Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 12/18/2012
By Regan Wolfrom |
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 at
12:14 am
I have stolen so much from Dave Tackett that he may want to file a police report. That or get himself a bigger guard dog, or at least one who isn’t so partial to spray cheese.
What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #110 is released.
- Subterranean Winter 2013 comes to ground.
- Many of your favourite speculative fiction authors come together in The End – Visions of Apocalypse at Smashwords.
Written
- @Baen: “Away in a Manger” by Wen Spencer [Fantasy]
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #110 – December 13th, 2012:
- “The Storms in Arisbat” by Therese Arkenberg [Fantasy]
- “Casualties” by Alec Austin [Fantasy]
- @Black Gate: “The Renunciation of the Crimes of Gharad the Undying” by Alex Kreis [Fantasy]
- @Buzzy Mag: “Dance” by Laura Anne Gilman [Urban Fantasy]
- @Cosmos: “The Ungreat Escape” by Siobhan Gallagher [Science Fiction]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Seashells” by Lavie Tidhar [Science Fiction]
- @Electric Velocipede: “North” by Kristy Truax-Nichols [Fantasy]
- @Interstellar Fiction: “Shuffle Town” by T. D. Edge [Science Fiction]
- @Mad Scientist Journal: “Military Applications of Magical Beings” by Andy Brown [Fantasy / Humor]
- @Nightmare: “Chop Shop” by J.B. Park [Horror]
- Subterranean Winter 2013:
- “Raptors” by Conrad Williams
- “Hard Silver” by Steven R. Boyett
- “The Boolean Gate” by Walter Jon Williams
- “Surfacing” by Walter Jon Williams
- @Tor: “Am I Free to Go?” by Kathryn Cramer [Science Fiction]
- @Tor: “Intestate” by Charlie Jane Anders [Science Fiction]
- @The WiFiles: “Blind Curve” by R. Christophe Ryber [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: “Boz” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: “Life As We Know It” by Paul McAuley [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: “Diana Comet and The Christmas Quilt” by Sandra McDonald [Science Fiction]
- @Goodreads Author Page: Ghost Saucers In The Sky! by Dc Larson [Science Fiction]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows: “Lonely Planet” by Clint Wilson [Science Fiction Flash]
- @365 tomorrows: “Bath” by Duncan Shields [Science Fiction Flash]
- @365 tomorrows: “The Game of Life” by Desmond Hussey [Science Fiction Flash]
- @365 tomorrows: “Nano Chevall” by Morrow Brady [Science Fiction Flash]
- @365 tomorrows: “Seven Days” by T. Gene Davis [Science Fiction Flash]
- @365 tomorrows: “Grampa’s Stories” by Desmond Hussey [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Dead Letter Office” by Matthew Marinett [Fantasy Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Little Helper” by Kat Otis [Fantasy Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Refugee” by Meg Everingham [Fantasy Flash]
- @The Eloquent Page: “A Fair Exchange” by Emma Newman [Urban Fantasy Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction: “Deprescience” by Mickey Hunt [Fantasy Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction: “The Lives of Anderson Miles” by Dustin Adams [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Flashes in the Dark: “Toon” by Alun Williams [Horror Flash]
- @Flashes in the Dark: “A Red Summer’s Morning” by Henry Peter Gribbin [Horror Flash]
- @Nature: “An unintended future” by Tristan Scott [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Weirdyear: “Cycle of the Gods” by David Edward Nell [Weird Flash]
- @Yesteryear: “Holder Of My Heart” by Linda M. Crate [Fantasy Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @Kat and Mouse: Guns For Hire: “Entr’acte” by Abner Senires [Cyberpunk]
- @Legend of the Five Rings: Scions of the Colonies by Shawn Carman: [Fantasy]
- @Paizo: Thieves Vinegar by Kevin Andrew Murphy: [Fantasy]
- @Shadow Feed: Single Bullet Theory by Chelsea Polk: [Science Fiction]
- @Silver Blade: The Guild of Swordsmen by Kristin Janz: [Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: Jaydium by Deborah J. Ross writing as Deborah Wheeler: [Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: Trust by David Moody: ["Anti-" Science Fiction]
Audio
- AntipodeanSF #173
- Beam Me Up #344 [Science Fiction]
- Beware the Hairy Mango #143 – “Daryl and the Davenport of Death!” by Matthew Sanborn Smith [Mauling by Mango]
- @Campfire Radio Theatre: “Twilight Road” by John Ballentine [Horror]
- Celtic Myth Podshow #32 – “Faerie Days and Faerie Knights” [Welsh Mythology]
- @Clarkesworld: “The Wisdom of Ants” by Thoraiya Dyer [Science Fiction]
- @Earbud Theatre: “Beneath The Basement” by Doug TenNapel [Horror]
- Escape Pod #374 – “Oubliette” by J. Kelley Anderson [Science Fiction]
- Macabre Fantasy #1 – “The Statement of Randolph Carter” by H. P. Lovecraft [Horror]
- The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences #2.7 – “The Cross of Columba” by Doc Coleman [Steampunk]
- @Nightmare: “Chop Shop” by J.B. Park [Horror]
- PodCastle #238 – “Sleep and Wake” by Holli Mintzer [Fantasy]
- Pseudopod #312 – “Feeding The Machine” by Hunter James Martin [Horror]
- @SFFAudio: “Dagon” by H.P. Lovecraft [Horror]
- StarShipSofa #268 – Jeff Carlson [Science Fiction]
- Tales To Terrify #49 – Lawrence Santoro and James Lovegrove [Horror]
Audio – Serialized
- @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Afterlives #1.5 – Memento Mori [Fantasy]
- @19 Nocture Boulevard: Warp’d Stories #3, Top Story, Chapter 4! [Cyberpunk]
- Cast of Wonders #64 – “The Gloaming – Part 2″ by M E Garber [YA Fantasy]
- @Desert Gems Audio: “Fisherman and the Djinni”, Translated by Sir Richard Burton: [Arabian Nights]
- @Author’s Site: “THE MVP Episode #10″ by Scott Sigler [Science Fiction]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- The Missing Link by Bryan Pedas and Brandon Meyers [Science Fiction Adventure Novel]
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #110 – December 13th, 2012 [Fantasy Magazine - EPUB, MOBI, PDF]
- @Project Gutenberg:
- The Forgotten Planet by Murray Leinster [Science Fiction Novel - from 1954]
- Futuria Fantasia – Summer 1939, edited by Ray Bradbury [Science Fiction Fanzine - from 1939]
- Futuria Fantasia – Fall 1939, edited by Ray Bradbury [Science Fiction Fanzine - from 1939]
- Futuria Fantasia – Winter 1940, edited by Ray Bradbury [Science Fiction Fanzine - from 1940]
- “The Red Room” by H. G. Wells [Horror Short Story - from 1896]
- When the Sleeper Wakes by H. G. Wells [Dystopian Science Fiction Novel - from 1910]
- The World Set Free by H. G. Wells [Science Fiction Novel - from 1914]
- @Smashwords:
- The End – Visions of Apocalypse [Apocalypse Anthology]
Free Audiobooks
- @Redecorating Middle-Earth in Early Lovecraft: The Marvellous Land of Snergs by E.A. Wyke-Smith [Fantasy Novel]
Novel Excerpts
- @Gollancz: Excerpts from The Soddit by Adam Roberts: [Tolkien Parody]
- @Tor: Excerpt from A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan [Fantasy]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Blood’s Pride by Evie Manieri [Fantasy]
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