Free SF/F/H Fiction for 10/10/2012

Now that Dave Tackett’s Quasar Dragon is back, I obviously need to up my game. I’ve done so by blatantly stealing from Quasar’s Free Fiction listings. Plus, there will be another king-sized free fiction post on Thursday. Take that, Tackett!

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. The last story from Ray Gun Revival (for the time being): “Barbeque” by Michael S. Roberts
2. The first story from Eclipse Online: “The Contrary Gardener” by Christopher Rowe
3. The first story from John Joseph Adam’s Nightmare Magazine: “Property Condemned” by Jonathan Maberry

Written

• Abyss & Apex #44 – 4th Quarter 2012:
  • “Viewed” by N. E. Chenier
  • “Dancing Day” by Lindsey Duncan
  • “Hoarding” by John Glass
  • “Rose Petals, Lavender and Glitter” by Sheila Crosby
  • “Lace Downstairs” by Arkady Martine
  • “They Shall Falter Against the Stone I Become” by Berrien Henderson
  • “Every Body Is More Than Human” by Andrew S. Taylor
• @AE: “Grangy” by Michael Hodges [Science Fiction]
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies #105 – October 4, 2012:
  • “Three Little Foxes” by Richard Parks [Fantasy]
  • “Luck Fish” by Peta Freestone [Fantasy]
• @Black Gate: “The Quintessence of Absence” by Sean McLachlan [Fantasy]
• @Buzzy Mag: “Blue Tag Sale” by Beth Cato [Urban Fantasy]
• @Buzzy Mag: “And Down Will Come Baby, Madmen And All by By” by Damien Walters Grintalis [Science Fiction]
• @Buzzy Mag: “Reformed” by Michael Haynes [Science Fiction]
• @The Colored Lens: “A Land of Deepest Shade” by Francesca Forrest [Slipstream]
• @The Colored Lens: “The Korgun” by David Morel [Fantasy]
• @Cosmos: “Automation of a Salesman” by Gregg Jansen [Science Fiction]
• @Daily Science Fiction: “Mama’s Science” by Shane D. Rhinewald [Slipstream]
• @Daily Science Fiction: “What the Sea Wants” by P. Djeli Clark [Fantasy]
• @Eclipse Online: “The Contrary Gardener” by Christopher Rowe
• Electric Velocipede #24 – Summer 2012:
  • “To Dive Into a Godling, Where Life Begins” by Jacques Barci
  • “Heaven Under Earth” by Aliette de Bodar
  • “For They Heard the First Sound and Trembled” by Jessica Breheny
  • “The Mezzo” by Eli Effinger-Weintraub
  • “Under the Tree” by Tania Hershman
  • “The Leaf” by Erik T. Johnson
  • “Night’s Slow Poison” by Ann Leckie
  • “Cutting” by Ken Liu
  • “The Lotus Eaters” by Michelle Muenzler
• Fusion Fragment #18:
  • “The Benefit Of All” by K.A. Dean [Science Fiction]
  • “The Circuit” by Edward W. Robertson [Science Fiction]
  • “Glass Eyes” by Chris Tepedino [Science Fiction]
• Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #14:
  • “Day’s End at the Three Eels” by Al Onia [Fantasy]
  • “A Song for the New King” by Sam Taylor [Fantasy]
  • “Death and Dignity” by Michael R. Fletcher [Fantasy]
• Kaleidotrope Autumn 2012:
  • “I Am a Being Under Enchantment” by Patricia Russo
  • “Someone Is Eating America’s Chess Masters” by Mary A. Turzillo
  • “A Time Before” by Vincent Pendergast
  • “Rule 88” by Andrew Kaye
  • “The Unwinding House” by Jared Millet
  • “No Woman, No Plaything” by Lisa Shapter
  • “Hostile Universe” by K. Eason
  • “Fall From Grace” by David Tallerman
  • “Dead Merchandise” by Ferrett Steinmetz
• @Lightspeed: “The Black Bird” by David Barr Kirtley [Fantasy]
• @Lightspeed: “Nearly Departed” by Pat Cadigan [Science Fiction]
• Liquid Imagination #14: (all stories also available in audio)
  
  • “The House of Unrighteous Images” by Megan Arkenberg
  • “Love Story” by John Biesecker
  • “The Circle of Stones” by Patrick McCarty
  • “A Head Full of Pigs” by Ken Goldman
• @Mad Scientist Journal: “A Call For Retroaction” by Rebecca L. Brown [Science Fiction]
• @Nightmare: “Property Condemned” by Jonathan Maberry [Horror]
• Niteblade #21 – September 2012:
  • “What We All Heard and What Was Denied” by Mary M. Alexander
  • “Scavengers” by Anna Sykora
  • “The Thing in the Rain” by Jeremy Rozen
  • “Where Dreams are Grown” by Suzanne van Rooyen
• Plasma Frequency #2 – October / November 2012
• @Ray Gun Revival: “Barbeque” by Michael S. Roberts [Science Fiction]
• @The WiFiles: “Terminal” by Sean Hallinan [Science Fiction]
• @Wily Writers: “The Sentinels of San Saba” by H.J. Hill
• @World SF Blog: “Valletta, City of Guilt” by Michael Vella

Written – Serialized

• @Shadow Unit: “Chapter 17: Underworld” by Elizabeth Bear [Science Fiction]
• @Strange Horizons: “In the Library of Souls – Part 2 of 2” by Jennifer Mason-Black
• @Author’s Site: Trust by David Moody – Chapter 22 [“Anti-” Science Fiction]

Audio

• @Beneath Ceaseless Skies: “Worth of Crows” by Seth Dickinson [Fantasy]
• Journey Into… #45 – “Barry Koleman, Hero” by Mur Lafferty
• Liquid Imagination #14:
  • “The House of Unrighteous Images” by Megan Arkenberg
  • “Love Story” by John Biesecker
  • “The Circle of Stones” by Patrick McCarty
  • “A Head Full of Pigs” by Ken Goldman
• @Nightmare: “Property Condemned” by Jonathan Maberry [Horror]
• PodCastle Minature #71 – “We Clever Jacks” by Greg van Eekhout [Fantasy]
• Protecting Project Pulp #10 – Cordwainer Smith [Science Fiction]
• Radio Drama Revival #299 – “The Damned Are Playing at Godzilla’s Tonight” by J. Michael Straczynski [Horror]
• SFFAudio #179 – “The Murders In The Rue Morgue” by Edgar Allan Poe [Horror]
• Toasted Cake #41 – “The Tailor and the Fairy” by Samantha Henderson [Fairy Tale]
• @Wily Writers: “The Sentinels of San Saba” by H.J. Hill

Audio – Serialized

• Classic Tales Podcast #270 – “The Lost World, part 1 of 9” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Science Fantasy]
• Classic Tales Podcast #271 – “The Lost World, part 2 of 9” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Science Fantasy]
• Classic Tales Podcast #272 – “The Lost World, part 3 of 9” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Science Fantasy]
• Classic Tales Podcast #273 – “The Lost World, part 4 0f 9” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Science Fantasy]
• Classic Tales Podcast #274 – “The Lost World, part 5 of 9” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Science Fantasy]
• Classic Tales Podcast #275 – “The Lost World, part 6 of 9” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Science Fantasy]
• Classic Tales Podcast #276 – “The Lost World, part 7 of 9” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Science Fantasy]
• Classic Tales Podcast #277 – “The Lost World, part 8 of 9” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Science Fantasy]
• Classic Tales Podcast #278 – “The Lost World, part 9 of 9” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle [Science Fantasy]
• Scott Sigler – Blood Is Red:
  • Episode #1: Wolf
  • Episode #2: Hunter Hunterson & Sons (Part 1)
  • Episode #3: Hunter Hunterson & Sons (Part 2)
  • Episode #4: Red Man
  • Episode #5: Iowa Typhoon
  • Episode #6: The Great Snipe Hunt, Part 1
  • Episode #7: The Great Snipe Hunt, Part 2
  • Episode #8: “Number One With A Bullet” Part 1
  • Episode #9: “Number One With A Bullet” Part 2
  • Episode #10: “Mt. Fitzroy, Chap. 1”
  • Episode #11: “Sacred Cow”
• @Author’s Site: “The Wreck of the Godspeed – Part Eight” by James Patrick Kelly [Science Fiction]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• @Amazon:
  • Becoming Jolie by Monique O’Connor James [Horror Novel]
  • “Drop Dead Tavern” by Chad P. Brown [Zombie Short Story]
  • Everflame by Dylan Peters [Epic Fantasy Novel]
• Plasma Frequency #2 – October / November 2012 (MOBI, EPUB, PDF) [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
• @Project Gutenberg:
  • “A Traveler in Time” by August William Derleth [Science Fiction Short Story]
  • Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson [Collection of Supernatural Detective Stories]
  • “Desire No More” by Algis Budrys [Science Fiction Short Story]
  • “Exploiter’s End” by James Causey [Science Fiction Short Story]
  • “Luna Escapade” by Horace Brown Fyfe [Science Fiction Short Story]
  • “The Mating of the Moons” by Kenneth O’Hara [Science Fiction Short Story]
  • “Potential Enemy” by Mack Reynolds [Science Fiction Short Story]
  • “Tony and the Beetles” by Philip K. Dick [Science Fiction Short Story]
• @Smashwords:
  • “Broken Angel: A Zombie Love Story” by Joely Sue Burkhart [Horror Short Story]
  • “Half Full – Half Empty” by Matthew L Williams [Science Fiction Adventure Short Story]
  • “Scavenger” by C M Weller [Science Fiction Short Story]

Free Audiobooks (at time of listing)

• @Audible:
  • Legion (unabridged) by Brandon Sanderson [Fantasy Novel]
• @Librivox:
  • A Spaceship Named McGuire by Randall Garrett [Science Fiction Novelette]
  • Hellhounds of the Cosmos by Clifford Simak [Science Fiction Novelette]

Novel Excerpts

• @Titan Books: Excerpt from Lo’Life – Romeo Spikes by Joanne Reay [Supernatural Thriller]

Other

• @Tor: “Finding Your Namesake in a Classic Olaf Stapledon Classic Novel” by John Bonner [Comic]

 

Have suggestions for Free Fiction? Please let me know.