And so ends another week of Free Fiction. I’ll be spending today at Keycon 30 in surprisingly-not-frozen Winnipeg, Canada. But as a special treat that’s somewhat akin to having porridge for five days in a row, I’ll leave you with Part 5 of my five part serialization of The Raven’s Head Dagger and the Custom of the Seas.

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Daily Science Fiction has a story from Mari Ness
2. Books One and Two of the Skye Morrison Vampire Series by J.L. McCoy are free on Amazon
3. Freda Warrington‘s Little Goose has five different extracts at five different places as part of her “Gorgeous Grave-throbber” Tour

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And so it continues… Part 4 of The Raven’s Head Dagger and the Custom of the Seas.

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Beneath Ceaseless Skies #121 – May 16, 2013
2. Electric Velocipede has a story from Val Nolan
3. Nature has some flash from Ken Liu

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Something’s very rotten on a sailboat in the middle of the North Pacific. I’ve got Part 3 of my contemporary fantasy novelette, The Raven’s Head Dagger and the Custom of the Seas. For those of you who like coming late to things, there’s a Part 1 and a Part 2 as well.

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Tor has a story from George RR Martin’s Wild Cards shared world: “The Button Man and the Murder Tree” by Cherie Priest
2. Books One and Two from Christopher Buecheler‘s The II AM Trilogy
3. Books One and Two from Jay Swanson‘s The Vitalis Chronicles
4. Silvia Moreno-Garcia has posted the first chapter of her upcoming contemporary fantasy novel, Young Blood. Read it and then give her all your money (it’s crowdfunding, so that’s what you’re supposed to do)

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You should all be grateful that I have a serialized story. That way I don’t keep mentioning my novel. Uh… oops.

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Crossed Genres #5 – May 2013 – Escape
2. Tor has a story from Alex Bledsoe
3. Weird Fiction Review has a story from Kit Reed

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I’ve fallen on normal times and taken to serializing: The Raven’s Head Dagger and the Custom of the Seas.

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Black Gate has a story from Vera Nazarian
2. Electric Velocipede has a story from Julie C. Day
3. International SF #4 – May 2013 available for download as an ebook

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Nightmare has a story from Caitlin R. Kiernan
   
2. The WiFiles has a story from Julie Minicozzi
3. Radio Drama Revival kicks off a five part epic fantasy series

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Daily Science Fiction has a magic realism story from Alex Shvartsman
2. A good time to start reading: Keith Melton has the next installment of his serialized urban fantasy novel-in-progress, Spanner Jack
3. Pseudopod‘s creeping us all out with a story by Ed Ferrara

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Electric Velocipede has an interesting story from Jamie Killen
2. WMG Publishing kicks off Free Fiction Friday (or did last Friday, actually) with a story from Kristine Grayson, aka Kristine Kathryn Rusch, aka Not Keyser Söze
3. You’d better climb aboard the Mango Train. Seriously. I heard something about a plague that’s great.

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The finalists for the 2013 Locus Awards have been announced!

• The Hydrogen Sonata, Iain M. Banks (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen)
• Caliban’s War, James S.A. Corey (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
• Redshirts, John Scalzi (Tor; Gollancz)

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Unrelated housekeeping in an obscure Northern dialect: Sorry, Habs fans, but this is the year for the Sens. Please get out of the way of history. (Next year: Jets)

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Sorcerous Signals May – Jul ’13
2. Tor has a short story from Garth Nix – with dragons!
3. Jeff Inlo is offering the first three (count ‘em, 1, 2, 3) books of his Delver Magic series for free on Amazon

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Thanks to Dave Tackett and his QuasarDragon for some of these lovely links!

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Apex #48 – May 2013
2. World SF Blog features Silvia Moreno-Garcia – You should support the crowdfunding of her novel, Young Blood. I (and the links) will wait…
3. The first two books of T.I. Wade‘s America One Series are free at Amazon.

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Another high profile theft from Dave Tackett’s QuasarDragon and/or medicine cabinet.

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Big Pulp has a science fiction story from Court Merrigan
2. Enchanted Conversation has a fairy tale from Lissa Sloan
3. Galaxy’s Edge #2
4. Kasma SF has some flash fiction from Ken Liu

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Another week of delicious free fiction links comes to an end, with some of the tastiest morsels stolen from Dave Tackett’s QuasarDragon.

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Daily Science Fiction has a short story from Terra LeMay that’s not for the faint of heart
2. AntipodeanSF #179 – May 2013 arrives from Australia
3. Kazka Press #9 – May 2013 shows up with a friendly yet firm Canadian handshake (not a euphemism)

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Thanks to Dave Tackett and his QuasarDragon for the links and the half-eaten bologna sandwich.

Also, a reminder for those of you who still haven’t noticed: it’s MuchoMangoMayo, which I believe is the Ancient Mayan Fertility Festival.

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Beneath Ceaseless Skies #120 – May 02, 2013
2. Clarkesworld #80 – May 2013
3. Indian SF #3 – May / June 2013

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Phoenix Pick continues their free eBook promotion this month with AI Unbound: Two Stories of Artificial Intelligence by Nancy Kress!

About the Book:

Nancy Kress is the author of twenty-two novels and numerous short stories. She is perhaps best known for the “Sleepless” trilogy that began with BEGGARS IN SPAIN. Her fiction has won four Nebulas, two Hugos, a Sturgeon, and the 2003 John W. Campbell Award (for PROBABILITY SPACE).

These two outstanding stories give us a fascinating look into the evolution of artificial intelligence and the impact it has on human society.

Expect the unexpected

Instructions and download links can be found on Phoenix Pick’s catalogue page. The Coupon Code for the free eBook this month is 9991976 and is only good between May 2nd – May 30, 2013. Grab it now!

I’ve made my historical fantasy short story, “The Hill Where Thorvald Slew Ten Skraelings”, free for the day. Why? Because it’s May 2nd, of course… look it up.*

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Interstellar Fiction #10 – May 2013
   
2. New Myths #22 – April 1, 2013
3. SQ Mag #8 – 1st of May 2013 – Women in Fiction (Special Edition)
4. Beware the Hairy Mango kicks off MuchoMangoMayo 2013!
5. Dark Fiction Magazine #14 – Under the Hollow Hills

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Here’s the table of contents for the free online magazine SQ Mag, issue #8, the Women In Speculative Fiction issue.

INTERVIEWS

• Cat Rambo (by Sophie Yorkston)
• Cat Sparks (by Sophie Yorkston)
• Emma Newman (by Sophie Yorkston)
• Tonia Brown (by Sophie Yorkston)

FICTION

• “A Man And His Parasite” by Cat Rambo (Sci-Fi)
• “Fair Is Fowl” by J. B. Rockwell (Historical Fantasy)
• “Chinaman’s Bluff” by Cat Sparks (Historical Sci-Fi)
• “The Traveler” by Laura Haddock (Sci-Fi)
• Serial Fiction: “Intangible” (Part 3 of 6) by A.A. Garrison (Fantasy)
• “Tea In The Secret Garden” by Emma Newman (Fantasy)
• “Dreaming of You” by Felicia A. Lee (Dark Contemporary Fantasy)
• “Digging In The Deep” by Tonia Brown (Steampunk/Horror)

REVIEWS

• Bluegrass Symphony by Lisa L. Hannett (Damien Smith, reviewer)
• Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger (Mysti Parker, reviewer)

Written

• @The Colored Lens: “China Island” by Julie Day [Urban Fantasy]
• @Strange Horizons: “My Lady Tongue” by Lucy Sussex [Science Fiction] (also available in audio)
• @Tor: “Professor Incognito Apologizes” by Austin Grossman [Mad Scientist]

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Last call for Coyote. Starting Wednesday I’ll expect cold, hard cash (and/or canteloupe).

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Black Gate has a story from Jason E. Thummel
2. Electric Velocipede Issue #26 starts off with a story from E. Catherine Tobler
3. 19 Nocturne Boulevard has a reading of H.P. Lovecraft‘s “Dreams In The Witch-House”

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So my novel’s free through the end of April.

For those of you who have supported me and read After The Fires Went Out: Coyote (I really appreciate it) and want a little more of Baptiste and his band of misfits, I’m looking for some beta readers to take a look at Book Two: Shards. Please email me if you’re interested, or if you are an influencer/blackmailer who can get me critiques from John Scalzi, Neil Gaiman, or Snooki.

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Daily Science Fiction has a short story by Evan Dicken
2. Lovecraft eZine #23 – April 2013
3. Drabblecast #280 – Trifecta XXV

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