{"id":1745,"date":"2026-02-15T08:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1745"},"modified":"2026-02-15T17:28:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:28:53","slug":"fiction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/fiction\/","title":{"rendered":"WildWord Fiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Meaningful fiction\u2014plus brief notes on craft and real-world stakes in the age of AI and biotech<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coupleunderstars-wide.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coupleunderstars-wide-1024x272.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coupleunderstars-wide-1024x272.png 1024w, https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coupleunderstars-wide-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coupleunderstars-wide-768x204.png 768w, https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coupleunderstars-wide-624x166.png 624w, https:\/\/wesleywildman.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coupleunderstars-wide.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Get the Newsletter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Fun and thought-provoking content, roughly once per month (plus occasional launch updates). No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wildwordfiction.substack.com\/embed\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" style=\"border: 1px solid #EEE; background: white\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Subscribe on Substack to receive the WildWord Fiction Newsletter by email. What you\u2019ll get:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fiction Drafts:<\/strong> scenes, microfiction, and excerpts from works-in-progress<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Relevance Observations:<\/strong> why fiction matters now\u2014ethics, institutions, technology, and human dignity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Craft Notes:<\/strong> what I\u2019m trying, what I\u2019m learning, what I\u2019m revising, as I integrate fiction into a long history of nonfiction writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Start Here<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New to WildWord Fiction?<\/strong> Read a <a href=\"https:\/\/wildwordfiction.substack.com\/p\/twin-promises-chapter-1-of-a-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">short piece<\/a> on Substack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Curious about the flagship project?<\/strong> Discover <em>The Axiographer and the Empath<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Want the monthly WildWord Fiction Newsletter?<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wildwordfiction.substack.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About WildWord Fiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where I publish fiction-in-progress and the notes that travel with it\u2014craft notes, revision notes, and relevance notes about living in the age of accelerating technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m obsessed with meaning &#8211; how we make it, bend it, break it, long for it, and miss it. Meaning is sensing the depth dimension of reality and claiming it for our own. There\u2019s an art to meaning-making; it&#8217;s hard-won, and we mess up as often as we succeed. My stories explore characters striving to make meaning under strange or terrible circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I want to engage people who care about the art of meaning-making as much as I do, and who will think with me about meaning-making in the age of artificial intelligence, advanced biotechnology, climate instability, and world-ending weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m drawn to stories that test ideas where they matter: in love, conscience, loyalty, and the small choices that shape a life. If you want human-hearted fiction that stays in contact with the real world and is carefully researched and richly informed\u2014without becoming a lecture\u2014you\u2019re in the right place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Now Writing&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Axiographer and the Empath<\/em>, Vol. I &amp; Vol. 2 \u2014 status: revising<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Axiographer and the Empath<\/em>, Vol. 3 \u2014 status: incubation \/ drafting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Brutal Blessing<\/em> \u2014 status: revising<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Twin Promises<\/em> \u2014 status: incubation \/ drafting (read a <a href=\"https:\/\/wildwordfiction.substack.com\/p\/twin-promises-chapter-1-of-a-work\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sample chapter<\/a> on Substack)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The History of Meaning<\/em> \u2014 status: incubation \/ drafting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Backlist<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Winding Way Home<\/em> (read <a href=\"https:\/\/TheWindingWayHome.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reviews<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meaningful fiction\u2014plus brief notes on craft and real-world stakes in the age of AI and biotech Get the Newsletter Fun and thought-provoking content, roughly once per month (plus occasional launch updates). 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