We’re very pleased to present the list of stories selected for one of the first two titles in our new Romantic Fantasy series: Of Love & Dragons! Featuring a foreword by Caren Hahn, this beautiful hardback anthology will publish in March 2026 alongsideA Breath of Time, launching this exciting new series of themed books. The stories have been carefully selected from open submissions, and we are very grateful to everyone who submitted stories for consideration. Many congratulations to the successful authors listed below!

We’re very pleased to present the list of stories selected for one of the first two titles in our new Romantic Fantasy series: A Breath of Time! Featuring a foreword by Georgia Summers, this beautiful hardback anthology will publish in March 2026 alongsideOf Love & Dragons, launching this exciting new series of themed books. The stories have been carefully selected from open submissions, and we are very grateful to everyone who submitted stories for consideration. Many congratulations to the successful authors listed below!

We are very excited to announce a new call for submissions, which is now open! Please read through the details for submissions carefully before submitting your stories, and make sure to include your story title in the subject of your email.

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We’re thrilled to announce the launch of a brand new series: Flame Tree Romantic Fantasy – a captivating blend of our signature Gothic Fantasy collections with the passion and magic of Romantasy. Our open call for submissions is now live for the next two enchanting titles: Of Blood & Petals and The Tarot of Love. Please read through the submission details carefully as we’ve changed some of our guidelines and it could result in your submission not being acknowledged if you do not follow them.

We are launching a stunning new series of Romantic Fantasy Short Stories in 2026 (read about them here!) and we are excited to invite illustrators to submit line drawings to feature within the pages of the first two anthologies, 'A Breath of Time' and 'Of Love & Dragons'.

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Welcoming Lee Murray & Dave Jeffery

Flame Tree Press welcomes award-winning editors Lee Murray and Dave Jeffery to the blog for a Q&A on their groundbreaking anthology, This Way Lies Madness, publishing today! The book, as described by them, "defies convention by bringing together authentic, sensitive portrayals of mental illness in a genre that has notoriously lacked such tenets". A collection of 23 stories and poems, the book also includes accompanying vignettes offering insight into the authors' motivation for their work. You can hear even more from the anthology authors in our This Way Lies Madness blog series!