JW Nelson

Reading It in Brazil When I was in Brazil in the late 90s, I was on a religious mission. Now, when you're on a religious mission (almost everybody in Utah knows this, but some of you might not), you are forbidden from engaging in secular activities, such as

Put Down the Rock I used to have an Instagram account, a Facebook account, an X account, a Tumblr account, your mom's account. I found that a large portion of my brain was dedicated to funneling information into and out of social media, and I think social media,

You were here first. Before there was a Free Story link in the menu, before any of this was announced anywhere, you signed up for Wyrd Tales on faith. So the first story is yours without any of the new machinery: Demondread, my dark fantasy short story, is waiting for

The Haunting Authors have haunted and inspired us from the very first stories of Odysseus and Beowulf. Writers of every age, background, culture, and in every color of the rainbow have left their spirits roaming the world in gossamer words that find us when we open the tomes and summon