December's Words for Thought focuses on stories about the nature of self, and the struggle to find a balance between the light and the darkness within.
Read MoreWords for Thought #7Reviews of stories about cities, houses, built environments, and the places we call home.
Read MoreWords for Thought #6Reviews of short fiction about life beyond death.
Read MoreWords for Thought #5This month AC Wise reviews stories of water, transformation, and family — particularly the relationship between mothers and daughters.
Read MoreWords for Thought #4Reviews of stories stories that deal with loss and memory, each looking at it from a different angle and each resulting in a powerful tale.
Read MoreWords for Thought #3A review of recent stories that address the themes of destiny and disguises.
Read MoreWords for Thought #2Reviews of stories about flying, falling, jumping and staying aloft, as well as the uses and abuses of bodies, consumption, what remains hidden, and what people choose not to see.
Read MoreWords for Thought #1AC Wise has been publishing steadily for nearly ten years, and in that time, her work has appeared in Apex Magazine, Shimmer, Pseudopod, GigaNotoSaurus, Lightspeed Magazine, Clarkesworld, The Canadian Science Fiction Review, among others, and in anthologies such as Upgraded, Clockwork Phoenix, The Best Horror of the Year, Imaginarium, Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales, Streets of Shadows, and Years Best Weird Fiction, among many, many others.
Read MoreInterview with AC WiseHis fingers fit through the diamond slots in the chain link fence like nothing has changed, as though he never went to college or moved away from home. Except now, instead of a high school in the distance behind the runners in their white T-shirts and matching blue-and-grey track shorts, it’s a rocket.
Read MoreSilver Buttons All Down His Back