Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 1/18/2013
What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- Yesteryear has a story from David Edward Nell that’s obviously about me (or with my first name, at least)
- Book One of SM Reine’s YA fantasy series, Six Moon Summer…Choo! Choo! You’re gonna wanna hop on board the SM Reine Train (may or may not rhyme depending on pronunciation)
- Tor joins the Hugh Howey Lovefest with an excerpt from Wool.
Written
- @Baen: “Eleutherios” by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller [Science Fiction]
- @Nightmare: “Chew” by Tamsyn Muir [Horror]
- @Tor: “When We Were Heroes” by Daniel Abraham [Fantasy]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows: “Be Patient, Brethren” by Patricia Stewart [Science Fiction Flash]
- @365 tomorrows: “The Scientist” by Meg Everingham [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Casting Call” by Alexandra Grunberg [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Wyrd for Water is Water” by Marie Croke [Fantasy Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction: “Carpe Ianua: Seize the Door” by Maura Glynn-Thami [Fantasy Flash]
- @Nature: “Eros for Annabelle” by Ian Whates [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Yesteryear: “Order and Chaos” by David Edward Nell [Fantasy Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @Paizo: In Red Rune Canyon by Richard Lee Byers – Chapter Two: Among the Dead [Fantasy]
Audio
- Drabblecast #269 – “Bright Lights” by Robert Reed [Science Fiction]
- PodCastle #243 – “Tiger in the BSE” by E. Lily Yu [Fantasy]
Audio – Serialized
- @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Afterlives – #2.4 Fair Game [Fantasy]
- StarShipSofa #272 – Jack Vance Part 1 [Science Fiction]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- Apocalypsis: Book 1 by Elle Casey [YA Post-Apocalyptic Novel – First of Series]
- Awaken (Book One) by Rachel D’Aigle [YA Contemporary Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- CURE (A Strandville Zombie Novel) by Belinda S. Frisch [Zombie Novel]
- Halfskin by Tony Bertauski [Science Fiction Novel]
- Lightning of Her Own (The Bugfall Trilogy) by Levi Montgomery [YA Science Fiction Novel – First of Trilogy]
- The Mall by Bryant Delafosse [Science Fiction Thriller Novel]
- Nirvana Effect by Craig Gehring [Science Fiction Adventure Novel]
- Orb by Gary Tarulli [Science Fiction Novel]
- Six Moon Summer (Seasons of the Moon) by SM Reine [YA Contemporary Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- Souvenir and three more not-quite-straightforward tales by Daniel Kelley [Horror Collection]
- SURRENDER (The Ferryman + The Flame) by Rhiannon Paille [YA Fantasy Novel]
- “Transfection” by David Gaughran [Science Fiction Short Story]
- Whatever Gods May Be by George P. Saunders [Science Fiction Adventure Novel]
- Winter Sparrow by Estevan Vega [Contemporary Fantasy Novel]
Free Audiobooks
- @Librivox: Short Science Fiction Collection 047 [Science Fiction Anthology]
Excerpts
- @Gollancz: Excerpt from Throne of the Crescent Moon by Saladin Ahmed – Chapter Three [Fantasy]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Rebel Angels by Michele Lang [Historical Fantasy]
- @Tor: Excerpt from The Winter Witch by Paula Brackston [Witches]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Wool by Hugh Howey [Science Fiction]