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“In the underside of her skirt, she stitches the Midgard Serpent; Fenris the wolf. A draugar with three red stitches to show the blood dripping down his chin.” So you know where this story’s going! The Needlecraft Guide to Averting Doom by Malina Douglas is our 27th free flash story, available on the website rightContinue reading “Wyld Flash 27 – The Needlecraft Guide to Averting Doom”

For another excellent review of Wyldblood Magazine # 1 check out Out of This World SFF Reviews, who were kind enough to say very nice things about our opening issue. Our fine writers are impressing again!

We do like a good review – and this is a good review. Click here to read what the lovely people at the Witty and Sarcastic Book Club had to say about the first issue of Wyldblood Magazine – available now from us and from Amazon

Our latest free flash fiction is now up and live on our website. Tova Hope-Liel’s Palingenesis is a dark story of superstition and the supernatural. Perfect for a cold, January Friday. Also check out our inaugural issue of Wyldblood Magazine with eleven great fantasy and science fiction stories – now available.

Brand new and full of the smell of fresh ink, Wyldblood Magazine #1 is out and ready to purchase in print or digitally. Eleven fantastic stories of science and the supernatural – ice princesses and intrigue, ghosts and wizards, aliens and artists, all in 84 tightly packed pages (plus a bright, shiny cover). All forContinue reading “Wyldblood Magazine is out now!”

Today’s Wyld Flash #freefiction is The Silence of the Owl by Sam Winner. Scary when it hoots – terrifying when it doesn’t.

Wyldblood Magazine #1 is out on 15th January. Eleven stories, one interview, loads of book reviews and a bright, shiny cover. We’ve got frogs and dogs, doll’s houses and crows, soul eaters and graffiti artists, ice sculptures and coal miners, wizards and savants and a cyclist on a mission. Fantasy, science fiction and a touchContinue reading “Wyldblood Magazine #1 out Friday!”

Today’s Wyld Flash is an edgy, dark take on a familiar story. Read Burn, by Jennifer Loring for a tiny dose of morning shivers. #FreeFlash every Friday at http://www.wyldblood.com.

Today’s New Year themed Wyld Flash is Eye Candy by N.E Rule, where everything kicks off at a New Year party – in space. Ah… parties. Maybe this year. Happy 2021!

Happy holidays and festive greetings from Wyldblood. And today being a Friday, there’s free flash on our website. Jane Saunders’ Looking Back considers Christmas from a fresh angle. Whether you’re partying or locked down, whether you’re celebrating or just watching the latest episode of Star Trek: Discovery, have a great one.

Today we’re publishing Queen of the Black Coast – a collection of classic Conan the Barbarian stories by Robert E Howard. Pirates, wizards and monsters – who could want for more? Fast paced Sword and Sorcery – avaiable to order in the UK and to order in the US now.

We’ve just published a brace of Robert E Howard Conan the Barbarian books – starting with the only novel-length Conan story – The Hour of the Dragon. Classic sword and sorcery with all the dragons, wizards and demons a legendary action hero could ever need. Out now in paperback (click to order copies from theContinue reading “Hour of the Dragon”

War Crimes by Eric Fomley is our latest Wyld Flash – free on the website. We could have gone all light and fluffy in the run-up to Christmas, but why be predictable? And in case you missed it, we’re back open for submissions. Happy Friday.

We’re loving the submissions flooding in right now – but if anyone has a New Year themed flash piece they want to fast-track into publication, now’s the time to send it in (anything up to 1,500 words for New Year flash – paying market).

We are now open for submisisons of flash fiction and short stories – check out https://wyldblood.com/submissions-2/ We’re a paying market with a bimonthly magazine and a new flash fiction story on our website every Friday – http://www.wyldblood.com

New Flash on the site today: What We Found on the Way to Alpha Centauri by David Rogers. Science Fiction for a change: we’re so out there. Also we’ve just published some classic H.G. Wells as part of our growing Wyldblood Classics collection. The Island of Doctor Moreau and Other Unsettling Tales is available nowContinue reading “Wyld Flash 19 – What We Found on the Way to Alpha Centauri”

We’re launching our second Wyldblood Classic today – The Island of Doctor Moreau and Other Unsettling Tales – H.G.Well’s timeless tale of monsters, madness and obsession. Can we raise the beasts in our own image or will their savage natures prevail? Classic horror-tinged gothic fantasy from the godfather of science fiction, with two bonus stories: TheContinue reading “The Island of Doctor Moreau”

Today’s extra-length free Wyld Flash is Felis Sarcasticus by Robert Bagnall, sharp as cat’s claws. Felines, space, angry mad people and a joke or two – we love this one. Click the link or track it down on the Wyldblood site.

This week’s free flash on the website is Alexander Xavier Urpi’s The Pit. about a small town end of the world panic, a monster maw from the dark depths and a deserted highway. Don’t believe the rumors…