Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 10/25/2013

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. The New Yorker has a story from Haruki Murakami
2. Nature has flash science fiction from Dawn Bonanno
3. Anthropomorphic Dreams has dark fantasy in audio from Martin Summers

Written

• @Dark Futures: “Artemis’ Nightrise” by Doug Langille [Dark Science Fiction]
• @The New Yorker: “Samsa in Love” by Haruki Murakami, Translated by Ted Goossen [Speculative Fiction]

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows: “Unplugged” by Tony Taylor [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Daily Science Fiction: “Crisis on Titan” by Conor Powers-Smith [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Every Day Fiction: “Slowpoke” by Richard J. Dowling [Science Fiction Comedy Flash]
• @Farther Stars Than These: “Wallace” by Michael White [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Nature: “How cherry coke saved my life” by Dawn Bonanno [Science Fiction Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @Author’s Site: Tickling Butterflies – Part 13: The Lost Fairy Tales by Guy Hasson – “The Story Seeker” [Epic Fantasy Serialization]

Audio

• Anthropomorphic Dreams #55 – The Corpse Road by Martin Summers [Dark Fantasy]
• @SFFaudio: “Riya’s Foundling” by Algis Budrys [Science Fiction – from 1953]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• Science Fiction:
  • A Shadow Passed Over the Son (The Go-Kids Book 1) by Ryan Schneider
    [Science Fiction Adventure Novella – First of Series – Amazon]
  • “A Simple Gift” (The Gaian Consortium Series) by Christine Pope
    [Science Fiction Romance Short Story – Second of Series – Amazon | Kobo]
  • “Beacon” (Part I) (Beacon Saga) by Jonathan C. Gillespie
    [Space Opera Short Story – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • The Creatures of Man by Howard L. Myers
    [Science Fiction Collection – Amazon]
  • Daughter of Llathe: A Tale of the Two Rings by Ben Cassidy
    [Space Opera Novella – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Dragon Over Washington (The Third War Of The Bir Nibaru Gods) by Bruno Flexer
    [Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Godspeed Inc: A Naomi Kinder Adventure by Vincent Miskell
    [Science Fiction Adventure Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • The Last Praetorian (The Redemption Trilogy) by Mike Smith
    [Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Neptune Crossing (The Chaos Chronicles) by Jeffrey A. Carver
    [Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • “One Foggy Night”: A DEAD MECH Prequel Short (Apex Trilogy) by Jake Bible
    [Military Science Fiction Short Story – Prequel to Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Qeya (Heaven’s Edge) by Jennifer Silverwood
    [YA Science Fiction Novella – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Saucerers and Gondoliers (Ant and Cleo) by Dominic Green
    [YA Science Fiction Adventure Novel – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • “That Special Place” by Vincent Bivona
    [Science Fiction Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
• Fantasy:
  • A Romantic Ghost Story by Jason W. Chan
    [Paranormal Fantasy Novella – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Ascendancy (The Godswar Series #1) by Jennifer Vale
    [Sword & Sorcery Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Awakening (Book One of The Geis) by Christy Dorrity
    [YA Paranormal Fantasy – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Blue Violet (Book #1 of the Svatura Series) by Abigail Owen
    [YA Paranormal Fantasy – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Chosen (Guardians of the Word) by Jolea M. Harrison
    [YA Dark Fantasy Novel – Amazon | B&N | Smashwords]
  • The Devil Was an Angel (A Niki Slobodian Novel: Book 4) by J.L. Murray
    [Urban Fantasy Novel – Fourth of Series – Amazon]
  • “Faraday & Frankenstein” (Warnings to the Curious #1) by S. Anderson Laatsch
    [Historical Fantasy Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • The Guild of the Cowry Catchers, Book 1: Embers by Abigail Hilton
    [Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Immortalis Carpe Noctem (Immortalis Vampire Series #1) by Katie Salidas
    [Vampire Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • “In The Dark and The Deep” (Steve Vernon’s Sea Tales) by Steve Vernon
    [Dark Fantasy Short Story – Amazon | Kobo]
  • Kick by John L. Monk
    [Urban Fantasy Novel – Amazon]
  • Leximandra Reports, and other tales (Draykon Series) by Charlotte E. English
    [Fantasy Collection – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • The Man Who Crossed Worlds (Miles Franco #1) by Chris Strange
    [Urban Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Mutt (The Rittenhouse Saga) by Evan Fuller
    [YA Urban Fantasy – First of Series – Amazon | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Naomi Grim (Part 1) (The Silver Scythe Chronicles) by Tiffany Nicole Smith
    [Dark Fantasy Novelette – First of Series – Amazon | Smashwords]
  • Night Time: Two Novels by H.T. Night
    [Paranormal Fantasy – Two Novels – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Protector by Tressa Messenger
    [Paranormal Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • The Puppet Queen: A Tale of the Sleeping Beauty by Mira Zamin
    [Fairy Tale Novel – Amazon | B&N | Kobo]
  • The Soul Sphere: Book 1 The Shattered Sphere by David J. Adams
    [Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Vampire’s Eve (Vamp Life) by Jez Strider
    [Vampire Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • The Vampire’s Warden (Undead in Brown County #1) by S.J. Wright
    [Vampire Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
• Horror:
  • 13 Drops of Blood by James Roy Daley
    [Horror Collection – Amazon]
  • A Demon Made Me Do It (Demonblood Series #1) by Penelope King
    [YA Horror Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Bad Games by Jeff Menapace
    [Psychological Horror / Thriller Novel – Amazon]
  • The Box (The Temple of the Blind #1) by Brian Harmon
    [Horror / Suspense Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • The Mortician’s Wife by Maralee Lowder
    [Horror Novel – Amazon]
  • Sarah’s Shadows (Shadows and Light) by Debra Robinson
    [Horror Novel – Amazon]
• Zombies:
  • Dead and Moaning in Las Vegas by Brandon Meyers
    [Zombie Comedy Novel – Amazon]
  • Dead Stop by D. Nathan Hilliard
    [Zombie Novel – Amazon]
  • “Feast, Stray, Love – #1 Feast” by Kevin Anthony
    [YA Zombie Short Story – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • “In the Land of the Blind: A Zombie Story” by Robert Swartwood
    [Zombie Short Story – Amazon | Kobo]
  • Living Death: Deliverance by Kent Reaper
    [Zombie Novelette – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Zombie Games (Origins) by Kristen Middleton
    [YA Zombie Novel – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • “The Zombie Handbook: Surviving The Apocalypse” by Jackson Everett
    [Zombie Short Story – Amazon]
• Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian:
  • A God-Blasted Land: The Bastard Cadre #1 by Lee Carlon
    [Post-Apocalyptic Novella – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Creating Monsters by Christopher Rankin
    [Dystopian Novel – Amazon]
  • The Eclective: The Apocalypse Collection by Tara West
    [Post-Apocalyptic Anthology – Amazon]
  • Escape To Challenge (Moondark Saga, Book 1) by Don McQuinn
    [Post-Apocalyptic Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • The Soul Ripper (Twisted Souls #1) by Cege Smith
    [Post-Apocalyptic Novella – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
• Cyberpunk:
  • A Question of Will (The Aliomenti Saga – Book 1) by Alex Albrinck
    [Cyberpunk Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • The Discovery of Socket Greeny (The Socket Series) by Tony Bertauski
    [Cyberpunk Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • “Funscreen” by Craig A. Falconer
    [Cyberpunk Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Smashwords]
  • The Nexus (Book 1 of The Nexus) by J. Kraft Mitchell
    [YA Cyberpunk Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • The Road to Hell by Peter Cawdron
    [Cyberpunk Novel – Amazon | B&N | Smashwords]
  • Socialpunk (Socialpunk #1) by Monica Leonelle
    [Cyberpunk Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • Sulan, Episode 0.5: “The Cube” by Camille Picott
    [Cyberpunk Short Story – Prequel to Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
  • The Wrong Tom Jacks (The Genehunter) by Simon Kewin
    [Cyberpunk Novelette – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
• Steampunk:
  • Look Homeward, Clockwork Angel by E C Belikov and Elias Anderson
    [Steampunk Novella – Amazon]
  • Reaper’s Return (Chronicles of Aesirium, Book 1) by Ren Cummins
    [YA Steampunk Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Requiem (The Eternal Gateway Book One) by SB Jones
    [Steampunk Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
• Superhero:
  • The Temporal by CJ Martin
    [Superhero Novel – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]

Excerpts

• @Gollancz: Excerpt from Pathe of Anger by Antoine Rouaud – Chapter Three [Epic Fantasy Novel]
• @Tor: Excerpt from Horse of a Different Color by Howard Waldrop
  [Science Fiction Collection – Pre-Order]

For Writers: The OutRamp Guide to Writing: Episode #4 and The OutRamp Guide to Self-Publishing: Episode #2