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)!
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
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AUDIOBOOK BLACK FRIDAY SALE!
This audiobook is beautiful. @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social calls it “immerse and imaginative storytelling.” And I am telling you @marawilson.bsky.social and @lindseydorcus.bsky.social are perfect and a dream team. @torbooks.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social
This audiobook is beautiful. @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social calls it “immerse and imaginative storytelling.” And I am telling you @marawilson.bsky.social and @lindseydorcus.bsky.social are perfect and a dream team. @torbooks.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 7:48 PM
AUDIOBOOK BLACK FRIDAY SALE!
This audiobook is beautiful. @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social calls it “immerse and imaginative storytelling.” And I am telling you @marawilson.bsky.social and @lindseydorcus.bsky.social are perfect and a dream team. @torbooks.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social
This audiobook is beautiful. @audiofilemagazine.bsky.social calls it “immerse and imaginative storytelling.” And I am telling you @marawilson.bsky.social and @lindseydorcus.bsky.social are perfect and a dream team. @torbooks.bsky.social @macmillanaudio.bsky.social
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There are still spots available in this workshop! Vertigo peeps take note! No writing experience needed, but also since it's writing prompts it should be fine for people with loads of writing experience.
Do you suffer from vertigo? Or do you care for someone who does? Would you like to explore your experiences through creative writing? If so, please sign up for this online workshop with the wonderful @marissalingen.bsky.social 5pm GMT, 23rd November. Email ar220@st-andrews.ac.uk to register.
November 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
There are still spots available in this workshop! Vertigo peeps take note! No writing experience needed, but also since it's writing prompts it should be fine for people with loads of writing experience.
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math textbook covers for some reason:
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
math textbook covers for some reason:
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if you canceled disney ai slop plus, a small fraction of that sub can keep you in the know about some of the latest greatest sff short fic. you'll be talking about short stories at the water cooler instead of a marvel, and people will be like wow, this is one hip well-read person. what a cool cat.
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
if you canceled disney ai slop plus, a small fraction of that sub can keep you in the know about some of the latest greatest sff short fic. you'll be talking about short stories at the water cooler instead of a marvel, and people will be like wow, this is one hip well-read person. what a cool cat.
How am I supposed to get into Clair Obscur Expedition 33 if the first 32 games aren't even on Steam? Games preservation is dying.
November 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
How am I supposed to get into Clair Obscur Expedition 33 if the first 32 games aren't even on Steam? Games preservation is dying.
This is such an obscenely great year for games that a lot of favorites couldn't make a ballot. Combing through Blue Prince with a friend is one of my favorite experiences I've had in games in my life.
I should make a trophy for the dev and just mail it to them.
I should make a trophy for the dev and just mail it to them.
I'm disappointed but not shocked to see Blue Prince miss the cut, given that it's English only and many of the judges are outside of the US/UK.
Not much suspense here - Clair Obscur is the fan favorite and has the best narrative (ex-Ubisoft devs go indie), even if there are more interesting games
Not much suspense here - Clair Obscur is the fan favorite and has the best narrative (ex-Ubisoft devs go indie), even if there are more interesting games
The Game Awards GOTY nominees leaked:
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Hades II
-Hollow Knight: Silksong
-Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
-Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
-Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
-Donkey Kong Bananza
-Hades II
-Hollow Knight: Silksong
-Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
This is such an obscenely great year for games that a lot of favorites couldn't make a ballot. Combing through Blue Prince with a friend is one of my favorite experiences I've had in games in my life.
I should make a trophy for the dev and just mail it to them.
I should make a trophy for the dev and just mail it to them.
A Best Narrative category with no Citizen Sleeper 2, Dispatch, or Seance of Blake Manor?
Interesting.
Interesting.
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A Best Narrative category with no Citizen Sleeper 2, Dispatch, or Seance of Blake Manor?
Interesting.
Interesting.
@megelison.bsky.social Hey, you're great.
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@megelison.bsky.social Hey, you're great.
This is the kind of response you live for. Made my day.
No matter how well you think you know the gods & heroes of Greek mythology, you won't be prepared for how thoroughly they will break your heart in @wiswell.bsky.social's Wearing the Lion. I finished it as the sun was coming up & am utterly smitten with his found family of beautiful monsters #booksky
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is the kind of response you live for. Made my day.
Pause. What is the hottest a man has been in a film in 2025?
November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Pause. What is the hottest a man has been in a film in 2025?
I didn't know about this. Seems like a great thing.
periodic reminder of the existence of Atkinson Hyperlegible, a free font available from the Braille Institute designed to improve readability for people with low vision
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
I use it in talks because it's pretty and also because, as an audience member, I am perpetually squinting at people's slides
Atkinson Hyperlegible Font - Braille Institute
Read easier with Atkinson Hyperlegible Font, crafted for low-vision readers. Download for free and enjoy clear letters and numbers on your computer!
www.brailleinstitute.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I didn't know about this. Seems like a great thing.
@peripateticmeg.bsky.social What do we know about vampires?
November 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
@peripateticmeg.bsky.social What do we know about vampires?
I am so mad that the pneumonia-crashes made me sleep through most of the football yesterday.
November 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I am so mad that the pneumonia-crashes made me sleep through most of the football yesterday.
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Turner Classic Movies is airing an 11-film exploration of trans identities in movies hosted by the authors of Corpses, Fools, & Monsters (great recent history of the topic) starting tomorrow at 8
Trans Images on Film
November 17 & 24 | 11 FilmsWith the recent publication of “Corpses, Fools and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema,” Turner Classic Movies sheds light on the various perspe...
www.tcm.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Turner Classic Movies is airing an 11-film exploration of trans identities in movies hosted by the authors of Corpses, Fools, & Monsters (great recent history of the topic) starting tomorrow at 8
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NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
NEWS JUST IN! A new book will in fact solve all your problems
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Hey Charlotte folks-Compare Foods has waived delivery fees for groceries, so if you know anyone who'd like to get groceries delivered rather than go out to the store while the nazis are in town, spread the word
November 17, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Hey Charlotte folks-Compare Foods has waived delivery fees for groceries, so if you know anyone who'd like to get groceries delivered rather than go out to the store while the nazis are in town, spread the word
This is a good thread.
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This is a good thread.
Important content.
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Important content.
This is a zone of judgment.
And I judge you... as pretty cool. Good job on being yourself.
And I judge you... as pretty cool. Good job on being yourself.
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is a zone of judgment.
And I judge you... as pretty cool. Good job on being yourself.
And I judge you... as pretty cool. Good job on being yourself.
November 16, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The weird thing about pneumonia making me sleep so darned much is that I wind up awake for the most useless stretches of time. It's almost sunrise, might as well edit Chapter 33 of my weirdo dragon book.
November 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The weird thing about pneumonia making me sleep so darned much is that I wind up awake for the most useless stretches of time. It's almost sunrise, might as well edit Chapter 33 of my weirdo dragon book.
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I feel sorry for the utensils I use straight out of the dishwasher. They haven't had time to relax with their friends in the drawer and instead are being thrust straight back into work. Sorry favourite coffee spoon.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I feel sorry for the utensils I use straight out of the dishwasher. They haven't had time to relax with their friends in the drawer and instead are being thrust straight back into work. Sorry favourite coffee spoon.
Bros, text your bros that you love them.
November 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Bros, text your bros that you love them.