Wyldblood 12

Nine new fantasy and science fiction tales full of twists, surprises, shocks and tantalising hints of strange worlds and unknown phenomena. We've got a spaceship running out of air, a dragon who can't fly, a detective with supernatural help, a man who wants to stay hidden, robot helpers, talking trees, time travel and something strange happening to America's guns.

In Fugit, Cheryl Sonnier shows us what it might be like to meet your future self. Did you achieve all those dreams? Or re you old, grizzled and on a mission to make sure you don't make the same mistakes you already did. Or might be about to.In Scream of the Firewood, Jonathan Olfert gives us a living ship, mobile sentient trees and a horror scenario turned unlikely love match in an unnerving fantasy story.In Unfamiliar. Matt McHugh introduces Martine Geller, an investigator with an unnatural advantage - a living spirit - and an uncanny ability to get into trouble.In The Leisure Class, M Luke McDonnell offers a glimpse into the future, where AI rules and robots take your job. Sound familiar?in End Times, Bran Maycock reflects on the apocalypse.In Miser, Thomas J. Griffin's back from the dead hero has to find a man who doesn't want to be found. A tale of murky characters and shifting allegiences.In Seeing the Stars, Rick Danforth presents a spaceship, a stowaway, teh endless void and a rapidly diminishing supply of air. They're not both going to make it. Unless...In Flying Takes Heart, Adrienne Caninio gives us a feelgood dragon with a flying prioblem living in a world that gradually comes to forget. Until one day, danger strjkes...In A Calvarial Suffusion of Peace, Jason P. Burnham tackles an issue that shouln't be controversial, yet somehow is. Guns. And why they're everywhere, just begging to be fired...

All new thought-provoking stories from the uplifting to the unnerving.