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A.C. Wise
@acwise.bsky.social
Author and reviewer. Sunburst Award winner. Nebula, World Fantasy, Stoker, Locus, Shirley Jackson, British Fantasy, Lamba, and Ignyte finalist. She/her. www.acwise.net. https://linktr.ee/acwise
On Wednesday night at 7pm, I'll be at The Twisted Spine in Brooklyn alongside @claymcleod.bsky.social, @datlow.bsky.social, and @atgreenblatt.bsky.social talking about the Night and Day anthology. Come join us!

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NIGHT & DAY SPECIAL EVENT WITH ELLEN DATLOW & MORE
Join us at The Twisted Spine to celebrate the recent release of the Night and Day Horror Anthology!
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November 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
First fire of the season and I'm settling in in front of it with Apprehension by @maryrobinettekowal.com.
November 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Psst! I've added a whole bunch of new links to my eligibility and recommendation round up post with further updates to come. Keep sending your links my way!

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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Pre-Orders are coming soon for Suffering the Other, an anthology benefitting Raices Texas and the Transgender Law Center. I'm so thrilled to have a story included. Just look at the gorgeous cover! 😍
Here is the beautiful front cover for SUFFERING THE OTHER, art and design by RewX. See the loaded TOC here: bit.ly/4i03e3h (TOC is also in the alt-text here). Coming February 2026, pre-order open in December. Reminder, this is a benefit for @raicestexas.bsky.social and Transgender Law Center!
November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Don't mind me, just over here performatively reading in public am I doing this right? (Also Red Star Hustle by @sentencebender.bsky.social is amazing and y'all should read it, in public or otherwise.)
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Just a friendly reminder that I'll be at Main Point Books tonight at 6:30 pm with @timchawaga.bsky.social talking about his new novel, Salvagia!

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Tim Chawaga, "Salvagia" Book Launch
Become a member! Get the The Main Point Bookshopper Tote Bag, up to 20% off all purchases, and more
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November 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In case you missed it earlier, I've started collecting links for my annual eligibility and recommendation links post. I added several earlier and will update again soon, so please spread the word and keep sending your links my way!

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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is an absolutely gorgeous collection! Not only is Call and Response by @seraph76.bsky.social full of stunning fiction, it's a physically beautiful book too. Just look at the sprayed edges!
November 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's that time of year again! I've started collecting my annual list of eligibility and recommendation lists and award resources. Check out what people have done and loved this year and send me your own posts to add to the list!

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What Have You Done, What Have You Loved 2025 – acwise.net
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November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happy book birthday to @klschroeder.bsky.social! No One to Hold the Distant Dead is a lovely novella that contemplates what it means to mourn an entire planet and how one finds hope when things seem hopeless.

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No One To Hold The Distant Dead | Psychopomp
As extinction takes species after species, Inga and the people of Nordenmark must find a way to survive, and a reason to live, in the spaces death leaves behind.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Helping @carpelibrum.bsky.social reopen as a brick and mortar store with a shop cat to boot is a fantastic reason to buy books! As if you need an excuse.
We're hoping to get a new space for the bookstore so we can reopen in a brick and mortar format, then adopt a shop cat, so we're running a sale on the website. Get 25% off your order with promo code Molly at checkout.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A dark, frightening and visceral read that treats the body as a haunted house that the protagonist can't leave. If you're looking for some truly unsettling horror, I highly recommend The Graceview Patient by @caitlinstarling.com!
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Reposted by A.C. Wise
If you wrote an SF/F/H story that was published in 2025 (or read a story that you thought was great), tell me about it in this thread!

Authors, also send your story to me here: johnjosephadams.com/basff-submis... (Please read the guidelines before submitting.)
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Tomorrow, I'll be at the Elkton Branch of the Cecil County Public Library signing and selling books along with other fabulous authors. Hope to see you there!

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November 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In one week, I'll be at Main Point Books with @timchawaga.bsky.social celebrating the launch of his new novel, Salvagia. Hope to see you there!

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Tim Chawaga, "Salvagia" Book Launch
Become a member! Get the The Main Point Bookshopper Tote Bag, up to 20% off all purchases, and more
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November 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This is an absolutely gorgeous, slow-burning locked room mystery. Get The Iron Garden Sutra on your TBR list post haste!
The Iron Garden Sutra got its first starred review (and is the SFF pick of the month) !!! 👀
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Psst! Canadians! The eligibility lists for the Aurora Awards are now open for work originally published in 2025. Make sure your speculative fiction, poetry, art, and eligible related work is listed!

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Eligibility Lists – The Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Association (CSFFA)
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November 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
A visceral exploration of unhealthy relationships and the balance of power where emotions are involved as a man finds himself cheating on his boyfriend with space-time itself - Time-like Curves, Space-like Curves by PH Lee.

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Timelike Curves, Spacelike Curves - Reactor
Is it bad to cheat on your boyfriend with the fabric of space and time?
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November 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
This is awesome news! I'm proud of my little town.

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Downingtown elects Pennsylvania’s first openly transgender mayor
Democrat Erica Deuso defeated Republican Richard Bryant in the borough of Downingtown’s mayoral election.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Well, this is delightful! Philly is getting a new indie bookstore dedicated to horror, thrillers, and true crime!

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Horror Bookstore Philadelphia • Thrillerdelphia
Philly’s immersive horror, thriller & true crime bookstore. Events, book clubs, signings, and dangerously good reads. Opening Halloween.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The wonderful @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social hosted a round table with the authors of Howl, myself included. See what we all have to say about werewolves!

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Hear Us Roar: Part One of the Howl Roundtable | Gwendolyn Kiste
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November 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Tomorrow is the full moon, and with perfect timing, Howl: An Anthology of Werewolves from Women in Horror is out today!

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November 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Happiest of book birthdays to @vanessafogg.bsky.social! House of Illusionists is an absolutely gorgeous collection and it's officially out today!

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The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg
A sea-witch calls to souls from the deep. In modern suburbia, a middle-aged woman fights to keep her daughter from the clutches of a Faerie Queen. . . and finds herself confronting her own past and de...
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November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM