Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 12/22/2012

Yes, I admit it. More theft from Dave Tackett despite the rumour that his links are laced with Ghost Chili Powder. Do not get any of it in your eyes.

I doubt I’ll be doing up any posts for the next few days as Festivus begins tomorrow and in my family it runs until I sober up… let’s call it middle of next week. You know what to do if you’re missing me.

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. The Revelator continues after a long pause with a special We ❤ Lovecraft Issue.
2. David Moody wraps up his “Anti-” Science Fiction novel Trust with two chapters and an epilogue.
3. Words cannot describe the oddities that are Randy Porter’s novelettes.

Written

• @Buzzy Mag: “The Call Of The Golden Gate” by Daniel Powell [Horror]
• @Cosmos: “The Memory of Touch” by Barbara Krasnoff [Science Fiction]
• @Daily Science Fiction: “So Far Faithful” by Sarah Kanning [Science Fiction]
• @Electric Velocipede: “Glass Boxes and Clockwork Gods” by Damien Walters Grintalis [Horror]
• @Enchanted Conversation: “The Talking Cat” by Laura Beasley [Fairy Tale]
• The Revelator #137.1 – Special We ❤ Lovecraft Issue:
  • “More Dark” by Laird Barron [Weird]
  • “Lovecraft in Brooklyn” by Meghan McCarron [Weird]
• @Weird Fiction Review: “Poppies” by Megan Lee Beals [Weird]
• @Weird Fiction Review: “Portrait of a Chair” by Reggie Oliver [Weird]

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows: “Up In Arms” by Desmond Hussey [Science Fiction Flash]
• @365 tomorrows: “It’s Rude to Talk About Religion” by Kevin Crisp [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Daily Science Fiction: “The Subatomic Fiber-Optic Deconstruction/Construction Transportation Chamber” by Dylan Otto Krider [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Eschatology: “Magick Man” by Joseph Rubas [Horror Flash]
• @Weirdyear: “Never Tease the Devil” by Brent Rankin [Weird Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @Paizo: Thieves Vinegar by Kevin Andrew Murphy [Fantasy]:
  • Chapter Three: Still Life with Snuffbox
• @Author’s Site: Jaydium by Deborah J. Ross writing as Deborah Wheeler [Fantasy]:
  • Chapter 25
• @Author’s Site: Trust by David Moody [“Anti-” Science Fiction]:
  • Chapter 43
  • Chapter 44
  • Epilogue

Audio

• @Boxcars711: Mind Well The Tree [Horror]
• Drabblecast B-Sides #18 – “On the Vinegar Valves of Venus” by Frank Key [Science Fiction Comedy]
• Pseudopod #313 – “The Dead Sexton” by J. Sheridan Le Fanu [Horror]
• Radio Drama Revival #310 – Welcoming in the Mayan Llamageddon [Apocalyptic Comedy]
• Relic Radio #H478 – Two Little Punctures [Horror]
• Tales To Terrify #50 – A.M. Burrage [Horror]

Audio – Serialized

• @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Afterlives #1.6 – Life Has Grave Consequences [Fantasy]
• Cast of Wonders #65 – The Great Game Part 7 – The Mustard Wyrm by James Vachowski [YA Historical Fantasy]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• @Amazon:
  • Apocalypse 13 (Padwolf 13), edited by Diane Raetz [Science Fiction Anthology]
  • Brother’s Keeper by Glen Krisch [Post-Apocalyptic Novella]
  • Déjà Vu (The Saskia Brandt Series Book One) by Ian Hocking [Science Fiction Thriller Novel – First of Series]
  • The Fire At The Gates by Bruno Flexer [Dark Fantasy Novelette]
  • Fox’s Bride by A.E. Marling [Contemporary Fantasy Novel]
  • Here Lies Death by Harlan Vaughn [Contemporary Fantasy Novel]
  • “Late: a ghostly tale” by Louise West [Horror Short Story]
  • Legend of Zero (After Earth) by Thistle Sterling [Military Science Fiction Novel]
  • Lichgates: Book One of the Grimoire Trilogy by S.M. Boyce [YA Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
  • “Mother of Darkness” (Comes a Dark Crown for a Dark Child) by Peter de Lannoy [Fantasy Short Story]
  • The Necromancer’s Lair by Michael Kingswood [Epic Fantasy Novella]
  • Soldier of the Brell by David Scholes [Science Fiction Adventure Novella]
  • The Universal Mirror by Gwen Perkins [Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
• @Concatenation: “NPG’S Policy on Authorship: Important change to submission criteria” by Jordan Suchow [Science Fiction Short Story – PDF]
• @Smashwords:
  • The Medulla Oblongata Affair (A Mort Mann Zombie Mystery) by Randy Porter [Zombie Comedy Novelette]
  • The Man Who Was Dead by Randy Porter [Fantasy Comedy Novelette]
  • Homeless Willie and the Pigeons of Fremont Street by Randy Porter [Vampire Comedy Novelette]

Novel Excerpts

• @Tor: Excerpt from Breaking Point by Kristen Simmons [YA Science Fiction]