Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 6/21/2013

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Regan Wolfrom in Free Fiction // 0 Comments

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

The new and interesting online magazine Nautilus has a story from K.G. Jewell
The World SF Blog closes off an amazing four years with a story from Ido Sokolovsky
Red Penny Papers has a three-episode serial from Jeffrey Wooten

Written

@Nautilus: “Know When to Hold ‘Em” by K.G. Jewell [Science Fiction]
@The World SF Blog: “Smile of the Monster” by Ido Sokolovsky [Science Fiction]

Written – Flash

@365 tomorrows: “Party for Two” by Kevin Richards [Science Fiction Flash]
@Daily Science Fiction: “Dark, Beautiful Force” by Jessica May Lin [Superhero Flash]
@Flashes in the Dark: “Like Fallen Pieces of an Old Picket Fence” by Van Hall [Horror Flash]
@Nature: “Buzz Off” by John Grant [Science Fiction Flash]

Written – Serialized

@Paizo: A Matter of Knives by Ed Greenwood – Chapter Three: An End to All Skulking Games [Fantasy]
@Red Penny Papers: God on High or the Devil Below by Jeffrey Wooten: [Dark Fantasy]
@Author’s Site: Tickling Butterflies by Guy Hasson – Part 8: The Storytellers: [Epic Fantasy]
- “The Hero and the Storyteller”
- “The Athlete and the Author”

Audio

AntiSF Radio Show #179 [Speculative Fiction Stories and more]
Drabblecast #285 – Doubleheader XIII (“Locked In” and “Clockwork Chickadee” by Mary Robinette Kowal) [Fantasy]
Hypnobobs #119 – “The Man Who Went Too Far” by EF Benson [Horror]
PodCastle #265 – “The Copperroof War” by Megan Arkenberg [Fantasy]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

@Amazon:
- AfterLife by S. P. Cloward [Urban Fantasy Novel]
- Birth of the Nyxian (The Immortal Choice Series) by Amanda R. Browning [Dark Paranormal Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- The Deliverer (The Marenon Chronicles Book 1 of 3) by Jason D. Morrow [Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- The Icarus Void by CK Burch [Military Science Fiction Novel]
- The Lady Astronomer by Katy O’Dowd [Alternate History Novel]
- Pinhole by Matthew Kagle [Science Fiction Novel]
- Shadow of the Sun (The Shadow Saga) by Merrie P. Wycoff [Alternate History Novel]
- Timecaster by JA Konrath [Science Fiction Novel]
Planetary Stories #28 – June 2013 [Science Fiction Magazine – PDF]
@Project Gutenberg:
- A Witch Shall Be Born by Robert E. Howard [Conan the Cimmerian Novelette – from 1934] (also available as audiobook)
- Nightmare Planet by Murray Leinster [Science Fiction Novelette – from 1953]

Free Audiobooks

@LibriVox: A Witch Shall Be Born by Robert E. Howard [Conan the Cimmerian Novelette – from 1934]