Free SF/F/H Fiction for 5/23/2012
- Bourbon Penn #4 – Apr 2012:
- “Pearls” by Priya Sharma [Fantasy]
- “The Mall” by Hannah Lackoff [Fantasy]
- “A Blade of Love” by Nathaniel Tower [Weird]
- “The Langsammachen Pitch” by Martin Zeigler [Baseball and Physics]
- “After the Bees” by Carson Beker [Weird]
- “Mereá” by Nancy Hightower [Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Call” by Erin M. Hartshorn [Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Dragoman” by Helen Jackson [Science Fiction]
- The Journal Of Unlikely Entomology #3 – May 2012:
- “My Day Came” by Conor Powers-Smith
- “War Beetles” by J. M. McDermott
- “The Performance” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- “The Familiar Buzz of Gone” by Cate Gardner
- “Dragonfly Miscalculations” by Steven L. Peck
- “Skitterings In Corners” by Juliet Kemp
- “Drift” by Amanda C. Davis
- @Lightspeed: “Different Kinds of Darkness” by David Langford [Science Fiction]
- @Lightspeed: “Mother of All Russiya” by Melanie Rawn [Fantasy]
- @Mad Scientist Journal: “Therium 99” by Mark Andrew Edwards [Science Fiction]
- Red Penny Papers Vol II, Issue 3 – Spring 2012: (also available as a free ebook)
- “Bone Daddy” by Britney Smith
- “Garlic Squash” by Nicki Vardon
- “The Black Hole or, The Competing Hands of Science and Magick” by Patrick J. Worden
- “The Castle of Ashes” by Alexandra Seidel
- “Sacrifice” by Natalie L. Sin
- “Pins and Needles, Silk and Sawdust” by Tonia Brown
- @Short-Story.me: “When The Table Turns” by Jeffery T. Ford [Fantasy]
- @Short-Story.me: “Final Thoughts” by Wayne Thoden [Horror]
- Silver Blade #14 – Spring 2012:
- “Bad Samarian” by Frances Pauli [Science Fiction]
- “The Tavern Wench of Venice” by Molly N. Moss [Fantasy]
- “From Scheol My Soulfire Burns” by Milo James Fowler [Science Fiction]
- “Homam, the Very Helpful Genie” by Nicholas Thurkettle [Fantasy]
- “A Girl’s Best Friend” by John C. Tremblay [Fantasy]
- Strange Horizons – May 21, 2012:
- “Tiger Stripes” by Nghi Vo [Fantasy]
- @Weird Fiction Review: “Replacements” by Lisa Tuttle [Dark Fantasy]
- @Weird Fiction Review: “Leng” by Marc Laidlaw [Horror]
- @World SF Blog: “The Portal Plague” by Dinesh Rao [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: “Turbulence” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Frequent Flyers]
Written – Serialized
- @Author’s Site: “Grim Tides (22. Breaking Bread)” by T.A. Pratt [Urban Fantasy]
Audio
- Beware the Hairy Mango #119 – The Cake Plague [MuchoMangoMayo]
- Beware the Hairy Mango #120 – Frankenstein’s Warm-Up [MuchoMangoMayo]
- Beware the Hairy Mango #121 – Soapslut [MuchoMangoMayo]
- Beware the Hairy Mango #122 – Disengagement Ring [MuchoMangoMayo]
- Flash Pulp #200 – The Death of Ruby [Fantasy]
- Flash Pulp Guest-isode #7 – “Pilling” by Rich the Time Traveler [Pulp]
- PodCastle Miniature #69 – “Wolves” by José Luis Zárate, translated by Bernardo Fernandez [Fantasy]
- PodCastle #209 – “Lila the Werewolf” by Peter S. Beagle [Fantasy]
- Pseudopod #282 – Flash On The Borderlands XI – Fearful Fashions [Horror]
- Toasted Cake #21 – “The George Solution” by Brian Dolton
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald [Fantasy Collection]
- Gabriel: Zero Point (Evan Gabriel Trilogy) by Steve Umstead [Science Fiction Adventure Novella – Prequel to the Evan Gabriel Trilogy]
- “Ginger’s Marble” by Erik Gustafson [Horror Short Story]
- Nolander (Emanations) by Becca Mills [Contemporary Fantasy Novel]
- One by One by Phil Tucker [Apocalyptic Novel]
- “Relationship Status” by David Wailing [Science Fiction Short Story]
- @Project Gutenberg:
- Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant [Collection – Fantasy and Mainstream Short Fiction]
- Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, translated by David Wyllie [Weird Novella]
- Tales of Space and Time by H. G. Wells [Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection]
- @Smashwords:
- Five Bullets by K. Writerly [Supernatural Novelette]
- I am Morte by Elyse Draper [Horror Novelette]
- The Red Penny Papers – Spring 2012 [Sensationalist and Fantastical Fiction Magazine]
- “Yew Manor” by Alan Loewen [Contemporary Fantasy Short Story]
Novel Excerpts
- @Baen: Sample Chapters from Queen of Wands by John Ringo [Monster Noir Thriller]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo [Fantasy]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Among Others by Jo Walton [Fantasy]
Other
- @Tor: “Could a Rendezvous With Rama Movie Capture the Scientific Wonder of the Book?” by John Bonner [Comic]
Thanks for the hat tip!
I am the author of Yew Manor and the plan was to switch it from free to $.99 late in the day on Friday, May 26th. However, as it is posted here, so as not to disappoint the readers of this blog, I’ll hold off until June 1st.
Thanks for linking to it and if anybody wants a free copy, please get it ASAP. Enjoy.
Thanks, Alan!