John Wiswell
@wiswell.bsky.social
Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
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John Wiswell
@wiswell.bsky.social
· Sep 9
Unveiling the cover for THE DRAGON HAS SOME COMPLAINTS!
Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot.
Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!
Garrodigh is a curmudgeonly three-headed dragon who pretends to be tame so he can eat for free at the local dragon-riding academy. Unfortunately, the rider he's assigned to is... a lot.
Coming Summer 2026 from DAW (US) and Arcadia (UK)!
It would be so, so funny if he plays Jason Todd.
‘The Batman Part II’: Sebastian Stan In Talks For Role Opposite Robert Pattinson In Sequel – The Dish
Sebastian Stan is in talks to join 'The Batman Part II'
deadline.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
It would be so, so funny if he plays Jason Todd.
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NEW STORY DAY! "The Doorkeepers" is now live (and podcasted) over at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
Unlikely narrators! Timeloops! Humor, but also not!
Super excited about this one being out in the world!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
Unlikely narrators! Timeloops! Humor, but also not!
Super excited about this one being out in the world!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The Doorkeepers - Uncanny Magazine
It’s Sunday night, which means it’s our Friday night, which means the Doorkeepers go out and get absolutely blasted. It’s not as messy as it sounds. We’re polite drunks; we make a point of it actually...
www.uncannymagazine.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
NEW STORY DAY! "The Doorkeepers" is now live (and podcasted) over at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social!
Unlikely narrators! Timeloops! Humor, but also not!
Super excited about this one being out in the world!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
Unlikely narrators! Timeloops! Humor, but also not!
Super excited about this one being out in the world!
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
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hey do you want to know about my secret wip book ok good
Exclusive: C.L. Polk Announces New Dreamy Fantasy Book ‘The Feywild Job’ and It's Cover Reveal is Stunning
No better way to get cozy than this swoony romantasy.
www.cosmopolitan.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:49 PM
hey do you want to know about my secret wip book ok good
So, it's been a very hard few months. That's why I want to thank every reader that has dropped me a mention loving Wearing The Lion or Someone You Can Build A Nest In, or who has said they're excited for The Dragon Has Some Complaints. Especially now, it means a lot that these things touch others.
January 6, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So, it's been a very hard few months. That's why I want to thank every reader that has dropped me a mention loving Wearing The Lion or Someone You Can Build A Nest In, or who has said they're excited for The Dragon Has Some Complaints. Especially now, it means a lot that these things touch others.
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NEW STORY DAY!
“I Met You on the Train” is now out at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-me...
“I Met You on the Train” is now out at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-me...
I Met You on the Train - Uncanny Magazine
I met you on the train. The first time it happened, I didn’t know what to do or what to say to you. I just saw your patches on your backpack. And they were from the same TV show that mine were from. S...
www.uncannymagazine.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:54 PM
NEW STORY DAY!
“I Met You on the Train” is now out at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-me...
“I Met You on the Train” is now out at @uncannymagazine.bsky.social
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/i-me...
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Big: Wyoming supreme court just struck down abortion ban.
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
How Attacks Against Obamacare Turned Into Tools to Protect Abortion Access - Bolts
Explore our ongoing Bolts series, Abortion Rights in State Constitutions. A decade ago, when conservatives were attacking President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act as government encroachment in hea...
boltsmag.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Big: Wyoming supreme court just struck down abortion ban.
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
And get this: The reason is a constitutional amendment codifying a right to make health care decisions... passed in 2012 by conservatives who thought it'd screw Obamacare!
Quite the backfire. We explained this lawsuit a few years back:
Well, this health onslaught has taken an interesting* turn.
January 6, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Well, this health onslaught has taken an interesting* turn.
@foxesandroses.bsky.social Congratulations on the Guest of Honor news!
January 6, 2026 at 3:09 PM
@foxesandroses.bsky.social Congratulations on the Guest of Honor news!
Deadpool: Until you're 90!
Xavier: So, last week?
Xavier: So, last week?
January 6, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Deadpool: Until you're 90!
Xavier: So, last week?
Xavier: So, last week?
The power of the nostalgia I have for paper books I could fit in a pocket.
Mass market paperback is actually the ideal book format
This place needs some Innocuous Discourse pronto. Quote this with a take that’s not political or aggressive
January 6, 2026 at 7:48 AM
The power of the nostalgia I have for paper books I could fit in a pocket.
Remember the reason for the season.
January 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Remember the reason for the season.
Just finished An Eye for an Eye (2019), which is a riveting suspense film that reminds me of Hitchcock. Between this, Veronica (2017), [REC]1 (2007) and [REC]2 (2009), is Paco Plaza the most underrated director in Horror?
January 6, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Just finished An Eye for an Eye (2019), which is a riveting suspense film that reminds me of Hitchcock. Between this, Veronica (2017), [REC]1 (2007) and [REC]2 (2009), is Paco Plaza the most underrated director in Horror?
The lady who took my blood work got really nervous about tapping my vein. Once she got it in, I told her, "See? You're a natural."
It made her smile. We chatted warmly for the rest of the session. Sometimes it just feels nice to be nice.
It made her smile. We chatted warmly for the rest of the session. Sometimes it just feels nice to be nice.
Complimented McDonald’s lady on her nails and she lit up
Give someone a random compliment today
We can’t fix the world, but we can maybe be kind to each other
Give someone a random compliment today
We can’t fix the world, but we can maybe be kind to each other
January 6, 2026 at 4:46 AM
The lady who took my blood work got really nervous about tapping my vein. Once she got it in, I told her, "See? You're a natural."
It made her smile. We chatted warmly for the rest of the session. Sometimes it just feels nice to be nice.
It made her smile. We chatted warmly for the rest of the session. Sometimes it just feels nice to be nice.
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Thanks to all the authors who produced so many great stories in 2025 despite everything else going on. Here are a few of my favourites:
- Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social
- Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com
- Wearing the Lion by @wiswell.bsky.social
1/2 #booksky
- Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social
- Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com
- Wearing the Lion by @wiswell.bsky.social
1/2 #booksky
January 4, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Thanks to all the authors who produced so many great stories in 2025 despite everything else going on. Here are a few of my favourites:
- Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social
- Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com
- Wearing the Lion by @wiswell.bsky.social
1/2 #booksky
- Death of the Author by @nnedi.bsky.social
- Snake-Eater by @tkingfisher.com
- Wearing the Lion by @wiswell.bsky.social
1/2 #booksky
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Humbled to have my story We Are The Feast that was published in @neonhemlock.bsky.social ‘s Crawling Moon anthology listed in @datlow.bsky.social ‘s Best Horror of the Year 17 Recommendations List
ellendatlow.com/category/news/
You can find the anthology here
www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-cr...
ellendatlow.com/category/news/
You can find the anthology here
www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-cr...
January 5, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Humbled to have my story We Are The Feast that was published in @neonhemlock.bsky.social ‘s Crawling Moon anthology listed in @datlow.bsky.social ‘s Best Horror of the Year 17 Recommendations List
ellendatlow.com/category/news/
You can find the anthology here
www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-cr...
ellendatlow.com/category/news/
You can find the anthology here
www.neonhemlock.com/books/the-cr...
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This is officially done. Astrolabe is now 100% donation funded.
If you'd like to continue to support my work, there's a tip function on Astrolabe: astrolabe.aidanmoher.com#/portal/supp...
If you'd like to continue to support my work, there's a tip function on Astrolabe: astrolabe.aidanmoher.com#/portal/supp...
January 5, 2026 at 5:34 PM
This is officially done. Astrolabe is now 100% donation funded.
If you'd like to continue to support my work, there's a tip function on Astrolabe: astrolabe.aidanmoher.com#/portal/supp...
If you'd like to continue to support my work, there's a tip function on Astrolabe: astrolabe.aidanmoher.com#/portal/supp...
You haven't heard my favorite song? Let me put it on so I can talk over it.
January 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM
You haven't heard my favorite song? Let me put it on so I can talk over it.
Miyazaki is one of the great directors and has had an amazing career, but my favorite of his movies is one of his earliest: Castle of Cagliostro. A puckish thief and his misfit friends help rescue a princess and help free her kingdom. It's only rivaled by Princess Bride in my heart.
In honor of Hayao Miyazaki's birthday, what's your favorite Studio Ghibli film? Doesn't have to be the one you think is "the best," just the one that nestled in your heart. Mine is Howl's Moving Castle.
a painting of howl 's moving castle shows a cloudy night sky
Alt: a pixelated gif of Howl's Castle sitting on a hillside under an evening sky.
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Miyazaki is one of the great directors and has had an amazing career, but my favorite of his movies is one of his earliest: Castle of Cagliostro. A puckish thief and his misfit friends help rescue a princess and help free her kingdom. It's only rivaled by Princess Bride in my heart.
I would not trade my last three nights with anybody.
I'd hate for someone else to go through this.
I'd hate for someone else to go through this.
January 5, 2026 at 5:07 PM
I would not trade my last three nights with anybody.
I'd hate for someone else to go through this.
I'd hate for someone else to go through this.
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Today’s the last day to take advantage of this sale!
If you’re in the UK & are so inclined, from Dec 25 to Jan 5 you can get the Kindle edition of THE RIVER HAS ROOTS for 99p as part of their 12 Days of Kindle event! This means in the UK you can also get that price matched at other etailers, like Kobo! Merry Christmas!
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...
The River Has Roots ebook by Amal El-Mohtar - Rakuten Kobo
Read "The River Has Roots The Sweeping, Magical Solo Debut by the Best-Selling Co-Author of THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR" by Amal El-Mohtar available from Rakuten Kobo. Follow the river Liss to t...
www.kobo.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Today’s the last day to take advantage of this sale!
post a famous bathroom scene
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 AM
post a famous bathroom scene
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The book gods have determined that THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS is a mere $1.99 on your favorite electromagnetic reading platform if you’d like an easy entry point to friendship breakups, broken people, creepy interstitial terrain, and a haunted house that is a house that haunts. Tell your friends!
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The book gods have determined that THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS is a mere $1.99 on your favorite electromagnetic reading platform if you’d like an easy entry point to friendship breakups, broken people, creepy interstitial terrain, and a haunted house that is a house that haunts. Tell your friends!
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Oh hey, Indigo has Mercutio among its "most anticipated books of 2026", so it is 30% off until Jan. 11. ($18.89 CAD for the paperback, which comes out in August). I'd love this novel to find its readers, and pre-orders help, so Canadians, please check it out if you can www.indigo.ca/en-ca/mercut...
January 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Oh hey, Indigo has Mercutio among its "most anticipated books of 2026", so it is 30% off until Jan. 11. ($18.89 CAD for the paperback, which comes out in August). I'd love this novel to find its readers, and pre-orders help, so Canadians, please check it out if you can www.indigo.ca/en-ca/mercut...
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These are all horror genre-benders and great for different reasons.
📖 The Ballad of Perilous Graves by @alexjennings.bsky.social
📖 Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
📖 Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham (@thisone0verhere.bsky.social)
📖 Someone You Can Build a Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social
📖 The Ballad of Perilous Graves by @alexjennings.bsky.social
📖 Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
📖 Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham (@thisone0verhere.bsky.social)
📖 Someone You Can Build a Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 12:44 AM
These are all horror genre-benders and great for different reasons.
📖 The Ballad of Perilous Graves by @alexjennings.bsky.social
📖 Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
📖 Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham (@thisone0verhere.bsky.social)
📖 Someone You Can Build a Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social
📖 The Ballad of Perilous Graves by @alexjennings.bsky.social
📖 Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix
📖 Winterset Hollow by Jonathan Edward Durham (@thisone0verhere.bsky.social)
📖 Someone You Can Build a Nest In by @wiswell.bsky.social
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Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it
January 4, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Just realized that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's "Terracotta Army" of clay soldiers he kept in a vault in like 200 BC make him the first Warhammer Guy. he got some disposable income and started painting minis. totally get it