Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 10/8/2013

Some great links pulled from both Dave Tackett’s QuasarDragon and Free Speculative Fiction Online

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What’s special about today’s free fiction?

1. So much Baen!
2. Buzzy Mag has a science fiction short story from Tom Olbert
3. Quantum Shorts 2013 has a slew of flash fiction entries
4. Glen Cadigan has the opening salvo from the series Bedlam & Belfry, Intergalactic Attorneys at Law
5. For Nook lovers, my collection, Catholic Guilt and the Joy of Hating Men, is now free at Barnes & Noble. (Kindle lovers, stay tuned…)

Written

• @Baen:
  • Sample Stories from A Cosmic Christmas 2 You: [Christmas-Themed Science Fiction Anthology]
    • “Angel of Light” by Joe Haldeman
    • “And to All a Good Night” by Tony Daniel
  • Sample Stories from Man-Kzin Wars XIV: [Shared World Science Fiction Anthology]
    • “A Man Named Saul” by Hal Colebatch and Jessica Q. Fox
    • “Heritage” by Matthew Joseph Harrington
  • Sample Stories from Night & Demons: [Horror and Weird Collection]
    • “The Red Leer” by David Drake
    • “A Land of Romance” by David Drake
    • “Smokie Joe” by David Drake
    • “Awakening” by David Drake
    • “Denkirch” by David Drake
    • “Dragon, The Book” by David Drake
    • “The False Prophet” by David Drake
  • “Outbound” by Brad R. Torgersen [Science Fiction – from Lights in the Deep]
• @Boston Review: “The Forgetting Shiraz” by E. Lily Yu [Speculative Fiction]
• @Buzzy Mag: “Album” by Tom Olbert [Science Fiction]
• Escape Pod #416 – “On the Big Fisted Circuit” by Cat Rambo [Science Fiction] (also available in audio)
• @Legend of the Five Rings: “Star-Crossed Lovers” by Shawn Carman [Shared World Fantasy]
• @Mad Scientist Journal: “On Dosing the Water Supply with a High Powered Mind Control Mutagen” by Brandon Miller [Mad Scientist]
• @Nautilus: “Hardly Never in Vegas” by Camille Alexa [Weird]
• Quantum Shorts 2013 – Selected Entries – Part 1: [Flash Fiction Competition]
  • “A Quantum Study of Evolution “universal Mind.”” by Larry Davis
  • “Entanglement Tango” by Dennis Guy Grace
  • “HyperLOOP” by Lee Greatrex
  • “Mind Over Matter” by Craig Flannagan
  • “On My Quantum Bucket List” by Raymon R. Bruce
  • “Quantum Lottery” by Amos Axiom
  • “Recipe for a Universe” by J. Grace Ellis
  • “Surfing the Quantum Foam” by Charles Dittell
  • “Willa and Sidney” by Mark Snow
• @Author’s Site: “Bedlam & Belfry, Intergalactic Attorneys at Law” by Glen Cadigan [Science Fiction]
• Author’s Site Free Fiction (PDF): [Speculative Fiction]
  • “Fleece” by Nina Allen
  • “Dazzle” by Nina Allen
  • “Darkroom” by Nina Allen
  • “En Saga” by Nina Allen
  • “The Upstairs Window” by Nina Allen
  • “Feet of Clay” by Nina Allen

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows: [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “A New Face” by Alexis Voltaire
  • “Before Resurrection” by Andrew Bale
  • “Curation” by Cosmo Smith
• @Daily Science Fiction: “How Hagatha One-Eye Fell Off the Wagon” by Matthew Cote [Fairy Tale Flash]
• @Every Day Fiction: “The Underground” by Rebecca Birch [Horror Flash]
• @Flashes in the Dark: “The Stake and Garlic Factory” by Michelle Anderson [Horror Flash]
• @Quantum Muse: “The Food Baby” by Esmi Rowan [Horror Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @madgeniusclub: Elf Blood by Sarah A. Hoyt – Chapter 6 [Fantasy Serialization]
• @Mad Scientist Journal: Dr. Derosa’s Resurrection by R.G. Summers – Part V [Mad Scientist Serial]
• @Strange Horizons: Red Matty by Nisi Shawl – Part 2 of 2 [Speculative Fiction Serialization] (also available in audio)
• @Weird Fiction Review: The Divinity Student by Michael Cisco – Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen [Neo-Gothic Horror Novel Serialization]
• @Author’s Site: The Greenland Diaries by Patrick Marsh – Day 91 [Post-Apocalyptic Serial]
• @Author’s Site: Vessel by Andrew J. Morgan – Chapter 6 [Science Fiction Serialization]

Audio

• @Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod:
  • The Hall Of Fantasy – “The Night The Fog Came In” by [Horror – from 1953]
  • The Mercury Summer Theater – “The Hitchhiker” by [Ghost Story – from 1946]
  • The Mysterious Traveler – “Death Is My Caller” by [Psychological Horror – from 1947]
• Cast of Wonders #98 – “Daphne’s Daughter” by Jennifer Tiemann [YA Fantasy]
• Escape Pod #416 – “On the Big Fisted Circuit” by Cat Rambo [Science Fiction]
• Every Day Fiction Podcast #138 – “Wish Fulfilment” by Georgina Allen [Fantasy]
• Radio Drama Revival #351 – Digging up a Dose of ‘Wormwood’ by [Dark Fantasy]
• @Relic Radio:
  • The Witch’s Tale – “Death Is My Caller” by [Dark Fantasy – from 1933]
  • The Mysterious Traveler – “The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea” by [Weird – from 1949]
• @Small Beer Press:
  • Podcast #2 – “Death’s Shed” by J.M. McDermott [Horror]
  • Podcast #17 – “The González Family’s Fight for a Better World” by Angélica Gorodischer [Fantasy]
• Toasted Cake #91 – “What Makes You Tick” by David Steffen [Science Fiction]

Audio – Serialized

• The Hole Behind Midnight – Episode 3: Alone… Together by [Dark Fantasy Serialization]
• @Strange Horizons: Red Matty by Nisi Shawl – Part 2 of 2 [Speculative Fiction Serialization]
• @Author’s Site: The Bones Are White – Nine Disturbing Short Stories by Scott Sigler – #13 – “Bag Man” [Horror]

Free eBooks (at time of listing)

• Science Fiction:
  • @Project Gutenberg: Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Brackett
    [Science Fantasy Novel – from 1951 – Project Gutenberg | Amazon | as Audiobook: LibriVox ]
  • The Coyote Kings, Book One: Space-Age Bachelor Pad by Minister Faust
    [Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Guns of Seneca 6 (Guns of Seneca 6 Saga #1) by Bernard Schaffer
    [Science Fiction Western Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • The Inner Circle (Comet Clement series, #1) by Kevin George
    [Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • The Reborn (The Day Eight Series Part 1) by Ray Mazza
    [Technothriller Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
• Fantasy:
  • @Barnes & Noble: Catholic Guilt and the Joy of Hating Men by Regan Wolfrom
    [Contemporary Dark Fantasy Collection – B&N | Smashwords]
  • Drinking Life (Keeper of the Water , #1) by Kevin George
    [Paranormal Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Flying Girl (Egg and the Hameggattic Sisterhood – Books 1 & 2) by Robert Iannone
    [Middle Years Fantasy Omnibus – Amazon]
  • Racing the Dark by Alaya Dawn Johnson
    [YA Paranormal Fantasy Novel – Amazon]
  • Torbrek…and the Dragon Variation (The Torbrek Trilogy) by Lexi Revellian
    [YA Fantasy Adventure Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
• Horror:
  • Prodigal Son by Christine Sutton
    [Horror Novel – Amazon]
  • Turn a Dark Phrase by David Coy
    [Horror Collection – Amazon]
• Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian:
  • L.A. Dark (Jeremy’s Run) by G.F. Gustav
    [Post-Apocalyptic Novella – First of Series – Amazon]
  • Mad World: Epidemic by Samaire Provost
    [YA Apocalyptic Novel – First of Series – Amazon]

Free Audiobooks

• @LibriVox: Black Amazon of Mars by Leigh Brackett
  [Science Fantasy Novel – from 1951 – LibriVox | as eBook: Project Gutenberg | Amazon]

QuasarDragon Birthdays – Free Fiction from authors on the anniversary of their birth

• October 3rd: Celebrating the Birth . . . Ray Nelson

Excerpts

• @Black Gate: Excerpt from The Sacred Band – “Shock Troops of the Gods” by Janet Morris and Chris Morris
  [Historical Fantasy Adventure Novel – Available Now]
• @Tor:
  • Excerpt from Allegiance by Beth Bernobich
    [Sword & Sorcery Novel – Conclusion of Trilogy – Pre-Order Here]
  • Excerpt from Esrever Doom by Piers Anthony
    [Sword & Sorcery Novel – Pre-Order Here]

For Post-Apocalyptic Lovers: The Post Apocalyptic Link Roundup for 10/8/2013

And For Writers: Speculative Fiction Writing Wroundup for 10/8/2013