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Joanne Merriam

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Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Poetry

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November 2011

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Joanne Merriam is a speculative fiction writer, poet, and editor. Her debut novel Aether and Ego will be released by Inanna in September 2026.

Her poetry has appeared in The Glaze from Breaking (Stride Books, 2005) and dozens of magazines and journals, including Astropoetica and Strange Horizons while her fiction has appeared in journals like The Baltimore Review, Escape Pod, and Per Contra — see her website for a complete list.

From 2011–20, she was the Publisher at Upper Rubber Boot Books, which is now on permanent hiatus with only one book still in print: the first English-language anthology of solarpunk, Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk & Eco-Speculation (eds. Phoebe Wagner and Brontë Wieland). ...more

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Cover reveal for Aether and Ego

I can’t get over how wonderful this cover for Aether and Ego by Pei Yuan Li is, and I was very excited to see Inanna’s announcement today so I can finally share this with you:

Cover of Aether and Ego with a clockwork chickadee perched on a branch of a peach tree.

Cover of Aether and Ego with a clockwork chickadee perched on a branch of a peach tree.

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Average rating: 4.13 · 156 ratings · 45 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Choose Wisely: 35 Women Up To No Good by H.L. Nelson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joanne Merriam (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Janet Shell Anderson 3.64 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Live on Other Planets: A Handbook for Aspiring Aliens by Joanne Merriam (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Dean Francis Alfar (Goodreads Author), Celia Lisset Alvarez (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	140 And Counting by Joanne Merriam (Goodreads Author), Carolyn Agee (Goodreads Author) 4.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Aether and Ego 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Every Day Poets: One by Oonah V. Joslin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Constance Brewer (Editor), Nicholas Ozment (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Museum of All Things Awesome and that Go Boom by Joanne Merriam (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Khadija Anderson (Contributor), Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Broad Knowledge (Women Up to No Good, #2) by Joanne Merriam (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Charlotte Ashley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), R.S. Benedict (Contributor) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Glaze from Breaking 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Multitude of Daggers 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Asimov's Science Fiction, April/May 2008 by Sheila Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kathleen Ann Goonan (Contributor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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