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?

1. SQ Mag #5 is ready to go
2. 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)
3. Black Gate presents the first chapter from Paizo’s upcoming Pathfinder Tales novel by Dave Gross: Queen of Thorns
4. 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.