Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 5/3/2013
Thanks to Dave Tackett and his QuasarDragon for the links and the half-eaten bologna sandwich.
Also, a reminder for those of you who still haven’t noticed: it’s MuchoMangoMayo, which I believe is the Ancient Mayan Fertility Festival.
What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #120 – May 02, 2013
- Clarkesworld #80 – May 2013
- Indian SF #3 – May / June 2013
Written
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #120 – May 02, 2013: [Fantasy] (also available as eBook)
- “The Clockwork Trollop” by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald
- “The Drowned Man” by Laura E. Price
- Clarkesworld #80 – May 2013:
- “Soulcatcher” by James Patrick Kelly [Science Fiction]
- “Tachy Psyche” by Andy Dudak [Contemporary Fantasy]
- “(R + D) /I = M” by E. Catherine Tobler [Science Fiction]
- Reprints:
- “The Banquet of the Lords of Night” by Liz Williams
- “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled . . .” by Michael Swanwick
- @Electric Velocipede: “The Entomologist’s Three Ballgowns” by Brooke Wonders [Speculative Fiction]
- Indian SF #3 – May / June 2013:
- “Five Ways to Fall In Love on Planet Porcelain” by Cat Rambo [Fantasy]
- “Bethany’s Bliss” by H. J. Harding [Dark Fantasy]
- “Pawn” by Timons Esaias [Science Fiction]
- Flash: “Regenesis” by Cynthia Ward [Science Fiction Flash]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows: “When the War is Over” by Desmond Hussey [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Lady Electric” by Gary B. Phillips [Science Fantasy Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction: “A Map of Unknown Places” by Don Raymond [Surreal Flash]
- @Flashes in the Dark: “Mother” by Tomboy Mariski [Horror Flash]
- @Indian SF: “Regenesis” by Cynthia Ward [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Nature: “Bee Futures” by Vaughan Stanger [Science Fiction Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @Author’s Site: Tickling Butterflies by Guy Hasson – Part 5: The Land of No Respect – “Sylvia Fo and the Magic Mirror” [Epic Fantasy]
Audio
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies Podcast #103 – “The Clockwork Trollop” by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald [Fantasy]
- Beware the Hairy Mango #154 – “The Skin I’m Not Quite In” by Matthew Sanborn Smith [MuchMangoMayo – Maybe Self Acceptance]
- @Clarkesworld: “Soulcatcher” by James Patrick Kelly [Science Fiction]
- Drabblecast #281 – Doubleheader XII [Weird]
- Escape Pod #394 – “Good Hunting” by Ken Liu [Science Fiction]
- PodCastle #258 – “The Discriminating Monster’s Guide to the Perils of Princess Snatching” by Scott M. Roberts [Fantasy]
Audio – Serialized
- @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Dick Dynamo the Fifth Dimensional Man! – Episode #7 – The Last [Science Fiction Comedy]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- Inception (The Catherine Kimbridge Chronicles #1) by Andrew Beery [Military Science Fiction Novel – First of Series]
- On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington) by David Weber [Military Science Fiction Novel]
- Road Kill: A Dan Shamble Adventure (Dan Shamble, Zombie PI) by Kevin J. Anderson [Zombie Detective Novel]
- Whom God Would Destroy by Commander Pants [Science Fiction Comedy Novel]
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #120 – May 02, 2013 [Fantasy Magazine – EPUB, MOBI]
- Indian SF #3 – May / June 2013 [Speculative Fiction Magazine – EPUB, MOBI, PDF]
- @Project Gutenberg: The Water Ghost and Others by John Kendrick Bangs [Ghost Story Collection] (also available as audiobook)
Free Audiobooks
- @LibriVox: The Water Ghost and Others by John Kendrick Bangs [Ghost Story Collection]
Excerpts
- @Paizo: Sample Chapter from Pirate’s Honor by Chris A. Jackson – Chapter One: Stars Never Lie [Fantasy]
You ate half the bologna sandwich? No wonder my poor pet cockroaches looked so hungry; they only got half their usual food.
You try and frighten me, Tackett… but please do know that I eat cockroaches like your pets for breakfast. That did not come out exactly as intended.