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We’re launching a new Wyldblood Magazine this week – #17 features eight brand new science fiction and fantasy stories, including this one, which were offering here for free as a Christmas present and a taster to Karl’s new novella – Between the Stars I Found Her. So if you like his Christmas tale, check outContinue reading “A seasonal short story from Wyldblood Press – Merry Christmas.”

I know, I know – we’ve been quiet, but that’s all about to change! Starting next week we’re going to start with fresh stories on the website, and on December 19th we’re going to be launching a brand new Wyldblood Magazine, so watch for the preorderlink here soon. We’re also publishing a new novella fromContinue reading “More Wyldblood is coming”

Free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #16 – out now This week we’ve a fantasy tale from our vaults by Liam Hogan, who’s also got a great new story in Wyldblood 16. We’ve also just opened for submissions, so we can bring you more great stories in the future. If you’dContinue reading “Free fiction #48 – Liam Hogan”

We’re accepting short stories (up to 6,000 words) until the end of February, for our magazines, anthologies and website (pay rate 1c per word). If you’ve got a great new science fiction or fantasy story you want to share, check our guidelines and send your stories (word or RTF files) to contact@wyldblood.com To see whatContinue reading “open for submissions”

Our latest Wyldblood magazine has just launched! Seven brand new stories under a big, glossy cover with the usual mix of science fiction, fantasy and thought-provoking weirdness. Get your copy – print or digital – here or from Amazon. For our longest piece this time, we’ve got Jacey Bedford, with her Song of Unmaking –Continue reading “Wyldblood 16 is out now!”

Free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #15 – out now Just a Little Chat Steven French “Hey.” “Hello.” “So, how’s it going?” “Oh, pretty good, thanks … and you?” “Oh sure … yeah, all good. So, do you come here often?” “Seriously? Has that line worked anywhere, ever?” “Oh no, IContinue reading “Free fiction #190 – Steven French”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #15 – out now Second Cryogenesis Pauline Barmby Returning to the solar system from her trip to the nearest black hole, the taikonaut slowly shook the hibernation lethargy from her muscles. As much as she treasured the companionship of her vessel’s AI, she wasContinue reading “Free fiction #189 – Pauline Barmby”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #15 – out now Sprung Matt Hollingsworth Mara killed the engine. If she ran the tank empty, she’d freeze to death. Ice opaqued the windshield. From the trunk came the sound of the boy’s kicking and muffled yelling. The door crunched as she shoulderedContinue reading “Free fiction #188 – Matt Hollingsworth”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #15 – out now The Water is Lava Jason P. Burnham Dr. Stefan Hoverstadt looked over his computer at the gray double doors. On the other side, ambulance sirens extinguished and he waited for the emergency room entrance to burst open. He wondered whichContinue reading “Free fiction #187 – Jason P. Burnham”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #15 – out now We Are All Made of Stars Robert Bagnall If I am cursed, at least I didn’t forget to demand eternal youth. Salt and pepper hair, but a baby’s skin. I am a million millennia old. For my kind, that isContinue reading “Free fiction #186 – Robert Bagnall”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #15 – out now The Look of Seconds Melissa Ren Did you catch that? When the woman turned her back to the barista to give her child a cookie, her eyes met yours. No? How about the older man in the corner, sitting byContinue reading “Free fiction #185 – Melissa Ren”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #15 – out now Immunity Erin Enley The Personal Polypharmacy Pudding belched banana scent as I set it on the poolside table. Over the water, my patient’s eyes desynchronized, her left focusing on the PPP and the right probing my face. Even though IContinue reading “Free fiction #184 – Erin Enley”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #15 – out now Telemetry Guy Lingham “Did you know you only use ten percent of your brain?” the salesman chimes at passing shoppers. “With the latest in brainwave technology from NeuralNet, you can get paid for the rest of it!” The excess ofContinue reading “Free fiction #183 – Guy Lingham”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #15 – out now Akis Linardos Rose Loaded Gun Akis Linardos Barman looks at me weird when I order smoked whiskey. No wonder. Girl like me walks into a bar, heeled boots clacking on the floor? Folk around this planet seem shocked enough IContinue reading “Free fiction #182 – Akis Linardos”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #15 – out now Canary Glass Sarah Jackson The last time I had canary glass in the shop was last November. A centrepiece fruit bowl with a pedestal, decorated with clusters of grapes in relief. I put it straight in the window. It glowsContinue reading “Free fiction #181 – Sarah Jackson”

Our latest science fiction and fantasy magazine is now available, full of stories space, the supernatural and the sinister. Available in print, kindle or PDF versions. There are fifteen tales of adventure, intrigue and mayhem in our latest Wyldblood collection. Some are from names you may have seen before – Tiffani Angus, Michael Teasdale, DavidContinue reading “Wyldblood 15 – out now”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #15 – out now Promise Me You’ll Stay KT Wagner Hexe flexes gnarled fingers. Knitting with garden twine is hard on the hands but keeping her family together is worth the discomfort. The boarding house tenants are her family, and, unlike her sisters, she’sContinue reading “Free fiction #180 – KT Wagner”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. And watch out for Wyldblood #15 – out very soon Reading Lies Gabby Gilliam I have one green eye and one brown eye. The green eye sees truth, but the brown eye sees much, much more. I was three the first time I knew for certain that not everyoneContinue reading “Free fiction #179 – Gabby Gilliam”

Apologies for the repost – the last one went out with the wrong title. Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Tiny Shark Anna Koltes You never liked water until you grew fins. One morning there they were, protruding from your body; gray, slimy, and kind of disgusting. You hid in your room and told MomContinue reading “Free fiction #178 – Anna Koltes”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Tiny Shark Anna Koltes You never liked water until you grew fins. One morning there they were, protruding from your body; gray, slimy, and kind of disgusting. You hid in your room and told Mom and Dad you were sick and super contagious. You put the DO NOT DISTURBContinue reading “Free fiction #178 – Anna Koltes”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. The Sphynx’s Blind Date Katherine Quevedo My date plunked down into the café chair across from me. Humanoid master of the Labyrinth. Half man, half beast. Sounded like he should be kinda hot, but he just—wasn’t, to me. Maybe because I’d never been into nose rings. Or maybe becauseContinue reading “Free fiction #177 – Katherine Quevedo”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. A Girl’s Heart is a Wretched Thing A.D. Sui CW: some body horror Only eleven years of age and terribly lonely, I came upon a shadowy figure emerging from the fog. She looked down at me with eyes ready to burst with autumn rain and smiled with crooked, sharpContinue reading “Free fiction #176 – A.D. Sui”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Man from Mars Liam Hogan I don’t have getting shot by a man from Mars on my FML bingo card, but that’s what happens as I close up the cafe-diner gone nine. It’s already been a long day. The cook lit out an hour back, leaving the clean-up toContinue reading “Free fiction #175 – Liam Hogan”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. My Flesh, Your Blood David Contara Without oxygen, there were no flames. Just a dull thud and an exploding globe of debris and dust fizzling into icicles scattering over an area tens of miles wide. That is what I witnessed through the porthole of my freight module as itContinue reading “Free fiction #174”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Showtime on Sandstone Lane Tiffany Michelle Brown My siblings and I lounge in the dank basement of the house on Sandstone Lane, awaiting our cue. Malice sits on the rickety staircase. She laces up her tatty combat boots—the third time tonight, ever tighter—then applies a fresh coat of blackContinue reading “Free fiction #173”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. So She Danced Wayne Faust My dreams are sweet. They’re the only sweetness that remains to me in this claustrophobic world of cold metal and plastic, of soft hums and beeps, of stale odors. Outside the small window it’s blacker than black, pierced by waves and waves of brilliant,Continue reading “Free fiction #172”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. The Planet’s Gone to the Dogs Anna Vinogradov Neidle “Just kill me,” Mirin said. “I don’t need a trial.” The Chief Justice smiled, and to Mirin’s dismay she couldn’t help thinking he looked cute, of all things. It was difficult, how much the Anukai resembled dogs. Giant mechanical dogs,Continue reading “Free fiction #171”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Don’t Leave the Grim Reaper on Read Julia Leef Claire sprinted down the sidewalk, a stitch stabbing at her side, sweat running down the back of her neck. Her white knuckles gripped her phone as she checked again for a new message, but the screen only flashed the time—3:49Continue reading “Free fiction #170”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Greetings, Distant Travellers D. K. Latta The crash occurred at 6:45 AM, EST, rattling windows ten kilometres away. At 7:01 AM a police constable sent to investigate was stammering hysterically into his radio. By 7:45 city officials and a delegation from the local university were on the scene. “TheyContinue reading “Free fiction #169”

The latest Wyldblood Magazine is now out – issue 14 is packed with science fiction and fantasy from imagined worlds to gritty reality a clutch of adventurous, thought provoking and sometimes slightly unsettling tales which should give you plenty to read though the long winter nights. We kick off with Liam Hogan’s Vanishing Village; a weird andContinue reading “Wyldblood 14 – out now”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Vendetta Diego LamaTranslated by Rose Facchini Uncle Lele watched the red sunset while smoking his mezzo toscano cigar. His partner from beyond the wooden porch appeared motionless in the afternoon sun. Cooled by a gentle breeze, she stirred and resumed her steady breathing. Uncle Lele rocked in his oldContinue reading “Free fiction #168”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Keepers Sean MacKendrick People like me, Keepers, Cleaners, Librarians, whatever label you want to use, we like to debate which of the Words is the most important. Is it any surprise we all think whichever word we maintain is the best? Thing is, a lot of people around hereContinue reading “Free Wyldblood flash fiction #167”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Ruby Throat and Gold Karl Dandenell Seated atop the highest tower, the mage Thij contemplated auguries of smoke blowing into his valley. Nyal the Younger’s army was preparing to move. He’d soon put a stop to that. A figure emerged from the smoke, falling gently like a milkweed seed.Continue reading “New Free Flash Fiction from Wyldblood #166”

Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. In My Forest of Inky Night Laura Blackwell In life, I had a ritual with the letters I received. Once I’d absorbed their meanings, I took the letters out into my forest and shredded them with my hands, tearing across their secrets so that no one else could everContinue reading “New Free Flash Fiction from Wyldblood #165”

New free fiction from Wyldblood Fortnightly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Entertain, Embrace, Eat Dana Vickerson Two hazy orange moons hang fat in the sky as Ryan spins in a wide circle and lets out a laugh. “This is a good one.” Dax looks pleased. As he takes her hand, the rocky ground beneath theirContinue reading “Entertain, Embrace, Eat – Dana Vickerson”

This week’s free fiction from Wyldblood Weekly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Appealing Skin Model Emmie Christie My skin crawled off me onto the washing room’s tile floor, then skittered up the wall. “Get back here!” I hissed out from my face of mere muscle and bone. The other models for Appealing Skin watched fromContinue reading “Appealing Skin Model – Emmie Christie”

This week’s free fiction from Wyldblood Weekly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. The Hanging Vine Leila Murton Poole You didn’t believe me about the fairies, Papa. The ones that hummed over the water, catching sunlight in their wings. Dragonflies, you called them. You didn’t believe me about the sea serpents—swirling shadows whose humped backs rockedContinue reading “The Hanging Vine – Leila Murton Poole”

This week’s free fiction from Wyldblood Weekly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Under Fire, Under Steel Kai Delmas My sensors boot up as my pod is en route to my next target. Explosive shells bang and thud all around me. If I were human I’d be scared for my life. Luckily, I’m not burdened withContinue reading “Under Fire, Under Steel – Kai Delmas”

Weekly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Content warning We’re publishing a story with a content warning this week – Austin Shirey’s Feels Like the End of the World. We don’t normally do this, so it’s worth explaining. It’s a story about grief, loss and its aftermath – beautifully written, but some might find it disturbing.Continue reading “Feels Like the End of the World – Austin Shirey”

Weekly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Wyldblood 13 out now! – available in print and digital formats from us and from Amazon Weeper Rosalind Goldsmith Damn. Couldn’t do it. Tried, but the tears wouldn’t come. I stood there in front of the microphone like a damn idiot. Couldn’t squeeze out one drop. Thing is, ifContinue reading “Weeper, by Rosalind Goldsmith”