Free SF/F/H Fiction for 10/20/2012
What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- Chris Beckett has posted his chilling (perhaps an inappropriate word) short story set in a world of changing climate: “Rat Island”.
- I realized that Nook users haven’t been given enough reason to hate me, thus: “Born Again at Granny’s Cave” on Nook.
- Who doesn’t have Sanderson fever? I hear it’s ravaging parts of Central Ohio with no cure in sight. Tor has an excerpt of his latest novella, The Emperor’s Soul.
Written
- @Cosmos: “Tar Baby” by Trent Jamieson [Science Fiction]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Shimmer” by Amanda C. Davis [Science Fiction]
- @Flashes in the Dark: “Hollow” by Mike McLaren [Horror Flash]
- @Weirdyear: “The Pangs” by Jeff Brandt [Weird Flash]
- @Author’s Site: “The Ocean Goddess and The Home Run Queen” by Regan Wolfrom [Contemporary Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: “Rat Island” by Chris Beckett [Science Fiction]
Written – Serialized
- @Author’s Site: Jaydium by Deborah J. Ross writing as Deborah Wheeler – Chapter 16 [Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: Trust by David Moody – Chapter 25 [“Anti-” Science Fiction]
Audio
- Pseudopod #304 – “The Last Reel” by Lynda E. Rucker [Horror]
- Tales To Terrify #41 – Tim Lebbon [Horror]
Audio – Serialized
- Cast of Wonders #57 – “Empty Pockets (Part 2)” by James Isaac [YA Fantasy]
- Classic Tales Podcast #284 – “Carmilla, Part 3 of 4” by J. Sheridan Le Fanu [Horror]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- Alex by Adam J Nicolai [Horror Novel]
- Death’s Hand (The Descent Series) by SM Reine [Dark Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- Dreams Unleashed by Linda Hawley [Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series]
- Evolution by Kelly Carrero [YA Science Fiction Novel – First of Series]
- Rippler (The Ripple Trilogy) by Cidney Swanson [YA Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- Shrouded in Darkness (Shrouded Series) by H.D. Thomson [Contemporary Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- The Smoke Riders (Otherside Tales) by S. W. Heaton III [Fantasy Novel]
- The White Tree (The Cycle of Arawn) by Edward W. Robertson [Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- @Barnes & Noble:
- “2105” by Shana Rae [Science Fiction Short Story]
- “Born Again at Granny’s Cave” by Regan Wolfrom [Urban Fantasy Short Story]
- The Homecoming Masquerade by Spencer Baum [Vampire Novel]
- The Time Machine by H.G. Wells [Science Fiction Novel]
- @Project Gutenberg:
- A Dreamer’s Tales by Lord Dunsany [Fantasy Collection – from 1910]
- Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany [Fantasy Collection – from 1915]
- The Gods of Pegana by Lord Dunsany [Fantasy Collection – from 1905]
- Time and the Gods by Lord Dunsany [Fantasy Collection – from 1905]
Novel Excerpts
- @Tor: Excerpt from The Emperor’s Soul by Brandon Sanderson [Fantasy]