Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 3/23/2013

Posted on March 23, 2013 by Regan Wolfrom in Free Fiction // 0 Comments

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

Beneath Ceaseless Skies #117 – March 21, 2013
Gollancz has “Tales of the Seven Djinni: The Tale of the Third Bandit” by Mike Cary, Linda Cary & Louise Carey
Indiana University Archives features Three Stories by CL Moore

Beneath Ceaseless Skies #117 – March 21, 2013: (also available as eBook)
- “Armistice Day” by Marissa Lingen [Fantasy]
- “Blood Remembers” by Alec Austin [Fantasy]
@Buzzy Mag: “The Clean War” by Shelly Li and Ken Liu [Science Fiction]
@Gollancz: “Tales of the Seven Djinni: The Tale of the Third Bandit” by Mike Cary, Linda Cary & Louise Carey [Fantasy]
@Legend of the Five Rings: “Collaborations” by Shawn Carman [Fantasy]
@Daily Science Fiction: “Copper and Steel” by Lynette Mejia [Science Fiction]
@Indiana University Archives: Three Stories by CL Moore [Speculative Fiction] (also available in PDF)
@Lightspeed: “Ash Minette” by Felicity Savage [Fantasy]
@Lightspeed: “Let’s Take This Viral” by Rich Larson [Science Fiction] (also available in audio)
@Nightmare: “The Sign in the Moonlight” by David Tallerman [Horror]
@Short-Story.me: “The Last King of the Werewolves” by Christopher Bleakley [Science Fiction]
@Tor: “The Hanging Game” by Helen Marshall [Fantasy]
@Wily Writers: “Waking the Taniwha” by Dan Rabarts [Fantasy] (also available in audio)

@365 tomorrows: [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Almost Human” by George R. Shirer
- “Eviction Notice” by Desmond Hussey
- “Steampunk” by David Stevenson
- “Traveller’s Mistake” by Duncan Shields
@Daily Science Fiction:
- “Fidelity” by Ben Heldt [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Gullible Georgine Agravaine” by Michael J. Greenhut [Fantasy Flash]
- “Doctor was Madman, Family Man” by Paul Blonsky [Superhero Flash]
@Every Day Fiction:
- “Abasteron House” by Paula Cappa [Horror Flash]
- “Cannath’s Coins” by Jude-Marie Green [Fantasy Flash]
- “Not the Pizza Girl” by Michelle Ann King [Fantasy Flash]
- “The Sphinx Approaches” by Carl Steiger [Fantasy Flash]
@Flashes in the Dark: [Horror Flash]
- “The New Postmaster Comes to Town” by Gerard Mulligan
- “Ornitho-Logic” by James Zahardis
@Nature: “The lucky ones” by Andrew David Thaler [Science Fiction Flash]

@Legend of the Five Rings: Sins of the Father by Robert Denton: [Fantasy]
@Silver Blade: The Guild of Swordsmen by Kristin Janz – Part 8 [Fantasy]

@Beneath Ceaseless Skies: “Boat in Shadows, Crossing” by Tori Truslow [Fantasy]
@Clarkesworld: “The Last Survivor of the Great Sexbot Revolution” by A.C. Wise [Science Fiction]
Drabblecast #275 – “A Riddle in Nine Syllables” by Carrie Vaughn [Science Fiction]
Dunesteef #140 – “Linger” by Sam Schreiber [Dark Fantasy]
Escape Pod #387 – “Perspective” by Jake Kerr [Science Fiction]
@Lightspeed: “Let’s Take This Viral” by Rich Larson [Science Fiction]
@Nightmare: “The Sign in the Moonlight” by David Tallerman [Horror]
PodCastle #251 – “Throwing Stones” by Mishell Baker [Fantasy]
PodCastle Miniature #73 – “Doctor Diablo Goes Through The Motions” by Saladin Ahmed [Fantasy]
Pseudopod #325 – “Entrance And Exit” and “The Terror Of The Twins” by Algernon Blackwood [Horror]
Tales To Terrify #62 – Snowder, Waggoner [Horror]
Toasted Cake #63 – “La Maison d’Os” by Nicki Vardon [Horror]
@Wily Writers: “Waking the Taniwha” by Dan Rabarts [Fantasy]

@19 Nocturne Boulevard: Dick Dynamo the Fifth Dimensional Man! – Episode 2 – The 5 Carat Curse [Science Fiction Comedy]
@Desert Gems Audio: Porter of Baghdad, translated by Sir Richard Burton: [Arabian Nights]
- #6 – Part I
- #7 – Part II
StarShipSofa: Steven Popkes: [Science Fiction]
- #280 – Part 1
- #281 – Part 2

@Amazon:
- The Serpent in the Glass (The Tale of Thomas Farrell) by D.M. Andrews [Children’s Fantasy Novel – Ages 9+]
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #117 – March 21, 2013 [Fantasy – EPUB, MOBI, PDF]
@Indiana University Archives: Three Stories by CL Moore [Speculative Fiction – PDF]

@Tor:
- Excerpt from The Age Atomic by Adam Christopher [Steampunk Noir]
- Excerpt from Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb [Fantasy]
- Excerpt from The Lost by Vicki Pettersson [Urban Fantasy]
- Excerpt from Requiem by Ken Scholes [Fantasy
- Excerpt from The Secret Book of Sacred Things by Torsten Krol [Post-apocalyptic Fantasy]
- Excerpt from Sister Mine by Nalo Hopkinson [Contemporary Fantasy]