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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”

Today’s fabulous flash fiction is Claire McNerny’s Slowing Down. It’s not all about the speed – or is it? Here’s the opening: Any other day of the year, the sun would already be gone, but today it streams through the pines in pale ribbons. The girl beneath it stops walking at the slightest sound ofContinue reading “Wyld Flash 62 – Slowing Down”

New flash fiction on the website today – City of Lights by MM Schreier. Thought provoking science fiction. Here’s the first few paragraphs. Click the link for the rest. Rose folded her hands on her lap, the skin spotted and papery thin. Her knuckles were swollen and fingers stiff. I won’t miss all these achesContinue reading “Wyld FLASH 61 – City of Lights”

We’ve just launched Wyldblood Magazine #5 on Amazon and on the website, available in print and in all electronic formats. What’s in it? Stories, lots of stories, about ghosts, dragons and cunningly evil computers. Here’s the run-down: Nine outstanding new science fiction and fantasy stories: A Stranger, Passing Through, by Holly Barratt. A woman, strandedContinue reading “Wyldblood Magazine Issue 5 is out now!”

Twisty turny head spinning science fiction in this week’s Wyld Flash – Head Game, by award-winning author Trey Dowell – free fiction, live now on the website.

A blood moon, terrifying creatures, tattoo covered bites, scared people, estranged families – all tightly packed in an emotionally charged 1,000 words by Chrissie Rohrman. The Long Way Home is fantastic and free in this week’s Wyld Flash, live now on the website http://www.wydblood.com

We’ve gone all wistful and gentle with our 58th flash fiction story. Sariya Grants a Wish by Lebanese Palestinian writer J.D. Harlock is a nice uplifting Friday tale, because stories aren’t all about darkness and demons. Free and live now on the website

This week’s free flash fiction is a gently uplifting story about the resilience of nature, no matter what we throw at it. Willow, by G. Ekman, on the website now.

Among the Monsters by Maura Yzmore is today’s new flash fiction, live now on our website. It’s all a matter of perspective…

Luck has nothing to do with it, not really. New science fiction by Sam Winner – Friday the 13th is live on the website now.

Cats are fluffy and cute. Yeah, right. Alyson Tait’s A Little Monster will sort out that little misunderstanding. Warning: claws may be involved. Live now on the website.

We have reopened for short story and flash fiction submissions for the whole of August – head to our submissions page for full details. Wer’e looking for science fiction and fantasy up to 7,000 words for our bi-monthly Wyldblood Magazine and our website – and we pay £0.01 per word (approx $0.014). Check out whatContinue reading “send short stories!”

We start our second year of Wyld Flash stories by going back to our roots with an unsettling tale of village life, when the sun sets and the blood-red moon rises in the chill winter sky. Curfew, by Bran Maycock is live on the website now.

We’ve just sent out our July newsletter, full of sneak peeks at some of the Wyldblood #4 stories, some excellent flash fiction and a reminder that we’re open for submissions again from August 1st. Find the newsletter here and sign up to get them every month here.

We round out a full year of Wyld Flash with The Wager by Lynne Lumsden Green – about a steampunk steam train in the steamy old west, packed with mythical creatures and impossible odds. Wev’e published a new story every week for a year now – and we’ve got some great ones lined up forContinue reading “Wyld Flash 52 – The Wager”

Our fourth collection of short stories is out now featuring dark tales of monsters, machines and mayhem and lighter tales of love and loveliness. Order now from http://www.wyldblood.com/magazine or through Amazon.