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, and a first reader for Apex and Reckoning.
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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Find me at StokerCon 2026
Friends, I’ll be at StokerCon 2026, in Pittsburgh, PA. It’s my first time at StokerCon, and my first time in Pennsylvania, and I cannot wait. I’ve got a few appearances on the schedule: We’ve Always Been Here: Transgender Imagery and Characters Throughout Horror History (Sunday, June 7, 10 am) Transgender imagery and gender nonconformity have…
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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…