Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 2/13/2013
What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- AE Science Fiction presents “Approaching One” by C. Lenz
- Lightspeed has Robert Reed‘s “Eight Episodes” in written and audio
- The World SF Blog features South African author Henrietta Rose-Innes
- Mary Robinette Kowal has given us all a gift for her 44th birthday: a novelette online or as a free eBook. Do not squander it.
Written
- @AE: “Approaching One” by C. Lenz [Science Fiction]
- @The Colored Lens: “The Forest Gate” by Conor Powers-Smith [Fantasy]
- @Lightspeed: “Eight Episodes” by Robert Reed [Science Fiction] (also available in audio)
- @Lightspeed: “Abyssus Abyssum Invocat” by Genevieve Valentine [Fantasy]
- @Round Table Podcast: “The Verdigris Set” by Emma Newman [Urban Fantasy] (also available in audio)
- @World SF Blog: “Poison” by Henrietta Rose-Innes [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: The Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal [Science Fiction] (also available as eBook)
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows: “The Hand You’re Dealt” by Sierra Corsetti [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Wildness and Wet” by Lee Hallison [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Flashes in the Dark: “The Broken Heart Police” by Ian Florida
Audio
- @Lightspeed: “Eight Episodes” by Robert Reed [Science Fiction]
- @Round Table Podcast: “The Verdigris Set” by Emma Newman [Urban Fantasy]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- Anon by Peter Giglio [Horror Novel]
- Arcadia’s Gift (Arcadia Trilogy) by Jesi Lea Ryan [YA Science Fiction Novel – First of Series]
- The Duke’s Handmaid (Book 1 of the Ascendancy Trilogy) by Caprice Hokstad [Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- Evil Eight, Eight Tales of Horror by Christine Dougherty [Horror Collection]
- Fearless (King Series) by Tawdra Kandle [Horror Novel]
- The Grey Tier (Essence # 1) by Michele Scott [Paranormal Thriller – First of Series]
- Imaginary Friends by Darren Pillsbury [Contemporary Fantasy Novel]
- The Oldest Living Vampire Tells All by Rod Redux [Vampire Novella]
- @Project Gutenberg:
- “The Monkey’s Paw” by W. W. Jacobs [Horror Short Story – from 1902]
- @Author’s Site: The Lady Astronaut of Mars by Mary Robinette Kowal [Science Fiction – EPUB, MOBI, PDF]
Excerpts
- @Gollancz: Extract from Dreams and Shadows by C. Robert Cargill – Chapter One [Fantasy]
- @Tor: Excerpt from The Cats of Tanglewood Forest by Charles de Lint and Charles Vess [Fantasy – Ages 9-12]
- @Tor: Excerpt from The Different Girl by Gordon Dahlquist [Science Fiction – Ages 12 and up]
Tim Pratt is giving away free Marla Manson short stories this month, every tuesday, to help promote his Kickstarter project to write a new book.
There are two already up: http://www.timpratt.org/?p=1635 http://www.timpratt.org/?p=1628
Good stuff!