Free SF/F/H Fiction for 4/21/2012
- “The Machine Stops” by E.M. Forster [Science Fiction]
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #93:
- “The Ivy-Smothered Palisade” by Mike Allen [Fantasy]
- “Pridecraft” by Christian K. Martinez [Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “A Case of Curiosities” by Guy Anthony De Marco [Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “A Hole in Time” by Amy Gaertner [Science Fiction]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “A Slice of 3.141592653589793238462643” by Oliver Buckram [Science Fiction]
- @Eschatology: “The Last Days of Summer Camp” by Brian M. Sammons [Zombies]
- @Nature: “Monkeys” by Ken Liu [Science Fiction]
- @Ray Gun Revival: “The Oracle of Ganymede” by Frank Cavallo [Science Fiction]
- @Weirdyear: “The Skeleton Admiral of Considerable Quality” by Richard Paul (Peculiar Richard) [Weird]
- @Wired: “Press Enter to Execute” by Tobias S. Buckell [Science Fiction]
- @Yesteryear: “Springtime In The City” by Tony Rauch [Fantasy Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @Ray Gun Revival: “The Worker Prince – Chapter Nine (part two)” by Bryan Thomas Schmidt [Science Fiction]
Audio
- @19 Nocturne Boulevard: “From an Amber Block” by Tom Curry, Adapted by Julie Hoverson [Horror]
- @Beneath Ceaseless Skies: “Bearslayer and the Black Knight” by Tom Crosshill [Fantasy]
- Beware the Hairy Mango #100 – Lobsterman! [Mangzoidberg]
- Escape Pod #341 – “Aphrodisia” by Lavie Tidhar [Science Fiction]
- Pseudopod #278 – “The Prophet’s Daughters” by Michael J. DeLuca [Horror]
- StarShipSofa #234 – Mike Resnick [Science Fiction]
- Tales To Terrify #15 – Peter Crowther [Horror]
Audio – Serialized
- Cast of Wonders #35 – “The Most Precious of Treasures (Part 2)” by Desmond Warzel [YA Fantasy]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- Cassidy Jones and the Secret Formula (Cassidy Jones Adventures, Book One) by Elise Stokes [YA Fantasy Novel]
- The Dream Curator And Other Stories by Alex Irvine [Science Fiction Collection]
- Firecracker by Charles R. Verhey [Urban Fantasy Novel]
- Hunting by S.M. Hineline [Paranormal YA Novel]
- Memory’s Child by Lynnette Spratley [Science Fiction Novel]
- Orbit Sampler 7: April-May 2012 [Sample Chapters from Upcoming Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels – Orbit Books]
- @Project Gutenberg:
- A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay [Science Fantasy Novel]
- Ghosts and Family Legends by Catherine Crowe [Fantasy / Horror Collection]
Novel Excerpts
- @iFanboy: Excerpt from Prepare to Die! by Paul Tobin [Super Heroes]
- @Suvudu: Excerpt from Star Wars: Scourge by Jeff Grubb [Science Fiction Adventure]
- @Tor: Excerpt from The Mongoliad: Book One by Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, et. al. [Historical Adventure]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Princeps by L. E. Modesitt Jr. [Epic Fantasy]
Other
- Comics @ Tor:
- A Ringworld Movie Would Be a Spectacle You Could Never Forget by John Bonner
- Excerpt from The Battle of Blood and Ink: A Fable of the Flying City by Jared Axelrod with illustrations by Steve Walker
- The Glee Upon Which Airbender Fans Greet The Legend of Korra by Faith Erin Hicks
- @Tor: Excerpt from Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown [Picture Book]