Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 5/22/2013
So in honor of creeping out a slim majority of Keycon participants, I’ve decided to post the new and improved (but still slightly creepy) short story, “Gnome on Girl on Gnome: A Love Story” in two parts.
What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- Lightspeed has a science fiction story from M. Bennardo
- If you haven’t started yet, it’s now time to get a readin’: the serialization of The Gravity of the Affair, by Michael J. Martinez
- A new place for radio theater: Sci-Fi Radio Theater kicks off with Hyper Nocturnal, Episode 1
Written
- @The Colored Lens: “Grandma’s Shoes” by Jamie Lackey [Fantasy]
- @Lightspeed:
- “Water Finds Its Level” by M. Bennardo [Science Fiction]
- “The Aarne-Thompson Classification Revue” by Holly Black [Fantasy]
- @Tor: “Skin Like Porcelain Death” by Daniel Jose Older [Dark Fantasy]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows: “Junk Planet” by Clint Wilson [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Troll (A Tale Told Collectively)” by Marissa Lingen [Fantasy Flash]
- @Enchanted Conversation: “The Three Sisters and the Dragon of the North” by Laura Beasley [Fairy Tale Flash]
- @Flashes in the Dark: “Crystal Balls” by Marian Brooks [Horror Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @HiLoBrow: The Comet by W.E.B. Du Bois – Part 1 of 5 [Science Fiction – from 1920]
- @Strange Horizons: Hiding on the Red Sands of Mars by Anaea Lay – Part 2 of 2 [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: “Gnome on Girl on Gnome: A Love Story” by Regan Wolfrom – Part 1 of 2 [Contemporary Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: The Gravity of the Affair by Michael J. Martinez – Part III [Historical Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: Tickling Butterflies by Guy Hasson – Part 6: A Prophecy of Life – “Death’s List” [Epic Fantasy]
Audio
- @19 Nocturne Boulevard: “Scream Queen” by Julie Hoverson [Horror]
- Beware the Hairy Mango #173 – “Electric Spoon” by Matthew Sanborn Smith [MuchoMangoMayo]
- @The Drama Pod: “The Big Pill” by Raymond Z Gallund [Science Fiction]
- @Lightspeed: “The Aarne-Thompson Classification Revue” by Holly Black [Fantasy]
- PodCastle #261 – “Oracle Gretel” by Julia Rios [Fantasy]
- Protecting Project Pulp #45 – “The Devil’s Crypt” by E. Hoffmann Price [Lovecraftian]
- StarShipSofa #290 – “Mitigation” by Tobias Buckell & Karl Schroeder [Science Fiction]
Audio – Serialized
- @Sci-Fi Radio Theater: Hyper Nocturnal by Charles Davis – Episode 1 [Science Fiction / Horror]
- @Strange Horizons: Hiding on the Red Sands of Mars by Anaea Lay – Part 2 of 2 [Science Fiction]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- “2020: Episode 1” by Paul Moxham [Post-Apocalyptic Short Story – First of Series]
- Bad Radio (The Emergent Earth) by Michael Langlois [Contemporary Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- Elseerian (The Chronicles of Lumineia #1) by Ben Hale [Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- “Fearless” by Christine Rains [Paranormal Fantasy Short Story]
- Legend of the White Dragon: Legends by Melanie Nilles [Sword & Sorcery Novel – First of Series]
- Origins by Mark Henrikson [Alternate History Novel]
- Rivals by David Wellington [Superhero Novel]
- @Project Gutenberg:
- English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs [Fairy Tale Anthology – from 1890]
- Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940, edited by Ray Bradbury [Science Fiction Fanzine – from 1940]
- Time Crime by H. Beam Piper [Science Fiction Novelette – from 1955]
Free Audiobooks
- @Audible: “Cold Colors” by Neil Gaiman [Speculative Short Story]
- @LibriVox:
- Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940, edited by Ray Bradbury [Science Fiction Fanzine – from 1940]
- Time Crime by H. Beam Piper [Science Fiction Novelette – from 1955]
Excerpts
- @A.V. Club: Excerpt from Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson [YA Post-Apocalyptic]
- @Gollancz: Video Excerpt from NOS4R2 by Joe Hill [Horror]
- @Weird Fiction Review: Excerpt from Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas [Lovecraftian]
In the Free eBooks category, the link to “Fearless” is broken.
Link fixed. Thanks for the correction. 🙂