Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 3/21/2013
After being informed by my wife that I was not allowed to do any “work” on our family vacation, I spent the past two weeks neglecting each and every one of you. So there’s a backlog that we’ll get through over the next four days. We’d better get started!
What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- Thanks to a note from Cattfish: The first issue of Galaxy’s Edge, edited by Mike Resnick
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #116 – March 7, 2013
- Lovecraft eZine #22 – February 2013
Written
- @Apex: “Weaving Dreams” (revised) by Mary Robinette Kowal [Fantasy]
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #116 – March 7, 2013: (also available as eBook)
- “A Family for Drakes” by Margaret Ronald [Fantasy]
- “Bakemono, or The Thing That Changes” by A.B. Treadwell [Fantasy]
- @Cosmos: “Soul Song” by Frankie Seymour [Science Fiction]
- @Eclipse Online: “Loss, with Chalk Diagrams” by E. Lily Yu [Science Fiction
- Galaxy’s Edge #1 – March 2013:
- “The Shoulders of Giants” by Robert J. Sawyer [Science Fiction]
- “Schrödinger’s Cathouse” by Kij Johnson [Science Fiction]
- “Creator of the Cosmos Job Interview Today” by Nick DiChario [Science Fiction]
- “Just a Second” by Lou J. Berger [Science Fiction]
- “Act of God” by Jack McDevitt [Science Fiction]
- “Requiem for a Druid” by Alex Shvartsman [Fantasy]
- “The Bright Seas of Venus” by Stephen Leigh [Meta]
- “The Spinach Can’s Son” by Robert T. Jeschonek [Surreal]
- “Think Like a Dinosaur” by James Patrick Kelly [Science Fiction]
- @Lightspeed: “The Bolt Tightener” by Sarena Ulibarri [Fantasy]
- @Lightspeed: “Three Days of Rain” by Holly Phillips [Science Fiction]
- Lovecraft eZine #22 – February 2013: [Lovecraftian Horror]
- “The Dance” by Robin Spriggs
- “Maybe the Stars” by Samantha Henderson
- “The Pyramid Spider” by Simon Kurt Unsworth
- “Powers of Air and Darkness” by Don Webb
- “Verbapeutic” by Joe Nazare
- “The Masked Messenger” by David Conyers & John Goodrich
- @Mad Scientist Journal: “Blood Tests, Types and Ties” by Kate Elizabeth [Vampires]
- @Nightmare: “The Infernal History of the Ivybridge Twins” by Molly Tanzer [Horror]
- @Strange Horizons: “Town’s End” by Yukimi Ogawa [Fantasy]
- @Tor: “Border Dogs: A SEAL Team 666 Adventure” by Weston Ochse [Fantasy]
- @Tor: “Terrain” by Genevieve Valentine [Steampunk Western]
- @Weird Fiction Review: “The Black Pool” by Frederick Stuart Greene [Horror]
- @The WiFiles: “Planet 239” by Jeremiah Sater [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: “The Life and Deaths of Rachel Long” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Urban Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: “Sing” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: “Three Vignettes” by Alastair Reynolds [Science Fiction]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows: [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Flip Man” by James Zahardis
- “For The One Who Has Everything” by Xauri’EL Zwaan
- “Ghost In The Machine” by Clint Wilson
- “Self Defense” by Patricia Stewart
- @Daily Science Fiction:
- “Hazel Tree” by Melissa Mead [Twisted Fairy Tale Flash]
- “Hope, Shattered” by Brian R. McDowell [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction:
- “The Day My Neighbor Amputated One of My Grandmother’s Limbs” by Chance Lee [Surreal Flash]
- “The Nymph of Limantour” by J. J. Roth [Fantasy Flash]
- “The Tattered Veil” by dj barber [Science Fiction Flash
- “Violet Hill” by Sam Westreich [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Flashes in the Dark: [Horror Flash]
- “Mr. Thompson’s Garden” by Brian J. Smith
- “No Witness” by E.F. Schraeder
- @Nature: “Canopy of skulls” by Beth Cato [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Yesteryear: “The Storm” by Christopher Grey [Fantasy Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @Black Gate: The Sealord’s Successor by Aaron Bradford Starr – Part II [Fantasy]
- @The Colored Lens: Eight of Swords by Darja Malcolm-Clarke – Part 2 [Slipstream]
- @Galaxy’s Edge: Dark Universe by Daniel F. Galouye – Part 1 [Science Fiction]
- @Paizo: Bastard, Sword by Tim Pratt: [Fantasy]
Audio
- @Beneath Ceaseless Skies: “Bakemono, or The Thing That Changes” by A.B. Treadwell [Fantasy]
- Beware the Hairy Mango #149 – “The Piñata Club” by Matthew Sanborn Smith [Mangañata Grande]
- Cast of Wonders #70 – “A Song for the Season” by Eliza Hirsch [YA Fantasy]
- Drabblecast #274 – “Amid the Words of War” by Cat Rambo [Science Fiction]
- Escape Pod #386 – “Finished” by Robert Reed [Science Fiction]
- Journey Into #63 – “The Age-Old Question” by Christopher Munroe [Science Fiction]
- @Lightspeed: “The Bolt Tightener” by Sarena Ulibarri [Fantasy]
- PodCastle #250 – “Logic and Magic in the Time of the Boat Lift” by Cat Rambo and Ben Burgis [Fantasy]
- Pseudopod #324 – “Wings” by Nathaniel Lee [Horror]
- StarShipSofa #279 – Rachel Swirsky [Science Fiction]
- @Strange Horizons: “Town’s End” by Yukimi Ogawa [Fantasy]
- Tales To Terrify #61 – Renee Hall Copper Smith [Horror]
- Toasted Cake #62 – “The Cold Beyond the Pools” by Steven R. Stewart [Science Fiction]
Audio – Serialized
- @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Dick Dynamo the Fifth Dimensional Man! – Episode 1 – The Organic Nightmare [Science Fiction Comedy]
- @Author’s Site: The MVP by Scott Sigler: [Science Fiction]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- Agent of Change (Liaden Universe) by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller [Space Opera Novel]
- How To Save The World: An Alien Comedy by Charles Fudgemuffin [Science Fiction Comedy Novel]
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #116 – March 7, 2013 [Fantasy – EPUB, MOBI, PDF]
- @Project Gutenberg: The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum [Novel from Oz]
Excerpts
- @Gollancz: Extracts from Wolfhound Century by Peter Higgins: [Alternate History / Fantasy]
There were quite a few free Baen classics on Amazon this weekend. I picked up The Course of Empire, On Basilisk Station, and With the Lightnings, as well as Agent of Change.
I like the (relatively) recent splitting of the list to show flash fiction, short stories, novellas, etc separately. That is helpful to readers.
Similarly, I’d suggest separating original stories from reprints. I’m sure that would create more work, unfortunately…
Galaxy’s Edge is surprisingly good. The reprints are A material, and the newcomers are quite nice too. The non-fiction part is solid. The serialized novel has some amazing world building.
Didn’t quite get “Creator of the Cosmos Job Interview Today”, but it started very promissing. The ending just didn’t make sense to me.