Free SF/F/H Fiction for 10/17/2012
The nefarious Dave Tackett of QuasarDragon has decided on escalation with his band of super-ninja spies. I will not be cowed.
What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- A short story from Weird Fiction Review that’s weird and creepy… in a good way: “It’s a Good Life” by Jerome Bixby
- Scott Sigler starts off his latest audio serial: “THE MVP Episode #1”
- Snackreads, featuring “fun, bite-sized ebooks”, debuts with Scorched Supper on New Niger by Suzy McKee Charnas
Written
- @365 tomorrows: “Gamberol’s Clock” by Alex Grover [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Caput Mortuum” by Andrew Kaye [Medieval Fantasy]
- Innsmouth Magazine #11:
- “Prayer to the Priest of Dreams” by Josh Storey
- “The Dark Island” by William Meikle
- “The Drowned Ballet is Gone” by Kirsten Alene
- “The Boston Look” by Evan Dicken
- “Charlotte Babbage and the Engine of Liberia” by Andrew G. Dombalagian
- “Dinner at Majak’s” by Nghi Vo
- @Philippine Genre Stories: “The New Daughter” by Dean Francis Alfar [Fantasy]
- Residential Aliens #6.6 – October 2012:
- “Silence of the Imbeciles” by John C. Conway [Speculative Fiction]
- “The Light in Everything” by Dan Grace [Speculative Fiction]
- “Masters of the Earth” by Margaret Karmazin [Science Fiction]
- “The Newborn” by Alex Mellen [Science Fiction]
- @Strange Horizons: “The Lord of Discarded Things” by Lavie Tidhar [Science Fiction]
- @Weird Fiction Review: “It’s a Good Life” by Jerome Bixby [Weird]
Written – Serialized
- @Red Penny Papers:
- Black Medicine Thunder and the Sons of Chaos by Aaron Polson – Episode One – Episode Two – Episode Three – Episode Four [Horror Western]
- Phantasy Moste Grotesk by Felicity Dowker – Episode One – Episode Two – Episode Three [Weird]
- The Sons of Chaos and the Desert Dead by Aaron Polson – Episode One – Episode Two – Episode Three – Episode Four [Horror Western]
Audio
- @Dramapod: “The House In Cypress Canyon” by Robert L Richards [Horror]
- @Dramapod: “Zero Hour” by Ray Bradbury [Science Fiction]
- Protecting Project Pulp #13 – Tim Powers [Science Fiction]
Audio – Serialized
- @Author’s Site: “THE MVP Episode #1” by Scott Sigler [Science Fiction]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- “Greener Grass” by Michael J. Sullivan [Science Fiction Short Story]
- “The Viscount and the Witch” by Michael J. Sullivan [Fantasy Short Story]
- @Smashwords:
- “From Man to Man” by D. E. M. Emrys [Fantasy Short Story]
- The Survivor Chronicles by Erica Stevens – Parts 1-9 – Part 10, Carl – Part 11, Al – Part 12, Xander [Apocalyptic Science Fiction Serial]
- @Snackreads (MOBI, EPUB, PDF):
- Scorched Supper on New Niger by Suzy McKee Charnas [Science Fiction Novelette]
Free Audiobooks
- @Librivox:
- Omega: The Last Days of the World by Camille Flammarion [Science Fiction Novel]
Novel Excerpts
- @Gollancz: Extract from Red Country – Chapter One by Joe Abercrombie [Fantasy]
- @Gollancz: Extract from Red Country – Chapter Two by Joe Abercrombie [Fantasy]
- @io9: Excerpt from Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore – Chapter One by Robin Sloan [Fantastical Mystery]
- @Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist: Extract from The Unholy Consult by R. Scott Bakker [Epic Fantasy]
Have suggestions for Free Fiction? Please let me know.
