John Wiswell on the Web

My debut novel is extremely nigh! It releases April 2nd in the U.S., and April 11th in the U.K.. In this post, I'll walk you through eve...

I have some huge news to share with y'all. It is my great pleasure to announce that I've sold my debut novel, SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD ...

The longer the live, the less I believe in objectively good literature. Even subjectively good literature is a concept deserving some scrut...

I'm tickled to be back at Daily Science Fiction this month with a new story: " Where I'm From, We Eat Our Parents ." The...

It’s not my fault we live in the middle of the woods. It’s not hers, either, but I can use this. We finish Nightmare on Elm Street around ...

A gorgeous shot from Icy Sedgwick's photo prompts . "Hey honey." "Oh for God's sake, Earth." ...

Discussed feminism with my girlfriend. She didn't understand why I kept walking in L-shapes around her. I explained that I was White K...

They were the high school sweethearts who didn’t know they were in love. They ran the school blog, spending long nights figuring out HTML an...

Theirs was barely a love story. And the attraction? Unfair. She was the Girl of Steel, and he was a magnet. She never bent, she never broke,...

Tuesday D’amato smells it, but thinks it’s a bad dream. Then Trystram and Ysolde’s claws tack-tack-tack up the stairs as they flee the basem...

You didn’t have to elope. Okay, your mother never would have given her blessing to you marrying a… one of them. But I would have. You’re my...

Reed’s head was a book, and one that was three-quarters unwritten. Penn’s head was a writing utensil. Not a pen or pencil, because even I’m ...

"If you keep looking at me like that, I'm going to assume I'm a lousy kisser." "The kiss part was nice. But why do ...

He set aside his entire evening. He spent half a month's salary on bribes to get them a table at the city's most exclusive restau...

"Date me? No? Then it sounds fine. It’s been years! And the woman next door was totally looking you over. If you go lesbian it’ll take...

Anton sits on his knees before the grave of Anton. For a while, Emil and Yulia's son holds Anton's left hand and does his impression...

"Bullshit." "You don't swear as much in the future, but you do so much more creatively." "You'...

"No, you go on. I'll wait here. I don’t mean to drag you down." "You never do! Sometimes you remind me to slow u...

Randy: What would you do if someone whacked Ninx? Vineguard: Pardon? Randy: Hypothetically. And she wasn’t around for you to glom...

“Listen, we have to make this quick, because my brother’s eldest daughter is getting married in ten minutes. I know where your ninja ar...