Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 12/05/2012
I so very much stole from the Dastardly Dave Tackett once again. That’ll learn’im for being nice to me.
Written
- @365 tomorrows: “Hard Currency” by Desmond Hussey [Science Fiction Flash]
- @365 tomorrows: “Two’s a Crowd” by Tom Coupland [Science Fiction Flash]
- @AE: “The Mugger’s Hymn” by Julian Mortimer Smith [Science Fiction]
- @AE: “The Fade” by Dylan Sargent [Science Fiction]
- @Anotherealm: “Hello Dolly” by Ahmed A. Khan [Speculative Fiction]
- Antipodean SF #174 – December 2012:
- “Faerie Blues” by Chris Andrews [Speculative Flash]
- “Corporate Body” by D.W. Walker [Speculative Flash]
- “The Past Is A Good Place” by Antoinette Rydyr [Speculative Flash]
- “Solipsism” by Kevin J. Phyland [Speculative Flash]
- “Dogtrap” by Dr. Michael Schaper [Speculative Flash]
- @Aurora Wolf: “In a Dragon’s Age” by Eric J. Juneau [Fantasy]
- @Buzzy Mag: “Paint It Black” by John McIlveen [Horror]
- Clarkesworld #75 – December 2012:
- “Your Final Apocalypse” by Sandra McDonald [Science Fiction]
- “The Wisdom of Ants” by Thoraiya Dyer [Science Fiction]
- “Sweet Subtleties” by Lisa L Hannett [Fantasy]
- @Cosmos: “Head Case” by Kate Orman [Science Fiction]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “A Wizard of the Roads” by Therese Arkenberg [Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Shattered Amber” by Mari Ness [Fantasy Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Show Must” by Matt London [Science Fiction Flash]
- Electric Spec #7.4 – November 30, 2012:
- “Lest They Drink and Forget the Law” by Malon Edwards
- “Wolfshead” by L Young
- “Ximena” by D.L. Young
- “A Magician’s Silver” by Jesse Knifley
- “The Last Car in Town” by Lesley L. Smith
- @Electric Velocipede: “The Woods of Wistman’s Grove” by Tyson Young [Fantasy]
- Expanded Horizons #38 – Dec 2012:
- “Scales as Pale as Moonlight” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- “He Can Pull Out of the Soil and Walk Away” by EA Hopson
- @Every Day Fiction: “The Manticore” by Arthur Lorenz [Fantasy Flash]
- Fear and Trembling #51:
- “A Fixer Upper” by Mark Silcox
- “Song of the Frogs” by M. T. Nagel
- “Unprepared” by Celesta Thiessen
- @Flashes in the Dark: “Toofers” by R.J. Spears [Horror Flash]
- Fusion Fragment #19:
- “The Crows Dance While The Baby Cries” by Daniel Davis
- “Every Breath You Take” by Don Norum
- “Evaporated Government” by John Skylar
- @GigaNotoSaurus: “Deadman Switch” by A.J. Barr [Science Fiction]
- Ideomancer #11.4:
- “Sub” by Sara K. Ellis
- “The Artist in the Tower” by Adam Mills
- “Alterations for Beginners” by Rachel Derksen
- Interstellar Fiction #5:
- “Cold Pride” by James K. Isaac
- “One Good Turn” by Edward H. Park
- “Maximum Law” by Martin Clark
- @Kasma SF: “Salvage in the Void” by Alan Baxter [Science Fiction]
- @Legend of the Five Rings: “War of Hearts” by Nancy Sauer [Fantasy]
- @Lightspeed: “An Accounting” by Brian Evenson [Fantasy]
- @Lightspeed: “The Perfect Match” by Ken Liu [Science Fiction] (also available in audio)
- Luna Station Quarterly #12
- New Myths #21 – December 1, 2012:
- “The Desert of Trees” by Matthew Bennardo
- “The Last Listener” by Eric Cline
- “Foolish Wishes, Fairy Kisses” by Brent Knowles
- “God’s Plan for the Lunar Colony” by Nicholas Whitley
- @New Scientist: “Digital Eyes” by Tamara Rogers [Science Fiction Flash]
- @New Scientist: “S3xD0ll” by Kevlin Henney [Science Fiction Flash]
- Niteblade #22 – December 2012:
- “Tonight, Tonight” by W.P. Johnson
- “The House That Did Not Breathe” by Gwendolyn Edward and Andrew Austin
- “The Garden” by Christopher DeWan
- Perihelion December 2012
- Quantum Muse December 2012
- Residential Aliens #6.7 – December 2012
- @Weird Fiction Review: “The Engine of Desire” by Livia Llewellyn [Horror]
- @Weirdyear: “Frog Fog” by Joshua Dobson [Weird Flash]
- @The WiFiles: “Kodiak” by Walter Campbell [Speculative Humor]
- @World SF Blog: “Ceremony of Innocence” by Armando Salinas
- @Author’s Site: “Fate” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Fantasy]
Written – Serialized
- @Strange Horizons: “America Thief” by Alter S. Reiss – Part 1 of 2 [Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: Jaydiumby Deborah J. Ross writing as Deborah Wheeler: [Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: Trustby David Moody: [“Anti-” Science Fiction]
Audio
- @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Brown Monkey’s Reanimator!
- Beam Me Up #342
- Beware the Hairy Mango #142 – Out Drinking Water With the Boys by Matthew Sanborn Smith
- Cast of Wonders #62 – The Quarrel of the Monkey and the Crab by Yei Theodora Ozaki [Fairy Tale]
- @Clarkesworld: “Your Final Apocalypse” by Sandra McDonald [Science Fiction]
- @Decoder Ring Theatre: “The Red Panda Adventures: The Last Flight of the Valkyrie” [Superhero]
- Escape Pod #372 – Flash Collection [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Lightspeed: “The Perfect Match” by Ken Liu [Science Fiction]
- Pseudopod #310 – “Unfeeling” by J.D. Brink [Horror]
- Radio Drama Revival #307 – “Ghost of a Chance” [Ghost Story]
- @SFFAudio: “The Flying Machine” by Ray Bradbury [Fantasy]
- StarShipSofa #267 – Ted Kosmatka [Science Fiction]
- Tales To Terrify #47 – William Hope Hodgson and William Meikle [Horror]
- Toasted Cake #49 – “Moonlight on the Carpet” by David D. Levine [Fantasy]
Audio – Serialized
- Cthulhu Podcast #138 – “The House on the Borderland, parts 8 & 9” by William Hope Hodgson [Horror]
- @Author’s Site: “THE MVP Episode #8” by Scott Sigler [Science Fiction]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- Seraphim by Jon Michael Kelley [Horror Novel]
- Vampires are from Venus, Werewolves are from Mars: A Comprehensive Guide to Attracting Supernatural Love by Vera Nazarian [Paranormal Parody]
- The Venturi Effect by Andrew Linzee Gordon [Horror Novel]
- Theaker’s Quarterly #42 [Speculative Fiction Magazine – MOBI and PDF]
Free Audiobooks
- @LibriVox:
- Brood of the Dark Moon by Charles W. Diffin [Science Fiction]
Novel Excerpts
- @Black Gate: Excerpt from The Bones of the Old Ones by Howard Andrew Jones – Chapters 1 & 2 [Fantasy]
- @e-reads: Excerpt from The Infinity Concerto by Greg Bear – Chapter One [Science Fiction]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Impulse by Steven Gould [Science Fiction]
- @Tor: Excerpt from The Rise of Ransom City by Felix Gilman [Fantasy]
Other
- @Tor: “The Complex Mathematical Formula Behind Twilight’s Success” by Lucy Knisley [Comic]