Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 10/23/2013

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. Buzzy Mag has an urban fantasy short story from Alex Shvartsman
2. Lightspeed Magazine has a science fiction short story (also in audio) from Ken Liu
3. Protecting Project Pulp has a pulpy and chilling audio tale from J. C. Hemphill, one of the stories from the 2012 anthology, Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations

Written

• @Buzzy Mag: “In The Wake Of The Storm” by Alex Shvartsman [Urban Fantasy]
• @The Colored Lens: “And Down We Fall” by Nicola Belte [Slipstream]
• @Enchanted Conversation:
  • “The Burger Bargain” by W. Klein [Fairy Tale]
  • “The Pirate Lover” by Shepard Allen [Fairy Tale]
• @Lightspeed Magazine:
  • “An Invocation of Incuriosity” by Neil Gaiman [Fantasy – from 2009]
  • “Ghost Days” by Ken Liu [Science Fiction] (also available in audio)
• @Strange Horizons: “Event Horizon” by Sunny Moraine [Contemporary Fantasy]  (also available in audio)
• @Weird Fiction Review: “North American Lake Monsters” by Nathan Ballingrud
  [Dark Speculative Fiction – from the author’s eponymous collection, North American Lake Monsters]

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows: “All Your Realities” by Jae Miles [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Daily Science Fiction: “Negative Space” by Antonia Harvey [Magic Realism Flash]
• @Every Day Fiction: “Speed Demon and Clockwork Dancer” by JR Hume [Fantasy Romance Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @Legend of the Five Rings: There Will Be Blood by Shawn Carman – Part 3B [Shared World Fantasy]
• @Author’s Site: The Greenland Diaries by Patrick Marsh – Day 95 [Post-Apocalyptic Serial]
• @Author’s Site: Tickling Butterflies by Guy Hasson – Part 13: The Lost Fairy Tales – “The Fairy Tale Test” [Epic Fantasy Serialization]

Audio

• @Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod: Sleep No More – “Wax Work” and “Man & The Snake” [Suspense Thriller Radio Dramas – from 1957]
• Protecting Project Pulp #65 – “The Island Trovar” by J. C. Hemphill
  [Pulp Horror / Adventure – from 2012 – from Dark Tales of Lost Civilizations]
• @Relic Radio: X Minus One – “Field Study” [Science Fiction Radio Drama – from 1957]
• @Strange Horizons: “Event Horizon” by Sunny Moraine [Contemporary Fantasy]

Audio – Serialized

• @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Atomic Julie’s Galactic Bedtime Stories #18 – The Golden Amazons of Venus – Part 1 by John Murray Reynolds [Science Fiction – from 1939]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• Science Fiction:
  • Adopted Son by Dominic Peloso
    [Alien Invasion Novel – Amazon]
  • Comet Clement Series by Kevin George: [Science Fiction Adventure Series]
    • The Inner Circle (Comet Clement series, #1) by Kevin George
      [First of Series – Amazon]
    • Interception & The New Space Race (Comet Clement series, #2 & #3) by Kevin George
      [Second and Third Novel of Series – Amazon]
  • “Dust” by Allison M. Dickson
    [Science Fiction Short Story – Amazon]
  • Ghost Hand (The PSS Chronicles) by Ripley Patton
    [YA Science Fiction Novel – Amazon | Kobo]
  • The Human Chronicles Saga (Books One & Two) by T.R. Harris
    [Space Opera – First and Second Novel of Series – Amazon]
  • The Missing Link by Brandon Meyers
    [Science Fiction Adventure Comedy Novel – Amazon]
• Fantasy:
  • Blood Faerie (Caledonia Fae, Book 1) by India Drummond
    [Contemporary Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N]
  • Cobbogoth by Hannah L. Clark
    [YA Sword & Sorcery Novel – Amazon]
  • Dargo Island (The First Tale) by Jerry Hart
    [YA Dark Fantasy Novel – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Details, Details, Details (Modern Gods Series, #1) by Odette C. Bell
    [Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Forgotten Enemy (The Powers of Influence) by C. B. Haight
    [Paranormal Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • “Torg’s First Death” – Short from The Death Wizard Chronicles by Jim Melvin
    [Fantasy Short Story – Amazon]
  • Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, oh my! (Xoe Meyers Series) by Sara C. Roethle
    [YA Dark Fantasy Novel – Amazon]
• Horror:
  • Border Town by Mark Halliday
    [Horror / Suspense Novel – Amazon]
  • Sea Sick by Iain Rob Wright
    [Horror / Suspense Novel – Amazon]
• Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian:
  • LZR-1143: Within by Bryan James
    [Zombie Novella – Amazon | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • @Author’s Site: Noah’s Ark by Andrew J. Morgan
    [Post-Apocalyptic Novel – EPUB, MOBI, PDF – Author’s Site]
  • Zombie Day Care: Impact Series – Book 1 (Zombie Impact) by Craig Halloran
    [Zombie Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]

Excerpts

• @Amazing Stories: Excerpt from The Sacred Band by Janet Morris and Chris Morris
  [Historical Fantasy Novel – Available Now]
• @SFMag.hu: Excerpt from Silver Crescent Blues by András Gáspár
• @Suvudu:
  • Audio Excerpt from The Wolves of Midwinter by Anne Rice
    [Paranormal Fantasy Novel]
  • Excerpt from Kiss the Night Goodbye by Keri Arthur
    [Paranormal Fantasy Novel – Fourth of Series – Pre-Order]
• @Tor:
  • Excerpt from Burning Paradise by Robert Charles Wilson
    [Alternative History Novel – Pre-Order]
  • Excerpt from The Land Across by Gene Wolfe
    [Contemporary Fantasy Novel – Pre-Order]
  • Excerpt from Uncrashable Dakota by Andy Marino
    [YA Steampunk Novel – Pre-Order]

For Writers: The OutRamp Guide to Writing: Episode #3

For Post-Apocalyptic fans: The OutRamp Guide to The Apocalypse: Episode #2