Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 5/25/2013

What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Baen has a short story by Charles E. Gannon, excerpted from Beginnings: World of Honor 6
2. Daily Science Fiction has a story by Joanne Anderton
3. Tales To Terrify has some of the nominated short stories for the 2012 Bram Stoker Awards

Written

• @Baen: “By the Book” by Charles E. Gannon [Science Fiction]
• @Cosmos: “(Yet Another Episode Of) The BIG Show” by Mark Cole [Science Fiction]
• @Daily Science Fiction: “The Last Tiger” by Joanne Anderton [Science Fiction]
• @Short-Story.me: “The Body Shop” by Andy Morris [Horror]

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows: “Pageturner” by Joseph Pascale [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Flashes in the Dark: “Abducted” by Braylie Barrier [Horror Flash]

Audio

• Beware the Hairy Mango #176 – “Asparagus in the Boys’ Room” by Matthew Sanborn Smith [MuchoMangoMayo]
• Drabblecast #283 – “The Man Who Drew Cats” by Michael Marshall Smith [Dark Fantasy]
• Escape Pod #397 – “A Gun for Dinosaur” by L. Sprague de Camp [Science Fiction]

Audio – Serialized

• Tales To Terrify #72 – The 2012 Bram Stoker Nominees – Part 1 [Horror]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• @Amazon:
  • Awaken His Eyes: The Awakened Book One by Jason Tesar [Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (A Niki Slobodian Novel: Book 1) by J.L. Murray [Urban Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
  • The Chronicles of Trellah, Book One: The Perpetual Rain by T.S. Graham [Contemporary Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
  • Dark Bayou (The Dark Trilogy) by Nancy K. Duplechain [Contemporary Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
  • Drip Drop Teardrop by Samantha Young [Paranormal Fantasy Novel]
  • The Eye of Erasmus by Teresa Geering [Paranormal Fantasy Novel]
  • Kinesis by Ethan Spier [Science Fiction Adventure Novel]
  • Lichgates: Book One of the Grimoire Saga by S.M. Boyce [YA Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
  • Lost Cargo by Hollister Ann Grant [Science Fiction Novel]
  • No Death by Unknown Hands by Minnette Coleman [Alternate History Novel]
  • “Not the Norm” (Sub-Normal) by Becca J. Campbell [Dystopian Short Story]
  • The Pearl Savage (The Savage Series, Book 1) by Tamara Rose Blodgett [YA Dark Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
  • Reluctant Gods by A.J. Aaron [Sword & Sorcery Novel – First of Series]
  • Savage Bay by Christopher Forrest [Science Fiction Adventure Novel]
  • Stormcaller by R. K. MacPherson [Paranormal Fantasy Novel]
  • The Truth about Sharks and Pigeons by Matt Phillips [Contemporary Fantasy Novel]
• @Project Gutenberg: Astounding Stories #1 – January 1930 [Science Fiction Magazine – from 1930]

Free Audiobooks

• @LibriVox: Astounding Stories #1 – January 1930 [Science Fiction Magazine – from 1930]

Excerpts

• @Tor:
  • Excerpt from The Healer by Antti Tuomainen [Science Fiction Thriller]
  • Excerpt from The Lost Prince by Edward Lazellari [Contemporary Fantasy]