In our 17th episode, we welcome back the many talented A.C. Wise. In this episode, we talk to Alison about Readercon parties, how we first met, growing up in Canada, getting a gold medal in rowing, working a full-time day job at an art museum/school, her massive to-read pile, reviewing fiction for Locus and Apex magazines and elsewhere, stories in conversation with each other, reading for the World Fantasy Awards, Locus Awards, the Sunburst Awards, how she reads so much, her favorite reads of 2025, her first story sale to a coffee can label, editing for Unlikely Stories, the health of science fiction as a genre, how AI makes her angry, how she is a pantser, when and where she writes, her three short story collections, making custom cocktails for her book release, and more!
Books and Stories by A.C. Wise:
Ballad of the Bone Road: https://bookshop.org/p/books/ballad-of-the-bone-road-a-c-wise/431073a66a9249e1?ean=9781835413784&next=t
Out of the Drowning Deep: https://bookshop.org/p/books/out-of-the-drowning-deep-a-c-wise/357a5aae6a988bf1?ean=9781803369846&next=t
The Ghost Sequences: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-ghost-sequences-a-c-wise/73b355fe59f8ea94?ean=9781988964331&next=t
The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves The World Again: https://www.amazon.com/Ultra-Fabulous-Glitter-Squadron-Saves/dp/159021434X/
The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories: https://www.amazon.com/Kissing-Booth-Girl-Other-Stories/dp/B075338W1B
“Wolf Moon, Antler Moon”: https://reactormag.com/wolf-moon-antler-moon-a-c-wise/
Other Books Mentioned:
Space Trucker Jess by Matthew Kressel: https://bookshop.org/p/books/space-trucker-jess-matthew-kressel/2824b9cb78656eee?ean=9781958880272&next=t
Haunted Ecologies by Corey Farrenkopf: https://bookshop.org/p/books/haunted-ecologies-corey-farrenkopf/133fb7a231a7ce6d?ean=9781685101404&next=t
A Catalog of Storms by Fran Wilde: https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-catalog-of-storms-fran-wilde/9274622f5f3debeb?ean=9781958880319&next=t
The House of Illusionists by Vanessa Fogg: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-house-of-illusionists-and-other-stories-vanessa-fogg/dda16d303c3978fb?ean=9781953736451&next=t
Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper: https://bookshop.org/p/books/teenage-girls-can-be-demons-hailey-piper/1431a03c0e4de785?ean=9781835411469&next=t
Uncertain Suns by Thomas Ha: https://bookshop.org/p/books/uncertain-sons-and-other-stories-thomas-ha/b429750aa63da135?ean=9781988964492&next=t
Tell Me Yours, I’ll Tell You Mine by Kristina Ten: https://bookshop.org/p/books/tell-me-yours-i-ll-tell-you-mine-kristina-ten/e9c26d3ea207b11e?ean=9781945233302&next=t
Call and Response by Christopher Caldwell: https://bookshop.org/p/books/call-and-response-christopher-caldwell/32ec50062fb24129?ean=9781966503149&next=t
