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?
- Tor has posted “The Terrible Old Man” by H.P. Lovecraft as part of its Ghost Week.
- Black Gate is starting off a three-parter with “A Phoenix in Darkness – Part I” by Donald S. Crankshaw
- 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]
