Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 4/1/2014

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What’s Special About Today’s Free Fiction?

1. Expanded Horizons #42 – March 2014
2. @Planet Magazine: “Odd Missive” by Leo Byrne Jenicek
3. @Tor: “Anyway: Angie” by Daniel José Older

Written

• @Author’s Site: “The Hanging Judge” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Science Fiction]
• @Author’s Site: “The Satan Suicides” by Vincent Asaro [Horror]
• @Daily Science Fiction:
  • “Because My Heart Is Pure” by Rahul Kanakia [Science Fiction]
  • “The Sentence is Always Death” by Ken Gerber and Brian Hirt [Time Travel]
• @Drabblecast:
  • #317 – Doubleheader XIV –“Harmonies of Time” and “A Crown of Woven Nails”
    by Caroline M. Yoachim [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
  • #318 –“How They Tried to Talk Indian Tony Down” by Kage Baker [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
• Escape Pod #441 – “Kumara” by Seth Dickinson [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
• Expanded Horizons #42 – March 2014 [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
  • “Accounting” by Elan Bashir
  • “Frequencies” by J. Katherine Patt
  • “Right As Rain” by Eric del Carlo
• @Lightspeed Magazine:
  • “Phalloon the Illimitable” by Matthew Hughes [Fantasy – also available in audio]
  • “Turnover” by Jo Walton [Science Fiction]
• @Mad Scientist Journal:
  • “Carnivorous Fog: Avoidance, Survival, and Eradication Strategies” by K. A. Blaha [Science Fiction]
  • “Response to the Board’s Decision to Terminate Project Cornucopia” by David Neilsen [Science Fiction]
• @Nightmare Magazine: “Sunbleached” by Nathan Ballingrud [Horror]
• @Planet Magazine: “Odd Missive” by Leo Byrne Jenicek [Fantasy]
• @The WiFiles:
  • “Reasons” by Sathya Stone [Science Fiction]
  • “The Rescue Mission” by Dominique Collier [Science Fiction]
• @Tor:
  • “Anyway: Angie” by Daniel José Older [Urban Fantasy]
  • “Noma Girl” by Elizabeth Fama [Alternative History]

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows:
  • “Eminent Domain” by Steven Holland [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Gone” by Dakota Brown [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Heavy” by Steve Smith [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “I Miss Froot Loops” by Thomas Fay [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Justice” by Tyler Hawkins [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Music in Your Veins” by Jake Christie [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Red Rock the Innocent” by Steve Smith [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Stringmaker” by Jae Miles [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “The End Inn” by Desmond Hussey [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Tick!” by John Kinney [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Vault Six” by Andrew Hawnt [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Daily Science Fiction:
  • “Death and His Lover” by Getty Hesse [Fantasy Flash]
  • “Goodnight, Raptor” by A. Merc Rustad [Apocalyptic Flash]
  • “Measures and Countermeasures” by Beth Cato [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “PRODUCE 1:1-10” by Mur Lafferty [Fantasy Flash]
  • “Till Death” by L.L. Phelps [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Dark Futures: “Closed Circuit” by Chris Griglack [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Every Day Fiction:
  • “Buyer Beware” by Matthew Lowes [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “The Beginning of the Next” by Laura Beasley [Fantasy Flash]
  • “The Four Billion Year Birthday” by Jamie Hittman [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “The Strange Wake of Louis Winsky” by James C.G. Shirk [Surreal Flash]
• @Farther Stars Than These: “Gullible” by Joseph Robert [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Nature: “Lookback” by George Zebrowski [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Omni Reboot: “Hammerstone” by Peter Milne Greiner [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Weirdyear:
  • “Good Times With Hal and Lardo “ by Christine Tierney [Weird Flash]
  • “Night of the Living Veg “ by Gary Hewitt [Weird Flash]
• @Yesteryear Fiction: “Reaction to an Editor’s Suggested Revisions “ by Donal Mahoney [Fantasy Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @Author’s Site: The Greenland Diaries by Patrick Marsh – Day 124 [Post-Apocalyptic Serialization]
• @Author’s Site: The Greenland Diaries by Patrick Marsh – Day 125 [Post-Apocalyptic Serialization]
• @HiLobrow: King Goshawk by Eimar O’Duffy – Chapter 13 [Satirical Science Fiction Serialization – from 1926]
• @Paizo: Dune Runner by Christopher Paul Carey – Chapter One: The Storm [Shared World Fantasy Serialization]

Audio

• Cast of Wonders #120 – “Master Madrigal’s Mechanical Man” by Scott Mikula [YA Speculative Fiction]
• @Clarkesworld Magazine: “The Egg Man” by Mary Rosenblum [Science Fiction]
• @Drabblecast:
  • #317 – Doubleheader XIV –“Harmonies of Time” and “A Crown of Woven Nails”
    by Caroline M. Yoachim [Science Fiction]
  • #318 –“How They Tried to Talk Indian Tony Down” by Kage Baker [Science Fiction]
• @Escape Pod:
  • #440 –“Canterbury Hollow” by Chris Lawson [Science Fiction]
  • #441 –“Kumara” by Seth Dickinson [Science Fiction]
• @Every Day Fiction Podcast:
  • #162 –“Remains” by Sylvia Hiven [Fantasy]
  • #163 –“Two Kilograms and Counting” by Sarah Goslee [Horror]
• Journey Into… #91 – “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson [Horror / Suspense Short Story – from 1948]
• @Lightspeed Magazine: “Phalloon the Illimitable” by Matthew Hughes [Fantasy]
• Protecting Project Pulp #85 – “Shadows of the Deep” by Travis Heermann [Pulp Fantasy]
• @Pseudopod:
  • #378 –“The Haunted Spinney” by Elliott O’Donnell [Horror]
  • #379 –“The Greatest Good Of The Greatest Number” by Gertrude Atherton [Horror]
• The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine #156 – NMX Live Reading: “Chuckles Mulrooney: Attorney For The Damned” by Scott Sigler [Dark Fantasy]
• Toasted Cake #100 – “Thirty-Six Interrogatories Propounded by the Human-Powered Plasma Bomb in the Moments Before Her Imminent Detonation” by Erica L. Satifka [Science Fiction]
• @WMG Publishing Podcast: “Hot Jupiters” by Steven Mohan, Jr. [Science Fiction]

Audio – Radio Dramas

• @Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod:
  • 2000 Plus –“The Men From Mars” [Science Fiction Radio Drama – from 1950]
  • Sleep No More –“Banquos Chair & The Coward” [Supernatural / Suspense Radio Drama – from 1957]
  • The Creaking Door –“Bring Back Her Bones” [Supernatural Thriller Radio Drama – from 1964]
• @Relic Radio:
  • Inner Sanctum –“House Of Doom” [Weird Radio Drama – from 1948]
  • Macabre –“Final Resting Place” [Horror Radio Drama – from 1961]
  • Quiet, Please –“The Room Where The Ghosts Live” [Horror Radio Drama – from 1948]
  • The Creaking Door –“Don’t Take My Blood” [Weird / Horror Radio Drama – from 1965]
  • X Minus One –“The Reluctant Heroes” [Science Fiction Radio Drama – from 1956]

Audio – Serialized

• @19 Nocturne Boulevard: Atomic Julie’s Galactic Bedtime Stories #23 – The Fifth Dimension Catapult, Part 5 by Murray Leinster [Science Fiction Serialization – from 1931]
• @Author’s Site: Nocturnal by Scott Sigler – Episode #22 [Horror Novel Serialization]
• @Author’s Site: Nocturnal by Scott Sigler – Episode #23 [Horror Novel Serialization]
• Cthulhu #168 – The Wendigo, part 5 by Algernon Blackwood [Lovecraftian Horror Serial]
• @Tales To Terrify: #115 – The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood: [Horror – from 1910]
  • Part 1
  • Part 2
• The Classic Tales Podcast #359 – The Tree That Reached The Sky, Part 1 of 2 by [Hungarian Folk Tale Serialization]
• The Hole Behind Midnight Episode #15 – “Lapdance” by [Dark Fantasy Serialization]

Free eBooks – Science Fiction

Marin’s Dale by Evan Bollinger
When the scar in the sky started to bleed, the people changed. It was a subtle thing at first, just an oddness in the eyes; a stammer in the speech. But then the voices started moving. And the air turned warm, hot, like a giant microwave oven. As if something, somewhere, was turning the temperature on the sleepy Colorado city. High above in those mountain peaks, it summoned.
The being of a thousand moans is calling…
[Science Fiction Novella – Amazon]

Free eBooks – Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian

The Soul Mate (The Holy Trinity) by Madeline Sheehan
Trinity had an ordinary life. That is, until she barely escaped a worldwide apocalyptic plague that took her loved ones from her and transformed most of humanity into flesh-eating monsters.
[Post-Apocalyptic / Fantasy Romance Novel – First of Series – Amazon]

Free eBooks – Fantasy

State of Grace (Wolf Dasher) by John Phythyon
When his friend and colleague in Urland’s Shadow Service, Sara Wensley-James, is murdered in the elf nation of Alfar, Wolf Dasher’s mission seems simple: track down her killer and bring him to justice. But nothing is going to be easy about this case.
[Fantasy / Thriller Novel – Amazon]

The Road to Nyn (The Tales of Gaspar) by Brian Michaud
In a land where magic is outlawed, a young boy is living a double life. Although Kay is training to be a knight, he has been secretly studying the forbidden ways of magic with Alamin, a powerful but eccentric wizard. When a band of goblins raids his village and enslaves his family and friends, Kay embarks on an adventure that takes him across the Kingdom of Gaspar and into the dark and treacherous caves of the Goblin Realm. What Kay doesn’t realize is that his journey is leading him on a collision course with the Lord of Nyn – a being so powerful that none dare face him…not even Alamin himself!
[Epic Fantasy Novel – Amazon]

Free eBooks – Fantasy – Paranormal and Romance

Of Silver and Beasts (Goddess Wars) by Trisha Wolfe
In the sand-covered queendom of Cavan, the goddess once saved a young Kaliope’s life, preventing the mercury her father attempted to hide in her blood from reaching her heart. Now, a cybernetic clamp filters it, but the silver streaks swirling faintly beneath her skin are a constant reminder that she’s different.
[Dark Paranormal Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon]

The Demon You Know… (Demon-Hunting Soccer Mom) by Julie Kenner
When daughter Allie finds herself knee-deep in demons, Demon Hunter Kate Connor must come to the rescue in this first short story featuring not only Kate, but fourteen year old Allie, too!
[Paranormal Fantasy Short Story – Amazon]

Free eBooks – Zombies

300 Miles to Galveston (Displacement 1 of 3) by Rick Wiedeman
North Texas, 2037. It’s been three years since the most brilliant Leonid meteor shower recorded. After that night, no one was born, and no one stayed dead.
[Zombie Novel – First of Series – Amazon]

The Zombies: Volume One by Macaulay C. Hunter
Schools are closed. Thousands of sick people are locked in confinement points to die. Vigilante soldiers are pacing the streets. A mutation of a common cold virus has resulted in the deadly Sombra C illness, which is spreading through the world like wildfire. Highly contagious, it transforms its victims in the weeks before death into violent, zombie-like creatures.
[Zombie Novel – First of Series – Amazon]