Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 9/18/2013

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Tor has a fantasy story excerpted from xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths
   

   War rages on, and Drona is its heart.

   Some songs tell of good wars, kind wars, wars where, when the fighting’s over, you sit alone in the woods and breathe and think, this was good, this thing I’ve done. I have saved lives, I have served my king, I am the man I always hoped to be. Drona’s heard these songs; he’s never seen the wars they mean.

   – “Drona’s Death” by Max Gladstone

2. AE has a science fiction short short story from Geoff Gander
   

   George? It’s Amanda. How are you holding out? Good. No one else is picking up anymore. Is your radio on? Satellite? That’s good — more stations that way. No, don’t go to your car; too exposed. Stay away from the windows, too.

   – “White Noise”

3. Boxcars711 Old Time Radio has a two-part radio show from 1952: Tom Corbett Space Cadet – Danger In Deep Space

4. My post-apocalyptic novel, After The Fires Went Out: Coyote, can be downloaded free from Story Cartel in exchange for a review.
   

   There was a moment right after The Fires went out when I thought Fiona and I were the only people left for a thousand miles around. It looked as though the whole world had burned, the air surrounding us so hot that it felt like even the water of Lillabelle Lake was close to boiling. I had trouble imagining that anyone else could have survived.

Written

• @The Colored Lens: “Another Life” by Michael Siciliano [Science Fiction]
• @Lightspeed:
  • “Ragged Claws” by Lisa Tuttle [Science Fiction]
  • “Bellweather” by Marc Laidlaw [Fantasy]
• @Tor:
  • “Drona’s Death” by Max Gladstone
    [Fantasy – from xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths]
  • “The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland—For a Little While” by Catherynne M. Valente
    [Fairy Tale – Reprint from 2011]

Written – Flash

• @AE: “White Noise” by Geoff Gander [Science Fiction Flash]
• @365 tomorrows: “Ringminer’s Daughter” by Duncan Shields [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Daily Science Fiction: “Tunnel Vision” by Zach Shephard [Slipstream Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @HiLobrow: Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman – Part 10 [Science Fiction – from 1915]
• @Author’s Site: Tickling Butterflies by Guy Hasson – Part 12: The Magical Planet Earth – “Memories of an Old Man” [Epic Fantasy]

Audio

• @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Atomic Julie’s Glactic Bedtime Stories #14 – “The Invader” by Alfred Coppel [Science Fiction – from 1953]
• @Classics On-the-Go: “The Hungry Wolf” [Children’s Fantasy]
• Drabblecast #296 – “Five Ways to Fall in Love on Planet Porcelain” by Cat Rambo [Science Fiction Romance]
• @Lightspeed: “Ragged Claws” by Lisa Tuttle [Science Fiction]
• Protecting Project Pulp #60 – “Letter from the Stars” by A. E. van Vogt [Science Fiction – from 1950]
• @Relic Radio: “The Paxton’s House” by Amyas Northcote, Adapted by Beyond Midnight [Horror – from 1968]
• @SFFaudio: Hypnobobs: “The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid” by H.G. Wells [Botanical Horror Science Fiction – from 1894]

Audio – Serialized

• @Boxcars711 Old Time Radio: Tom Corbett Space Cadet – Danger In Deep Space: [Science Fiction – from 1952]
  • Part 1 of 2
  • Part 2 of 2

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• Science Fiction:
  • Flight (The Alchemists of Galena: Book One) by Heather Robson
    [Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Rippler (The Ripple Trilogy #1) by Cidney Swanson
    [YA Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • “The Wandering Earth” by Cixin Liu
    [Science Fiction Short Story – Amazon]
• Fantasy:
  • A Quest of Heroes (Book #1 in the Sorcerer’s Ring) by Morgan Rice
    [YA Sword & Sorcery Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Smashwords]
  • Bag of Blood – Vampire Mystery Romance by J.O. Osbourne
    [Vampire Novel – Amazon]
  • Escaping Darkness (The Stone Legacy Series) by Theresa McClinton
    [Paranormal Fantasy Novel – Second of Series – Amazon]
  • Fire Mage (Blacklight Chronicles) by John Forrester
    [YA Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Forever Fae (Forever Fae Series) by L.P. Dover
    [Fantasy Novella – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Smashwords]
  • @Barnes & Noble: Pure Love of the Fallen by Alina Popescu
    [Paranormal Fantasy Novelette – B&N | Smashwords]
  • “Scarlet Sails” (The Pirate Empire) by TS Rhodes
    [Historical Fantasy Short Story – Introduction to Series – Amazon]
  • Setting Boundaries (The Coming Storm) by Valerie Douglas
    [Epic Fantasy Novella – Prequel to Series – Amazon]
• Horror:
  • Beneath the Veil by William McNally
    [Horror Novel – Amazon]
  • Contamination: Zero by T.W. Piperbrook
    [Zombie Novelette – Prequel to Series – Amazon | B&N | Smashwords]
  • Reign of Blood by Alexia Purdy
    [Post-Apocalyptic Dark Fantasy Novel – Amazon | Smashwords]
  • @Barnes & Noble: The Thirst by Eduard Joseph
    [YA Horror Novelette – B&N – Smashwords]
• Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian:
  • via Story Cartel: After The Fires Went Out: Coyote by Regan Wolfrom (me)
    [Post-Apocalyptic Novel – First of Series – in exchange for a review – EPUB, MOBI, PDF]
  • Point Apocalypse by Alex Bobl
    [Post Apocalyptic Novel – Amazon]

QuasarDragon Birthdays – Free Fiction from authors on the anniversary of their birth

• September 16th: Celebrating the Births . . . Lisa Tuttle and Wil McCarthy
• September 17th: Celebrating the Births . . . Shauna Roberts, Betsy Curtis, and Michael J. Sullivan

Excerpts

• @Gollancz: Excerpt from On the Steel Breeze by Alastair Reynolds – Chapter 3
  [Science Fiction – PDF]
• @Tor: Excerpt from The Delphi Room by Melia McClure – Chapter 2
  [Fantasy Novel – Available Now]

For Post-Apocalyptic Lovers: The Post Apocalyptic Link Roundup for 9/18/2013

And For Writers: Speculative Fiction Writing Wroundup for 9/18/2013