Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 10/19/2013

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Daily Science Fiction has a superhero short story from Anaea Lay
2. Escape Pod has a science fiction short story from Michael Swanwick, in text and audio (and remember to support Escape Artists with a one-time donation or subscription to keep Escape Pod flying)
3. The Classic Tales Podcast has a chilling audio story from William Hope Hodgson

Written

• @Buzzy Mag: “Arkbod” by Sean Patrick Hannifin [Science Fiction]
• @Daily Science Fiction: “Doomsday Will Come With Flame” by Anaea Lay [Superhero]
• Escape Pod #418 – “The Dala Horse” by Michael Swanwick [Science Fiction] (also available in audio)
• @WMG Publishing: “The Retrieval Artist” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Science Fiction]

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows: “Storm Rider” by Desmond Hussey [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Nature: “The meaning of life” by Ronald D. Ferguson [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Weirdyear: “Detour “ by Eric Suhem [Weird Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @HiLobrow: The Man with Six Senses by Muriel Jaeger – Chapter 15 of 20 [Science Fiction Romance Serialization – from 1927]
• @Author’s Site: The Greenland Diaries by Patrick Marsh – Day 94 [Post-Apocalyptic Serial]

Audio

• @Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod: X Minus One – “The Sense Of Wonder” [Science Fiction Radio Drama – from 1956]
• @Chilling Tales for Dark Nights: [Horror]
  • “The Calamander Chest” by Joseph Payne Brennan
  • “Death in a Dark Mirror” by John Macklin
• The Classic Tales Podcast #336 – “The House Among the Laurels” by William Hope Hodgson [Horror – from 1910]
• Escape Pod #418 – “The Dala Horse” by Michael Swanwick [Science Fiction]
• Pseudopod #356 – “The Night Wire” by H.F. (Henry Ferris) Arnold [Horror – from 1926]
• Tales To Terrify #93 – “Oh, Whistle and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” by M.R. James [Horror – from 1904]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• Science Fiction:
  • The Beach by Jaye Frances
    [Science Fiction Short Story – Amazon]
  • “Captive Girl” by Jennifer Pelland
    [Science Fiction Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • The Course of Empire (Jao Empire) by Eric Flint and K.D. Wentworth
    [Space Opera Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • “Derelict” by Albert Berg
    [Science Fiction Thriller Short Story – Amazon | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Greenshift (From the World of Ambasadora) by Heidi Ruby Miller
    [Military Science Fiction Romance Novel – Amazon]
  • The Honour of the Knights (The Battle for the Solar System) by Stephen Sweeney
    [Military Science Fiction Novel – Amazon | B&N]
  • The Last Spartan: Different Paths by A. E. McCullough
    [Military Science Fiction Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • “Virginia Day Zero” by Sean Cregan
    [YA Alien Invasion Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
• Fantasy:
  • A Mage’s Power (Journey to Chaos) by Brian Wilkerson
    [YA Sword & Sorcery Novel – Amazon]
  • Birthrights (The Awakening Trilogy) by Christine Butler
    [Paranormal Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Smashwords]
  • Child of the Sword, Book 1 of The Gods Within by J. L. Doty
    [YA Sword & Sorcery Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • City of Whispers by Katherine Sorin
    [Vampire Thriller Novel – Amazon]
  • The Norns’ Quest by Kyle Jones
    [YA Sword & Sorcery Novel – Amazon]
  • The Prophecy of the Kings – Omnibus Edition by David Burrows
    [Sword & Sorcery Omnibus – Amazon]
  • Sebastian Cupid (The Arrows) by JJ Martin
    [Paranormal Fantasy Novel – Amazon]
  • Shadow of the Sun (Timeless #1) by Laura Kreitzer
    [YA Paranormal Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Smashwords]
  • Thirst (Ava Delaney #1) by Claire Farrell
    [Dark Paranormal Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • To Kill A Warlock (Dulcie O’Neil) by H.P. Mallory
    [Urban Fantasy Novel – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Voodoo Dues (Lian and Figg) by Stephany Simmons
    [Dark Urban Fantasy Novella – Amazon]
  • Worlds Apart by Daniel Kelley
    [Fantasy Collection – Amazon]
• Horror:
  • The Accidental Exorcist by Joshua Graham
    [Horror / Thriller Novelette – Amazon]
  • Baby Talk – Book 1 by Mike Wells
    [Horror Comedy Novella – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • “Creep” (Cassandra: Hunter of Darkness #1) by William Cook
    [Horror Short Story – Amazon]
  • Dead Drunk: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse… One Beer at a Time by Richard Johnson
    [Zombie Novel – Amazon]
  • “The Line Unseen” by Joe Hart
    [Horror Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • “To Read or Not to Read” by Vincent Hobbes
    [Horror Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Wings of the Divided: The Divided Book 1 by C.J. Sullivan
    [Horror Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Underneath by Heather Marie Adkins
    [Horror Novelette – Amazon | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Woman King by Evette Davis
    [Horror Novel – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • “Words With Fiends” by Matt Schiariti
    [Horror Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • The Wyckham House (The Devil’s Mansion Book 1) by Sharon Gerlach
    [Horror Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
• Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian:
  • Children of Genesis (The Gateway Series) by Toby Minton
    [YA Dystopian Novel – Amazon]
  • The Education of Lilanoir Rue (Sanguis City Series) by Morgan Jane Mitchell
    [Vampire Romance Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Forecast by Chris Keith
    [Post-Apocalyptic Novel – Amazon]
  • “Poetry from the Silo” (A Silo Story) by Thomas Robins
    [Post-Apocalyptic Short Story – Amazon]
  • Point Apocalypse by Alex Bobl
    [Post Apocalyptic Novel – Amazon]
  • The Sky Used to be Blue: a Silo story (Karma #1) by Patrice Fitzgerald
    [Post-Apocalyptic Novelette – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Tempered Steel (Dystopia Trilogy) by Janet McNulty
    [Dystopian Novel – Second of Series – Amazon]
  • This Plague of Days, Season Two (The Zombie Apocalypse Serial) by Robert Chazz Chute
    [Post-Apocalyptic Serial Omnibus – Amazon]
• Steampunk:
  • Fate War: Alliance by E.M. Havens
    [Steampunk Novel – Amazon]

Excerpts

• @Gollancz: Excerpt from The Last Dark by Stephen Donaldson – Chapter Three – PDF
  [Epic Fantasy Novel – Tenth of Series – Available Now]
• @Tor: Excerpt from Watcher of the Dark by Joseph Nassise
  [Horror / Supernatural Thriller Novel – Pre-Order]

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