Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 2/06/2014
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Written
- Drabblecast #311 – “Birds of the Air” by Joseph Pitkin [Fantasy – also available in audio]
- @Nightmare Magazine: “The Totals” by Adam-Troy Castro [Horror – also available in audio]
- @Tor: “Mad Maudlin” by Marie Brennan [Fairy Tale]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows: “Always With You” by Jae Miles [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “I’ve Been Hacked” by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction: “Two Kilograms and Counting” by Sarah Goslee [Horror Flash]
- @Yesteryear Fiction: “Then, A Spacer Walked In “ by Acquanetta M. Sproule [Fantasy Flash]
Audio
- Drabblecast #311 – “Birds of the Air” by Joseph Pitkin [Fantasy]
- @Nightmare Magazine: “The Totals” by Adam-Troy Castro [Horror]
Audio – Radio Dramas
- @Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod: The Mysterious Traveler –“Death Is The Judge” [Horror / Suspense Radio Drama – from 1947]
Audio – Serialized
- 19 Nocturne Boulevard Atomic Julie’s Galactic Bedtime Stories – #21 – “The Ego Machine” – Part 4 of 4 by Henry Kuttner [Science Fiction – from 1952]
Free eBooks – Science Fiction
- Caleo (Leech) by James Crawford
[YA Science Fiction Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - Eville by Holand Peterson
[Science Fiction Adventure Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - The Dome (The Dome Trilogy) by Nova Sparks
[Science Fiction Romance Novel – First of Series – Amazon] - The Stone Man by Luke Smitherd
[Science Fiction Thriller Novel – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Fantasy
- Call of the Herald (Godsland Series: Book One) by Brian Rathbone
[Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords] - Shaman, Healer, Heretic (Olivia Lawson Techno-Shaman) by M. Terry Green
[Urban Fantasy Novel – Amazon | Kobo] - Strength (The Aigis Trilogy) by S.M Welles
[Fantasy Romance Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Horror
- Dollhouse (The Dollhouse Books, #1) by Anya Allyn
[YA Horror Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Kobo]
Free eBooks – Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian
- From the Fire by Kent David Kelly
[Post-Apocalyptic Novelette – First Episode of Series – Amazon]
I downloaded a copy of THE STONE MAN earlier today, because the all-type cover intrigued me. The larger-than-BookBub’s image you have here lets me see that vague silhouette of the Stone Man lurking in the “black” area. But it works well as all-type, too, because the layout and design made me think of a tombstone. And it turns out there’s a lot of death and destruction in the actual novel, so that’s appropriate.
I’ve read Chapter 1, and I’m impressed. Smitherd’s story is gripping and compelling so far. I’m not so sure, yet, that it fits neatly into a Science Fiction category; the flavor so far feels more like Horror without any directly supernatural elements, with hints of Apocalyptic yet to come. I think at this point I would classify it as cross-genre or mixed genre, or maybe as just plain Weird.
I hope the rest of the book is as well done, because I’m really tired of being disappointed by self-published books.
(Just for the record, I’d never heard of Smitherd before today.)
Bruce, I’m hoping you remain as impressed as I was with the entire novel!