We were in Miami escaping the cold. And went to Wynwood Walls, this cool outdoor museum of “street art” (the surreal mural of the horned roseate spoonbill atop the alligator is my favorite)

Hurrah, the cover for my slasher romp SLASHER SUMMER has finally been officially revealed on Insta! Look at that amazing art by @turksworks.bsky.social, it makes me want to read the book and I already know what happens. 😅 Coming in June from Crown (US/Can) and Michael Joseph (UK).

Couldn't stop thinking about this review from #LosAngelesReviewofBooks -- it does more than just review Silk & Sinew, it digs into the heart of the book and its works. Thank you Jered Mabaquiao and #LARB. Truly, what an honor. lareviewofbooks.org/article/silk... substack.com/home/post/p-...

"She knew her time was ending. Just days, but she didn’t feel the strum of pain or the numbness of morphine. She just felt tired." join us, beloveds, for today's must read NONFICTION 🖤 Bible Verses for the Dying and the Heathen by Robin Wheeler psychopomp.com/deadlands/is...

Reminder: In light of Bad Bunny's Superbowl performance spotlighting Latino culture, here's a hefty list of Latino speculative fiction authors I curated if anyone wants to take a gander and read some phenomenal work. Much love to all! go.bsky.app/6BAmgpi

St. Agnes' Eve—Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold Keats will hit them so hard, will tackle generations #poetrysunday

Melancholy, strange, and lovely

Congrats to Vanessa Fogg for THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS, featured on the 2025 Locus Recommended Reading List! locusmag.com/2026/02...

Big big congrats to @vanessafogg.bsky.social, THE HOUSE OF ILLUSIONISTS is on the 2025 Locust Recommended Reading list. This collection was a breeze to work on and every story in it is now a part of my heart <3 locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...

@rati.bsky.social 's story was such fun! Incredibly well-written.

On January 24th, my parents home burned down. They and my disabled brother escaped with only minor burns but they lost everything they've ever had. I'm running a GoFundMe to help them recover and rebuild. I would be deeply grateful for any donations but also for any shares!

Oh wow. UNCERTAIN SONS AND OTHER STORIES (Collection), "Uncertain Sons" (Novelette), and "In My Country" (Short Story), recommended by Locus. A lot of great works and authors here. Like half the collection category, colleagues/friends I recognize. My thanks to folks who enjoyed these stories.

Ah, had incomplete link before so re-posting. Absolutely thrilled and honored to see my debut collection, The House of Illusionists, on this list alongside so many amazing books and stories. Congratulations, everyone!! locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...

This morning there’s snow everywhere. —— As if we knew what the other was feeling. We don’t, of course. We never do. No matter. It’s the tenderness I care about. -Raymond Carver, from "The Gift" #everynightapoem #thismorning

My first full-length collection of poetry, TIME TRAVEL IS EASY, came out a couple months ago. Poems on dinosaurs! Deep Time! Queer identity and embodiment! Life in the late Anthropocene! It’s pay-what-you-want for digital on Itchio, and coming soon to other sites. dinoholler.itch.io/time-travel-...

To read! I love Maria Haskins’s stuff and I like what Diabolical Plots publishes, so my expectations are high!

Since people are asking if they can do something for me, here is a short thread. I'm clearly going to be laid up for a lot longer. Here are a few simple links. Patreon: www.patreon.com/Wiswell Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/johnwiswell Amazon wishlist: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/...

My cover for February's @fusionfragment.bsky.social magazine! 😁💕 Thank you Cavan for the awesome brief! #illustration #art #commissionsOpen #CoverArtist #CoverArt

did you know I wrote a ROMANTASY?? (I thought I was writing a sword fighting book) 🔥⚔️🔥BURN UP IN VICTORY is on sale for $2..99 🔥⚔️🔥 books2read.com/burnupinvict...

Truly the toy for our times www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...

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Very late, but here are my short fiction recs from Nov-Dec 2025! A mix of old and new, with stories by @acwise.bsky.social @peterdarbyshire.bsky.social @authorizedmusings.bsky.social @teajaysee.bsky.social @awprihandita.bsky.social @nassos.bsky.social 1/2

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Story day! I’m delighted to share ‘Dispersal,’ a flash piece about the end of a marriage… and the beginning of something stranger. Out now @hexliterary.bsky.social

In case you missed it, I have a new horror mystery story out in @frivolouscomma.bsky.social that asks: What would you do if the most popular song in the country was literally driving you insane? www.frivolouscomma.com/fiction/empi...

I'm absolutely thrilled and extra delighted to be in such good company! If you're so inclined, you can read my novelette here: reactormag.com/wolf-moon-an...

The deadline to nominate poems for the new Nebula Poetry category is March 1. I would love it if SFWA had a deluge of nominations to prove speculative poetry matters. Only members can nominate. www.sfwa.org/2025-nebula-...

There was a little confusion in the initial public website announcement, but it’s since been corrected. Proud to see my book on the BSFA longlist, and congrats to all my fellow longlisters!!

Keep an eye out for this one! Releasing in March, it's an intense, twisty modern Gothic thriller. I had the chance to read an advance copy (and blurb it). Loved it

Preorder campaign for the re-release of my Gothic Paris books -(March 10th!!!): pre-order any of the books in the series & get an EXCLUSIVE ebook with bonus shenanigans involving Fallen angels, a birthday party and a decidedly over-friendly magical fungus www.aliettedebodard.com/2026/01/23/d...

This is SO lovely

Good friend Trond Hildahl is launching a new imprint, Dismantling Press. This is the first call -- Rage, Well Spoken. Give it a look.

I am so beyond emotional right now, because my @khoreo.bsky.social non-fiction essay about the importance of Greek and BIPOC voices in Greek myth adaptations, the angriest thing I’ve ever written, has been longlisted in the Best Short Non Fiction category in the @bsfa.bsky.social Awards.

Please vote, if you can, for These Marbles Were Never White. You can read it here: www.khoreomag.com/non-fiction/...

All this impending snow. Reminds me that now we enter into the 24th of 24 micro-seasons: “Greater Cold” #大寒 - the coldest period of the year. Yet also, a period anticipating the beginning of spring and the warmth of the coming lunar new year. [Kawase Hasui, Evening Snow at Terashima Village, 1920]

I wrote this up awhile ago, and then realized I'd never posted it to my blog. My review of @kristinaten.bsky.social 's wonderful debut collection, Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine itsajumble.blogspot.com/2026/01/book...

I wrote this up awhile ago, and then realized I'd never posted it to my blog. My review of @kristinaten.bsky.social 's wonderful debut collection, Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine itsajumble.blogspot.com/2026/01/book...

oh my next book is up for preorder us.macmillan.com/books/978125... ✨ "this book destroyed me" - Yoon Ha Lee ✨ "I felt shattered" - Sue Burke ✨ "truly ambitious science fiction" - Marie Brennan ✨ "beautiful, brilliant, heartbreaking" - Yume Kitasei ✨ "I inhaled it all in one sitting" - Wole Talabi

Very cool new interview with Joel Hans about his upcoming collection, THE BEDTIME EMPTYING OF OUR WORLD! Coming in Feb from Moon City Press! @joelhans.com @mooncitypress.bsky.social

Cat wandered in front of the camera during the #aurora long exposure

I was thrilled by this wonderful review for Letters from an Imaginary Country by Alexis Ong at Reactor Magazine. Thank you, Alexis and Reactor! :) reactormag.com/book-review-...

What a wonderful list! Honored to have my xianxia c-drama inspired story, “When the Faerie King Toured the Human Realm,” featured herr among so many great stories and writers

I unironically like making small talk about the weather. I’m serious. In Michigan , esp in the winter, it is an inexhaustible topic

oh shitttt!!!

Friends. The eBooks of our 2025 titles are on sale til the end of the month for just $3 each. Grab @thomasha.bsky.social's amazing debut, or Best Weird Fiction Vol. 1, or Weird Horror 10 and 11. Heck, grab 'em all! undertowpublications.com/ebooks

My book, a collection of speculative short stories, comes out this week! You can still pre-order. Or pitch a review or do an interview or have me on your podcast. I'm just spit balling here.

Strange Horizons fiction submissions open next Monday! The window will be open for 48 hours from 3 p.m. UTC on January 19th 2026 to 3 p.m. UTC on January 21st 2026. There will be no cap. More information on submitting, including the link to our Moksha portal ⬇️ strangehorizons.com/submit/ficti...

Happy to be on and chat about all sorts of things, including Uncertain Sons and the rise(?) of reader tolerance for discomfort/ambiguous fiction in increasingly turbulent times. A lot of making shit up basically. My coffee kicks in a quarter of the way in. Thanks for having me!

"you just want that storm to break, need to feel that thunder in your bones even if lightning gotta strike you first" - a terrific dust devil of a story from @mynachang.bsky.social in Ghost Parachute

Watching the sci-fi series "Pantheon" on Netflix: Daughter: Oh, it's hexagon time! (hexagons and other geometric shapes float around the screen) Me: What does that mean? Daughter: Oh, hexagons stand for tech, for some reason. (Pause). But they could also stand for bees.