A.C. Wise reviews and recommends recent short fiction loosely based around a theme.

Words for Thought #17

By A.C. Wise | Nov 1, 2017 | 0 Comments | 8 min read

This month's reviews focus on stories of loneliness and isolation, but stories that offer hope as well.

By A.C. Wise | Sep 29, 2017 | 0 Comments | 8 min read

Reviews of of uneasy and haunting tales about hidden things being revealed that stick with you long after you finish reading them.

By A.C. Wise | Aug 29, 2017 | 0 Comments | 9 min read

This month's reviews are of stories about assumptions, perceptions, and characters who are more than they seem beneath the surface of their skin.

By A.C. Wise | Jul 31, 2017 | 0 Comments | 9 min read

Reviews of stories about isolation, people cut off from society and humanity

By A.C. Wise | Jun 30, 2017 | 0 Comments | 9 min read

This month's reviews are stories of families by choice, and families by blood - losing them, finding them, and trying to understand them.

By A.C. Wise | Apr 27, 2017 | 0 Comments | 8 min read

Reviews of stories about new worlds, new modes of existence, and shifting to new ways of thinking after encountering the unknown.

By A.C. Wise | Mar 30, 2017 | 2 Comments | 9 min read

Reviews of stories about what it mean to control your own destiny, what it means to simply be a character is someone else's story?

By A.C. Wise | Feb 27, 2017 | 0 Comments | 9 min read

Reviews of stories portraying tension between the self and the other, suspicion, distrust, but also healing and hope.

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