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A.C. Wise

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Author and reviewer. Novels Wendy, Darling and Hooked. Collection The Ghost Sequences. Sunburst Award winner. Nebula, World Fantasy, Stoker, Locus, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, Lamba, and Ignyte finalist. She/her. www.acwise.net.


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Thank you. 😀

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Barnes and Noble is having another one of their pre-order sales. If you're a member, it's the perfect time to add books to your TBR pile. If you're so inclined, you can get 25% off my novella Out of the Drowning Deep (publishing 9/3) with the Preorder25 code!

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The wonderful @apexmag.bsky.social is running a Kickstarter to fund their next year of work. If you can, consider supporting them as they publish another year of incredible fiction, non-fiction, and art!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/ape...

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I just finished The Bog Wife, and it's wonderful! I really hope you enjoy Out of the Drowning Deep as well. 😀

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I really hope you enjoy it! 😀

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A wonderfully eerie and atmospheric new story by @thomasha.bsky.social, exploring multiple meanings of colonization - Grottmata, published in @nightmare-magazine.com.

www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/grot...

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The wonderful @uncannymagazine.bsky.social is running a Kickstarter to keep funding the fabulous work they do, which includes publishing art, fiction, poetry, and non-fiction. Consider supporting them if you can!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/lyn...

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My latest review for @locusmag.bsky.social is now available to read online, covering recent issues of @khoreo.bsky.social, @clarkesworldmagazine.com and Analog.

locusmag.com/2024/07/a-c-...

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Oh, excellent! I'll keep an eye out for you!

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Thank you!

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I'll be at Readercon next week (and how is next week already the middle of July?!?) This year, I'm officially on programming even. Here's where you can find me!

acwise.net/readercon-20...

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It is! 😀

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It's really wonderful!

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Joanna's Body by @foxesandroses.bsky.social is a wonderful new novelette which takes a heartbreaking look at a toxic relationship and a complex mix of grief and guilt as Eleni must constantly help her dead friend find new bodies to inhabit.

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I really hope you like it!

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Ha! So true!

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One shiny Looney!

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Psst! In celebration of Canada Day weekend, a whole bunch of fabulous ebooks from @undertow.bsky.social are just $1 each! That includes my collection, The Ghost Sequences, along with excellent books by @premeemohamed.com, Rebecca Campbell, Naben Ruthnum, and others.

undertowpublications.com/ebooks

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Consider helping out if you're able!

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A nice review of Grackle just popped up at Horror DNA. The novella should be out in July!

www.horrordna.com/books/grackl...

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I'm very excited to read it!

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It really does!

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Ooh. An ARC of The Bog Wife by @kaychronister.bsky.social arrived in the mail today. I'm really looking forward to reading this one!

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Hey, Philly area folks! Next month, I'll be discussing how to write fantasy with @gregfrost.bsky.social and J.E. Harter. Mark your calendars for 7/24 at 6pm at the Barnes and Noble Rittenhouse Square. Spread the word!

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My latest Words for Thought column is available to read in @apexmag.bsky.social! This installment looks at stories by Gillian Secord, @ktbryski.bsky.social, @kellyrobson.com, @10itemsorjess.bsky.social and @nghivo.bsky.social. Happy reading!

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It really is gorgeous!

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I'm sure I will!

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More delightful book mail! I'm also really looking forward to this one - Lovely Creatures by @ktbryski.bsky.social. The cover art is gorgeous!

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Book mail! I'm very excited to dive into Horror Movie by @paultremblay.bsky.social. To the top of the TBR pile it goes!

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I was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at this dark, evocative novella. Put it on your TBR list now!

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Huge congratulations to the Shirley Jackson Award finalists! What a fantastic list!

www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/2024/06/07/t...

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That one sounds really cool!

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Always! Always more books!

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It really is lovely!

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They're all so good!

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Happy Pride and happy reading!

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Finding Echoes by @fozmeadows.bsky.social is sharply written with an excellent voice and excellent world building. Danger, ghosts, guilt, class, and broken relationships, all poignantly explored.

www.neonhemlock.com/books/findin...

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The Saint of Bright Doors by @vajra.me is full of rich and evocative language and world building. A lovely dream-like story of revolution and the idea of destiny and being born for a purpose.

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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The Dragonfly Gambit by @thesuiway.bsky.social is an excellent space opera novella about love, desire, revenge, and war and the ways they can end up inextricably intertwined. A nice look at characters trapped in impossible situations.

www.neonhemlock.com/books/dragon...

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The Book of Love by @kellylink.bsky.social is epic, full of magic, and explores all kinds of love - romantic, sexual, between friends and between family. It's beautifully written and the world feels deep and lived in.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/239722...

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The Woods All Black by @leemandelo.bsky.social is another novella that feels like it inhabits a world that extends beyond the page. Dark, sexy, and also exploring the intersection between queerness and monstrosity.

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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I love the voice in Off-Time Jive by @azlouise.bsky.social, a novella with a world that feels like it extends beyond the page and one where I would love to read more. Looking at race, magic, and there's a satisfying mystery too.

www.neonhemlock.com/books/off-ti...

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Always! The piles can never get high enough!

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We Mostly Come Out at Night edited by Rob Costello is a YA anthology celebrating monsters and queerness and sometimes queer monsters. It's full of wonderful stories and definitely worth a read.

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rob-c...

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Pride Month is well underway, so I wanted to share a thread of queer titles I've read and enjoyed recently. We all need more books on our TBR piles, right?

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My @locusmag.bsky.social review of the March/April 2024 issue of Asimov's is now available to read online!

locusmag.com/2024/06/a-c-...

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I see StokerCon 2025 will be in Stamford CT. Nice! That is a very achievable location for me. Since I sadly wasn't able to attend at the last minute this year and my registration rolled forward, I plan to be there!

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My latest review for @locusmag.bsky.social is online, looking at the Winter 2024 issue of @thedeadlands.com.

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I'm living vicariously through people's pictures, videos, and posts about Stokert. I'm bummed to be missing out this weekend, but hopefully next year!

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Short fiction fans! Put this upcoming collection on your radar!

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