Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 10/18/2013
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What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- Baen has a military science fiction short story from the Liaden universe by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (you may have noticed that free Liaden novel at Amazon, too)
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #132 – October 17, 2013
- Charles Stross has an important message for all of us
- Amazonians who live in the US or Canada, it’s finally happened: my weird and dark fantasy collection, Catholic Guilt and the Joy of Hating Men, is free on Amazon. It’s also free in a pile of other places, too.
Written
- @Baen: “Out of True” by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller [Military Science Fiction]
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #132 – October 17, 2013: [Fantasy Magazine] (also available as eBook)
- “A Feast for Dust” by Gemma Files
- “The Adventure of the Pyramid of Bacconyus” by Caleb Wilson
- “Blow ‘Em Down” by Rebecca Gomez Farrell [from Issue #131]
- “On the Origin of Song” by Naim Kabir [from Issue #131]
- “Walls of Skin, Soft as Paper” by Adam Callaway [from Issue #131] (also available in audio)
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows: “Even a Non Corporeal Can Get Lonely” by David K Scholes [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Chronology Of Heartbreak” by Rich Larson [Time Travel Flash]
- @Dark Futures: “Welcome” by Therese Arkenberg [Apocalyptic Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction: “Adam Mann” by Eliza Archer [Mad Scientist Flash]
- @Farther Stars Than These: “Losing Your Load “ by Gary Hewitt [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Author’s Site: “A message from the Laundry public relations office” by Charles Stross [Science Fiction Comedy Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @Paizo: Inheritance by Gabrielle Harbowy – Chapter Two: Adventure [Shared World Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: The Dead Diaries – Not quite as planned (part 1): Update 23 [Post-Apocalyptic Zombie Serial]
- @Author’s Site: Tickling Butterflies by Guy Hasson – Part 13: The Lost Fairy Tales: [Epic Fantasy Serialization]
Audio
- @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Atomic Julie’s Galactic Bedtime Stories #17 – “Riya’s Foundling” by Algis Budrys [Science Fiction – from 1953]
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies Podcast #113 – “Walls of Skin, Soft as Paper” by Adam Callaway [Fantasy]
- @Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod: Inner Sanctum Mysteries – “Make Ready My Grave” [Horror / Suspense Radio Drama – from 1946]
- @Clarkesworld Magazine: “The Creature Recants” by Dale Bailey [Fantasy]
- @Relic Radio: Quiet, Please – “Northern Lights” [Horror Radio Drama – from 1949]
Audio – Serialized
- Our Fair City: Season Four: – Episode 18 – “Operation” [Campy Post-Apocalyptic Epic Serial]
- @Author’s Site: The Shambling Guide to New York City by Mur Lafferty – Chapter 24 [Contemporary Fantasy Serialization]
Free eBooks (at time of listing)
- No Vacancies (A Collection of Short Stories, Vol. 1) by Lucien Black
[Superhero, Fantasy, and Adventure Collection – Amazon] - Science Fiction:
- Burden of Sisyphus (Brink of Distinction) by Jon Messenger
[Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - “Dirk McAwesome and the Giant Fire Breathing Space Ants” by Richard Junk
[Science Fiction Comedy Short Story – Amazon] - Fledgling (Liaden Universe) by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
[YA Science Fiction Adventure Novel – Amazon] - The Magic Wakes by Charity Bradford
[Science Fiction Romance Novel – Amazon] - Vector (The Extraterrestrial Anthology, Volume I: “Temblar”) by Mark Aragona
[Science Fiction Short Story – First of Series – Amazon]
- Burden of Sisyphus (Brink of Distinction) by Jon Messenger
- Fantasy:
- Bag of Blood by J.O. Osbourne
[Vampire Novel – Amazon] - Beneath Ceaseless Skies #132 – October 17, 2013
[Fantasy Magazine – EPUB, MOBI, PDF – Beneath Ceaseless Skies] - “The Burned Tower” by Sergey and Marina Dyachenko
[Contemporary Fantasy Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Kobo] - Catholic Guilt and the Joy of Hating Men by Regan Wolfrom
[Contemporary Dark Fantasy Collection – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords] - Chosen (The Amish Bloodsuckers Trilogy) by Barbara Ellen Brink
[YA Paranormal Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - Escaping Darkness (The Stone Legacy Series) by Theresa McClinton
[Paranormal Fantasy Novel – Second of Series – Amazon] - The Fellwater Tales Series by Brendan Myers:
- Fellwater (The Fellwater Tales)
[Contemporary Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - Hallowstone (The Fellwater Tales)
[Contemporary Fantasy Novel – Second of Series – Amazon]
- Fellwater (The Fellwater Tales)
- Innovera Yakov- The Journey of A Thousand Eyes (Worlds) by Kia Garriques
[YA Fantasy Novel – Amazon] - Maggie for Hire (Maggie MacKay – Magical Tracker) by Kate Danley
[Urban Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - Mercy’s Magic (Mercedes Cruz #1) by P.J. Day and Elizabeth Basque
[Paranormal Fantasy Novella – First of Series – Amazon] - Porn Gnomes and Other Strange Tales by Paul Chapman
[Fantasy / Weird Collection – Amazon] - Released (The Shapeshifters’ Library) by Amber Polo
[Paranormal Fantasy / Comedy Novel – Amazon] - Terra Vonnel and the Skulls of Aries by D.C. Akers
[Fantasy Novella – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
- Bag of Blood by J.O. Osbourne
- Horror:
- Just Another Day in Paradise by Katherine Tomlinson
[Horror / Dark Fantasy Collection – Amazon | Kobo | Smashwords] - Preordained (Preordained Series: Book One) by Kelly Libsack
[YA Horror Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords] - Scary Mary (The Scary Mary Series) by S.A. Hunter
[YA Horror Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords] - Souvenir and three more not-quite-straightforward tales by Daniel Kelley
[Horror Collection – Amazon] - What Zombies Fear by Kirk Allmond
[Zombie Novel – Amazon]
- Just Another Day in Paradise by Katherine Tomlinson
- Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian:
- The Hunted of 2060, a Shifter Dystopia (Shifter Evolutions Book #5) by Ami Blackwelder
[YA Dystopian Romance Novella – Fifth of Series – Amazon | Smashwords] - Necrophobia: A Zombie Apocalypse Novel by Jack Hamlyn
[Zombie Apocalypse Novel – Amazon] - Rebel Heart by Lizzy Ford
[Dystopian / Military Science Fiction Novel – Amazon | Smashwords] - The Woodlands by Lauren Nicolle Taylor
[YA Post-Apocalyptic Novel – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
- The Hunted of 2060, a Shifter Dystopia (Shifter Evolutions Book #5) by Ami Blackwelder
Excerpts
- @Tor:
- Graphic Novel Excerpt: The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang
- Excerpt from The Severed Tower by J Barton Mitchell
[Dystopian / Military Science Fiction Novel – Second of Series – Pre-Order]
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