Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 7/16/2013

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

It’s audio fiction day, apparently, including the beginning of a multi-post trip through the first three seasons of Our Fair City. So plug in those headphones and get to it!

1. Journey Into #75 – Fahrenheit 451
2. Our Fair City – Season One
3. The Bones Are White – Nine Disturbing Short Stories by Scott Sigler – #1 – “Kissyman & The Last Song”

Written

• @The Night Land: “Lute” by Don Webb [Shared World Dark Fantasy]
• @Short-Story.me: “Sweet Tooth” by David Smith [Science Fiction]
• @The WiFiles: “Election Night” by K.J.Lane [Science Fiction]

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows: [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “The Lion” by J.D. Rice
  • “Sisyphus Redux” by Susan Nance Carhart
  • “Used and Abused” by Nicholas Short
• @Daily Science Fiction: “Of Ash and Old Dreams” by Sarah Grey [Fairy Tale Flash]
• @Quantum Muse: “Welcome” by Harris Tobias [Science Fiction Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @Black Gate: The Highwater Harbor by Aaron Bradford Starr – Part One [Fantasy]
• @HiLobrow: Theodore Savage by Cicely Hamilton – Chapter 19 of 25 [Science Fiction Novel – from 1922]
• @Author’s Site: Tickling Butterflies by Guy Hasson – Part 9: To Sacrifice a King – “The Girl Who Wanted Two Things at Once” [Epic Fantasy]

Audio

• Cast of Wonders #86 – “Ieia” by S. L. Bickley [YA Fantasy]
• Journey Into #75 – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury [Science Fiction]
• Toasted Cake #79 – “The Moon’s Wife” by Cheryl A. Warner

Audio – Serialized

• Our Fair City – Season One: [Campy Post-Apocalyptic Epic]
  • Episode 1 – “Lucky Thing You Showed Up”
  • Episode 2 – “The Patch Job”
  • Episode 3 – “Home”
  • Episode 4 – “S.O.L.”
  • Episode 5 – “The Best Little Whorehouse in Hartford”
  • Episode 6 – “Ants on a Train!”
  • Episode 6.5 – “The Science Fair”
  • Episode 7 – “An Offer She Can’t Refuse”
  • Episode 8 – “Discretion is the Better Part of Labor”
  • Episode 9 – “The Business of Eavesdropping”
  • Episode 10 – “What’s Love Got to Do With It”
  • Episode 11 – “Let’s Make a Deal”
  • Episode 12 – “The Chase!”
  • Episode 13 – “The Climax?!”
  • Epilogue – “The Wind from the West”
• @Author’s Site: The Bones Are White – Nine Disturbing Short Stories by Scott Sigler – #1 – “Kissyman & The Last Song” [Horror]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• @Amazon:
  • The Descent Series, Books 1-3: Death’s Hand, The Darkest Gate, and Dark Union by SM Reine [Urban Fantasy Omnibus]
  • Enigma (Enigma Trilogy #1) by Aimee Ash [YA Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
  • Shara and the Haunted Village (Bryanae) by Jeffrey Getzin [Sword & Sorcery Novel]
  • The Takers: Book One of the Oz Chronicles by R.W. Ridley [Post-Apocalyptic Novel – First of Series]

Excerpts

• @Gollancz: Moon Over Soho by Ben Aaronovitch – extract and audio clip [Fantasy]
• @io9: Templar: new 480-page graphic novel about the Knights Templar by Jordan Mechner (excerpt) [Historical Fantasy Graphic Novel]
• @Orbit: Excerpt from Helen and Troy’s Epic Road Quest by A. Lee Martinez [Fantasy / Comedy]
• @Tor: Excerpt from Tin Star by Cecil Castellucci [Science Fiction]

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