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“The day after the storm there were wings in the sugar bowl. Papery, pale brown, sticking to my fingers with a mix of saccharine stubbornness and electrostatic cling..”. Today’s free flash fiction is Bite Back, by Marissa James. This is the first of the stories we’ll be publishing from our recent one day snap submissionsContinue reading “New free fiction – Bite Back”

We’re obsessing about the weather today (no change there then). And because we know plenty of you have good storm related stories to tell, we’d like to hear them. Fiction, up to 5,000 words (though we’d prefer flash-length stories). Happy to take reprints for this submissions call. Loose theme ‘After the Storm’ – submit toContinue reading “Stormy Stories – one day submissions call”

Got a bit windy here yesterday, which fed the British obsession with the weather nicely. Compared to weather events around the world it was just a light breeze but it got us thinking. Storms and stories go together – so why not tell some? You’ve got 24 hours to send us some storm related shenanigans.Continue reading “After the Storm – one day submissions call”

We’ve got see-in-the-future spookiness today as our free flash fiction offering – When Time Runs Out by Katie Jordan. Check it out here. For longer reads we’ve got Wyldblood Magazine #7, full of spaceships and monsters and our Runs Like Clockwork anthology, packed with airships and steam driven contraptions. http://www.wyldblood.com

We’ve got a new free story on the website today – Fragmented, by Eric Fomley is a makes-you-think science fiction story about those last sweet moments – and what comes after. Also with mountains. Read it here. Andif you’re hungry for more we have a new Steampunk anthology out this week – Runs Like ClockworkContinue reading “New flash fiction – Fragmented by Eric Fomley”

Our steampunk anthology, Runs like Clockwork, is out now! Thirteen sepia-tinged tales laced with adventure and the spirit of a Victoriana that never was, with mechanical men, supernatural stirrings and spacesuit surprises. The Reality Engine! The Kraken Heist! Mech-Mage! We even have airships, and there may be pirates… Click the buttons to buy from usContinue reading “Runs like Clockwork – out now!”

This week’s free fiction is Tara Campbell’s Ghost Wolf. It’s one of our longer flash stories and like all the best, it makes you think with twists and turns and hidden depths. Read it here. The opening: When the wolf ambles down the hallway the first thing you think is how pale it is, almostContinue reading “free fiction – Ghost Wolf, by Tara Campbell”

Wev’e posted another free flash fiction story on the website today – Craving for Another Summer by Emmie Christie is a bittersweet fantasy story abouut letting go – and trying not to. Here’s the opening: The lemon of the kiss loitered on Seena’s lips so long that she thought of dangerous things. Maybe she couldContinue reading “Free fiction – Craving for Another Summer”

The new issue of Wyldblood Magazine is out today! Issue 7 is packed with nine great new science fiction and fantasy stories featuring steampunk skyships, granite men, magical islands and more. Get it from Amazon or from us – http://www.wyldblood.com/magazine http://www.wyldblood.com

Today’s free flash fiction is the Trouble with Goblins, by Robert Stahl. Some, er, ‘adult’ references in this one, so be warned. Here’s how it opens: “What should we do with the body?” the goblin Sulphur said, releasing her hold on the victim’s neck. She was panting with excitement from the kill, her scaly chestContinue reading “Free fiction: The Trouble with Goblins”

New Year’s Dawn from Ash Jones is our free flash fiction this week – on the website now: http://www.wyldblood.com It’s our last Wyld Flash of the year and hopefully takes us into a year we can actually look forward to. Today is also our last day for submissions for a while, so if inspiration struckContinue reading “Free flash fiction: New Year’s Dawn”

We’ve gone all festive this week with Beginnings, by Liam Hogan – a short tale to warm your Christmas heart. We’re also reprinting Looking Back, by Jane Saunders, so you get two festive fantasies for the price of one (which is free, by the way). Click the links or visit the website. Merry Christmas! http://www.wyldblood.com

It’s tough out there, when you’ve got no place in the brave new world. Carbon Dating by Emma Levin is our latest free flash fiction, live now on the website. Here’s the opening… Marguerite tells me that there’s nothing to fear except fear itself. She tells me this while licking garlic butter off the backContinue reading “New Flash Fiction – Carbon Dating”

We’ve got new flash fiction live on the website today – I Like to be Hit by David Zweifler. And since a spoiler is absolutely necessary because I don’t want to get any angry emails, this is a story about a golf ball. And it’s a good one. Catch it here or all week onContinue reading “New Wyld Flash”

Today’s free flash fiction, Francesca Lembreght’s A Line on the Map, tells of an apocalypse worryingly close to home. And is there a happy ending? We like happy endings, but sometimes, maybe we don’t deserve them… New today on the website. Also for the writers out there we’re back open for submissions – give usContinue reading “A Line on the Map”

We’re taking submissions all through December for flash fiction, short stories, novellas and novels. So if you’ve got a story inside you, let it loose and send it to us! Check out our submissions page to see what we’re looking for. http://www.wyldblood.com

Tom Duke’s The Season of my Becoming is this week’s flash fiction – live now on the website. It’s a tale of growing up in the winter chill, in all its snarling fury… Here’s a taste… My senses are aroused beyond anything I’ve ever experienced. But though my heart is beating to a new, excitingContinue reading “New flash fiction – The Season of my Becoming”

Wyldblood #6 is out now! Ten great science fiction and fantasy stories about asteroid spaceships, magic and monsters, time travel and shattered dreams. From Amazon or from us, print and digital http://wydblood.com We’ve got Vanishing Ink, by Adam Breckenridge: Sometimes I just want to rip the curtains open and let all the devils scratching atContinue reading “The latest Wyldblood Magazine is out today!”

The Rep by Brick Marlin – new and free on the website today, Sometimes, you’d better just hope that your face fits… Here are the opening lines: Each Face represents; thus, representation is necessary. This was her job. Being the representative or, for short—the Rep. And she was pretty darn good at it, if sheContinue reading “New Flash Fiction – The Rep”

There are never enough volcanos in stories, right? We’ve sorted that this week with That Was Unexpected, by Charlotte Langtree – free flash fiction live now on the website. Here’s how it starts: The gods watched. Far below, the world turned ponderously in a sea of dying stars. Creatures lived and died beneath the searingContinue reading “Wyld Flash 68 – That Was Unexpected”

Wev’e just released a new version of our howl-at-the-moon werewolf anthology – The Call of the Wyld – twelve torrid tales of lupine lycanthropy now with larger pages and a brand new cover, all designed for pride of place on your bookshelf. Buy the hardback exclusively though Amazon wherever you may be – the UK,Continue reading “Call of the Wyld – now in hardback!”

Treat this like one of those change of address cards you used to get when people moved home – we’ve changed our email adress. Of course you should never do such a thing but when you’re starting out you don’t realise that some of your IT options are expensive not becasuse they’re the best butContinue reading “email change”

Our werewolf anthology, the Call of the Wyld, is available for free at the moment for a very limited time through Amazon US (digital only – you’ll still have to pay for the paperback, but it’s worth it!). What if you take your werewolf curse to the moon? Kill or cure, right? And imagine aContinue reading “Call of the Wyld”

Something spooky this time around – because it’s that time of year. Joey Salami’s Halloween by Mike Murphy is our 66th free flash fiction story – live now on the website. Here’s a peek… True to their word, she was ugly. Her ancient veins puffed up and deflated as whatever passed for blood made its wayContinue reading “Wyld Flash 66 – Joey Salami’s Halloween”

New flash fiction on the website – Captain, Please Respond by Jason Lane. You just know things aren’t going to end well… Here’s a peek: //Captain. My sensors register that you set the chronometer incorrectly. I am sure it was a simple mistake. Shall I correct it for you? Very good, Captain. //Captain. I haveContinue reading “Wyld Flash 65 – Captain, Please Respond”

We’ve got demons, oh yes, and they’re not happy. Karl Dandenell’s Final Exam, Demonology is live now on the website. Here the opening… “Do I have to dismiss the demon?” said Sugyen. The apprentice stared at the fearsome creature imprisoned within the circle of blood runes and flickering candles. “It feels cruel, dragging the poorContinue reading “Wyld Flash 64 – Final Exam, Demonology”

Weve been gathering stories for a Steampunk Anthology: Runs Like Clockwork. We’ve got thirteen fantastic stories for you in a bumper collection. We had hoped to publish in November – but we’re going to need more time than we thought to do the stories justice, so we’re going to launch on Wednesday 9th February 2022.Continue reading “Steampunk anthology update”

Our current issue is full of fantastic reads – for instance Mark Silcox‘s unnerving NutriMom, set in an unnerving near future. He’re the opening: Emil discovered the plastic box beneath a sheet of flame-darkened steel that looked like it had been blown from the side of a container car.  There was something about the strangelyContinue reading “Wyldblood 5 – NutriMom”

This weeks’s free fiction is Pilgrims, by award-winning author Marge Simon. Because strange things happen in the Everglades… Opening lines here: Before our people’s sun went nova, our parents jettisoned us into the stars. In effect, we were once larva on a stick of super fuel. Eventually we were borne to a new home onContinue reading “Wyld Flash 63 – Pilgrims”