Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 2/13/2013

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. AE Science Fiction presents “Approaching One” by C. Lenz
2. Lightspeed has Robert Reed‘s “Eight Episodes” in written and audio
3. The World SF Blog features South African author Henrietta Rose-Innes
4. 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]