Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 8/24/2013
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What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- Aphelion #176.17 – August 2013
- Drabblecast #293 – “The Call of the Pancake Factory”
- Alana Siegel’s Olivia Hart and the Gifted Program Series Free on Amazon, Books #1 and #2
Written
- Aphelion #176.17 – August 2013: [Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine]
- “Skink” by Richard Wolkomir
- “Selling Ghosts” by Alex Puncekar
- “Your Sleep is My Sleep” by Dimitrije Medenica
- “The Hartfield Creature” by Dominic Lennard
- “Under Lock and Key” by Josh Fredette
- “Your Obedient Servant” by Stanley Wilkin
- “The Boogyman” by Ray Prew
- “One Last Mark” by Paul Miller
- “A Paper Trail, or, The Fermi Paradox Resolved?” by E. A. Moore
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Black Bough” by Conor Powers-Smith [Science Fiction]
- @Short-Story.me:
- “Dug” by Jonathan Khan [Horror]
- “The Little Woods” by Michael Rafferty [Science Fiction]
- “The Stalker” by Vela Damon [Horror]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows: “Testimony” by Jae Miles [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Flashes in the Dark: “No Boys” by Konrad Hartmann [Horror Flash]
- @Weirdyear: “A Missed Opportunity” by Alex Munkacsy [Weird Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @HiLobrow: The Man with Six Senses by Muriel Jaeger – Chapter 7 of 20 [Science Fiction Romance – from 1927]
- @Author’s Site: The Greenland Diaries by Patrick Marsh: [Post Apocalyptic]
Audio
- Drabblecast #293 – “The Call of the Pancake Factory” by Ken Liu [Lovecraftian Horror / Comedy]
- Escape Pod #410 – “Nutshell” by Jeffrey Wikstrom [Science Fiction]
- Pseudopod #348 – “The Easily Forgotten” by Philip M. Roberts [Horror]
- Tales To Terrify #85 – “The Red Empress” by Mike Allen [Horror]
- WMG Story Podcast: “Geeks Bearing Gifts” by Kristine Grayson [Paranormal Fantasy]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- Darkout by Glenn Specht [Science Fiction Adventure Novel]
- Father Mars, Mother Earth by Bobbi McCutcheon [Hard Science Fiction Novel]
- Five Dances with Death: Dance One by Austin Briggs [Historical Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- The Girls From Alcyone by Cary Caffrey [Space Opera Novel]
- How to Succeed in Evil by Patrick E. McLean [Science Fiction Comedy Novel]
- The Jaguar Queen by James Wharton [Science Fiction Adventure Novel]
- Jango’s Anthem by Cedric Nye [Zombie Novella]
- Olivia Hart and the Gifted Program Series by Alana Siegel: [YA Urban Fantasy]
- The Charm [First of Series]
- The Retreat [Second of Series]
- Peace Out (The Futures Trilogy) by G.M. Whitley [Dystopian Science Fiction Novel – First of Series]
- The Stewards of Reed, Volume I: The Rise of Fallon by RM Wark [Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- Tanya (Chronicles of a Space Mercenary) by Ronald Wintrick [Space Opera Novel]
Excerpts
- @The Geek Curmudgeon:
- Excerpts from Ray Guns Over Texas: [Science Fiction]
- Preview from “Timeout” by Neal Barrett, Jr.
- Preview from “Pet Rock” by Sanford Allen
- Excerpts from Ray Guns Over Texas: [Science Fiction]
- @Tor: Excerpt from Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block [YA Science Fiction]
And For Writers: The Latest Speculative Fiction Writing Wroundup
Some nice freebies this weekend. I went ahead and nabbed a copy of “Father Mars, Mother Earth” and “Five Dances with Death.”