Free SF/F/H Fiction for 5/16/2012
- @AE: “Like Any Other Star” by Rich Larson [Science Fiction]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “One Childhood of Many” by Andrew S. Fuller [Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Rush of the Wind and the Roar of the Engines, and the Call of the Open Road” by Lavie Tidhar [Science Fiction]
- @International Speculative Fiction: “Space Oddity” by Regina Catarino [Science Fiction]
- @International Speculative Fiction: “Butterfly, Falling at Dawn” by Aliette de Bodard [Science Fiction]
- @Lightspeed: “The Cross-Time Accountants Fail To Kill Hitler Because Chuck Berry Does The Twist” by C.C. Finlay [Science Fiction] (also available in audio)
- @Lightspeed: “The Ruby Incomparable” by Kage Baker [Fantasy]
- @Mad Scientist Journal: “Losing It” by Davin Ireland [Science Fiction]
- @Short-Story.me: “How Exactly Do I Get Out Of Here?” by John Lasanich [Fantasy]
- @Something Wicked: “The Time Hangs Heavy” by Angel Propps [Horror]
- Strange Horizons – May 14, 2012:
- “Beside Calais” by Samantha Henderson [Flying Machines]
- @Subterranean: “HERE and THERE” by Neal Barrett, Jr. [Fantasy]
Written – Serialized
- @Philipine Genre Stories: “Less Talk, Less Mistake (Part 1)” by Xin Mei [Horror]
- @Author’s Site: “Grim Tides (21. Captivities)” by T.A. Pratt [Urban Fantasy]
Audio
- Beware the Hairy Mango #112 – Breakwinder [MuchoMangoMayo]
- Beware the Hairy Mango #113 – What’s the Matter with Calves Today? [MuchoMangoMayo]
- Beware the Hairy Mango #114 – No More Doggie Style [MuchoMangoMayo]
- Beware the Hairy Mango #115 – It’s Snot Love [MuchoMangoMayo]
- @Clarkesworld: “Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop” by Suzanne Church [Science Fiction]
- Drabblecast #242 – “Transfer of Ownership” by Christie Yant [Science Fiction]
- @Lightspeed: “The Cross-Time Accountants Fail To Kill Hitler Because Chuck Berry Does The Twist” by C.C. Finlay [Science Fiction]
- Tales To Terrify #18 – John Shirley [Horror]
Audio – Serialized
- @ARTC’s Podcast: “All You Zombies… part 1 of 3” by Robert A. Heinlein, adapted by Victor Koman [Science Fiction]
- @ARTC’s Podcast: “All You Zombies… part 2 of 3” by Robert A. Heinlein, adapted by Victor Koman [Science Fiction]
- Radio Drama Revival #278 – “Ruby and the Zoots, Part 6” [Science Fiction]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- Ancient Images by Ramsey Campbell [Horror]
- Breath of Air (The Dryad Quartet) by Katie Jennings [Contemporary Fantasy Novel – First of Four in Series]
- “Chems” by Ann Swann [YA Zombie Short Story]
- Graveyard Blues (Night Blues) by Reina Salt [Horror Novel]
- Kill Me by Alex Owens [Vampire Novel]
- Let It Bleed by S.L. Schmitz [Horror Novel]
- Marked: A Two Halves Novella by Marta Szemik [Fantasy Novella]
- Rock of Aeons (Free from May 17th to May 19th) by Lawrence Kapture [Urban Fantasy Novel]
- “Tales of Dog Island: Betrayal” by J. W. Summers [Ghost Pirate Short Story]
- Turning by Melinda Chapman [Zombie Novella]
- @Project Gutenberg:
- Off on a Comet! a Journey through Planetary Space by Jules Verne [Science Fiction Novel]
Novel Excerpts
- @Gollancz Blog: “Chapter Two: The Peacemaker” from The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie [Fantasy]
- @Gollancz Blog: “Chapter Three: The Best of Us” from The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie [Fantasy]
- @Tor: Excerpt from The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis [Fantasy]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Earth Unaware by Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston [Science Fiction]