Free SF/F/H Fiction for 7/4/2012
Written
- Abyss & Apex #43 – 3rd Quarter 2012:
- “In Dust and Feathers” by Emi Makanry [Fantasy]
- “Crazy” by Sarah A. Drew [Science Fiction]
- “Bodhisattva Breath” by Laura Lee McArdle [Science Fiction]
- “The Last Love of the Infinity Age” by Peter Darbyshire [Science Fiction]
- “The Anubis Plague” by Gary Cuba [Science Fiction]
- “The Agreement” by Mari Ness [Fantasy]
- @Anotherealm: “The Wall” by Barton Paul Levenson [Fantasy]
- Apex #38 – July 2012:
- “The Silk Merchant” by Ken Liu [Science Fiction]
- “Ironheart” by Alec Austin [Horror]
- “Coyote Gets His Own Back” by Sarah Monette [Dark Fantasy]
- “Wolf Trapping” by Kij Johnson [Horror]
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #98 – June 28, 2012:
- “Lady Marmalade” by E. Catherine Tobler [Fantasy] (also available as EPUB)
- @Buzzy Mag: “A Hero’s Wish” by Scott T. Barnes [Fantasy]
- @Buzzy Mag: “The Hidden People” by Resa Nelson [Fantasy]
- Clarkesworld #70 – July 2012:
- “Astrophilia” by Carrie Vaughn [Science Fiction]
- “The Switch” by Sarah Stanton [Science Fiction]
- “Iron Ladies, Iron Tigers” by Sunny Moraine [Science Fiction]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Dark Roads for the Eternal Ruler” by Eric James Stone [Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Peas, Plots, and Peril” by Melissa Mead [Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Midnight Knock Again” by Patricia Russo [Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Taking Care of Ma” by Lee Hallison [Science Fiction]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Watchmaker’s Gift” by Rich Matrunick [Fantasy]
- @Flash Fiction Online: “The Mirror With Six Faces” by David Glen Larson [Fantasy]
- @Flash Fiction Online: “A Pretty Quarrel” by Lord Dunsany [Fantasy]
- @GigaNotoSaurus: “The Navigator and the Sky” by Ian McHugh [Fantasy] (also available as EPUB)
- Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #13:
- “A Game of Chess” by David Pilling [Fantasy]
- “Renegade” by Alex Marshall [Fantasy]
- “Dance Upon Sand” by Seamus Bayne [Fantasy]
- International Speculative Fiction #0 – June 2012
- Kaleidotrope Summer 2012:
- “Plurality” by Samuel Mae [Science Fiction]
- “Children of the Earth” by Ben Godby [Science Fiction]
- “Extended Periods of Absence” by James Bloomer [Science Fiction]
- “Chasing Horizons” by Eric Landreneau [Fantasy]
- “Junk” by R.D. Kimball [Fantasy]
- “Sent” by Joshua Pabon [Horror]
- “A Dancer for Aonou” by Eliza Hirsch [Fantasy]
- “The Sleeping Beauty Symphony” by Django Mathijsen [Science Fiction]
- “The Mechanic” by Eliza Victoria [Science Fiction]
- “Sloth” by Don Jolly [Fantasy]
- Lightspeed #26 – July 2012:
- “Requiem in the Key of Prose” by Jake Kerr [Science Fiction] (also available in audio)
- “Ghost River Red” by Aidan Doyle [Fantasy]
- @Mad Scientist Journal: “A Critique of Vorchek’s Holobiologia” by Jeffery Scott Sims [Science Fiction]
- @Nature: “Celestial bodies” by Ken Liu [Science Fiction]
- @Ray Gun Revival: “Captain Quasar and the Noble Gases of the Epsilon 7 Star Cluster” by Milo James Fowler [Science Fiction]
- Redstone Science Fiction #26 – July 2012:
- “Skin Deep” by Vylar Kaftan [Science Fiction]
- “We Can Remember It For You Retail” by Mary E. Lowd [Science Fiction]
- Residential Aliens #6.4 – July 2012:
- “Gears, Grease, and a Little Bit of Magic” by H. A. Titus [Steampunk]
- “Guest Lecture” by Mickey Hunt [Zombies]
- “The Last Bluebird of Happiness” by Louis N. Gruber [Science Fantasy]
- “Lizard Men” by D. L. Olson [Fantasy]
- “The Last Sentinel” by Johne Cook [Science Fiction]
- @Strange Horizons: “Comes the Huntsman” by Rachael Acks [Fantasy]
- @Weird Fiction Review: “The Magician’s Apprentice” by Tamsyn Muir [Dark Fantasy]
- @Weirdyear: “Doug” by Liz Rivera [Weird Flash]
- @Yesteryear: “A Cosmological Battle” by Susan Dale [Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: “Burial Detail” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Fantasy]
Written – Serialized
- @Beneath Ceaseless Skies: “Death and the Thunderbird, Pt. II” by Michael J. DeLuca [Fantasy] (also available as EPUB)
- @DarkFuse: “Collected Songs of Sonnelion (Chapter 18)” by Lee Thompson [Horror]
- @DarkFuse: “Collected Songs of Sonnelion (Chapter 19)” by Lee Thompson [Horror]
- @Philippine Genre Stories: “The Wish Trade: The Mermaid’s Voice (Part 1)” by Ria Lu [Fantasy]
- @Ray Gun Revival: “The Worker Prince – Epilogue” by Bryan Thomas Schmidt [Science Fiction]
- @Ray Gun Revival: “Thieves’ Honor – Episode 19: Trial by Fire, Part 3” by Keanan Brand [Science Fiction]
- @Silver Blade: “We Apologize for the Interruption – Part 2” by Eliyanna Kaiser [Science Fiction]
Audio
- Beware the Hairy Mango #133 – On a Clear Jay [Mangothropy]
- @Clarkesworld: “Astrophilia” by Carrie Vaughn [Science Fiction]
- Escape Pod #351 – “113 Feet” by Josh Roseman [Science Fiction]
- @Lightspeed: “Requiem in the Key of Prose” by Jake Kerr [Science Fiction]
- PodCastle #214 – “We Never Talk About My Brother” by Peter S. Beagle [Fantasy]
- Pseudopod #288 – “The White Dog” by Fyodor Sologub [Horror]
- Radio Drama Revival #285 – Titanium Rains Down on Us [Science Fiction]
- StarShipSofa #244 – Peter Watts [Science Fiction]
- Tales To Terrify #25 – Kim Newman [Horror]
- Toasted Cake #27 – “The Excision” by Nicole M. Taylor
Audio – Serialized
- @Author’s Site: “THE ALL-PRO Episode #36” by Scott Sigler [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: “The Last Judgment – Part Six” by James Patrick Kelly [Science Fiction]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- Eerie by Blake & Jordan Crouch [Horror Novel]
- Paths to Divinity by Joseph DiCristofano [Horror Collection]
- The Sword and the Dragon 2012 Revised (The Wardstone Trilogy Book One) by M. R. Mathias [Epic Fantasy Novel]
- WhiteSpace: Episode 3 by Sean Platt and David Wright [Science Fiction Novel – Book Three of Series]
- @Smashwords:
- 8 Fantasy Flashes by Richard Kerr [Fantasy Flash Collection]
- “All Flesh Is Grass” by S. A. Barton [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Not Even Once” by Regan Wolfrom [Science Fiction Flash]
Novel Excerpts
- @io9: Excerpt from Terminal Point by K.M. Ruiz [Science Fiction]
- @Paizo: Sample Chapter from Nightglass by Liane Merciel [Fantasy]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Wake of the Bloody Angel by Alex Bledsoe [Fantasy]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Doctor Who: Shada by Gareth Roberts [Science Fiction]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Stormdancer by Jay Kristoff [Steampunk]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Spark by Amy Kathleen Ryan [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: Excerpt from The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross [Science Fiction]
SF Signal readers may be interested in a free science fiction novel in Kindle (mobi) format that we’re giving away (follow the link for details) during the month of July over at Prometheus Unbound. There’s also a signed paper copy to be won. The book is Withur We by Matthew Bruce Alexander. I hope y’all don’t mind my posting about this here.