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TWO Locus Awards Finalist Honors!
Both "D.I.Y." and "The Coward Who Stole God's Name" were voted to be finalists in the Locus Award for Best Short Story
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NEW STORY DAY: “So You Want to Kiss Your Nemesis” at Lightspeed Magazine
A free little story to brighten your day
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John Wiswell
New Story Day: Irresponsibly Human at Small Wonders Magazine
A brand new story about the struggles of being an alien invader, and my debut novel enters Goodreads!
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John Wiswell
March 2023
An Ending Is Easy, But Endings Are Hard; and some good news, and jokes
Thoughts about what endings mean, plus I freak out about being nominated for a Nebula Award
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John Wiswell
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February 2023
December 2022
All the Short Stories I Published in 2022 (and some jokes)
Most of the stories are free! Come have a fiction or two.
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John Wiswell
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November 2022
Fighting Your Internal Editor During NaNoWriMo (plus: good news!)
Cheering y'all to write your first drafts, discussing the role of internal editors, sharing good publishing news, and sharing things that made me laugh…
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John Wiswell
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October 2022
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