New Year!!!

    Appearances, Interviews, Novels, Poetry, Reviews, WFH (work for hire/tie-ins)

    Hungry for Some MZ: The Hunger Links? Feast Your Fingers!

    Writing

    Lots of Marvel Zombies: The Hunger-related stuff:

    -an interview with Paul Semel
    -a review from Amy Walker over at Trans-Scribe
    -an appearance on “My Favorite Horror” with Erik Smith
    -an interview with Rob Ribar & Guido Sanchez over at Dear Watchers

    I also have a poem up over at Eye to the Telescope: “Frybread at the Colony Powwow,” a SF haibun about the legacy of internalized colonization.

    Finally, Jeff and I will be attending TusCon 50 in Tucson this upcoming weekend. My schedule is as follows:

    Friday, November 10
    8-9 PM, Panel Rm 1
    In a world of hybrid vigor, do genres actually have meaning?
    Diana Terrill Clark, Jeffrey J Mariotte, Marsheila Rockwell, Sharon Skinner

    Saturday, November 11
    3-4 PM, Ballroom
    Kill your darlings. How do you keep character death meaningful?
    Diana Terrill Clark, Marsheila Rockwell, Thomas Watson, Frankie Robertson

    Saturday, November 11
    4-5 PM, Autograph Area
    Signing
    Hal C F Astell, Janni Lee Simner, Jeffrey J Mariotte, KJ Kabza, Marsheila Rockwell
    (I will have some copies of The Hunger!)

    PLEASE NOTE: The Open Mic Poetry Slam is scheduled opposite my autograph session (i.e., from 4-5 PM), and is being held in the Ballroom. As a Rhysling Award winner, I feel like it’s important that I attend the Slam, even though I was for some reason not scheduled for it, so I will most likely only be at the signing table for the first ten or fifteen minutes. But it’s a small con; you can track me down if there’s something you really want signed.

    Everything Else

    I am available for editing work and I also do cultural consultation work, so if you’re in need of either, HMU!

    Comics, COVID, Family, Interviews, Novels, WFH (work for hire/tie-ins)

    I FELL OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH & LIVED TO TELL THE TALE

    Writing

    She lives!!! LOL

    It’s been a minute since I posted last. Q3 started out great, with a family trip to Europe (in which I got to celebrate the full moon inside the circle at Stonehenge; I bask in your jealousy), but I contracted Covid a few days before we came home and it’s just been one illness/injury after another since.

    Picture taken from the inside of Stonehenge, looking out through two pillars at the heel stone.
    Inside Stonehenge

    I’m still not at 100%, but there are a couple of things coming up that I need to let you know about, so here goes:

    First, I have a new interview with the guys over at Dear Watchers which drops on Monday, where we talk about Marvel Zombies: The Hunger, formative horror movies and novels, and our shared love of the spooky season in general. You may remember I did an interview with them for Sisters of Sorcery last year that turned out to be their most listened-to podcast of the year, so be sure you listen to this one and let’s try for a two-fer!

    Second, Marvel Zombies: The Hunger releases THIS Tuesday, October 3rd, so be sure and swing by your local bookstore and pick up a copy!

    I’m sure there’s more that happening during The Q3 from Hell, but hopefully you follow me on social media and saw anything important there.

    Writing

    We also unexpectedly lost our beloved ginger catdog, Jonesy, and that devastated the whole family. I don’t know if it was more salt, yet another wound, or both, but it still hurts, and I still miss that little pest like the dickens. He went to the vet for an ultrasound and never came home. So if you’re lucky enough to have a furbaby of your own, give ’em a hug for me.

    Ginger cat laying on low interior wall looking at camera
    Beloved ginger catdog

    Jonesy
    May 25, 2019 – August 25, 2023

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    PRIDE MONTH NEWS

    Writing

    First, the cover for Marvel Zombies: The Hunger has finally been released, and here it is:

    Cover for novel Marvel Zombies: The Hunger showing a chained and zombified Dr. Strange.

    Creepy, amiright? You have NO idea, LOL. Available October 3rd (but you should totally preorder, because it totally helps authors when you do that).

    Also, in the days leading up the the anniversary of the Dobbs decision, the publishers of Mine: An Anthology of Body Autonomy Horror are doing an author read-along for each piece in the antho, from June 9th through the 24th. My reading of my poem “Child Bride” will go live on June 12th. You can find out more and follow along with all the authors here.

    Author Readalong schedule for bodily autonomy horror anthology.

    Also, also, while I have been announced as a guest at Tucson Comic-Con, Jeff and I will not actually be attending this year, as we will be in Montana for the Lewistown Métis Festival instead, meeting up with family and MMF folks coming down from Canada. But don’t despair – we are hoping to be at Tucson Terror Fest in October to make up for our absence at TCC, so hopefully we’ll still see some of you.

    Finally, after several years without an agent (my choice, having parted ways amicably with my last agent, who was very good at his job), I have rejoined the ranks of the represented. I’ll be working with Wayne Arthurson at The Rights Factory, one of only a handful of Indigenous literary agents in North America. Should be a good partnership.

    Everything Else

    Happy Pride Month! And while yes, love is love, this Pride, please remember that LGBTQ+ rights are under attack and trans folx in particular face increasing danger in many places in the US, so our focus should maybe be less on catchy slogans and more on actually protecting those who need it most right now.

    #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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    APRIL DROUGHTS BRING SNOTTY MAY SNOUTS (AHH-CHOO!)

    Writing

    I’ve been feeling like I desperately need to update my blog, but now that I actually sit down to do it, I’m not sure I have all that much new to report. (Maybe it was my website…LOL)

    The Rhysling Award has move to a juried process this year, so being nominated doesn’t make you an Insta-Finalist anymore. That said, two of my nominated poems ARE Rhysling Finalists (Yaay!):

    Short category:

    “A Spell for Winning Your Personal Injury Lawsuit” – Dreams & Nightmares

    Long Category:

    “EMDR” – Unnerving Magazine

    Oh, and I made (created) a list for Shepherd.com of The Best Contemporary Fantasy Books About Witches, so check that out. I hadn’t read it at the time, but if I had, I definitely would have included Cherie Dimaline’s VenCo.

    They have lots of cool curated lists of witch books, so you should totally hop over there and take a peek!

    Still no cover art for Marvel Zombies: The Hunger, but I will obviously post it when it drops.

    Jeff and I will be doing a local library event this coming weekend:

    Phoenix Public Library Con-Fusion 2023
    Weird and Wild West
    Ironwood Library
    4333 E Chandler Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85048
    Saturday, May 20th
    10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

    Jeff and I have a panel on publishing at 10 AM, and Jeff has one on weird westerns at 3 PM. They have had other events over the past several weekends, focusing on different genres, but this is the only date we could make. Come see us!

    Also, I believe I will be doing a reading of some sort of my poem, “Child Bride,” as part of a readalong with the other authors involved in the Mine: An Anthology of Body Autonomy Horror, a charity antho whose proceeds go to NARAL. That will be on June 12th, so keep an ear out!

    Okay, I think that’s everything. Further bulletins as events warrant! Heh.

    Everything Else

    Just a reminder: trans rights are human rights, trans women are women, trans men are men, and people who are obsessed with what’s down someone else’s pants or what bathrooms they use are creepers. Gross.