A.C. Wise
@acwise.bsky.social
Author and reviewer. Sunburst Award winner. Nebula, World Fantasy, Stoker, Locus, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, Lamba, and Ignyte finalist. She/her. www.acwise.net. https://linktr.ee/acwise
I've made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Keep sending your links my way!
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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I've made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Keep sending your links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
My review of the August issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
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Clarkesworld: Review by A.C. Wise
Clarkesworld 8/25 The August issue of Clarkesworld opens with “A Shaky Bridge” by Marissa Lingen, in which a man receives a MindBridge implant after a stroke. It restores his speech and motor funct…
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November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My review of the August issue of @clarkesworldmagazine.com for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
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The Day and Night Anthology Panel is happening tonight at Twisted Spine in Brooklyn! Hope to see you there!
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NIGHT & DAY SPECIAL EVENT WITH ELLEN DATLOW & MORE
Join us at The Twisted Spine to celebrate the recent release of the Night and Day Horror Anthology!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Day and Night Anthology Panel is happening tonight at Twisted Spine in Brooklyn! Hope to see you there!
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An excellent and cathartic story about fighting back against facism that balances fun tropes and a strong voice with dark subject matter - Magical Girl Antifa War Machine by @esther-alter.bsky.social
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Escape Pod 994: Magical Girl Antifa War Machine
XYLIA We were at the bottom of a hole, a new construction site that went deep into the bedrock. I was the first to touch the artifact, a thing that didn’t quite have shape or color. I grabbed it.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
An excellent and cathartic story about fighting back against facism that balances fun tropes and a strong voice with dark subject matter - Magical Girl Antifa War Machine by @esther-alter.bsky.social
escapepod.org/2025/05/22/e...
escapepod.org/2025/05/22/e...
I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I made another round of updates to my eligibility and recommendations link post. Take a look at what's new and keep sending your own links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
Favorite subject line from the latest slew of emails from people who are definitely real, have definitely read my work, (especially that one title that isn't mine), and definitely want to spread the word out of the goodness of their hearts: "Your ghosts just moved into my spine and won't pay rent."
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Favorite subject line from the latest slew of emails from people who are definitely real, have definitely read my work, (especially that one title that isn't mine), and definitely want to spread the word out of the goodness of their hearts: "Your ghosts just moved into my spine and won't pay rent."
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It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
Moksha
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November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It's true! Nightmare Magazine will open to subs in January! Check out the schedule below for dates & times; read the guidelines for more specifics.
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
And yes, as ever, each writer can make one submission to each category: short story, flash, poetry, CNF.
adamant.moksha.io/publication/...
It's easy to get frustrated and Sam does an excellent job here of putting it in perspective.
Writers, publishing will suck all the joy and light from your life if you let it.
So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
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So don't let it.
This week, on Undercover in the Apocalypse: my dreams came true, but I just found new ways to be miserable.
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My dreams came true and I just found new ways to be miserable.
My fifth novel Red Star Hustle just dropped, and on pub day I did what I usually do on pub day - I swung by Union Square, where there's the Strand and a Barnes & Noble very near one another - probably...
undercover-in-the-apocalypse.ghost.io
November 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's easy to get frustrated and Sam does an excellent job here of putting it in perspective.
This is a really lovely novella, and it's out in the world now!
it's hard for us to express how much we love this book
"lovely and melancholy" @acwise.bsky.social
"searing, intensely evocative" @davegoodman.bsky.social
"a moving elegy" @ivygrimes.bsky.social
YES
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
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"lovely and melancholy" @acwise.bsky.social
"searing, intensely evocative" @davegoodman.bsky.social
"a moving elegy" @ivygrimes.bsky.social
YES
No One To Hold the Distant Dead by @klschroeder.bsky.social
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No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is a really lovely novella, and it's out in the world now!
On Wednesday night at 7pm, I'll be at The Twisted Spine in Brooklyn alongside @claymcleod.bsky.social, @datlow.bsky.social, and @atgreenblatt.bsky.social talking about the Night and Day anthology. Come join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/night-day-...
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NIGHT & DAY SPECIAL EVENT WITH ELLEN DATLOW & MORE
Join us at The Twisted Spine to celebrate the recent release of the Night and Day Horror Anthology!
www.eventbrite.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
On Wednesday night at 7pm, I'll be at The Twisted Spine in Brooklyn alongside @claymcleod.bsky.social, @datlow.bsky.social, and @atgreenblatt.bsky.social talking about the Night and Day anthology. Come join us!
www.eventbrite.com/e/night-day-...
www.eventbrite.com/e/night-day-...
My review of the July/August issue of @analogsf.bsky.social for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
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locusmag.com/review/analo...
Analog: Review by A.C. Wise
Analog 7-8/25 The July/August issue of Analog opens with “North Station Blues” by David Gerrold. Scooter is part of the crew on a remote station overlooking a temperamental blue star, which happens…
locusmag.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My review of the July/August issue of @analogsf.bsky.social for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online!
locusmag.com/review/analo...
locusmag.com/review/analo...
First fire of the season and I'm settling in in front of it with Apprehension by @maryrobinettekowal.com.
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
First fire of the season and I'm settling in in front of it with Apprehension by @maryrobinettekowal.com.
Psst! I've added a whole bunch of new links to my eligibility and recommendation round up post with further updates to come. Keep sending your links my way!
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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Psst! I've added a whole bunch of new links to my eligibility and recommendation round up post with further updates to come. Keep sending your links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
Pre-Orders are coming soon for Suffering the Other, an anthology benefitting Raices Texas and the Transgender Law Center. I'm so thrilled to have a story included. Just look at the gorgeous cover! 😍
Here is the beautiful front cover for SUFFERING THE OTHER, art and design by RewX. See the loaded TOC here: bit.ly/4i03e3h (TOC is also in the alt-text here). Coming February 2026, pre-order open in December. Reminder, this is a benefit for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center!
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Pre-Orders are coming soon for Suffering the Other, an anthology benefitting Raices Texas and the Transgender Law Center. I'm so thrilled to have a story included. Just look at the gorgeous cover! 😍
Don't mind me, just over here performatively reading in public am I doing this right? (Also Red Star Hustle by @sentencebender.bsky.social is amazing and y'all should read it, in public or otherwise.)
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Don't mind me, just over here performatively reading in public am I doing this right? (Also Red Star Hustle by @sentencebender.bsky.social is amazing and y'all should read it, in public or otherwise.)
Just a friendly reminder that I'll be at Main Point Books tonight at 6:30 pm with @timchawaga.bsky.social talking about his new novel, Salvagia!
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Tim Chawaga, "Salvagia" Book Launch
Become a member! Get the The Main Point Bookshopper Tote Bag, up to 20% off all purchases, and more
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November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just a friendly reminder that I'll be at Main Point Books tonight at 6:30 pm with @timchawaga.bsky.social talking about his new novel, Salvagia!
mainpointbooks.com/event/2025-1...
mainpointbooks.com/event/2025-1...
In case you missed it earlier, I've started collecting links for my annual eligibility and recommendation links post. I added several earlier and will update again soon, so please spread the word and keep sending your links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
In case you missed it earlier, I've started collecting links for my annual eligibility and recommendation links post. I added several earlier and will update again soon, so please spread the word and keep sending your links my way!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
This is an absolutely gorgeous collection! Not only is Call and Response by @seraph76.bsky.social full of stunning fiction, it's a physically beautiful book too. Just look at the sprayed edges!
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is an absolutely gorgeous collection! Not only is Call and Response by @seraph76.bsky.social full of stunning fiction, it's a physically beautiful book too. Just look at the sprayed edges!
It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
acwise.net
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list!
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
acwise.net/what-have-yo...
Happy book birthday to @klschroeder.bsky.social! No One to Hold the Distant Dead is a lovely novella that contemplates what it means to mourn an entire planet and how one finds hope when things seem hopeless.
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
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No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
psychopomp.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Happy book birthday to @klschroeder.bsky.social! No One to Hold the Distant Dead is a lovely novella that contemplates what it means to mourn an entire planet and how one finds hope when things seem hopeless.
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
psychopomp.com/product/no-o...
Helping @carpelibrum.bsky.social reopen as a brick and mortar store with a shop cat to boot is a fantastic reason to buy books! As if you need an excuse.
We're hoping to get a new space for the bookstore so we can reopen in a brick and mortar format, then adopt a shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Helping @carpelibrum.bsky.social reopen as a brick and mortar store with a shop cat to boot is a fantastic reason to buy books! As if you need an excuse.
A dark, frightening and visceral read that treats the body as a haunted house that the protagonist can't leave. If you're looking for some truly unsettling horror, I highly recommend The Graceview Patient by @caitlinstarling.com!
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
A dark, frightening and visceral read that treats the body as a haunted house that the protagonist can't leave. If you're looking for some truly unsettling horror, I highly recommend The Graceview Patient by @caitlinstarling.com!
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If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
Tomorrow, I'll be at the Elkton Branch of the Cecil County Public Library signing and selling books along with other fabulous authors. Hope to see you there!
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www.cecilcountylibrary.org/event/meetan...
November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Tomorrow, I'll be at the Elkton Branch of the Cecil County Public Library signing and selling books along with other fabulous authors. Hope to see you there!
www.cecilcountylibrary.org/event/meetan...
www.cecilcountylibrary.org/event/meetan...