Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 8/24/2013

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Aphelion #176.17 – August 2013
2. Drabblecast #293 – “The Call of the Pancake Factory”
3. 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]
  • Day 57
  • Day 58
  • Day 59
  • Day 60
  • Day 61
  • Day 62
  • Day 63

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
• @Tor: Excerpt from Love in the Time of Global Warming by Francesca Lia Block [YA Science Fiction]

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