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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”

Weekly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Wyldblood 13 out now! – available in print and digital formats from us and from Amazon Declawed J P Relph Bedburg, Germany – 1579 I run. Lanterns chase me through skeletal trees, like the darting eyes of many beasts. Moonlight quivers on needles, ebbs away. I run. Clouds thickContinue reading “Declawed, by J P Relph”

Just published – nine great new short stories and two drabbles in a fine new collection from Wyldblood. These stories cover death (and its aftermath), identity (and its pitfalls) choices (and their consequences) and much more. We have aliens with time travel machines and buildings that want you to stay just a little bit longerContinue reading “Wyldblood 13 is out now!”

Weekly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Ice in the Furnace Anna Clark They promised quick oblivion. You know time warps and wavers, attenuating when you least desire it, but this is fast by no one’s standard. You wait for the moment of no sensation, no awareness, and then for a signal preceding that moment, forContinue reading “Ice in the Furnace, by Anna Clark”

Weekly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. This week’s free flash fiction – July 21st 2023 Master Craftsman’s Apology Madalena Daleziou Listen; it was never my plan to slit his throat. This is my apprentice we’re talking about. I’d handpicked him; a rose among weeds. Is it my fault that he grew and sharpened his thornsContinue reading “Master Craftsman’s Apology, by Madalena Daleziou”

Weekly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. This week’s free flash fiction – July 14th 2023 Lyndsey Croal July 14th 2023 The sea is so salty on this planet that as I float on my back it feels like I’m swimming in the stars. Below, a dark abyss, above an indigo night, dual-moons grinning across theContinue reading “Space for One, by Lyndsey Croal”

Weekly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. This week’s free flash fiction – July 7th 2023 The Orchard of Dreams Holley Cornetto Crystaline spheres glimmer against beams of the late-evening sun. Tree branches bend low beneath the weight of this fruit; the weight of dreams. This is my third time in the orchard. I walk slowlyContinue reading “The Orchard of Dreams, by Holley Cornetto”

Weekly free Wyldblood fiction: subscribe here. Coming Home Kit Campbell June 30th 2023 Maybe it was the noise that woke it. Certainly it was loud, louder than it had ever been before, except perhaps that one time when fire had fallen through the sky and the fast ones had died, leaving it all alone. ThereContinue reading “Coming Home, by Kit Campbell”

We’re changing the way we send you stories and this post is going to get a whole lot more packed. We’re now going to publish the whole of every Friday’s Wyld Flash short stories in these posts, so no more fiddly double clicking, and we’re streamlining our signup so that anything we might have putContinue reading “Magic is Like a Box of Chocolates, by Y.M. Resnik”

This week’s free fiction is Robert Bagnall’s I Was Just Doing What You Asked, a salutary tale about being all wiffly waffly when there are robots around. Live on the website now. Also look out for: Megan Baffoe’s Away with the Mermaids,Hilary Ayshford’s Tears and Smoke B.A. Booher’s High StakesMatt Bliss’ Penny Rutherford’s Super AwesomeContinue reading “New Free Fiction – I Was Just Doing What You Asked”

Today’s free fiction is Megan Baffoe’s Away with the Mermaids, another wistful, reflective gentle fantasy tale for everyone who’s ever gazed longingly out into the ocean. Also look out for: Hilary Ayshford’s Tears and Smoke B.A. Booher’s High StakesMatt Bliss’ Penny Rutherford’s Super Awesome Adventure JournalDevan Barlow’s Shaping Jessica Andrewartha’s Without a Step Or overContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Away with the Mermaids”

Hilary Ayshford’s Tears and Smoke is our latest free flash fiction, up on our website now. This one’s a wistful, witchy tale about the thanks you get for doing good – and the best way to react. Also look out for: B.A. Booher’s High StakesMatt Bliss’ Penny Rutherford’s Super Awesome Adventure JournalDevan Barlow’s Shaping JessicaContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Hilary Ayshford’s Tears and Smoke”

B.A. Booher’s High Stakes is our latest free flash fiction, up on our website now. Have you ever felt the urge to cheat in a test? Especially if the stakes were really, really high? Just don’t get caught… Also look out for: Matt Bliss’ Penny Rutherford’s Super Awesome Adventure JournalDevan Barlow’s Shaping Jessica Andrewartha’s WithoutContinue reading “New Free Fiction – B. A. Booher’s High Stakes”

Penny Rutherford’s Super Awesome Adventure Journal, by Matt Bliss, is our latest free story, free on our website now – wyldblood.com. Basements, never ending corridors, dead but not so dead Grannies. Just be careful down there… Also look out for: Devan Barlow’s Shaping Jessica Andrewartha’s Without a StepShelly Jones’ Like Footprints in the SnowMike Adamson’sContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Penny Rutherford’s Super Awesome Adventure Journal, by Matt Bliss”

Isn’t it great when you buy some new clothes and instantly you start to feel better, like they’re subtly sculpting your body into the perfect you? And then reality creeps in… Shaping, by Devan Barlow, is our latest free story, on our website now – wyldblood.com Also look out for: Jessica Andrewartha’s Without a StepShellyContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Shaping, by Devan Barlow”

Today’s free fiction is Today’s free flash fiction is Jessica Andrewartha’s Without a Step – science fiction with a bittersweet twist. Progress isn’t always smooth and sometimes tehre are personal costs – are they worth it? Also look out for: Shelly Jones’ Like Footprints in the SnowMike Adamson’s Rain Girl Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s Shifters M.Continue reading “New Free Fiction – Without a Step by Jessica Andrewartha”

Today’s free fiction is Today’s free flash fiction is Jessica Andrewartha’s Without a Step – science fiction with a bittersweet twist. Progress isn’t always smooth and sometimes tehre are personal costs – are they worth it? Also look out for: Shelly Jones’ Like Footprints in the SnowMike Adamson’s Rain Girl Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s Shifters M.Continue reading “New Free Fiction – Without a Step by Jessica Andrewartha”

Today’s free fiction is Shelly Jones’ Like Footprints in the Snow – a tale of growing up and moving on, but not too soon. Also look out for: Mike Adamson’s Rain Girl Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s Shifters M. Shedrick Simpson’s Gods OnceAnna Madden’s Broken Wing SyndromeAndré Geleynse’s Last-Minute Shopping List for your First Space Road TripContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Like Footprints in the Snow by Shelly Jones”

Today’s free fiction is Mike Adamson’s Rain Girl – a haunting science fiction story about a survey expedition, a wrecked shuttle, a dying scientist and a strange, compelling vision. Also look out for: Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s Shifters M. Shedrick Simpson’s Gods OnceAnna Madden’s Broken Wing SyndromeAndré Geleynse’s Last-Minute Shopping List for your First Space RoadContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Rain Girl by Mike Adamson”

Today’s free fiction is Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s Shifters – a gentle story about anticipation, change and a young girl learning to adjust as she reaches her ‘age of reason’. Also look out for: M. Shedrick Simpson’s Gods OnceAnna Madden’s Broken Wing SyndromeAndré Geleynse’s Last-Minute Shopping List for your First Space Road TripKai Delmas’ Once UponContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Shifters by Nina Kiriki Hoffman”

Today’s free fiction is M. Shedrick Simpson’s Gods Once – about our real place in the world. Or in other words, ‘Look on my works, you mighty, and despair.’ Also look out for: Anna Madden’s Broken Wing SyndromeAndré Geleynse’s Last-Minute Shopping List for your First Space Road TripKai Delmas’ Once Upon a TimeLara Slabber’s TheContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Gods Once by M. Shedrick Simpson”

Today’s free fiction is Anna Madden’s Broken Wing Syndrome – about hope, determination and seeing beyond what seems to be obvious. Also look out for: André Geleynse’s Last-Minute Shopping List for your First Space Road TripKai Delmas’ Once Upon a TimeLara Slabber’s The Garment DragonC.C. Rayne’s Days of CreationSandra Skalski’s Dancing in the Treetops OrContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Broken Wing Syndrome by Anna Madden”

We have new free fiction on the website! – Once Upon a Time by Kai Delmas is as much about creators as stories – and about compassion, understanding and new perspectives. Also look out for: Lara Slabber’s The Garment DragonC.C. Rayne’s Days of CreationSandra Skalski’s Dancing in the TreetopsErin McQuaig’s Fish Linda McMullen’s The Diagnostician,Continue reading “New Free Fiction – Once Upon a Time by Kai Delmas”

Today’s free fiction is André Geleynse’s Last-Minute Shopping List for your First Space Road Trip – because Amazon don’t deliver that far and you can’t get decent chocolate in the great empty void. Or anything else, come to think of it. Also look out for: Kai Delmas’ Once Upon a TimeLara Slabber’s The Garment DragonC.C.Continue reading “New Free Fiction – Last-Minute Shopping List for your First Space Road Trip, by André Geleynse”

Today’s free fiction is Lara Slabber’s The Garment Dragon – where creations can take on a life of their own. A soft and cuddly dragon? Maybe… Also look out for: C.C. Rayne’s Days of CreationSandra Skalski’s Dancing in the TreetopsErin McQuaig’s Fish Linda McMullen’s The Diagnostician, Eliane Boey’s Scrap, Or over a hundred other freeContinue reading “New Free Fiction – The Garment Dragon by Lara Slabber”

Today’s free fiction is C.C. Rayne’s Days of Creation– a sweet little tale of endings and beginnings. Also look out for: Sandra Skalski’s Dancing in the TreetopsErin McQuaig’s Fish Linda McMullen’s The Diagnostician, Eliane Boey’s Scrap,Merirav Seifert’s Better Than Nate Or over a hundred other free flash fiction stories. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter here.Continue reading “New Free Fiction – Days of Creation by C.C. Rayne”

Today’s free fiction is Sandra Skalski’s Dancing in the Treetops – a bittersweet tale of growing up, letting go and new beginnings. Also look out for: Erin McQuaig’s Fish Linda McMullen’s The Diagnostician, Eliane Boey’s Scrap,Merirav Seifert’s Better Than Nate Avra Margariti’s Mercurial, Like the Ocean Or over a hundred other free flash fiction stories.Continue reading “New Free Fiction – Dancing in the Treetops by Sandra Skalski”

Today’s free fiction is Erin McQuaig’s Fish – a soft horror story about storms, compulsion and inevitability. An apocalyptic nightmare with the salty fresh scent of sushi. Also look out for: Linda McMullen’s The Diagnostician, Eliane Boey’s Scrap,Merirav Seifert’s Better Than Nate Avra Margariti’s Mercurial, Like the OceanLindsay Gallant’s Faceless Or over a hundred otherContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Fish, by Erin McQuaig”

Today’s free fiction is The Diagnostician, by Linda McMullen – a soft science fiction tale about unwanted help and unexpected conseqiuences. Also look out for: Eliane Boey’s Scrap,Merirav Seifert’s Better Than Nate Avra Margariti’s Mercurial, Like the OceanLindsay Gallant’s FacelessO. S Curran’s Squandered, Spent Or over a hundred other free flash fiction stories. Subscribe toContinue reading “New Free Fiction – The Diagnostician, by Linda McMullen”

Today’s free fiction is Eliane Boey’s Scrap, a thoughtful science fiction tale with a unique perspective all about redundancy and reinvention. Also look out for: Merirav Seifert’s Better Than Nate Avra Margariti’s Mercurial, Like the OceanLindsay Gallant’s FacelessO. S Curran’s Squandered, SpentKai Delmas’ All the Time in the World Or over a hundred other freeContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Scrap, by Eliane Boey”

Today’s free fiction is Merirav Seifert’s Better Than Nate – a gentle, inventive and thought provoking character-based science fiction story. Also look out for: Avra Margariti’s Mercurial, Like the OceanLindsay Gallant’s FacelessO. S Curran’s Squandered, SpentKai Delmas’ All the Time in the World Elizabeth Broadbent’s Atop Dead Trees Or over a hundred other free flashContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Better Than Nate”

Wyldblood 11 is available now from us or from Amazonprint (£7) or digital (£4). Ten new science fiction and fantasy stories: http://www.wyldblood.com

Today’s free flash fiction is Avra Margariti’s Mercurial, Like the Ocean – a fantasy story with a strong emotional theme. Also look out for: Lindsay Gallant’s FacelessO. S Curran’s Squandered, SpentKai Delmas’ All the Time in the World Elizabeth Broadbent’s Atop Dead Trees Andrew Fraknoi’s The Listener Between Worlds Or over a hundred other freeContinue reading “New Free Fiction – Mercurial, Like the Ocean”

Today’s free flash fiction is Lindsay Gallant’s Faceless, a story firmly in Never Let Me Go territory and one that raises lots of questions – hope you like it. Also look out for: O. S Curran’s Squandered, SpentKai Delmas’ All the Time in the World Elizabeth Broadbent’s Atop Dead Trees Andrew Fraknoi’s The Listener BetweenContinue reading “New Fiction – Faceless”

This week’s free flash fiction is Andrew Fraknoi’s contemplative science fiction story The Listener Between Worlds. Is there anybody out there? (follow this link) Also look out for: O. S Curran’s Squandered, SpentKai Delmas’ All the Time in the World Elizabeth Broadbent’s Atop Dead Trees Or over a hundred other free flash fiction stories. OurContinue reading “New Fiction – The Listener Between Worlds”