Free SF/F/H Fiction for 4/11/2012
Free Fiction is back after an unscheduled Easter break.
Written
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #92:
- “Bearslayer and the Black Knight” by Tom Crosshill [Fantasy]
- “Sinking Among Lilies” by Cory Skerry [Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Underneath” by Amelia Beamer [Slipstream]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Offering Solace” by Jamie Lackey [Modern Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The White Raven’s Feather” by David D. Levine [Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “What Jerry Knows” by Shane D. Rhinewald [Science Fiction]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “This Rough Magic” by Christie Yant [Fairy Tales]
- @Eschatology: “Eve-ning” by Rachel Faye Lipsy [Flash Fiction]
- @Fifty-Two Stores: “The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains” by Neil Gaiman [Gaimantrulescence]
- @Lightspeed: “The Steam Dancer (1896)” by Caitlín R. Kiernan [Fantasy] – also available in audio
- @Lightspeed: “Nomad” by Karin Lowachee [Science Fiction]
- @Nature: “Midnight at the A&E” by Taik Hobson [Science Fiction]
- @Ray Gun Revival: “The Dying Drones” by Christian A. Larsen [Science Fiction]
- @Short-Story.me: “Hunka, Hunka, Burning Love” by Tom Schwider [Fantasy]
- @Short-Story.me: “Watching Kaitlyn Ross” by Michael Stamper [Horror]
- @Tor: “The Inconstant Moon” by Alaya Dawn Johnson [Fantasy]
- @Weirdyear: “A Lucid Conversation (but not really)” by Derek Frazier [Weird]
- @Weird Fiction Review: “Watcher” by Leena Likitalo [Weird]
- @Yesteryear: “Grasses of Remembrance” by Susan Dale [Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: “Annabelle Tree” by Carrie Cuinn [Fantasy]
Written – Serialized
- @Strange Horizons: “Area 54 (Part 2 of 2)” by Hunter Liguore [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: “Grim Tides (16. Things Are Never So Bad They Can’t Be Made Worse)” by T.A. Pratt [Urban Fantasy]
Audio
- Beam Me Up #307 – Trath – David Scholes & the AFDB construction pointers [Science Fiction]
- Beam Me Up #308 – Phobic – Kevin Phyland + If It Ain’t Broke pt1 – Maya Kaathryn Bohnoff [Science Fiction]
- @Beneath Ceaseless Skies: “A Place to Stand” by Grace Seybold [Fantasy]
- Cast of Wonders #33 – “A Clean Sweep Of It” by Thomas Canfield [YA Fantasy]
- Dark Fiction Magazine #11 – Fractured Future:
- “Sunsets and Hamburgers” by Gareth L. Powell [Dark Science Fiction]
- “The Miracle Cure” by Erich William Bergmeier [Dark Science Fiction]
- “A Study in Flesh and Mind” by Liz Argall [Dark Science Fiction]
- “The Machinery of Government” by Matt Moore [Dark Science Fiction]
- Escape Pod #339 – “’Run,’ Bakri Says” by Ferrett Steinmetz [Science Fiction]
- @Lightspeed: “The Steam Dancer (1896)” by Caitlín R. Kiernan [Fantasy]
- Pseudopod #276 – “Our Drunken Tjeng” by Nicky Drayden [Science Fiction]
- StarShipSofa #232 – Neil Gaiman [Audible Gaimtrulescence]
- Tales To Terrify #13 – Weston Ochse [Horror]
- Toasted Cake #15 – “Shatter Shatter” by Sean Markey
Audio – Serialized
- Radio Drama Revival #273 – “Embarking with Ruby to the Land of Zoots – Part 1 of 5” [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: “THE ALL-PRO Episode #24” by Scott Sigler [Science Fiction]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- Demon Hunter and Baby by Anna Elliott [Fantasy Novel]
- Indentured by Scott McElhaney [Science Fiction Novella]
- Rise of the Dibor (The White Lion Chronicles) by Christopher Hopper [Fantasy Novel]
- The Society Of Forgotten Travellers by Alexandra Loizou [Science Fiction Novella]
- Welcome to Moon Hill by Anthony J. Rapino [Horror Novel]
- Windigo Soul by Robert Brumm [Science Fiction Novella]
- @Author’s Site (All Formats): Redshirts by John Scalzi (Chapters 1–4) [Science Fiction]
Novel Excerpts
- @Tor: Excerpt from Eyes Like Leaves by Charles de Lint [Urban Fantasy]
- @Tor: Excerpt from The Assassin’s Code by Jonathan Maberry [Supernatural Horror Thriller]
Two more free SF stories for your consideration in the newly launched MAD SCIENTIST JOURNAL (gotta love the title):
—“The Dissection of Marcus Wade” an essay by Abigail Figg as reported by Kathryn Board
—“The Barrier” Essay by Logan Merritt, presented by James Ford