Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 6/27/2013

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. It’s the first unenniel Carrie Vaughn Short Fiction Festival at the Free Fiction Factory, with a story in Lightspeed and a story in Nightmare (including audio)
2. SFFAudio has something you’ve never heard before: The Destiny Of Special Agent Ace Galaksi by Maissa Bessada
3. For science fiction romance fans, a free anthology edited by JC Cassels at Smashwords

Written

• @Lightspeed:
  • “Game of Chance” by Carrie Vaughn [Fantasy]
  • “Alive, Alive Oh” by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley [Science Fiction] (also available in audio)
• @Nightmare: “Fishwife” by Carrie Vaughn [Horror] (also available in audio)
• @Tor: “Jake and the Other Girl” by Emmy Laybourne [YA Post Apocalyptic]

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows: “The God Complex” by Clint Wilson [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Daily Science Fiction: “Big Bad’s Hot Date” by Melissa Mead [Twisted Fairy Tale Flash]
• @Every Day Fiction: “The Baseball Gods” by James Aquilone [Horror Flash]
• @Quantum Muse: “Smelf” by Michele Dutcher [Science Fiction Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @HiLobrow: The Clockwork Man by E.V. Odle – Chapter 15 of 20 [Science Fiction – from 1923]

Audio

• @Lightspeed: “Alive, Alive Oh” by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley [Science Fiction]
• @Nightmare: “Fishwife” by Carrie Vaughn [Horror]
• Protecting Project Pulp #50 – “The Nameless City” by H. P. Lovecraft [Horror – from 1921]
• @SFFAudio: The Destiny Of Special Agent Ace Galaksi by Maissa Bessada [Science Fiction Satire]
• StarShipSofa #295 – “Bloodcloth” by Ray Cluley [Science Fiction]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• @Amazon:
  • A Quest of Heroes (Book #1 in the Sorcerer’s Ring) by Morgan Rice [YA Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
  • “The Bone Knife”: A Short Story by Intisar Khanani [YA Fantasy Short Story]
  • C-Shapes by Matthew Fish [Post Apocalyptic Novel]
  • Desolate by Robert Brumm [Science Fiction Novelette]
  • Evolution (Evolution Series Book 1) by Kelly Carrero [YA Science Fiction Novel – First of Series]
  • Fall of Sky City (Devices of War) by SM Blooding [Steampunk Novel]
  • The Penal Colony by Richard Herley [Near Future Science Fiction Thriller Novel]
  • Ruby Blue (The Ruby Blue Series) by Julie Cassar [YA Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
  • Ships of My Fathers (The Father Chessman Saga) by Dan Thompson [Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series]
  • Sword from the Sky (Book I) by R. Janvier del Valle [Middle Grade / YA Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
• @Smashwords: Tales From the SFR Brigade, Edited by JC Cassels [Science Fiction Romance Anthology]

Excerpts

• @Tor: Excerpt from True Path by Graham Storrs [Science Fiction]
• @Author’s Site: Excerpt from The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata [Science Fiction]

Graphic Novels and Comic Books

• @Boing Boing: Sneek peek at Jeff Smith’s sci-fi noir graphic novel, RASL
• @Entertainment Weekly: New ‘Back to Back to the Future’ comic book imagines world in which Eric Stoltz is not replaced by Michael J. Fox — EXCLUSIVE FREE DOWNLOAD

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