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!
- Journey Into #75 – Fahrenheit 451
- Our Fair City – Season One
- 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]
And For Writers: The Latest Speculative Fiction Writing Wroundup
The Kindle edition of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman #1 is free right now too!
http://www.amazon.com/Sandman-1-ebook/dp/B00CIGXTAM/