Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 3/01/2014
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What’s Special About Today’s Free Fiction?
- Buzzy Mag has an urban fantasy short story by H.L. Fullerton
- SQ Mag #13 – 1 March 2014
- I’ve added “taglines” to the eBooks; let me know if that’s good, bad, or utterly useless.
Written
- @Buzzy Mag: “A Game Of Brinkmanship At Copper Beach” by H.L. Fullerton [Urban Fantasy]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “The Seventeen Executions of Signore Don Vashta” by Peter M Ball
- Escape Pod #437 – “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” by Roger Zelazny [Science Fiction – from 1963 – also available in audio]
- SQ Mag #13 – 1 March 2014 [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “Catch of the Day” by J R Johnson [Fantasy]
- “Church of Asag” by Cameron Trost [Fantasy]
- “Get Rich Quick With Digital Ink” by Megan Neumann [Science Fiction]
- “Girl in the Glass Bottle” by Brian G Ross [Fantasy]
- “Keeping An Open Mind” by Dan Rabarts [Horror]
- “Like Bread” by Patricia Russo [Fantasy]
- “Part 2 of 2”
- “The Stills” by Jeremy C Shipp [Bizarro]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows: “Life Sentence” by Nigel G. Mitchell [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction: “Shadow-Play” by Danielle N Gales [Fantasy Flash]
- @Weirdyear: “Self-styled Rhythms “ by Patricia Crandall [Weird Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @Author’s Site: The Greenland Diaries by Patrick Marsh – Day 122 – Part One [Post-Apocalyptic Serialization]
- @SQ Mag: Clutter Coach by Tom Barlow – Part 2 of 2 [Dark Fantasy Serialization]
Audio
- Beware the Hairy Mango #201 – “Cran Francisco” by Matthew Sanborn Smith [Mangonary Tract]
- @Drama of the Week: “Pixie Juice” by Ed Harris [Fairy Tale]
- Escape Pod #437 – “A Rose for Ecclesiastes” by Roger Zelazny [Science Fiction – from 1963]
- Pseudopod #375 – “The Signalman” by Charles Dickens [Ghost Story – from 1866]
- Tales To Terrify #112 – “The Holy Spear” by Barbara A. Barnett [Horror]
Free eBooks – Science Fiction
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Abomination by E.E. Borton
They were built as unstoppable warriors. They became unstoppable monsters.
[Military Science Fiction Novel – Amazon] -
Convergence — Journey to Nyorfias Book 1 by T. M. Roy
Sergeant Rett’s earned an unwanted nickname–Killer.
[Space Opera Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Kobo] -
Point Apocalypse by Alex Bobl
His name is Mark – or so he remembers. Once a perfect soldier, he’s now Earth’s No 1 enemy.
[Science Fiction Adventure Novel – Amazon] -
Prometheus’ Fire by Michael Mitchell
The Prometheus myth is revisited as an Earth-born alien tries to provide Earth with the technology to generate electricity from thermonuclear fusion.
[Science Fiction Novel – Amazon] -
Take Back Tomorrow by Richard Levesque
What if all you had to do to make your dreams come true was violate the laws of the universe?
[Time Travel Novel – Amazon] -
The Sity by Curran Geist
Can friendship, community, and even love survive in the darkest of worlds?
[Science Fiction Adventure Novel – Amazon] -
Walls of Wind: Part I by J. A. McLachlan
What if males and females were completely different species from each other?
[Science Fiction Novelette – First of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian
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12.21.12: The Vessel (The Altunai Annals) by Killian McRae
The only way to save the future is to decode the past. The only way to decode the past is to save the future.
[Post-Apocalyptic / Alternative History Novel – Amazon] -
Hyperbole by Ryan Parmenter
DC gets destroyed. Harland gets wasted. America gets the leader it deserves.
[Dystopian Comedy Novel – Amazon] -
“Last Words: A Story of Apocalyptic Loss” by Michael Coorlim
Can a 5th-grader cope with loss on an unimaginable scale?
[Apocalyptic Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords] -
My Mr. Rochester 1 (Jane Eyre Retold) by LK Rigel
In a country founded on biblical principals after the Second War Between the States, orphan Jane survives a harsh boarding school education to become a governess at a remote and beautiful estate.
[Dystopian Novella – First of Series – Amazon | Kobo | Smashwords]
Free eBooks – Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian – Young Adult
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Children of the After: Awakening (Book 1) by Jeremy Laszlo
Thrust into the remains of the world they remember, how will they survive on their own, not knowing what or who else remains amongst the ruins?
[YA Post-Apocalyptic Novel – First of Series – Amazon] -
Doubt (Among Us Trilogy) by Anne-Rae Vasquez
Things are never really what they appear to be.
[YA Post-Apocalyptic / Urban Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N] -
Token (Token Chronicles) by Ryan Gressett
Kincaid — a Trainee on the Hawk Islands — has his world turned upside down as he prepares himself to do anything to get back the love of his life.
[YA Dystopian Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Fantasy
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Cobweb Bride (Cobweb Bride Trilogy) by Vera Nazarian
Many are called… She alone can save the world and become Death’s bride.
[Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords] -
Fire & Ice (Icefire Trilogy) by Patty Jansen
Deep under the City of Glass in the frozen southern land, an age-old machine called the Heart of the City radiates a power which locals call icefire. Most citizens are immune to it, but a few, always born with physical disabilities, can bend it to their will.
[Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords] -
The Coming of the Wolf (Tales of the Wolf) by A.E. McCullough
When the Darkness returns from whence it was banished and the Gods are helpless to act, look to the north for the Chosen One…
[Sword & Sorcery Novel – Amazon] -
The Hawk And His Boy (The Tormay Trilogy #1) by Christopher Bunn
Jute can break into any house, climb any wall, and steal anything–and he just got hired for what he thinks is an easy burglary job. The only problem is, if he succeeds, the Thieves Guild is going to murder him. He just doesn’t know that. Not yet.
[Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords] -
The Jongurian Mission (The Jongurian Trilogy, Book One) by Greg Strandberg
Join a motley group of war veterans tasked with opening up a reclusive country. When their mission of peace suddenly turns deadly, all bets are off, and the Jongurian Mission takes on a whole new meaning: survival.
[Arthurian Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords] -
The Revelations of Preston Black (Murder Ballads and Whiskey) by Jason Jack Miller
Sometimes a battle between good and evil doesn’t look much like the ones they show in movies.
[Dark Fantasy Novel – Amazon] -
Thieves at Heart (The Valley of Ten Crescents #1) by Tristan J. Tarwater
Born in poverty, a half-elf in a human city, Tavera lives in a world where she doesn’t belong — until the day she meets Derk. Initiated into the elite group of self-made scoundrels known as the Cup of Cream, Tavera must choose between loyalty to her father and a place as one of the Thieves at Heart.
[Sword & Sorcery Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Kobo | Smashwords] -
Union of Renegades: The Rys Chronicles Book I by Tracy Falbe
The beggining of the love story between Dreibrand Veta, an ambitious military officer, and Miranda, an escaped slave.
[Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
Free eBooks – Fantasy – Young Adult
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Song of the Summer King (The Summer King Chronicles) by Jess E. Owen
With battle lines drawn, Shard the Gryfon must decide whether to fight beside his king… or against him.
[YA Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon] -
The Grimm Chronicles, Vol. 1 by Ken Brosky
200 years ago, the Brothers Grimm unleashed their stories upon the world. Literally.
[YA Fairy Tale Novel – First of Series – Amazon] -
The Wand-Maker’s Debate: Osric’s Wand: Book One by Jack D. Albrecht Jr.
There is a time when history begins; a time when those who live feel the need to write their story, for those who come after them to read.
[YA Sword & Sorcery Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Fantasy – Paranormal and Romance
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Fevered Souls – Season 1 by S.K. Falls
Eden, North Carolina–my hometown and personal hell on earth.
[Paranormal Romance Omnibus – Amazon] -
Jane Was Here by Sarah Kernochan
A mysterious young woman turns up in a small New England town. As her memories reawaken piece by piece, they carry her back in time to a long-buried secret.
[Paranormal Mystery Novel – Amazon] -
Legend (Wolf Lake, Book 1) by Jennifer Kohout
When strong but lonely Samantha uncovers an actual werewolf pack, the world of myth becomes her new reality.
[Paranormal Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Kobo] -
The Truth Has Teeth by Jerry Hanel
Detective Brodie Wade must decipher a riddle before the werewolf hunts him down and tears him apart.
[Paranormal Thriller Novelette – Prequel of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Vampires
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Dark Moonlighting (Volume 1) by Scott Haworth
Nick Whittier, having been alive for six centuries, has had plenty of time to master three professions. In a typical week he works as a police officer, lawyer and doctor and still finds time to murder someone and drink their blood.
[Vampire Comedy Novel – First of Series – Amazon | Kobo] -
Fallen (The Transformed Prequel) by Stacy Claflin
Is love enough to make a bad vampire turn good?
[Vampire Novella – Prequel to Series – Amazon | Kobo] -
Star (Starland Vamp Series) by Theresa Oliver
Abigail Starland a kick-ass CIA agent who fears nothing, that is, until she’s assigned as bodyguard to Zachary Davis, the 18-year-old teenage son of her boss. They fall in love and the trouble begins.
[YA Vampire Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Horror
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NightmarZ: Asylum (Z Series – Season 1, Episode 1) by Irma Geddon
Held against her will in a creepy asylum where a different kind of monster roams the halls in a white uniform, Gabrielle begins to wonder whether she is cursed… or whether she is really crazy after all.
[Horror Serial – First Episode – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords] -
NightmarZ: Parfait (Z Series – Season 1, Episode 2) by Irma Geddon
A daring escape from a psychiatric ward unexpectedly leads Gabrielle onto a collision course with Parfait, a young lawyer.
[Horror Serial – Second Episode – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords] -
The Park by Shane Jeffery
This park is not a safe and nurturing place.
[Horror / Dark Fantasy Novel – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
Excerpts
- @Gollancz: Excerpt from The Confluence Trilogy by Paul McAuley – Chapter One [Science Fiction Trilogy – PDF]
I think the “taglines” for Ebooks is a great idea.
Keep up the good work.
Nice new format!