Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 2/28/2013

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Tor has “The Memory Coder” by Jessica Brody
2. Every Day Fiction has a short fantasy flash: “Drawn to the Glow” by K.C. Ball
3. 19 Nocturne Boulevard wraps up the third and final season of Afterlives with #3.3 – Laid to Rest / Final Faith
4. The next excerpt in my Cast of Characters from After The Fires Went Out: Coyote.

Written

• @Nightmare: “Blackbirds” by Norman Partridge [Horror] (also available in audio)
• @Tor: “The Memory Coder” by Jessica Brody [Science Fiction]

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows: “Floribunda” by Jae Miles [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Daily Science Fiction: “I Heard You Got a Cat, I Heard You Named Him Charles” by M. Bennardo [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Every Day Fiction: “Drawn to the Glow” by K.C. Ball [Fantasy Flash]
• @Flashes in the Dark: “An Honest Explanation” by Michael Pelosi [Horror Flash]
• @Nature: “Tumbleweeds and indelicate questions” by John P. Murphy [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Yesteryear: “The Children of Passivity” by Ken Poyner [Fantasy Flash]

Audio

• @Nightmare: “Blackbirds” by Norman Partridge [Horror]
• StarShipSofa #278 – Theodora Goss [Science Fiction]

Audio – Serialized

• @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Afterlives – #3.3 – Laid to Rest / Final Faith [Fantasy]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• @Amazon:
  • 100 Unfortunate Days by Penelope Crowe [Horror Novel]
  • Dawn of the Tiger by Gus Frazer [Science Fiction Adventure Novel]
  • Dragon Badge by Scott Moon [Urban Fantasy Novel]
  • Forsaken – A Novel of Art, Evil, and Insanity by Andrew Van Wey [Horror Novel]
  • Keys to the Coven (Demonic Intervention Series) by Vicky Loebel [Contemporary Fantasy Novel]
  • The Riddler’s Gift: First Tale of the Lifesong by Greg Hamerton [Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
• @Project Gutenberg: The Devil in Iron by Robert E. Howard [Conan the Cimmerian Novelette – from 1934]
• @Smashwords: Everything and Nothing: a prequel to Dog Blood by David Moody [Horror Novelette]

Excerpts

• @Tor: Excerpt from The Shadow War by Rod Rees [Science Fiction]
• @Author’s Site: An Excerpt from After The Fires Went Out: Coyote by Regan Wolfrom – Cast of Characters: Lisa [Post-Apocalyptic]