Wiseblood Books

08/05/2026

Each year (minus one) since 2020, Wiseblood Books has supported a writer who may otherwise not have the time and the means to bring a manuscript to completion through our Wiseblood Writer-in-Residence Program.
This year's recipient? Steve Knepper from New Verse Review fame!
Thank you from the depths to several donors who give specifically to make the Writer-in-Residence possible.
Read more here:

Dear Reader,

07/28/2026

Check out this new review over at NEW VERSE REVIEW: "Seth Wieck’s Call Out Coyote, released by Wiseblood Books, withstands such scrutiny. His work is personal but not at all confined by a vision of himself. You get the sense, reading his book, that he looked into the mirror, then turned away and opened the door and went outside, where people and suffering and beauty wait together to make us whole again. It’s the kind of book that tells us to put the mirror down and look without it in our hands."

https://newversereview.substack.com/p/a-review-of-call-out-coyote-by-seth

Seth Wieck

07/22/2026

Dear Readers, We've begun a Wiseblood Patronage Program and invite you to join us! This invitation to partner with us is more than a request to help us keep the lights on. It is an opportunity to engage a society-shaping question: How do you preserve and shape a culture? You can read more in our newsletter:

Announcing the Wiseblood Patronage Program

07/14/2026

10% off almost all Wiseblood Books, but only until tomorrow!

with 10% off (almost) all of our books!

07/08/2026

Almost all of our books are 10% off until next week. This is your chance to stock up. Treat yourself and a friend to Wiseblood Books. Read more in our newsletter:

with 10% off (almost) all of our books!

07/03/2026

Coming from WisebloodBooks . . . a strange and mysterious work of fiction. A re-telling of Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. You can read more in our newsletter and pre-order your copy.
https://open.substack.com/pub/wisebloodbooks/p/america?r=5w91i1&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

06/18/2026

Whatever the weather next week when summer officially starts, Eric Cyr’s debut short story collection Here It Snows in June (forthcoming on June 23, 2026 and available for pre-order now HERE) is one of those perfect books for summer with its mix of darkly comic, startling, and mythically strange stories.

https://open.substack.com/pub/wisebloodbooks/p/is-it-snowing-yet?r=88dby&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

06/11/2026

The Tale and the Telling: What makes any literary work unique and compelling, even exciting, to read is a good story paired with good telling—that is, the author’s craft, style, and sensibility.
Read more in our newsletter about Eric Cyr's Here It Snows in June & Trevor Cribben Merrill's The Comforts of Exile:
https://open.substack.com/pub/wisebloodbooks/p/the-tale-and-the-telling?r=88dby&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

06/05/2026

What a treat it was to see Cyr himself as he passed through Milwaukee en route to Chicago. Here's to more such hours spent visiting and cheers to Here it Snows in June!

Read about the early reviews and pick up your copy HERE: https://wisebloodbooks.substack.com/p/god-isnt-done-with-you-yet?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5400754&post_id=200478770&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=88dby&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

06/04/2026

God isn't done with you yet! In just a few weeks, Here It Snows in June, Eric Cyr’s debut collection of short stories will make its way into the world, and the book has seen a remarkable early reception. While most often the reviews come in a few weeks or months after the book’s release, Here It Snows in June is already yielding a harvest, including this review from Nadya Williams that came out just a few days ago in The University Bookman.
Read more in our newsletter:
https://wisebloodbooks.substack.com/p/god-isnt-done-with-you-yet?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=5400754&post_id=200478770&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=88dby&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email