Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 10/25/2013
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What’s special about today’s free fiction?
- The New Yorker has a story from Haruki Murakami
- Nature has flash science fiction from Dawn Bonanno
- 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]
- A Shadow Passed Over the Son (The Go-Kids Book 1) by Ryan Schneider
- 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]
- A Romantic Ghost Story by Jason W. Chan
- 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]
- 13 Drops of Blood by James Roy Daley
- 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]
- Dead and Moaning in Las Vegas by Brandon Meyers
- 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]
- A God-Blasted Land: The Bastard Cadre #1 by Lee Carlon
- 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]
- A Question of Will (The Aliomenti Saga – Book 1) by Alex Albrinck
- 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]
- Look Homeward, Clockwork Angel by E C Belikov and Elias Anderson
- Superhero:
- The Temporal by CJ Martin
[Superhero Novel – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
- The Temporal by CJ Martin
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
Thanks for splitting off the Zombie books into their own section! It seems they’re very in-fashion right now, but I just don’t find them scary enough for horror.