Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 6/23/2014

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Regan Wolfrom in Free Fiction // 0 Comments

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Catching up in two tasty chunks after a long time away. You may want to consider calling in sick to work for the next week.

Written

@AE – The Canadian Science Fiction Review: “Love and Burning Garbage” by Jamie Lackey [Science Fiction]
Apex Magazine #61 – June 2014 [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “Cape to Cairo” by Eden Robins [Time Travel]
- “Soul of Soup Bones” by Crystal Lynn Hilbert [Fantasy]
- “The Salt Path” by Marissa Lingen [Science Fiction]
Beneath Ceaseless Skies #149 – June 12, 2014 [Fantasy Magazine – also available as eBook]
- “Ink of My Bones, Blood of My Hands” by Vylar Kaftan [also available in audio]
- “Silver and Seaweed” by Greg Linklater
Clarkesworld Magazine #93 – June 2014 [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “Communion” by Mary Anne Mohanraj [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- “Have Not Have” by Geoff Ryman [Science Fiction – from 2001]
- “Lambing Season” by Molly Gloss [Science Fiction – from 2002]
- “Pepe” by Tang Fei, Translated by John Chu [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- “wHole by Robert Reed” by Robert Reed [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
@The Colored Lens:
- “She Leaves Things Behind” by Sarena Ulibarri [Urban Fantasy]
- “Waterproof” by Marcelina Vizcarra [Post-Apocalyptic]
@Comets and Criminals: “Captain Quasar and the Fastest Thumbs on Zeta Colony Four” by Milo Fowler [Science Fiction]
@Daily Science Fiction:
- “Clasp Hands “ by Stephanie Burgis [Contemporary Fantasy]
- “Shredded “ by R.P. Reed [Science Fiction]
- “Vincent’s First Bass” by Eric M. Witchey [Science Fiction]
@Drabblecast:
- #327 –“Tree, Fire, World” by Desirina Boskovich [Fantasy – also available in audio]
- #328 –“Local Delicacies” by Fran Wilde [Science Fiction Comedy – also available in audio]
@Escape Pod:
- #449 –“An Understanding” by Holly Heisey [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- #450 –“Valedictorian” by N.K. Jemisin [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
@GigaNotoSaurus: “Game of Primes” by Maggie Clark [Science Fiction – also available as eBook]
@Lightspeed Magazine:
- “#TrainFightTuesday” by Vanessa Torline [Science Fiction]
- “A Word Shaped Like Bones” by Kris Millering [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- “Each to Each” by Seanan McGuire [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- “Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death” by James Tiptree, Jr. [Science Fiction – from 1973 – also available in audio]
- “Salvage” by Carrie Vaughn [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- “The Case of the Passionless Bees” by Rhonda Eikamp [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- “The Hymn of Ordeal, No. 23” by Rhiannon Rasmussen [Science Fiction]
- “Walking Awake” by N.K. Jemisin [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
@Mad Scientist Journal:
- “Incident at the Faerie Festival” by Pathos [Science Fiction]
- “Sweet Sand Fleas” by Steve Zisson [Science Fiction]
- “The Sight” by Maureen Bowden [Science Fiction]
@Nightmare Magazine:
- “Don’t Go” by Łukasz Orbitowski, Translated by Agata Napiórska [Horror – also available in audio]
- “Machines of Concrete Light and Dark” by Michael Cisco [Horror – from 2009]
- “Spores” by Seanan McGuire [Horror – also available in audio]
@Omni Reboot: “Bullies” by DS Peters [Near Future Science Fiction]
@Short-Story.me:
- “New Frontier” by Nicole Robb [Science Fiction]
- “Remedy” by Laura Ellison [Fantasy]
- “The First Fit” by Andrew D. Jones [Science Fiction]
- “The House With The Dolls” by Phil Carter [Horror]
- “The Newest Form of Travel” by Walter Giersbach [Science Fiction]
- “Whispers in the Dark” by Chantelle Rose O’Brien [Horror]
@Space Squid: “Green Cheese” by Bruce Holland Rogers [Science Fiction Comedy]
The Lovecraft eZine #31 – June 2014
- “alligators” by Scott Nicolay
- “Changes” by Lars Kramhøft
- “Pawn to E4” by Jenna E. Pitman
- “Pick’s Ghoul” by Ross E. Lockhart
- “Spectacles, Tentacles, Wallet, and Watch” by Wayne Helge
- “Stone Cold Fever” by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
- “The Shadow Under Scotland” by Cameron Johnston
- “War Gods of Men” by David Conyers and David Kernot
@The WiFiles: “God’s Clay” by Jake Walters [Dark Fantasy]
@Tor:
- “Chapter Six” by Stephen Graham Jones [Zombies]
- “Jay Lake and the Last Temple of the Monkey King” by Ken Scholes [The Birthday Story]
@Universes End Productions: “Bounty Bros.” by KD Smith [Science Fiction Adventure]
@Weird Fiction Review:
- “Anatomy” by Tim Wirkus [Weird]
- “Lull” by Kelly Link [Weird Fantasy – from 2002]
- “The Ghoul” by Jean Muno, Translated by Edward Gauvin [Weird Fantasy]
- “The Plague” by Marcel Schwob [Speculative Fiction – from 1900]
- “When the Vampire King Went to South Carolina” by Grady Hendrix [Paranormal Weird]
@Wily Stories for Wily Readers: “Bestiary” by Nicholas P. Oakley [Science Fiction – also available in audio]

Written – Flash

@365 tomorrows:
- “Blue” by Ethan Noone [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Boy or Bot?” by Sam Davis [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Click” by Paul Cosca [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Contempt” by Aaron Koelker [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Copperhead” by Steve Smith [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Cracked Shot” by Jae Miles [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Emergence” by Adam Levey [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Empty Nest” by Tyler Hawkins [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Fall from Grace” by Becky Kendall [Science Fiction Flash]
- “GSDS Take the Wheel” by Gary Will Kreie [Science Fiction Flash]
@Daily Science Fiction:
- “Items Found in the Pocket of a God Who Abandoned His People “ by Andrew Kaye [Fantasy Flash]
- “My Avatar Has An Avatar” by Robert Bagnall [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Nine Dishes on the Cusp of Love “ by Fran Wilde [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Notes on the Game in Progress, Played Almost to a Draw “ by Alex Shvartsman [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Oceans of You” by Pam L Wallace [Science Fiction Flash]
@Every Day Fiction:
- “Barbed” by Karl Bell [Horror Flash]
- “Bartholomew’s Passage” by Gerald Warfield [Fantasy Flash]
- “Employment Unknown” by Russ Bickerstaff [Surreal Flash]
- “From Grace” by Andy D Smith [Paranormal Flash]
- “Happy Birthday” by Benjamin Finateri [Surreal Flash]
- “Harvest” by Aaron Polson [Science Fiction Flash]
@Farther Stars Than These: “Feeding The Beasts “ by John Ogden [Science Fiction Flash]
Kazka Press #3.9 – June 2014 – The Final Issue [Fantasy Flash Magazine]
- “Curveball” by Paul Smith
- “First Things” by Jeff Stehman
- “Green Fairies on a Starry Night” by Caroline M. Yoachim
- “Space Operetta of the Gods” by Pam Phillips
- “The Last Word” by Russ Bickerstaff
- “The Robot and the Boy” by Robin Wyatt Dunn
- “What Fate Imposes” by Jarrod Withers
@Lightspeed Magazine:
- “A Debt Repaid” by Marina J. Lostetter [Science Fiction Flash]
- “A Guide to Grief” by Emily Fox [Science Fiction Flash]
- “See DANGEROUS EARTH-POSSIBLES!” by Tina Connolly [Science Fiction Flash]
- “The Sewell Home for the Temporally Displaced” by Sarah Pinsker [Science Fiction Flash]
@MicroHorror:
- “Birthday Boy” by John Morgan [Horror Flash]
- “Duty” by Iain Aschendale [Horror Flash]
- “I Can Fix That” by Samantha Ryce Curreli [Horror Flash]
- “Lay Me Down” by Jane Fell [Horror Flash]
@Nature:
- “Face in the dark” by Deborah Walker [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Maxwell’s Demon went down to Georgia” by Marissa Lingen [Fantasy Flash]
@Weird Fiction Review: “The Queen of Spades” by André Bay [Weird Flash]
@Weirdyear:
- “Monastery Dolls “ by Tantra Bensko [Weird Flash]
- “Please Stop And Look Here “ by Russ Bickerstaff [Weird Flash]
- “The Package” by Sean Scully [Weird Flash]
@Yesteryear Fiction: “California “ by A. [Fantasy Flash]

Written – Serialized

@Author’s Site: Musketeer Space by Tansy Rayner Roberts: [Space Opera Serialization]
@Kat and Mouse: Guns for Hire: In The Name Of The Father by Abner Senires: [Cyberpunk Serial]
@Paizo: The Tides of Blood! by Lucien Soulban: [Shared World Fantasy Serialization]

Audio

@Beam Me Up! Podcast:
- #408 [Science Fiction]
- #409 [Science Fiction]
- #410 [Science Fiction]
@Beneath Ceaseless Skies: “Ink of My Bones, Blood of My Hands” by Vylar Kaftan
@Clarkesworld Magazine:
- “Communion” by Mary Anne Mohanraj [Science Fiction]
- “Pepe” by Tang Fei, Translated by John Chu [Science Fiction]
- “wHole by Robert Reed” by Robert Reed [Science Fiction]
@Drabblecast:
- #327 –“Tree, Fire, World” by Desirina Boskovich [Fantasy]
- #328 –“Local Delicacies” by Fran Wilde [Science Fiction Comedy]
@Escape Pod:
- #449 –“An Understanding” by Holly Heisey [Science Fiction]
- #450 –“Valedictorian” by N.K. Jemisin [Science Fiction]
Every Day Fiction Podcast #173 – “The Underground” by Rebecca Birch [Horror]
Far Fetched Fables #8 – “The New Deal” by Trent Jamieson and “Disillusions” by Mike Resnick and Lawrence Schimel [Fantasy]
@Lightspeed Magazine:
- “A Word Shaped Like Bones” by Kris Millering [Science Fiction]
- “Each to Each” by Seanan McGuire [Science Fiction]
- “Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death” by James Tiptree, Jr. [Science Fiction]
- “Salvage” by Carrie Vaughn [Science Fiction]
- “The Case of the Passionless Bees” by Rhonda Eikamp [Science Fiction]
- “Walking Awake” by N.K. Jemisin [Science Fiction]
@Nightmare Magazine:
- “Don’t Go” by Łukasz Orbitowski, Translated by Agata Napiórska [Horror]
- “Spores” by Seanan McGuire [Horror]
@Pseudopod:
- #389 –“The House, The Garden And The Occupants” by Amanda C. Davis [Horror]
- #390 –“Party Games” by Richard Farren Barber [Horror]
Tales To Terrify #128 – “Still She Screams” by A.P. Matlock and “Rainforest of Bones” by Armand Rosamilia [Horror]
@Toasted Cake:
- #108 –“The Front Line” by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley [Science Fiction]
- #109 –“The King of the World and I” by Vajra Chandrasekera
Tor’s Audio Versions of Original Short Fiction, thanks to Gary!
- “A Memory of Wind” by Rachel Swirsky [Epic Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “A Water Matter” by Jay Lake [Urban Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “A Weeping Czar Beholds the Fallen Moon” by Ken Scholes [Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “After the Coup” by John Scalzi [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Beauty Belongs to the Flowers” by Matthew Sanborn Smith [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Bugs in the Arroyo” by Steven Gould [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Catch ’Em in the Act” by Terry Bisson [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Clockwork Fairies” by Cat Rambo [Steampunk – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Down on the Farm” by Charles Stross [Horror – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Eros, Philia, Agape” by Rachel Swirsky [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Errata” by Jeff VanderMeer [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction” by Jo Walton [Alternate History – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Eve of Sin City” by Sylvia Day [Urban Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Fare Thee Well” by Cathy Clamp [Urban Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Farewell Performance” by Nick Mamatas [Post-Apocalyptic / Dystopian – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “First Flight” by Mary Robinette Kowal [Time Travel – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Firstborn” by Brandon Sanderson [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Good Night, Moon” by Bruce Sterling and Rudy Rucker [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Jack and the Aktuals, or, Physical Applications of Transfinite Set Theory” by Rudy Rucker [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Last Son of Tomorrow” by Greg van Eekhout [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Lightbringers and Rainmakers” by Felix Gilman [Steampunk – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Looking for Truth in a Wild Blue Yonder” by Jay Lake and Ken Scholes [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Olga” by C.T. Adams [Urban Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Overtime” by Charles Stross [Horror – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Ponies” by Kij Johnson [Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Preparations” by Mark Mills [Zombies – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “River of Souls” by Beth Bernobich [Romantic Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Sacrifice of the First Sheason” by Peter Orullian [Epic Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Shade” by Steven Gould [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Silver Linings” by Tim Pratt [Steampunk – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Sweetheart” by Abbey Mei Otis [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Battle of the Round” by Peter Orullian [Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Cage” by A.M. Dellamonica [Urban Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles” by Kij Johnson [Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The City Quiet as Death” by Michael Bishop and Steven Utley [Horror – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Cockroach Hat” by Terry Bisson [Metafiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Courtship of the Queen” by Bruce McAllister [Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model” by Charlie Jane Anders [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Final Now” by Gregory Benford [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder” by Elizabeth Bear [Urban Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Great Defense of Layosah” by Peter Orullian [Epic Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Horrid Glory of Its Wings” by Elizabeth Bear [Urban Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The House That George Built” by Harry Turtledove [Alternate History – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Monster’s Million Faces” by Rachel Swirsky [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Next Invasion” by Robert Reed [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Nostalgist” by Daniel H Wilson [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The President’s Brain is Missing” by John Scalzi [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Ruined Queen of Harvest World” by Damien Broderick [Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Speed of Time” by Jay Lake [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Star and the Rockets” by Harry Turtledove [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Starship Mechanic” by Ken Scholes and Jay Lake [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday” by GD Falksen [Steampunk – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Things that Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away” by Cory Doctorow [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “The Trains that Climb the Winter Tree” by Eileen Gunn and Michael Swanwick [Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Though Smoke Shall Hide the Sun” by Brit Mandelo [Urban Fantasy – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Tourists” by Sean Craven [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “TVA Baby” by Terry Bisson [Science Fiction Adventure – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Vilcabamba” by Harry Turtledove [Science Fiction – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “What Doctor Gottlieb Saw” by Ian Tregillis [Alternate History – Direct Download (MP3) ]
- “Zeppelin City” by Eileen Gunn and Michael Swanwick [Steampunk – Direct Download (MP3) ]
@Wily Stories for Wily Readers: “Bestiary” by Nicholas P. Oakley [Science Fiction]

Audio – Radio Dramas

@BBC Radio Drama of the Week: “Iz 17 Jun 14” [Cyberpunk Thriller Radio Drama]
@Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod:
- Chet Chetter’s Tales From The Morgue –“The Book Of Absolute Truth” [Supernatural Radio Drama – from 1989]
- Dark Fantasy –“Rendezvous With Satan” [Dark Fantasy Radio Drama – from 1942]
- Dimension X –“The Vital Factor” [Science Fiction Radio Drama – from 1951]
- Inner Sanctum Mysteries –“Portrait Of Death” [Supernatural Mystery Radio Drama – from 1945]
- Space Patrol –“Crash Landing” [Science Fiction Radio Drama – from 1953]
- The Creaking Door –“The Secret Of The Mausoleum” [Dark Fantasy Radio Drama – from 1965]
@Relic Radio:
- 2000 Plus –“The Green Thing” [Science Fiction Radio Drama – from 1950]
- Beyond Midnight –“The Evil Face” [Horror Radio Drama – from 1969]
- Murder At Midnight –“The Black Swan” [Weird Radio Drama – from 1946]
- Quiet Please –“Beezer’s Cellar” [Horror Radio Drama – from 1948]

Audio – Serialized

@Tales To Terrify:
- #125 – House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson, Part 2 [Horror Serialization]
- #126 – House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson, Part 3 [Horror Serialization]
- #127 – House on the Borderland by William Hope Hodgson, Part 4 [Horror Serialization]
@Transmissions from Colony One:
- Season Two, Episode Four –“Crevasse” [Rainforest of Bones” by Armand Rosamilia]
- Season Two, Episode One –“Lifeboat” [Science Fiction Serial]
- Season Two, Episode Three –“Fissures” [Science Fiction Serial]
- Season Two, Episode Two –“Diagnosis” [Science Fiction Serial]
Welcome to Night Vale #49 – “Old Oak Doors, Part A” by [Fantasy Serial]

Free eBooks – Various Speculative Subgenres

@Finnish Weird: for 2014
[PDF and EPUB – Finnish Weird]

Free eBooks – Science Fiction

PSYCHIC by Eric Nabity
Ysenof engages the world in terms of elementary physics. He can manipulate matter and energy, but his focus on fundamentals fails with people. He could change the world, but needs help. Abby Skipper is a people person and mind reader. Special Agent John Clark sees connections. Pauline Morcet is indestructible and haunted by a violent alter ego. Together, they will find out what made them PHYSIC.
[Science Fiction / Superhero Novel – Amazon]

@GigaNotoSaurus: Game of Primes by Maggie Clark
[Science Fiction Novelette – GigaNotoSaurus]

Free eBooks – Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian

Hybrid by Justin Anderson
Living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Joshua Mercer struggles to keep himself and his little sister, Chloe, alive. But genetically altered creatures called Shells have covered the planet, slaughtering and feeding on every living being. With an ever present sense of death Joshua fights to survive. And he will soon find that Shells aren’t the only things to be afraid of.
[Post-Apocalyptic Novel – Amazon]

Free eBooks – Cyberpunk

Diabolus by Travis Hill
Salvatore Antonelli, a disgraced ex-bishop, and Benito Castillo, a young tech-priest fresh out of Seminary, are tasked by the Vatican to confront DAMON-1, a nuclear capable AI that claims to be Satan incarnate, returned to the physical world to bring about Armageddon.
The two clergy must battle to restore DAMON and purge Satan from the enslaved AI’s core. The bishop is forced to play a deadly game with billions of lives in the balance, while the young priest must confront Satan’s digital persona within the network.
[Cyberpunk Novel – Amazon]

Free eBooks – Fantasy

@Beneath Ceaseless Skies: #149 – June 12, 2014
[Fantasy Magazine – Beneath Ceaseless Skies]

Free eBooks – Cross Genre

The Serpent Passage by Todd Allen Pitts
When William and Betty are trapped in a cavern in the Yucatán, they discover a way out through a strange passage that propels them a thousand years into the past. While searching for a way home, they become entangled in conflicts between Mayan kingdoms. Priest Quisac agrees to aid William if he promises to help his people. William is awarded the bloodstone, a magical gem that puts him in the path of Mayan gods, demons, and extraterrestrials.
[Historical Fantasy / Science Fiction Novel – Amazon]