John Wiswell on the Web

I’m thankful for having a genius brother. I could always pass a Math test, but Jasper had ambition, whether it was hot-wiring cars or counti...

This past weekend I had the distinct privilege of watching Evangelion with someone who had never seen it before. The number of otaku (or ne...

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,...

It’s a different way to power a frontier city. There’s zero pollution, minimal clean-up, and statistically fewer people die from the hydra-e...

Recently, Marvel Comics released their second movie about Thor . It’s part of their Avengers franchise of movies, which show very little sch...

This is the story of two cultures coming together, told by one of them. It's the story of one proud and old culture, making the most of ...

 On Reddit someone was collecting various authors' answers to the question, "Why Fantasy?" It's an interesting thread, an...

A friend was recently stuck in her novel and asked me how someone could get out of the army without deserting. Being a great friend, I dropp...

There were only my parents left to tell. I rolled up to the house and found Dad on the porch. An extension cord ran through the window to po...

"Hello, this is Missouri Byrne. I’m staying with the Hopscot Family Refuge, which I’m learning has been without heat for two weeks beca...

We're a few days into November which means, like every year, that thousands of aspiring writers are sweating with dread. As NaNoWriMo en...

The chirping washes over Leroy as soon as he opens the front door. He wishes his family a goodnight against the steady intrusive noise from ...

  "This penguin is good and thoroughly conquered! Typically, were I to best a bird, it would be properly devoured, yet this, this fl...

I’d just picked up a friend from the train. Let’s call her Gladys, because it’s a nice name and I don’t want to give her real one out. We ...

Reminder: October 28-October 30th is an open “vengeance” period for all licensed incorporeal entities. Any human beings or related physical ...

I'm home again from the last big trip of my year. This one was the hardest physically, but easily the most rewarding. The Viable Paradis...

If you’ve been seeing the moon in the midday sky, you are not mad. Disregard the harassment of your many peers who do not see it there, and ...

Hi, I'm John Wiswell and I write about tentacle monsters and post-apocalyptic optimism. ...and I write about dinosaurs and gia...

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...

So, the Bathroom Monologues have been a little quiet lately, and they’ll be a little quieter next week. I’ve got a fresh Bathroom Monol...

Please do not waste this man’s life by killing him. He’s like me. Let me deal with him. For the first time in his life he’s worse t...

It'd be great if Horror authors would agree to donate a pint of blood for every one they spilled on the page. A nasty wound? That'...

DeMarcus has always possessed an alarming tolerance to alcohol and pain killers, which is why he dropped out of college. It's als...

The following is an experimental product to be sold only to the most adventurous professional NFL team. Do you think it’s odd that it’s il...

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 ...

This space has been too quiet, don't you think?  Aside from my Friday Flash, The Bathroom Monologues were pretty much dormant for the la...

When I die, it'll be with a perky goth girl who's been waiting for me her entire life. She'll be gentle, and whimsical, and...

Photo by GardenKings . This is the Monarch of the Pillows. Unlike most animal monarchs, this is not the biggest or strongest, yet it mus...