Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 12/28/2013
Catching up after two weeks… I didn’t expect to be gone for so long. What was I doing? Why, getting a book published, of course! For those of you who don’t know, yesterday was the official release day for Persephone, Goddess of the Not So Undead, a very different take on zombies.
More to come tomorrow, especially eBooks.
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Written
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #137 [Fantasy Magazine]
- “Audio: Walking Still” by C.T. Hutt
- “Stitched Wings” by Beth Cato
- “Whistler’s Grove” by A.E. Decker
- @Buzzy Mag: “Freedom Of A Sort” by Lucas Ahlsen [Urban Fantasy]
- @DargonZine:
- “Jacer and Ratche’s Grand Plan” by Joseph Carney [Shared World Fantasy]
- “The Life and Death of Gillem Stonecutter” by Liam Donahue [Shared World Fantasy]
- @Dark Futures:
- “Cornucopia” by Edward Ahern [Dark Science Fiction]
- “Question of Faith” by Gary Hewitt [Apocalyptic Fantasy]
- Escape Pod #427 – “Samantha’s Diary” by Diana Wynne Jones [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- @Legend of the Five Rings: “Undone” by Seth Mason [Shared World Fantasy]
- @Lightspeed Magazine:
- “Dead Fads” by Maureen F. McHugh [Science Fiction]
- “Leaving Night” by Gregory Benford [Science Fiction]
- “The Correspondence Between the Governess and the Attic” by Siobhan Carroll [Fantasy]
- “The Foster Child” by William Browning Spencer [Fantasy – also available in audio]
- @Mad Scientist Journal:
- “Shooting Stars and Schadenfreude” by Sean Patrick Hazlett [Mad Scientist]
- “The Dog and the Dinosaur” by Adam Rowe [Science Fiction]
- @Nightmare Magazine:
- “A Home in the Dark” by David J. Schow [Horror]
- “The Owl” by Conrad Williams [Horror – also available in audio]
- @Strange Horizons: “Significant Figures” by Rachael Acks [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- @The Colored Lens: “Frozen Wings” by Rachel Hayes [Urban Fantasy]
- @The WiFiles:
- “Reborn” by Gary Hewitt [Dystopian Science Fiction]
- “When a Spade is Not a Spade by T. Gene Davis” by admin [Historical Fantasy]
- @Tor:
- “The Christmas Show” by Pat Cadigan [Fantasy]
- “The Writ of Years” by Brit Mandelo [Fantasy]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows:
- “Beauty is in the Sensory Apparatus of the Beholder” by Duncan Shields [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Clockwork Heartbreak” by Glen Luke Flanagan [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Gift from the Heavens” by Suzanne Borchers [Science Fiction Flash]
- “How to Fly A Spaceship” by Andrew Hollis [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Insubordinate Claus” by Bob Newbell [Science Fiction Flash]
- “It Could Happen Any Time” by Clint Wilson [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Manual for Surrender” by Dominic Daley [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Memories, Light the Corners of our Minds” by Steve Smith [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Sanctuary” by Jae Miles [Science Fiction Flash]
- “The Drifter” by Tony Taylor [Science Fiction Flash]
- “The Longest Distance” by Aaron Koelker [Science Fiction Flash]
- “The Recruit” by Adam Mac [Science Fiction Flash]
- “What’s in a name?” by Duncan Shields [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Enchanted Conversation: A Fairy Tale Magazine: “The Poor Miller and the Cat” by Lelia Rose Foreman [Fairy Tale Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction:
- “An Unauthorized Tree” by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Broken Squirrels” by James Reinebold [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Dwarves Included” by John Peters II [Horror Flash]
- “FLIP BACK • by Matthew Harrison” by Camille Gooderham Campbell [Time Travel Flash]
- “Mister Coffee” by Dean A. Brink [Science Fiction / Comedy Flash]
- “The Gift” by Kristi DeMeester [Horror Flash]
- “Third Skin Turbo” by E. M. Byrne [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Farther Stars Than These:
- “Another Night At The Chronos Tavern” by David Barber [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Knowing Home” by E.S. Wynn [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Flashes in the Dark:
- “Graveyard Pizza” by Rachel Rose Teferet [Horror Flash]
- “Hoping for a Sudden Cold Snap” by Dominic Daley [Horror Flash]
- @Weirdyear:
- “Big Mouth” by Angel Luis Colón [Weird Flash]
- “The Day Before Zero” by Rich Ives [Weird Flash]
- @Yesteryear Fiction: “A New Age Water Birth off the Hawaiian Islands” by Jimmy Calabrese [Fantasy Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @Author’s Site: The Greenland Diaries by Patrick Marsh – Day 106 [Post-Apocalyptic Serialization]
- @Author’s Site: Vessel by Andrew James Morgan – Chapter 16 [Science Fiction Serialization]
- @Author’s Site: Vessel by Andrew James Morgan – Chapter 17 [Science Fiction Serialization]
- @Legend of the Five Rings:
- “Dread Tidings, Part 3” by Shawn Carman [Shared World Fantasy Serialization]
- “Son of Death” by Nancy Sauer [Shared World Fantasy Serialization]
Audio
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies Podcast #116 – “Walking Still” by C.T. Hutt [Fantasy]
- @Beware the Hairy Mango: “Episode 196 – Fully-Clothed Lunch” by Matthew [Mangoes]
- @Campfire Radio Theater: “Dreaming of a Dead Christmas” by John Ballentine [Zombies]
- @Cast of Wonders:
- #108 –“The Cardinals of Ever June” by Sylvia Anna Hivén [YA Fantasy]
- #109 –“Nuclear Family” by Alex Shvartsman [YA Apocalyptic]
- @Clarkesworld Magazine:
- “10^16 to 1” by James Patrick Kelly [Science Fiction]
- “Silent Bridge, Pale Cascade by Benjanun Sriduangkaew (audio)” by Benjanun Sriduangkaew [Science Fiction]
- Drabblecast MP3 #306 – Trifecta XXVI by [Fantasy and Horror Flash]
- @Escape Pod:
- “#426 – Flash Fiction Special” [Science Fiction Flash]
- #427 –“Samantha’s Diary” by Diana Wynne Jones [Science Fiction]
- @Lightspeed Magazine: “The Foster Child” by William Browning Spencer [Fantasy]
- @Nightmare Magazine: “The Owl” by Conrad Williams [Horror]
- @PodCastle:
- #291 –“Seasonal Disorder” by Heather Shaw and Tim Pratt [Fantasy]
- #292 –“Scry” by Anne Ivy [Fantasy]
- Miniature #77 –“The Tome of Tourmaline” by Ken Liu [Fantasy Flash]
- @Protecting Project Pulp:
- #73 –“The Strangling Hands” by M. G. Moretti [Weird – from 1938]
- #74 –“World’s End” by Henry Kuttner [Science Fiction – from 1938]
- @Pseudopod:
- #364 –“The Yellow Sign” by Robert W. Chambers [Horror – from 1895]
- #365 –“Whispers In The Dark” by Andrew Marinus [Horror]
- Bonus Christmas Flash 2013 –“Helpers” by David Steffen [Horror Flash]
- @Strange Horizons: “Significant Figures” by Rachael Acks [Science Fiction]
- @Tales To Terrify:
- #101 –“A Tropical Horror” by William Hope Hodgson [Horror – from 1905]
- #102 –“A View from a Hill” by M.R. James [Horror]
- Toasted Cake #95 – “Through the Cooking Glass” by Vylar Kaftan
Audio – Radio Dramas
- Cthulhu Podcast #163 – The Wrong Side of the Tracks by T.C. Mcqueen [Horror Serialization]
Audio – Serialized
- @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Atomic Julie’s Galactic Bedtime Stories #18 – The Golden Amazons of Venus by John Murray Reynolds:
- @Author’s Site: Nocturnal by Scott Sigler – Episode #8 [Horror Serialization]
- @Author’s Site: Nocturnal by Scott Sigler – Episode #9 [Horror Serialization]
- Beam Me Up! Podcast #391[Science Fiction]
- @Cast of Wonders: Camp Myth: Phoenix Watching by Chris Lewis Carter – Chapter 13 [YA Contemporary Fantasy Serialization]
- Welcome to Night Vale #37 – “The Auction” [Fantasy Serial]
Free eBooks – Fantasy
- Beneath Ceaseless Skies #137
[Fantasy Magazine – EPUB, MOBI, PDF]
Free eBooks – Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian
- @Author’s Site: After The Fires Went Out: Coyote by Regan Wolfrom
[Post-Apocalyptic Novel Serialization – EPUB, MOBI, PDF – Author’s Site]
Excerpts
- @The Qwillery: Excerpt from Mind Trace by Holly McCaghren [YA Technothriller Novel]
- @Tor:
- Excerpt from A Darkling Sea by James L. Cambias [Science Fiction Novel]
- Excerpt from Work Done For Hire by Joe Haldeman [Science Fiction Novel]