Read an Excerpt From A.C. Wise&#8217;s <i>Out of the Drowning Deep</i>

A.C. Wise is the author of the novels Wendy, Darling and Hooked and the novellas Grackle and Out of the Drowning Deep, among other works. A new novel, Ballad of the Bone Road, is forthcoming in early 2026. Her work has won the Sunburst Award, and has been a finalist for the Nebula, Stoker, World Fantasy, Locus, British Fantasy, Ignyte, Aurora, Shirley Jackson, and Lambda Literary Awards. In addition to her fiction, she contributes a regular review column to Locus and Apex Magazine.