Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 10/23/2012

Thanks go out to QuasarDragon for some links and for distracting the SF Signal Free Fiction squad from internal squabbles.

What’s so special about today’s free fiction?

1. Tor has posted “The Terrible Old Man” by H.P. Lovecraft as part of its Ghost Week.
2. Black Gate is starting off a three-parter with “A Phoenix in Darkness – Part I” by Donald S. Crankshaw
3. I’m making my odd-but-tasty short story, “Vegans Are F**king Delicious”, free on Smashwords through Halloween.

Written

• Aphelion #167:
  • “Obscured by Madness” by Gary W. Feather
  • “From the Depth” by Sam Best
  • “The Crystal Ghost” by Matt Spencer
  • “Living the Lie” by J. I. Charles
  • “Lord of Snakes” by John Rovito
  • “Microwave” by P. C. Van Slyke
  • “In Shadows I’m Gone” by Evan Davies
  • “Indigo Puree” by Connley (Lee) Landers
  • “Sleeping Dogs Lie” by I. Verse
• @Daily Science Fiction: “Trophy Wife” by Samantha Murray [Science Fiction]
• @Legend of the Five Rings: “Seeds of Decay: The Scorpion” by Seth Mason [Fantasy]
• @Lightspeed: “Beyond the Reach of His Gods” by Brian Ruckley [Fantasy]
• @Lightspeed: “Art of War” by Nancy Kress [Science Fiction] (also available in audio)
• @Phantasmacore: “Cool” by James Valvis [Speculative Flash Fiction]
• @Phantasmacore: “-PHILE” by Osmond Arnesto [Speculative Fiction]
• @Phantasmacore: “Naiveté” by Harry F. Kane [Speculative Flash Fiction]
• @Short-story.me: “Breath of Lisetta” by Jordan E. Mierek [Fantasy]
• @Short-story.me: “The Quarry” by Jack Coey [Horror]
• @Short-story.me: “Colors” by Catina Noble [Fantasy]
• @Tor: “The Terrible Old Man” by H.P. Lovecraft [Horror]
• @The WiFiles: “Human/Nature” by Mireille Wells [Science Fiction]
• @Author’s Site: “The Foreigner” by M. Darusha Wehm [Science Fiction] (also available in audio – Toasted Cake)

Written – Serialized

• @Black Gate: “A Phoenix in Darkness” by Donald S. Crankshaw – Part I [Fantasy]
• @Silver Blade: Embers by Salena Casha – Chapter 12 and Epilogue [Fantasy]
• @Author’s Site: Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews – Chapter Four, Part 2 [Contemporary Fantasy]
• @Author’s Site: Trust by David Moody – Chapter 26 [“Anti-” Science Fiction]

Audio

• Beam Me Up #336 [Science Fiction]
• Drabblecast #260 – Trifecta XXIII [Horror]
• Escape Pod #366 – “Some of Them Closer” by Marissa Lingen [Science Fiction]
• @Lightspeed: “Art of War” by Nancy Kress [Science Fiction]
• Podcastle Miniature #72 – “The Best Worst Monster” by Peter S. Beagle [Fantasy]
• Radio Drama Revival #301 – “The Statement of Randolph Carter” by HP Lovecraft, adapted by Horrorscopes [Horror]
• SFFaudio #183 – “Out Of The Storm” by William Hope Hodgson [Horror]
• Toasted Cake #43 – “The Foreigner” by M. Darusha Wehm [Science Fiction] (also available in written form on author’s website)

Audio – Serialized

• @Author’s Site: “THE MVP Episode #2” by Scott Sigler [Science Fiction]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• @Amazon:
  • The Extraordinary Voyage of Jules Verne by Eric Brown [Science Fiction Adventure Novella]
• @Smashwords:
  • “The Lady in the Forest” by Jeanne Olivier [Fantasy Short Story]
  • “Vegans Are F**king Delicious” by Regan Wolfrom [Paranormal / Thriller Short Story]

Free Audiobooks

• @Librivox:
  • “The Ambulance Made Two Trips” by Murray Leinster [Science Fiction Short Story]

Novel Excerpts

• @Suvudu: Excerpt from The Horror in the Museum by H.P. Lovecraft [Horror]
  
• @Tor: Excerpt from Passenger by Andrew Smith [Horror]
• @Tor: Excerpt from Who Could That Be At This Hour? [Lemony Snicket]

Other

• Goblin Fruit Autumn 2012 [Speculative Poetry]