Hi, I’m RATH MERCURY. I write horror, fantasy, romance, and science fiction, always queer.
I’ve published in Reckoning, Small Wonders, Stance on Dance, DASH Literary Journal, Jersey Devil Press, and others. I’m a member of Codex and SFWA.
I’ve also worked as a choreographer, marketing consultant, web dev, open source leader, arts administrator, public speaker, and more. It’s been busy.
I live in New Mexico. When not writing, I play tabletop games, struggle with classical guitar and the Highland pipes, and stare at nature.
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New Poem: “tell us about doubt”
I’m delighted to have a poem out today in Small Wonders, issue 33. Free to read! It’s an erasure (a double erasure, if such a thing exists) — I took an existing article about the beginnings of the universe and erased two poems out of it, to create this one unified poem object thingy. A
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New Story: “Herkimer Inquiries”
I’m delighted to announce that my story, “Herkimer Inquiries”, is released and out in the world! It’s in Reckoning’s tenth anniversary issue alongside some other fantastic stories about environmental justice. It’s a tale of an oddball psychogeographic investigator who talks to birds at least as much as to humans. People are always surprised how much
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Find me at WorldCon 2025
I’m participating in a handful of panels at WorldCon Seattle: Self-Publishing for Poets Room 445-446, Thu. 10:30–11:30 a.m. From chapbooks to zines, poetry has a rich history of self-publishing. Whether your goal is merely to get your poems into more hands or to craft an online presence as a poet, this workshop will help you