#john-wiswell — Public Fediverse posts

I got to talk to John Wiswell about WEARING THE LION, radical forgiveness, disability, found family, and how to win battles by flipping conflict into friendship. You can read what we said here:

https://splitlipthemag.com/interviews/1225/interview-with-john-wiswell

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #AuthorInterview #TamingTheLion #JohnWiswell #SplitLipMagazine

I got to talk to John Wiswell about WEARING THE LION, radical forgiveness, disability, found family, and how to win battles by flipping conflict into friendship. You can read what we said here:

https://splitlipthemag.com/interviews/1225/interview-with-john-wiswell

#WritingCommunity #WritingConversations #AuthorInterview #TamingTheLion #JohnWiswell #SplitLipMagazine

Fantastyka:
»Antologia „Na krawędzi pojmowania”«

Pojawiła się nowa charytatywna antologia opowiadań z serii "Zapomniane Sny", tym razem pod hasłem "na krawędzi pojmowania". A w niej 25 opowiadań, w większości krótkich, bo liczących do 2000 słów (choć są wyjątki). Gatunkowo jest tu cały przekrój, od SF, przez weird i horror, mitologię zmieszaną z cyberpunkiem i fantasy.

https://www.fahrenheit.net.pl/ksiazki/o-ksiazkach/fantastyka/antologia-na-krawedzi-pojmowania/

#Fahrenheit_zin #EmilianWojnowski #JudeDeluca #antologia #AleksandraBaranowska #AgnieszkaAmbushZasadzka #ŁukaszOrbitowski #KarolinaPrzybył #MateuszSuchecki #TedKosmatka #NataliaKubicius #RafałCywicki #AleksandraCebo #ArkadiuszPindral #BartoszKról #SylwesterGdela #AleksandraRybacka #MariuszLukowski #AdamLoraj #WeronikaMamuna #SandraDąbrowska #AdriannaFilimonowicz #Nakrawędzipojmowania #JakubSokołowski #ŁukaszDubaniowski #AnnaSikorska #MateuszPawlak #ZapomnianeSny #AlinaTuchołka #SoniaKorta #MichałZając #AgataPoważyńska #MatthewRDavis #MarcinOpolski #AnnaKłodnicka #RafałŁoboda #MarcinediGrygo #JohnWiswell #AgataFrancik

In SOMEONE TO BUILD A NEST IN, by John Wiswell, Shesheshen is an amorphous shape-shifting creature who lives in a swamp, and is able to absorb bones, metal, and other objects inside her to provide a skeleton, and is able to imitate people (especially if she's eaten the person to get the matching bone structure).

She's rudely awakened from her hibernation by a trio of monster hunters, led by the arrogant Catharsis Wulfyre. They're dispatched with some slight difficulty, but all of the Wulfyres are coming: the mini-Catharsis Epigram, the creepy Ode, the domineering and all-powerful Baroness, and the lovable but downtrodden Homily.

This was like a darker and fairly gory Terry Pratchett novel, and managing that tone in a tension-filled storyline is a remarkable feat. Shesheshen is a fun narrator & monster, able to reshape her body & control the organs inside it, and matter-of-fact about doing so. Her befuddlement at human society is one note that struck me as Pratchettian; a more minor one is the nobleman who gets weirdly turned on when he's threatened by Shesheshen. The Wulfyres are utterly hateful, except for Homily, and it's balm when they get their several comeuppances.

(2/5)

#JohnWiswell #SomeoneToBuildANestIn

In SOMEONE TO BUILD A NEST IN, by John Wiswell, Shesheshen is an amorphous shape-shifting creature who lives in a swamp, and is able to absorb bones, metal, and other objects inside her to provide a skeleton, and is able to imitate people (especially if she's eaten the person to get the matching bone structure).

She's rudely awakened from her hibernation by a trio of monster hunters, led by the arrogant Catharsis Wulfyre. They're dispatched with some slight difficulty, but all of the Wulfyres are coming: the mini-Catharsis Epigram, the creepy Ode, the domineering and all-powerful Baroness, and the lovable but downtrodden Homily.

This was like a darker and fairly gory Terry Pratchett novel, and managing that tone in a tension-filled storyline is a remarkable feat. Shesheshen is a fun narrator & monster, able to reshape her body & control the organs inside it, and matter-of-fact about doing so. Her befuddlement at human society is one note that struck me as Pratchettian; a more minor one is the nobleman who gets weirdly turned on when he's threatened by Shesheshen. The Wulfyres are utterly hateful, except for Homily, and it's balm when they get their several comeuppances.

(2/5)

#JohnWiswell #SomeoneToBuildANestIn

Book Review: Wearing the Lion by John Wiswell a humorous and occasionally dark retelling of the Twelve Labors of Hercules, with a Found Family chaser. #books #bookreview #johnwiswell

https://catchingshadows672971735.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/book-review-wearing-the-lion-by-john-wiswell/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

"An absolute delight": my review of John Wiswell's forthcoming Someone You Can Build a Nest In, from Jo Fletcher Books
https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/reviews-someone-you-can-build-a-nest-in/

#books #livres #fantasy #JohnWiswell #romantasy #SomeoneYouCanBuildANestIn #reviews #bookstodon

"An absolute delight": my review of John Wiswell's forthcoming Someone You Can Build a Nest In, from Jo Fletcher Books
https://www.woolamaloo.org.uk/reviews-someone-you-can-build-a-nest-in/

#books #livres #fantasy #JohnWiswell #romantasy #SomeoneYouCanBuildANestIn #reviews #bookstodon

"She'd hit the water with all the elegance of cream pie against a brick wall"

#LunchtimeReading : continuing John Wiswell's delightful Someone You Can Build a Nest In (coming April 2024 from Jo Fletcher Books)

#books #livres #AmReading #SomeoneYouCanBuildANestIn #JohnWiswell #fantasy #bookstodon

"She'd hit the water with all the elegance of cream pie against a brick wall"

#LunchtimeReading : continuing John Wiswell's delightful Someone You Can Build a Nest In (coming April 2024 from Jo Fletcher Books)

#books #livres #AmReading #SomeoneYouCanBuildANestIn #JohnWiswell #fantasy #bookstodon

#LunchtimeReading : starting Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell. People munching and cross-species monster love! Coming April 2024.
Thanks to Anne at Jo Fletcher Books for sending it my way

#books #livres #fantasy #AmReading #JohnWiswell #SomeoneYouCanBuildANestIn #bookstodon

#LunchtimeReading : starting Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell. People munching and cross-species monster love! Coming April 2024.
Thanks to Anne at Jo Fletcher Books for sending it my way

#books #livres #fantasy #AmReading #JohnWiswell #SomeoneYouCanBuildANestIn #bookstodon

We had so much fun this Story Hour! Guan Un showed tremendous range with a pitch-perfect noir followed by a heartbreaking Weird piece and then a sweet fantasy. John Wiswell brought his signature mix of coziness and dry wit to kaiju and dinosaurs, closing the night down with laughs. Unmissable! #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #AuthorReading #GuanUn #JohnWiswell #fantasy #kaiju #dinosaurs #humor https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=340552105191494

We had so much fun this Story Hour! Guan Un showed tremendous range with a pitch-perfect noir followed by a heartbreaking Weird piece and then a sweet fantasy. John Wiswell brought his signature mix of coziness and dry wit to kaiju and dinosaurs, closing the night down with laughs. Unmissable! #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #AuthorReading #GuanUn #JohnWiswell #fantasy #kaiju #dinosaurs #humor https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=340552105191494

This week, we finally get Guan Un to read on Story Hour! Seriously, we've been working on this for a long time. And he's reading with John Wiswell! Everybody wins! Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #AuthorReading #GuanUn #JohnWiswell https://www.storyhour2020.com/

This week, we finally get Guan Un to read on Story Hour! Seriously, we've been working on this for a long time. And he's reading with John Wiswell! Everybody wins! Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. PDT! #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #AuthorReading #GuanUn #JohnWiswell https://www.storyhour2020.com/

Let's read

Small Wonders Magazine (https://wandering.shop/@SmallWondersSFF) [via mefi projects] is a new online speculative fiction and poetry magazine from Metafilter member lriG rorriM (https://wandering.shop/@cislyn) and Stephen Granade (https://wandering.shop/@sargent).

The inaugural issue contains fiction by Saswati Chatterjee, Premee Mohamed, Wendy Nikel, Charles Payseur, Moses Ose Utomi, and John Wiswell, and poetry by Beth Cato, Mary Soon Lee, and Ali Trotta.

https://www.metafilter.com/199177/Small-Wonders-Magazine

#mefiprojects #SmallWonders #SFF #SpeculativeFiction #poetry #magazine #online #BethCato #SaswatiChatterjee #MarySoonLee #PremeeMohamed #WendyNikel #JohnWiswell #CharlesPayseur #AliTrotta #MosesOseUtomi

Let's read

Small Wonders Magazine (https://wandering.shop/@SmallWondersSFF) [via mefi projects] is a new online speculative fiction and poetry magazine from Metafilter member lriG rorriM (https://wandering.shop/@cislyn) and Stephen Granade (https://wandering.shop/@sargent).

The inaugural issue contains fiction by Saswati Chatterjee, Premee Mohamed, Wendy Nikel, Charles Payseur, Moses Ose Utomi, and John Wiswell, and poetry by Beth Cato, Mary Soon Lee, and Ali Trotta.

https://www.metafilter.com/199177/Small-Wonders-Magazine

#mefiprojects #SmallWonders #SFF #SpeculativeFiction #poetry #magazine #online #BethCato #SaswatiChatterjee #MarySoonLee #PremeeMohamed #WendyNikel #JohnWiswell #CharlesPayseur #AliTrotta #MosesOseUtomi