Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 10/18/2013

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. 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)
2. Beneath Ceaseless Skies #132 – October 17, 2013
3. Charles Stross has an important message for all of us
4. 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]
  • “A Day without the Fates”
  • “The Seance Scoundrel”
  • “The Two Kings”
  • “Two Doors, Two Kings, and Two Questions”

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]
• 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]
  • 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]
• 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]
• 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]

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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