Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 10/1/2013

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Kaleidotrope Autumn 2013
2. A threesome of Emma Jane Holloway Steampunk stories on Scribd: “The Adventure of Wollaston Ritual”, “The Strange and Alarming Courtship of Miss Imogen Roth”, and “The Steamspinner Mutiny”
3. Beware the Hairy Mango #191 – “Easy Bake Lovin’”

Written

• @Aurora Wolf:
  • “Make a Wish” by Edward Ahern [Fantasy]
  • “The Path of the Sun” by Lillian Csernica [Fantasy]
• @Black Gate: “Vestments of Pestilence” by John C. Hocking [Fantasy]
• Kaleidotrope Autumn 2013: [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
  • “Mister Bob” by Dan Campbell
  • “Lightning Strikes” by Lindsey Duncan
  • “Lone White Seagull” by Geoffrey W. Cole
  • “Camouflage” by Eden Robins
    
  • “Heart-Song” by Danielle Davis
  • “Nice” by Jamie Mason
    
• @Mad Scientist Journal: “My Gran the Time Traveler” by Adam Sear [Science Fiction]
• @Random House (via Scribd): [Steampunk]
  • “The Adventure of Wollaston Ritual” by Emma Jane Holloway
  • “The Strange and Alarming Courtship of Miss Imogen Roth” by Emma Jane Holloway
• @Suvudu: “The Steamspinner Mutiny” by Emma Jane Holloway [Steampunk]
• @Author’s Site: “The Voodoo Project” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Science Fiction]

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows: [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “After” by Ryan C.
  • “Breaking Barriers” by Aron White
• @Daily Science Fiction: “Worldbuilding” by Alex Shvartsman [Fantasy Flash]
• @Every Day Fiction:
  • “Croak Tree” by Matt Athanasiou [Horror Flash]
  • “The Ghosts of Becca Wolf” by Richard M. O’Donnell [Horror Flash]
• @Dark Futures: “Wild Winds” by Rachel Saunders [Fantasy Flash]
• @Flashes in the Dark: “Siobhan” by Jim Mountfield [Horror Flash]
• @Quantum Muse: “Pipes” by Harris Tobias [Dark Fantasy Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @Legend of the Five Rings: Face the Madness by Shawn Carman and Seth Mason – Part 3 [Shared World Fantasy Serialization]
• @Weird Fiction Review: The Divinity Student by Michael Cisco – Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen [Neo-Gothic Horror Novel Serialization]
• @Author’s Site: The Greenland Diaries by Patrick Marsh – Day 89 – Part Two [Post-Apocalyptic Serialization]
• @Author’s Site: Tickling Butterflies by Guy Hasson – Part 12: The Magical Planet Earth: [Epic Fantasy Serialization]
  • “The Path to the Land of All Legends”
  • “The New Queen”
• @Author’s Site: Vessel by Andrew J. Morgan – Chapter 5 [Science Fiction Serialization]

Audio

• Beware the Hairy Mango #191 – “Easy Bake Lovin’” by Matthew Sanborn Smith [Mango Cuisine]
• @Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod:
• Cast of Wonders #97 – “The Monster & Mrs. Blake” by Alethea Kontis [YA Fantasy]
• @Clarkesworld Magazine: “First Principle” by Nancy Kress [Science Fiction]
• Every Day Fiction Podcast #137 – “And What About Me” by Irena Pasvinter [Science Fiction]
• Pseudopod #353 – Flash on the Borderlands XVII: Keeping Up Appearances [Horror Flash]
• @Relic Radio:
  • “Escape” by M.R. James [Horror]
  • “The Whistler” by [Weird]
• Toasted Cake #90 – “Curse” by Samantha Henderson [Fantasy]

Audio – Serialized

• Beam Me Up! Podcast #379 – Part 3 of Dave by Dean Giles by [Science Fiction]
• @Author’s Site: The Bones Are White – Nine Disturbing Short Stories by Scott Sigler – #12 – “Hero” [Horror]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• Science Fiction:
  • Cemetery Planet I by J. Joseph Wright
    [Science Fiction Romance Novelette – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Felix and the Frontier by Chester Burton Brown
    [Science Fiction Novella – Amazon]
  • Marin’s Dale by Evan Bollinger
    [Alien Invasion Novella – Amazon]
  • Proxy (The Infected) by P.S. Power
    [Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
• Fantasy:
  • The Builder (The Young Ancients) by P.S. Power
    [YA Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Cloak by James Gough
    [YA Urban Fantasy Novel – Amazon]
  • Done With Death by David Babineau
    [Contemporary Fantasy Novel – Amazon]
  • @Author’s Site: “The Last Train Home” by Gareth P. Jones
    [Fantasy Short Story – PDF]
  • Mythical (Stone Soldiers #1) by C.E. Martin
    [Dark Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Smashwords]
  • Servant of Steel (Chaos Awakens) by Heath Pfaff
    [Sword & Sorcery Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • The Touch by Allison Rios
    [Fantasy Romance Novel – Amazon]
• Horror:
  • @Project Gutenberg: Incredible Adventures by Algernon Blackwood
    [Weird / Horror Collection – from 1914 – Project Gutenberg | B&N]
• Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian:
  • Edge of Mercy by C. C. Marks
    [YA Dystopian Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • “The Sickness: Monte’s Story” (Rise of the Plague Series) by Jeannie Rae
    [Post-Apocalyptic Short Story – Amazon]
  • When Gods Fail by Nelson Lowhim
    [Post-Apocalyptic Novella – Amazon | B&N | Smashwords]
• Steampunk:
  • “And They Called Her Spider” (Bartleby and James Adventures) by Michael Coorlim
    [Steampunk Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Smashwords]

Audiobooks

• @LibriVox: Short Ghost and Horror Collection 022 [Ghost Story and Horror Collection]

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

• Sept 28th: Celebrating the Births . . . Michael G. Coney and Terra LeMay
• Sept 29th: Celebrating the Birth . . . Scott Baker
• Sept 30th: Celebrating the Births . . . Nicola Griffith, S. M. Stirling, and H. B. Fyfe

Excerpts

• @Suvudu: “Excerpt from Republic of Thieves” by Scott Lynch
  [Epic Fantasy Novel – Pre-Order Here]
• @Tor:
  • “Excerpt from The Carpet People” by Terry Pratchett
    [Science Fiction Novel – Ages 8 and up – Pre-Order Here]
  • “Excerpt from Two Serpents Rise” by Max Gladstone
    [Urban Fantasy Novel – Pre-Order Here]

For Post-Apocalyptic Lovers: The Post Apocalyptic Link Roundup for 10/1/2013

And For Writers: Speculative Fiction Writing Wroundup for 10/1/2013