Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 10/23/2013
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What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- Buzzy Mag has an urban fantasy short story from Alex Shvartsman
- Lightspeed Magazine has a science fiction short story (also in audio) from Ken Liu
- 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]
- The Inner Circle (Comet Clement series, #1) by Kevin George
- “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]
- Adopted Son by Dominic Peloso
- 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]
- Blood Faerie (Caledonia Fae, Book 1) by India Drummond
- Horror:
- Border Town by Mark Halliday
[Horror / Suspense Novel – Amazon] - Sea Sick by Iain Rob Wright
[Horror / Suspense Novel – Amazon]
- Border Town by Mark Halliday
- 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]
- LZR-1143: Within by Bryan James
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]
- Audio Excerpt from The Wolves of Midwinter by Anne Rice
- @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]
- Excerpt from Burning Paradise by Robert Charles Wilson
For Writers: The OutRamp Guide to Writing: Episode #3
For Post-Apocalyptic fans: The OutRamp Guide to The Apocalypse: Episode #2