Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 11/01/2012
From time to time I dream about Dave Tackett and his Quasar Dragon weeping over how many links of theirs I’ve stolen. I regret nothing.
What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- SQ Mag #5 is ready to go
- I’m once again flogging a Kindle story of mine: “Born Again at Granny’s Cave” (notice – a dead horse was beaten in the making of this entry)
- Black Gate presents the first chapter from Paizo’s upcoming Pathfinder Tales novel by Dave Gross: Queen of Thorns
- Jim Butcher is offering a Chapter One Excerpt from Cold Days.
Written
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Over There” by Dany G. Zuwen [Science Fiction]
- @Every Day Fiction: “Thirsty?” by Jennifer Ripley [Horror Flash]
- @Legend of the Five Rings: “Between the Walls” by Robert Denton [Horror]
- SQ Mag #5 – November 1st, 2012:
- “The Memory Eater” by Holly Day [Dark Fantasy]
- “Azurewrath” by Esme Carpenter [Dark Fantasy]
- “CSS” by Warren Goodwin [Science Fiction]
- “A Debt Called In” by Michael B Fletcher [ Dark Fantasy]
- “Bottlenose” by Larry Lefkowitz [Science Fiction]
- @Yesteryear: “A Pale Green Blade” by William Maier [Fantasy Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @SQ Mag: Avoiding the Searchers by MF Burbaugh – Part 5 of 5 [YA Science Fiction]
Audio
- Drabblecast #262 – “My True Lovecraft Gave to Me” by Eric Lis [Horror]
- @The Drama Pod: Halloween Campfire Stories 2012 – Episode 1 [Horror]
- PodCastle #231 – “Skulls in the Stars” by Robert E. Howard [Fantasy]
- StarShipSofa #262 – Peter Watts [Science Fiction]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- The Book Waitress by Deena Ramiel [Contemporary Fantasy Novella – First of Series]
- “Born Again at Granny’s Cave” by Regan Wolfrom [Contemporary Fantasy Short Story]
- Pray You Die Alone by Andersen Prunty [Horror Collection]
- Rise & Walk by Gregory Solis [Horror Novel]
- @Smashwords:
- Broad Spectrum: The 2012 Broad Universe Fiction Sampler [Speculative Fiction Anthology]
- “Down Jump Blues” by Jim Fogarty [Space Opera Short Story]
Free Audiobooks
- @Librivox:
- Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie [Children’s Fantasy Novel]
Novel Excerpts
- @Black Gate: Excerpt from Queen of Thorns by Dave Gross – Chapter One: The Midsummer Masquerade [Fantasy – Pathfinder Tales]
- @Author’s Site: Excerpt from Cold Days by Jim Butcher – Chapter 1 [Fantasy]
Have suggestions for Free Fiction? Please let me know.
No regrets and think of the deep psychological insight you must have into Bilbo Baggins when he says “I am like a burglar that can’t get away, but must go on miserably burgling the same house day after day”