Wild Wood Books is a small, independent press based in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Since 2019 when the press began, T.L. Wood has published seven books with Wild Wood Books under the name of Tabatha Wood.
The Wild Wood Books logo is in loving memory of Sir Monty Pawthon (2018-2024) © T.L. Wood 2019.
Learning to Let Go
A chapbook of hope—a collection of speculative fiction stories and narrative poems that explore and overcome trauma to ultimately find healing and resilience.
Ebook only.
Wild Wood Books, December 2024
REFLECTIONS
Reflections is a collection of unsettling speculative fiction, weird horror, and narrative poetry. Some pieces have been previously published elsewhere; some are brand new and unseen.
From the introduction:
These stories and poems are echoes and mirrors. They are dreams of the future and memories of the past. They are waves of movement that ebb and flow, rising and falling in turn. They are proof that beautiful things can come from ugly situations. That sometimes—if I may borrow some words from my past self, first written in one of the included works—“there are times when the world seems so dark you feel smothered, as if buried, thrust deep within the Earth. But like a seed, nurtured by the tender hands of sun and rain, you’ll grow again. You will rise.”
Ebook only.
Wild Wood Books, December 2022
SEEDS
It begins with a seed. A dream. An idea, planted and encouraged to grow. A thought that buries deep down inside and puts out monstrous roots. Until, at last, the bloom erupts and showers the land with life.
It begins with a seed…
The menopause brings some unusual and unexpected changes, a woman wakes up after a party in a body that isn’t hers, a teen’s life changes forever when they embrace the truth about who they are, and a lone mother tries to bury her traumatic past but instead grows a terrible future…
An unsettling selection of quiet horror and dark speculative fiction brought together in a brand new collection from Australian Shadows Award-winner, Tabatha Wood.
Cover art: “The Life Inside” by T.L. Wood © 2021
Wild Wood Books, 2021
ALL THE LAIRD’S MEN
Corporal Hopkins just wants to go home. After many years serving with the Laird’s Men, he deserves his freedom. But while the long war that fractured New Britain may be over, Raiders in the Scottish forests still pose a deadly threat.
Charged with dismantling a roving horde, Hopkins and his elite unit are outnumbered and woefully unprepared for the real horror that awaits them. From the shadowy depths of the great Loch Ness, an ancient evil is rising.
When the battle for survival in an unforgiving country never ends, Hopkins knows it doesn’t matter which side you’re on. In the darkness, everybody bleeds the same.
PLEASE NOTE: This book contains themes of violence and strong language throughout. Recommended for mature readers.
Wild Wood Books, 2020
BEACH GLASS AND OLD BONES
A collection of poems from Tabatha (now T.L.) Wood, written in 2020 before, during and after the COVID 19 Pandemic lockdown, all with a strong focus on belonging, becoming and mental health.
Born in Whitby, North Yorkshire, T.L. has always had a passion for writing tales of the strange and gothic, coupled with a deep love for the land and the sea. They strongly encourage the use of writing for positive mental health, and they manage Well-Written, an online writing group and workshops for women which helps support them achieve their creative goals.
Wild Wood Books, November 2020
RISE: A Collection of Poems
A collection of personal verse by writer and artist T. L. Wood.
Poems exploring motherhood, family, old friends, spiritual journeys and the sea.
Wild Wood Books, October 2019
Dark Winds Over Wellington: Chilling Tales of the Weird & the Strange
Shortlisted for a Sir Julius Vogel Award, Best Collected Work 2020
Strange creatures lurk in the shadows of the Beehive, while a beast From The Deep is determined to destroy us all. Being Neighbourly might just change your life, and if you listen closely you can hear demonic Whispers in the wind. So sit back, take a sip of A Good Cup of Coffee and question all The Things You See. In the city, there are no Second Chances and every chapter might be your last.
Inspired by Wellington legends and folklore, these thirteen original short stories will drag you on a chilling journey through the eerie, the weird and the strange.
Wild Wood Books, March 2019