Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 9/10/2013
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Thanks again to Dave Tackett and his QuasarDragon for some truly delectable links.
What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- Hello Horror #1.4 – August 2013
- Waylines #4 and #5
- Antipodean SF #183 – September 2013
- Flash Fiction Online September 2013
- Dark Fiction Magazine #15 – One of us, one of us!
Written
- @Black Gate: “The Dowry” by Peadar Ó Guilín [Sword & Sorcery]
- @Buzzy Mag: “Caregiver” by Bruce Golden [Science Fiction]
- @Goldfish Grimm’s Spicy Fiction Sushi: “Arcana of all Ages” by M. Bennardo [Fantasy]
- Hello Horror #1.4 – August 2013: [Horror Magazine]
- “Canticle of Tongues” by Gabrielle Friese
- “Doug Looks” by Benjamin Revermann
- “Mothers Nature” by Gary Clifton
- “Stealing Three” by Chris Castle
- “Inside The Square” by Eric Huxley
- “Old Tom” by Steven Finkelstein
- “Pantechnicon” by Rob Boffard
- “Oskalopl” by Graham Tugwell
- “Motherhood” by Cristina Vega
- Flash Fiction: “Cannibal School Picking Up Johnny” by Roo Bardookie [Flash]
- Flash Fiction: “Still” by DW Gillespie [Flash]
- @Legend of the Five Rings: “Little Treasures” by Shawn Carman [Shared World Fantasy]
- @Mad Scientist Journal: “Electricity (And How To Survive It)” by Adam Millard [Science Fiction]
- @Short-Story.me: “Consumed” by Laura Ellison [Fantasy]
- @Silver Blade: “Escape of the Fire Demon” by Mike Phillips [Fantasy]
- Waylines #4 – July 2013: [Speculative Fiction and Film Magazine] (also available as eBook – PDF)
- “Chip’s Six Attempts at Popularity” by Jake Kerr
- “Samsara” by Rachel Acks
- Waylines #5 – September 2013: [Speculative Fiction and Film Magazine]
- “Cadence” by Samantha Kymmell-Harvey
- “The Elevator Man” by David Halpert
- @The WiFiles: “My Name is Dave and I am Dead” by Matt Demers [Fantasy]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows: [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Children of the Sun” by Desmond Hussey
- “They Don’t Play LCROSS” by Connor Yeck
- “Welcome Home” by Nils Holst
- Antipodean SF #183 – September 2013: [Speculative Flash Fiction Magazine] (also available as eBook)
- “Twas the Evening After Christmas in Invercargill: A Mystery” by Wes Parish [Fantasy Flash]
- “The Price” by Steve Duffy [Horror Flash]
- “Long Shot” by Kevin J. Phyland [Science Fiction Flash]
- “I Am Clone” by Theron Fairchild [Science Fiction Flash]
- “The Power of Caffeine” by Tony Owens [Fantasy Flash]
- Micro Fiction: Fifty Worders [Micro Fiction – Two Stories]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “When the Selkie Comes” by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley [Fairy Tale Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction: “Three of Troll” by The Sisters Hipstergrimm [Fantasy Comedy Flash]
- Flash Fiction Online September 2013: [Flash Fiction Magazine]
- “The Social Phobic’s Guide to Interior Design” by Sarah Grey [Speculative Flash]
- “The Shallows” by Nathaniel Lee [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Egocentric Orbit” by John Cory [Science Fiction Flash – from 1960]
- @Hello Horror: [Horror Flash]
- “Cannibal School Picking Up Johnny” by Roo Bardookie
- “Still” by DW Gillespie
- @QuasarDragon: A Trio of Twisted Terrors from the Pre-Code Era – Three Comedy/Horror Short Shorts [Comedy / Horror Flash – from the 1950s]
Written – Micro
- @Antipodean SF: Fifty Worders [Micro Fiction – Two Stories]
Written – Serialized
- @Mad Scientist Journal: Dr. Derosa’s Resurrection by R.G. Summers – Part I [Science Fiction]
- @Author’s Site: Tickling Butterflies by Guy Hasson – Part 12: The Magical Planet Earth – “The Legend of Gladys Poindexter” [Epic Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: Vessel by Andrew J. Morgan – Chapter 2 [Science Fiction]
Audio
- Beam Me Up #376 – “Against the Empire” by David Scholes [Science Fiction]
- Cast of Wonders #94 – “The Drove of Maris-Charlottes” by David Turnbull [YA Weevil-based Fantasy]
- @Clarkesworld: “Mar Pacifico” by Greg Mellor [Fantasy]
- Dark Fiction Magazine #15 – One of us, one of us!: [Dark Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “A Map of Mercury” by Alastair Reynolds
- “We’ll Always Be Here” by S. L. Grey
- “Wish for a Gun” by Sam Sykes
- “Death on Elsewhere Street” by Jaine Fenn
- Every Photo Tells #130 – “The Lonely Bones” by Harris Tobias [Science Fiction]
- PodCastle #276 – “Juan Caceres in the Zapetero’s Workshop” by Derek Künsken [Fantasy]
Audio – Serialized
- Cthulhu Podcast #157 – The Wrong side of the Tracks by T.C. Mcqueen – Part 4 [Horror]
- @Author’s Site: The Bones Are White – Nine Disturbing Short Stories #9 – “Passenger, Part 1″ by Scott Sigler [Horror]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- @Amazon:
- 1 Dozen – Short Tales of the Strange and Spectacular by Milo James Fowler [Horror Collection]
- Before the Chase: A Short Anthology by Dara Fogel [Steampunk Fantasy Collection] (also available at Barnes & Noble)
- The Binding Stone (The Djinn Series) by Lisa Gail Green [YA Paranormal Fantasy Novel]
- Deacon Leeds and the Pyramid of Symbols (The Pyramid Adventures – Book 1) by Grant Morris [YA Fantasy Novel – First of Series]
- Fall of Venus by Daelynn Quinn [YA Post-Apocalyptic Novel]
- Hellbender (Murder Ballads and Whiskey Series #2) by Jason Jack Miller [Horror Thriller Novel]
- Origins by Mark Henrikson [Alternate History Novel]
- The Prodigal Hour by Will Entrekin [Time Travel Novel]
- “Steam” by Jessica Fortunato [Steampunk Romance Short Story]
- The Vampires Of Livix Twin Pack (Volumes #1 & #2) by J Gordon Smith [Paranormal Fantasy Omnibus]
- Warriors in the Mist: A Medieval Dark Fantasy by Susan D. Kalior [Historical Fantasy Romance Novel]
- Where the Dead Talk by Ken Davis [Horror Novel]
- Antipodean SF #183 – September 2013 [Speculative Flash Fiction Magazine – EPUB]
- @Barnes & Noble:
- Before the Chase: A Short Anthology by Dara Fogel [Steampunk Fantasy Collection]
- Waylines #4 – July 2013 [Speculative Fiction and Film Magazine – PDF]
QuasarDragon Birthdays – Free Fiction from authors on the anniversary of their birth
- September 6th: Celebrating the Births . . . China Tom Miéville and Arthur Cheney Train
- September 8th: Celebrating the Births . . . Linda Addison, W. W. Jacobs, and Ariosto
Excerpts
- @Gollancz: Excerpt from The Falconer by Elizabeth May – Chapter Two [YA Historical Fantasy]
- Excerpts from Pathfinder Tales: King of Chaos by Dave Gross: [Shared World Fantasy]
- @Black Gate: Chapter One
- @SF Signal: Chapter Two
- @Tor: Chapter Three
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