Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 12/4/2013
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What’s Special About Today’s Free Fiction?
- Apex Magazine #55 – December 2013
- @Garbled Transmissions Magazine: “Body Bag” by Eric Bonholtzer
- @Strange Horizons: “Why Don’t You Ask the Doomsday Machine?” by Elliott Essex
Written
- Apex Magazine #55 – December 2013 [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “All That Fairy Tale Crap” by Rachel Swirsky
- “Before and After” by Ken Liu
- “Haruspicy and Other Amatory Divinations” by Kat Howard
- “Our Daughters” by Sandra McDonald
- “What You’ve Been Missing” by Maria Dahvana Headley [also available in audio]
- @Garbled Transmissions Magazine:
- “Body Bag” by Eric Bonholtzer [Science Fiction]
- “Death Hags Anonymous” by Zachary Houle [Science Fiction]
- “Read/Write Head” by Tim Major [Cyberpunk]
- @Lightspeed Magazine:
- “Invisible Planets” by Hao Jingfang. Translated by Ken Liu. [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- “Yard Sale” by Kit Reed [Fantasy]
- @Strange Horizons: “Why Don’t You Ask the Doomsday Machine?” by Elliott Essex [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows: “A Simple Lament” by Andrew D. Murrell [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “I Have Read the Terms of Use” by Kenneth Schneyer [Fantasy Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction: “Pieces” by A. E. Decker [Fantasy Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @Author’s Site: After The Fires Went Out: Coyote by Regan Wolfrom – Episode Five, Part 2 – Monday, December 24th [Post-Apocalyptic Novel Serialization]
- @Author’s Site: The Greenland Diaries by Patrick Marsh – Day 104 [Post-Apocalyptic Serial]
- @Author’s Site: Tickling Butterflies by Guy Hasson – “The Battle for the King’s Soul” [Epic Fantasy Serialization]
- @Legend of the Five Rings: “Dread Tidings, Part 2” by Shawn Carman [Shared World Fantasy Serialization]
- @The Colored Lens: “Where the River Runs – Part 1” by Lisa Langeland [Science Fiction]
Audio
- Apex Magazine Podcast #6 – “What You’ve Been Missing” by Maria Dahvana Headley [Speculative Fiction]
- @Boing Boing: “Lawful Interception (a Little Brother story)” by Cory Doctorow [Science Fiction]
- @Lightspeed Magazine: “Invisible Planets” by Hao Jingfang. Translated by Ken Liu. [Science Fiction]
- Protecting Project Pulp #71 – The Hanging Stranger” by Philip K. Dick [Science Fiction – from 1953]
- @Strange Horizons: “Why Don’t You Ask the Doomsday Machine?” by Elliott Essex [Science Fiction]
Audio – Radio Dramas
- @Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod: Dark Fantasy –“Spawn Of The Sub Human” [Horror Radio Drama – from 1942]
- @Relic Radio: Exploring Tomorrow –“Planet Of Geniuses” [Science Fiction Radio Drama – from 1958]
Audio – Serialized
- @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Atomic Julie’s Galactic Bedtime Stories #18 – The Golden Amazons of Venus – Part 7 by John Murray Reynolds [Science Fiction Novella Serialization – from 1939]
Free eBooks – Cross Genre
- Awaken His Eyes: The Awakened Book One by Jason Tesar
[Epic Fantasy / Military Science Fiction Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Science Fiction
- Primae Noctis (The Once and Future Lords Trilogy) by Aimery Thomas
[Science Fiction Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - “Space Shuttle: Episode 1” by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant
[Science Fiction Comedy Short Story – First of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Fantasy
- Give Me – A Tale of Wyrd and Fae (Tethers 1) by LK Rigel
[Paranormal Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - Her Dear and Loving Husband (The Loving Husband Trilogy) by Meredith Allard
[Paranormal Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - Inescapable (Eternelles: The Beginning, Book 1) by Natalie G. Owens
[Urban Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - Iron Bloom (Legend of the Iron Flower Book One) by Billy Wong
[YA Sword & Sorcery Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - Midnight Blood (Born Immortal) by Nicole Yanski
[YA Vampire Romance Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - Shattered Skies: Beginning’s End by Heather Linn
[Vampire Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - Sign of the Throne (The Solas Beir Trilogy) by Melissa Eskue Ousley
[YA Sword & Sorcery Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Horror
- Beneath The Sand by Scott Zavoda
[Horror Novelette – Amazon] - Blood Skies (Book 1) by Steven Montano
[Dark Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Smashwords] - Child of the Ghosts by Jonathan Moeller
[Dark Fantasy Novel – Amazon | Smashwords] - Night Terrors (Savage Species) by Jonathan Janz
[Horror Novella – Amazon | Smashwords] - Spades (Book One) by Kristy Evans
[YA Horror Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Smashwords] - The Change: Episode One (The Bachelor Battles) by Angela White
[Dark Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Smashwords] - The Darkslayer: Wrath of the Royals (Book 1 of 6) by Craig Halloran
[Dark Sword & Sorcery Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Smashwords] - The Hummingbird Wizard (The Mystic Cafe) by Meredith Blevins
[Horror / Mystery Novel – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian
- Dominion I: Seed by Compasse
[Apocalyptic Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - Gamers by Thomas K. Carpenter
[YA Dystopian / Cyberpunk – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Superhero
- “Burn” by Daniel Swensen
[Superhero Short Story – Amazon | Smashwords]
