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)!
Since this post got a little attention, I just want to recommend one of the best Dracula retellings I've ever read: S.T. Gibson's Dowry of Blood. It breathes life into the Brides! It fills the dark corners of the story with vitality! It's cutting and heartfelt and harsh.
Francis Ford Coppola is the most famous director to do Dracula and his version diverges widely from the book, so every day I awake mad that his is the one they called BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA.
November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Since this post got a little attention, I just want to recommend one of the best Dracula retellings I've ever read: S.T. Gibson's Dowry of Blood. It breathes life into the Brides! It fills the dark corners of the story with vitality! It's cutting and heartfelt and harsh.
Hey websites: I would very much like to read these articles.
Okay sorry I just want to say that it's a pretty clear sign both of how devastated the media landscape is and how hard it has especially hit women that we are not INUNDATED with cool writing at every single outlet about Silksong and WOMEN
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Hey websites: I would very much like to read these articles.
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2025 AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST
Y'all, it's time. And while I had a record number of publications this year (the Disney Essays, reprints, multiple short stories), I wanted to focus on two specific stories. (1)
Y'all, it's time. And while I had a record number of publications this year (the Disney Essays, reprints, multiple short stories), I wanted to focus on two specific stories. (1)
November 9, 2025 at 10:09 PM
2025 AWARDS ELIGIBILITY POST
Y'all, it's time. And while I had a record number of publications this year (the Disney Essays, reprints, multiple short stories), I wanted to focus on two specific stories. (1)
Y'all, it's time. And while I had a record number of publications this year (the Disney Essays, reprints, multiple short stories), I wanted to focus on two specific stories. (1)
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It's awards season! I have two short stories I'm most proud of this year.
If you only read one thing of mine, make it "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", a piece Locus called a "sharp satire" which should give you lols and catharsis. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
1/4
If you only read one thing of mine, make it "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", a piece Locus called a "sharp satire" which should give you lols and catharsis. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
1/4
DP FICTION #123B: “Laser Eyes Ain’t Everything” by Effie Seiberg – Diabolical Plots
www.diabolicalplots.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It's awards season! I have two short stories I'm most proud of this year.
If you only read one thing of mine, make it "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", a piece Locus called a "sharp satire" which should give you lols and catharsis. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
1/4
If you only read one thing of mine, make it "Laser Eyes Ain't Everything", a piece Locus called a "sharp satire" which should give you lols and catharsis. www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-1...
1/4
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Lotsa folks have been making their eligibility posts recently.
I, TOO, have Eligibility!
Here are the original short stories I've published in 2025, a few free-to-read links to follow.
I, TOO, have Eligibility!
Here are the original short stories I've published in 2025, a few free-to-read links to follow.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Lotsa folks have been making their eligibility posts recently.
I, TOO, have Eligibility!
Here are the original short stories I've published in 2025, a few free-to-read links to follow.
I, TOO, have Eligibility!
Here are the original short stories I've published in 2025, a few free-to-read links to follow.
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when you accidentally become important at work
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
when you accidentally become important at work
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TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit
August 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit
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Eight months ago, Katie Wilson declared her intention to run and all the conventional powers-that-be said she didn't stand a chance of winning.
Remember that we don't always know what is possible.
Remember that we don't always know what is possible.
Wilson now leads in the Seattle mayoral race by 91 votes. Prior to today, Harrell had been leading by 4,300 votes, but this latest vote batch netted Wilson 4,391 votes.
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Eight months ago, Katie Wilson declared her intention to run and all the conventional powers-that-be said she didn't stand a chance of winning.
Remember that we don't always know what is possible.
Remember that we don't always know what is possible.
I would like to see one thousand movies about disabled characters by disabled directors before I see another movie about a guy who became disabled because he did a bad thing that he feels bad about.
Moral injury is exhausting to watch on constant repeat.
Moral injury is exhausting to watch on constant repeat.
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I would like to see one thousand movies about disabled characters by disabled directors before I see another movie about a guy who became disabled because he did a bad thing that he feels bad about.
Moral injury is exhausting to watch on constant repeat.
Moral injury is exhausting to watch on constant repeat.
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@niadavenport.bsky.social has been an incredible part of the SSF community. She's someone who has helped many others, including myself.
Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Donate to Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss, organized by Lindsey Hart
Our hearts are with Nia, a beloved friend, author and advocate who has pou… Lindsey Hart needs your support for Support Nia and Her Children After Tragic Loss
www.gofundme.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
@niadavenport.bsky.social has been an incredible part of the SSF community. She's someone who has helped many others, including myself.
Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Please donate, if you can, to help her and her family through this awful loss.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-ni...
Some day I'm going to write a parody called MARY SHELLEY'S DRACULA.
Francis Ford Coppola is the most famous director to do Dracula and his version diverges widely from the book, so every day I awake mad that his is the one they called BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA.
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Some day I'm going to write a parody called MARY SHELLEY'S DRACULA.
if they were not cowards
especially when FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA would have been such an incredible title
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
if they were not cowards
Francis Ford Coppola is the most famous director to do Dracula and his version diverges widely from the book, so every day I awake mad that his is the one they called BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA.
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Francis Ford Coppola is the most famous director to do Dracula and his version diverges widely from the book, so every day I awake mad that his is the one they called BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA.
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Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hi writers! I’m looking to assign a couple of features for Slate before the end of the year. If you have anything in mind that you think would be a fit please send me a pitch! Jenée.Desmond- harris@slate.com or dm me.
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
RTs are appreciated so this can reach more people. Thanks!
if books have no fog of war then explain page proofs
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
if books have no fog of war then explain page proofs
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at what point do i tell everyone who’s obsessed with GDT’s frankenstein that my literary horror dystopia was described as ‘Frankenstinian’ in the Bookseller and features a man/monster doing a Silence of the Lambs-esque moral reckoning with the scientist protagonist, because-
loving this little bit of spooky season promo from my excellent publisher @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social!
it’s true, and you can find order links here: linktr.ee/lauracelliott
it’s true, and you can find order links here: linktr.ee/lauracelliott
November 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
at what point do i tell everyone who’s obsessed with GDT’s frankenstein that my literary horror dystopia was described as ‘Frankenstinian’ in the Bookseller and features a man/monster doing a Silence of the Lambs-esque moral reckoning with the scientist protagonist, because-
Wait nanotyrannus is back???
New study settles 40-year debate: Nanotyrannus is a new species
“This fossil doesn’t just settle the debate. It flips decades of T. rex research on its head.”…
arstechnica.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Wait nanotyrannus is back???
@restingdinoface.bsky.social Do you have a hot nanotyrannus take? You're the first person I thought of.
November 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
@restingdinoface.bsky.social Do you have a hot nanotyrannus take? You're the first person I thought of.
Predator is totally a Slasher movie! But the big wrinkle is that rather than subverting the safety of suburbia, or weekend camping, or a holiday, it subverts the safety of a male power fantasy.
And that's why it's special.
And that's why it's special.
I remember seeing this correct take from @wiswell.bsky.social back in 2021 in Nightmare Magazine?
www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Predator is totally a Slasher movie! But the big wrinkle is that rather than subverting the safety of suburbia, or weekend camping, or a holiday, it subverts the safety of a male power fantasy.
And that's why it's special.
And that's why it's special.
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I remember seeing this correct take from @wiswell.bsky.social back in 2021 in Nightmare Magazine?
www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
November 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I remember seeing this correct take from @wiswell.bsky.social back in 2021 in Nightmare Magazine?
www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/t...
I know I can barely swallow thanks to the tonsillitis, but wow, unsweetened apple sauce SLAPS.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I know I can barely swallow thanks to the tonsillitis, but wow, unsweetened apple sauce SLAPS.
@aliettedebodard.com Happy birthday, friendo!
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
@aliettedebodard.com Happy birthday, friendo!
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SEATTLE-AREA FOLKS-- I know things are absolutely horrible right now but the job requires me to tell you this is happening one week from tonight. Almost exactly one week from right now, in fact. Stop by, listen to me and Django prattle on, get books scribbled in, get a little dinosaur. It'll be fun.
Join us on Sunday, November 16 at 5:30PM to welcome @peterclines.bsky.social , author of God's Junk Drawer, in conversation with @djangowexler.bsky.social , local author of Everybody Wants To Rule The World Except Me! No tickets or registration required.
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 AM
SEATTLE-AREA FOLKS-- I know things are absolutely horrible right now but the job requires me to tell you this is happening one week from tonight. Almost exactly one week from right now, in fact. Stop by, listen to me and Django prattle on, get books scribbled in, get a little dinosaur. It'll be fun.
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We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
UPDATE: Senate votes to advance a tentative deal to end the government shutdown, clearing a key hurdle.
Senators reach tentative deal to end the government shutdown
The deal, negotiated by a group of Democrats and GOP leaders, funds the government through Jan. 30. If it passes, it will still need to clear the House, which will likely take days.
nbcnews.to
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...
👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...