Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 2/23/2013

Due to my state of cat-burglar-like readiness, I hadn’t realized that my arch-nemesis Dave Tackett has been recuperating from a non-free-fiction-related illness. I’m hoping he’ll make a swift and strong recovery.

Meanwhile, I’ve been left with nothing to steal.

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. David D. Levine‘s “One Night in O’Shaughnessy’s Bar”
2. Jason D. Morrow‘s Epic Fantasy Trilogy: The Marenon Chronicles
3. Peter Higgins’ Wolfhound Century (first five chapters)

Written

• @Book View Café: “One Night in O’Shaughnessy’s Bar” by David D. Levine [Science Fiction]
• @Cosmos: “Sleeping Beauty” by Thoraiya Dyer [Science Fiction]
• @Daily Science Fiction: “Five Minutes” by Conor Powers-Smith [Superhero]
• @Gollancz: “Chance – Part 1” by Gavin Smith [Science Fiction]

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows: “Apollyon” by Matthew Wells [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Every Day Fiction: “Recall” by Joschua Beres [Science Fiction Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @Author’s Site: Jaydium by Deborah J. Ross, writing as Deborah Wheeler – Chapter 34 [Fantasy]

Audio

• Cast of Wonders #68 – “Mercurial Skin” by Raechel Henderson [YA Fantasy]
• @Clarkesworld: “Vacant Spaces” by Greg Kurzawa [Science Fiction]
• Pseudopod #322 – “Cry Room” by Ted Kosmatka [Horror]
• Tales To Terrify #59 – Richard Chwedyk [Horror]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• @Amazon:
  • Aetna Rising (A Snowball’s Chance in Hell) by Erik Wecks [Science Fiction Novella]
  • Bound by Blood (The Garner Witch Series) by P.A. Lupton [Contemporary Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
  • Enigma Black by Sara Furlong-Burr [YA Science Fiction Novel]
  • The Marenon Chronicles by Jason D. Morrow: [Epic Fantasy Novel – Trilogy]
    
    • The Deliverer (The Marenon Chronicles Book 1 of 3)
    • The Gatekeeper (The Marenon Chronicles Book 2 of 3)
    • The Reckoning (The Marenon Chronicles Book 3 of 3)
  • “Swift, Brutal Retaliation: A Tor.Com Original” by Meghan McCarron [Fantasy Short Story]

Excerpts

• @io9: First Five Chapters of Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins [Alternate History / Fantasy]
• @Tor: Excerpt from Grand Canyon by Vita Sackville-West [Alternate History]
• @Tor: Excerpt from Written in Red by Anne Bishop [Contemporary Fantasy]