John Wiswell on the Web

Today I am proud to present my first-ever Tordotcom short story: "D.I.Y."!   Noah Byrne is a disabled boy who always wanted to go ...

Today I'm happy to share a brand new story with you all: "Demonic Invasion or Placebo Effect?"   It follows a pair of demon sc...

Today I'm happy to present to you my newest short story: "The Coward Who Stole God's Name."   It's a story about the m...

Greetings! This coming weekend I'll be participating in Balticon, a regional convention hosted in Baltimore, Maryland. It runs from Frid...

Today I'm proud to share with you my newest short story: "Too Little, Too Little, Too Much." Fires have been starting around t...

Greetings friends and fellow conspirators! It's about to be a very busy series of months, with a series of story publications, conventio...

A dream came true this week, for both and author and for his haunted house. You probably know my little story, "Open House on Haunted H...

It's my first Worldcon as a Hugo finalist! This is such an honor, and I wish I could be there in person. But at least I can participate ...

2021 is almost in the record books! I can't say it was an easy year, but it was a busy one. I published nearly as many stories and essay...

Hello my dear readers! I'm happy this month to bring you my first-ever novelette. It's the longest piece of fiction I've ever pu...

  I've got a new story for you today! It's about dinosaurs and disability.   Ms. Plover (as she likes to be known) is a deaf securit...

I was quite a surprise the other day to scroll through the list of World Fantasy Award nominees and see my name. Yes, I've been blessed...

I'm kicking off June with a brand new story at Fireside Magazine. "Gender Reveal Box, $16.95" is a Horror story told through ...

This coming weekend is Balticon. For the past couple years the pandemic has pushed this Baltimore, Maryland convention to shrug off the shac...

It's been a year of wonderful firsts. I got my first sale to a Year's Best anthology, and my first Locus and Nebula nominations. Now...

"Open House on Haunted Hill" is one of my favorite short stories that I've ever written. It follows a haunted house that has b...

Hello beloved readers! I have a new story for you today, and one that is quite personal. It's called "We Are Not Phoenixes," ...

Being cooped up inside is tough, especially with March coming up again. For many of us it's an anniversary or quarantine. We readers mis...

Welcome, citizens of the internet, to my big old Short Story Recommended Reading list! Despite all the time we've spent staring at our d...

This year is actually almost over! Sure, some part of you says it's still March, but that part is sleep deprived and needs a hug.  And b...

I've got a Thanksgiving present for you, everybody! Today PodCastle published a brand new story of mine: 8-Bit Free Will . This is a st...

There have been numerous conversations about Science Fiction and Fantasy canon this year. Can works age out of the canon? Is the gatekeeping...

This weekend is the North American Science Fiction Convention! Thanks to the pandemic, they've moved exclusively to the internet, doing ...

Today I'm proud to present "Open House on Haunted Hill, " one of my favorite stories I've ever written. It follows the lon...

This weekend is Balticon, a convention put on by the Maryland Regional Science Fiction & Fantasy Society. We can't gather in place ...

I'm happy to present "Gender and Other Faulty Software," a new short story live at Fireside Magazine! It's the story of ...

Call this one a career goal! I've got a brand new story for you about giant monsters published by Nature. The Nature Futures program,...

I have two good pieces of news to share this week. I've just signed a pair of contracts for two exciting projects. First up: I've ...

It's almost February 2020, so of course we're all talking about the best movies of 2019. For many that includes movies that only ...

Starting January 17th, I'll be at ConFusion in Detroit! It's a convention for Fantasy and Science Fiction fans to meet writers they ...