A.C. Wise

Jan 13, 2025 | reactormag.com | A.C. Wise |Ellen Datlow

In one small town, the delicate balance between predator and prey is threatened when five girls are murdered on prom night. Novelette | 14,080 wordsProm Night, Wolf MoonShe can’t stop seeing them—the doe-girl skins hanging from the wall, turned inside out, cut and changed so the girls could never find their way inside them again. She can’t stop hearing the things left behind. Not girls or deer anymore. Peeled, glistening raw and red under the spinning lights. Gleaming muscle and white fat.

Nov 22, 2024 | pseudopod.org | A.C. Wise |Wilson Fowlie |Clockpunk Studios

[ 5148 words ] Author : A.C. Wise Narrator : Wilson Fowlie Host : Alasdair Stuart Audio Producer : Chelsea Davis “The Slow Music of Drums” was originally published in the 2024 Anthology Northern Nights edited by Michael Kelly TW: features grief, an implied apocalypse, sinister music, a family curse, cosmic horror and bees Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:38 — 35.8MB) Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | TuneIn | RSS by A.C. Wise It was...

Aug 29, 2024 | reactormag.com | A.C. Wise

We’re thrilled to share an excerpt from Out of the Drowning Deep, a new science fantasy novella by A.C. Wise, publishing with Titan Books on September 3rd. Scribe IV is an obsolete automaton living on the Bastion, a secluded monastery in an abandoned corner of the galaxy. When the visiting Pope is found murdered, Scribe IV knows he has very little time before the terrifying Sisters of the Drowned Deep rise up to punish all the Bastion’s residents for their supposed crime.

Jun 20, 2024 | apex-magazine.com | A.C. Wise

Welcome to another Words for Thought! Even though Spring is in full bloom, the stories in this column tend toward darkness and horror. They are stories of tension, isolation, family, loss, and being seen. They all use the lens of horror and darkness to tell us something about the human condition, and they do it beautifully and poignantly. Fair warning, there are some spoilers if you haven’t read these stories yet.

Jan 30, 2024 | apex-magazine.com | A.C. Wise

It’s hard to believe we’re already in a new year. The end of the current year, when I’m writing this, is flying by and there’s still so much short fiction to catch up on! Are you trying to catch up too? If so, allow me to add five more pieces to your list, each one lovely, eerie, and uncertain. “Auscultation” by J.S. Breukelaar, published in The Dark, evokes classic Gothic fiction, and is effectively told as a series of emails sent by Maxine to her lover, Rebecca.