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Wyld Flash 51 – Clone Care
Our 51st flash fiction story, Eric Fomley’s Clone Care, is live and free on the website now. It’s all in the eyes. The yellow eyes…
Wyld Flash 50 – Within These Walls
We’ve reached half a century of Wyld Flash this week – tiny slices of fantastic fiction free every Friday. This week’s story is science-fiction: Within These Walls by Natalie Burrows tells of arrogance, empathy and humanity – found in unexpected places. On the site now http://www.wyldblood.com
Wyld Flash 49 – Black Friday
This week’s free flash fiction takes place in a pawn shop with a difference – and there’s a sale on. Caveat Emptor. Black Friday, by Tim McDaniel live on the website now.
Wyld Flash 48 – The Dragon Hunter
The Dragon Hunter by Liam Hogan is our 48th (48th!) free flash fiction story, live now on our website. We love dragon stories, but only the reckless or the unwary would hunt the mythical monsters down, surely? A tale of greed, guile and glory, deftly told. #freefiction #flashfriday http://www.wyldblood.com
Wyld Flash 47 – It’s Free to Laugh
Advertising – it’s everywhere. And you can’t always fast forward through the commercials, particularly when you’re driving and they’re driving you to distraction. But sometimes the irony is sweet. It’s Free to Laugh by James Cato is our 47th free flash fiction story, now live on our website.
Wyld Flash 46 – Rhymes With Dead
I think we once said ‘no zombies’ when we asked for submissions. Well, the thing about zombies is that they get you in the end if you’re not careful. But if you don’t actually call them zombies, then maybe their bite won’t hurt, much. And maybe, just maybe, no-one will notice. You’ll shamble along, singingContinue reading “Wyld Flash 46 – Rhymes With Dead”
Wyld Flash 45 – Even Bad Guys Have Good Days in Excelsior City
New Wyld Flash, proving you shouldn’t take superheroes too seriously. Even Bad Guys Have Good Days in Excelsior City by John Adams is our 45th weekly dose of free fiction, live on our website now.
last day for submissions
We’re still taking submissions for flash fiction, novels and steampunk short stories – but only for today! After that we’re taking a short break to read all the fantastic stories you’ve been sending us. Send us your best to http://www.wyldblood.com/submissions by midnight on May 31st, wherever you are.
Wyld Flash 44 – Special Delivery
Wev’e just posted another story: Special Delivery by Holly Schofield, live and free right now on the website. And there are 43 other fine stories there in our Wyld Flash series – check them out!
Wyld Flash 43 – Excurmania
Another Friday, another dose of Wyld Flash – free fiction for the weekend brightening up the website right now. This one imagines a future where we’re isolated for our own good. Sound familiar? Well, not quite. Excurmania, by Danielle C. Chen.
Wyldblood Magazine #3
Wer’e launching the third issue of our glossy, fantabulous, story-packed Wyldblood magazine today featuring races for survival. vengeful witches, love and loneliness in the stars, post apocalypic blind dates, space spiders, not quite dead kings, magic mountains and social media nightmares. All new, all science fiction and fantasy. Order now from Amazon or via ourContinue reading “Wyldblood Magazine #3”
Wyldblood editor interview
There’s an interview with our editor Mark Bilsborough over at Jean Lee’s World now where he discusses Wyldblood and writing more generally. There may be secrets spilled (then again…)
Wyld Flash 42
The answer is – Cameo, by Eilidh Spence. Great new free flash fiction on the Wyldblood website right now.
More flash, please
Wev’e got a an open call for flash fiction at the moment – science fiction, fantasy or horror up to 1,000 words – for our weekly Wyld Flash slot on our website. Our flash fiction appears for free but we pay for stories and we need your best. Submissions are open until the end ofContinue reading “More flash, please”
Wyld Flash 41 – Frankie says Relax
A gory one this week – Frankie says Relax, by Cathleen Davies. Live on the website now.
Wyld Flash 40 – Posthensile
Posthensile by Marc Ruvolo – a disturbingly weird slice of Wyld Flash free on our website right now.
Wyld Flash 39 – The One with the Red Door
Andrew Kozma’s The One with the Red Door is our 39th helping of free flash ficton, now live on our website (www.wyldblood.com). Can you resist opening it?
Wyld Flash 38 – Blood Wolf Moon
‘Werewolves are the devil’s own children’. Read Carys Crossen’s Blood Wolf Moon to see just how true that is. Wyld Flash 38 – live, free and feral at wyldblood.com right now.
Wyld Flash 37 – News from Home
Always good to hear from the folks back home – or is it? Messages across the light years in Aeryn Rudel’s News from Home – #freefiction live on our website now.
Wyld Flash 36 – the Instant Karma Vending Machine
If only… new Friday Wyld Flash – the Instant Karma Vending Machine by Nottingham writer Ian C Douglas, available free now on our website.
Steampunk submissions call
Resending ’cause the submissions link didn’t work first time around (I shouldn’t be let loose round technology). Following the succcess of our first anthology, the Call of the Wyld, we’re gearing up for a couple of new anthologies. So today we’re launching a call for steampunk stories for Runs Like Clockwork to publish in printContinue reading “Steampunk submissions call”
Steampunk submissions call
Resending ’cause the submissions link didn’t work first time around (I shouldn’t be let loose round technology). Following the succcess of our first anthology, the Call of the Wyld, we’re gearing up for a couple of new anthologies. So today we’re launching a call for steampunk stories for Runs Like Clockwork to publish in printContinue reading “Steampunk submissions call”
Wyld Flash 35 – Hearken
For our 35th weekly dose of free flash fiction head over to the website for Hearken by Craig Aitchison. Always listen to the voices in your head…
Wyld Flash 34 – Submerged
Submerged by Adria Bailton is this week’s Wyld Flash, free, today, on the website: “They pull me down, the hands that come up unseen from the lake while I float on my back…”
Wyld Flash 33 – Last Wish
Today’s Wyld Flash is Last Wish by Fija Callaghan – be careful what you wish for. Free today on the site. Last Wish appears alongside ten other (much longer) stories in Wyldblood Magazine # 2 – out on Wednesday but available for order now in print or PDF/MOBI/epub. A stifling obligation—a genie’s duplicity—a stranded astronaut—anContinue reading “Wyld Flash 33 – Last Wish”
Wyld Flash 32 – Salt and Moonlight
Some very strange things come from the sea – and not all of them are bad. Salt and Moonlight, by Melion Traverse, is this week’s Wyld Flash – read it for free now on our website http://www.wyldblood.com
Wyld Flash 31 – Walking Dog
In the last of our teaser stories for our Call of the Wyld werewolf anthology – Walking Dog by David J. Rank shows us just why the park’s maybe not the best place to be in the dark. Live, free and on the website now.
Wyld Flash 30 – Rabbit Ears in the Laundry
There’s always an odd sock too. Where do all the socks go? But that’s not what this story is about, because we’ve taken it straight from our brand-new werewolf anthology – The Call of the Wyld. So what happened to the rest of the rabbit? #FreeFiction from Holly Barratt – live now on the website.
Wyld Flash 29 – A Werewolf’s Lament
Wer’e building up to the launch of our werewolf anthology – The Call of the Wyld – with A Werewolf’s Lament by Holly Rae Garcia. Find it free here, and if that whets your appetite, you can preorder The Call of the Wyld here – it’s unchained on Wednesday February 17th (a full moon, obviously,Continue reading “Wyld Flash 29 – A Werewolf’s Lament”