Free SF/F/H Fiction for 10/20/2012

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Chris Beckett has posted his chilling (perhaps an inappropriate word) short story set in a world of changing climate: “Rat Island”.
2. I realized that Nook users haven’t been given enough reason to hate me, thus: “Born Again at Granny’s Cave” on Nook.
3. 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]