Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 7/9/2013

Between me being so busy getting that new novel out and the assisted shutdown-icide of Google Reader, I missed some links last week. So there are more links than you’d expect for a Tuesday morning. You’re welcome.

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Buzzy Mag has a story from ever-rising star Ferrett Steinmetz
2. Interstellar Fiction #12 – July 2013
3. Check out Cast of Wonders and its YA audio fiction, starting with the two-parter, Patterns, by Susan Oke

Written

• @Black Gate: “Falling Castles” by Jamie McEwan [Fantasy]
• @Buzzy Mag: “Shadow Transit” by Ferrett Steinmetz [Science Fiction]
• @The Colored Lens: “In Glamourglass Court” by Maigen Turner [Fantasy]
• @Dargonzine: [Shared World Fantasy]
  • “The Killing Time” by Liam Donahue
  • “For A Slice of Apple Pie” by Joseph Carney
• @HiLoBrow: “A Fantasy Land” by Charlie Mitchell [Fantasy]
• Interstellar Fiction #12 – July 2013: [Science Fiction Magazine]
  • “Situation Vacant, Apply Within” by A.J. Fitzwater
  • “Seascape Zero” by John Davies
  • “Ice” by Rose Blackthorn
  • “Twilight” by Thomas Canfield
• @Legend of the Five Rings: “Treaty” by Seth Mason [Shared World Fantasy]
• @Mad Scientist Journal: [Science Fiction]
  • “Keep Your Pants On” by Heather Frederick
  • “Our Devilish Savior” by J. Rohr
• @The WiFiles:
  • “Box 3053” by Steve Shilstone [Weird]
  • “The Bradley Estate” by P. Keith Boran [Fantasy]
• @Wily Writers: “Numbers” by A.J. Brown [Horror] (also available in audio)

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows: [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Armor” by Sierra July
  • “Robot Dance Party” by Bruce Lin
  • “The Web” by Townsend Wright
• @Every Day Fiction: “Grounded” by Jonathon Mast [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Flashes in the Dark: “The Live One” by A.K. Mayhew [Horror Flash]
• @Nature: “The ostracons of Europa” by Ken Hinckley [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Quantum Muse: “Dolly” by Michele Dutcher [Science Fiction Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @Black Gate: The Death of the Necromancer by Martha Wells – Part Five [Fantasy]
• @HiLobrow:
  • The Moon Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs: [Science Fantasy Novella – from 1925]
    • Part 1 of 11
    • Part 2 of 11
  • Theodore Savage by Cicely Hamilton – Chapter 17 of 25 [Science Fiction Novel – from 1922]
• @Strange Horizons: In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind by Sarah Pinsker – Part 1 of 2 [Speculative Fiction] (also available in audio)
• @Author’s Site: Tickling Butterflies by Guy Hasson – Part 9: To Sacrifice a King – “The Engine that Lost the Race” [Epic Fantasy]

Audio

• Radio Drama Revival #338 – War of the Worlds Anniversary Contest Winners [Science Fiction]
• Toasted Cake #77 – “The Bicentennial Itch” by Evan Dicken
• Toasted Cake #78 – “The Custom of the Sea” by E. C. Ambrose
• @Wily Writers: “Numbers” by A.J. Brown [Horror]

Audio – Serialized

• @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Atomic Julie’s Bedtime Stories #5 – “The Street that Wasn’t There” by Clifford J. Simak and Carl Jacobi [Science Fiction]
• Beam Me Up #372 – “The Mourning” – Part 2 by Edward McKeown and “Trath: Return of the Quellers” by David Scholes [Science Fiction]
• Beware the Hairy Mango #185 – “Bob’s Dick” by Matthew Sanborn Smith
• @Cast of Wonders: Patterns by Susan Oke: [YA Contemporary Fantasy]
  • #84 – Part 1 of 2
  • #85 – Part 2 of 2
• Cthulhu #152 – The Shadow Over Innsmouth – Part 4 by H. P. Lovecraft [Horror]
• @Strange Horizons: In Joy, Knowing the Abyss Behind by Sarah Pinsker – Part 1 of 2 [Speculative Fiction]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• @Amazon:
  • Adopted Son by Dominic Peloso [Alien Invasion Novel]
  • Hard Duty (Merkiaari Wars #1) by Mark E. Cooper [Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series]
  • Illicit Magic (Stella Mayweather #1) by Camilla Chafer [Urban Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
  • The Island by Jen Minkman [YA Dystopian Novel]
  • The Tales of Tanglewood: The Lon Dubh Whistle by Scott Michael Kessman [Middle Grade / YA Fantasy Novel]
• @Online Pulps: A Roman Resurrection by Lee Meriwether [Fantasy – From 1904]
• @Project Gutenberg: The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs [Science Fantasy Novel – from 1918]

Free Audiobooks

• @LibriVox: The Gods of Mars (version 3) by Edgar Rice Burroughs [Science Fantasy Novel – from 1918]

Excerpts

• @Amazing Stories: Excerpt from The Crown Tower by Michael J. Sullivan – Chapter 1 [Fantasy]
• @Paizo: Sample Chapter from The Wizard’s Mask by Ed Greenwood – Chapter One: Hard Times in Halidon [Shared World Fantasy]

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