Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 7/03/2014
So I’m off to CONvergence in the Twin Cities, so there won’t be much coming from me on the Free Fiction front for the rest of this week.
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What’s Special About Today’s Free Fiction?
Written
- Abyss & Apex #51 – 3rd Quarter 2014
- “Affairs of Honor” by Fraser Sherman
- “Asleep in Zandalar” by Rachel Acks
- “Hunting Fire” by Lindsey Duncan
- “The Coin Whisperer” by Sarah Hendrix
- Flash Fiction:“Glitch” by Mark Cole
- Flash Fiction:“Have You Seen Lucky?” by Nathaniel Williams
- @Anotherealm:
- “Chains and Halos “ by Alexander Nicholas [Paranormal Fantasy]
- “The Nothing Man” by Anton Sim [Ghost Story]
- Apex Magazine #62 – July 2014 [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “Blessed are the Hungry” by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo [Science Fiction]
- “Courtship in the Country of Machine-Gods” by Benjanun Sriduangkaew [Science Fiction – from 2012]
- “Insurrection in Silk” by Gillian Conahan [Fantasy]
- “The Food in the Basement” by Laura Davy [Dark Fantasy]
- @Baen: “The Last Secret of Mary Bowser” by Steve White [Time Travel]
- @Black Gate: “Seven Against Hell” by Janet Morris and Chris Morris [Heroic Fantasy]
- Clarkesworld #94 – July 2014 [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “Gold Mountain” by Chris Roberson [Alternative History – from 2005]
- “Soul’s Bargain” by Juliette Wade [Science Fiction]
- “Stone Hunger” by N. K. Jemisin [Fantasy]
- “The Contemporary Foxwife” by Yoon Ha Lee [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- “The Halfway House at the Heart of Darkness” by William Browning Spencer [Science Fiction – from 1998]
- @The Colored Lens: “Some Say in Surf” by Greg Little [Fantasy]
- @Comets and Criminals: “Worlds Less Traveled” by John C. Conway [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- Crossed Genres #18 – June 2014 – Music [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “A Song of Sixpence” by Alyc Helms
- “Faubourg” by Carlyn Worthy
- “The Reclamation” by Ashley C. Ford
- @GigaNotoSaurus: “Sixty Years in the Women’s Province” by Benjanun Sriduangkaew [Fantasy – also available as eBook]
- Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #20 [Heroic Fantasy Magazine]
- “By Way of the Eastern Road” by Jesse Knifely
- “Mouth of the Jaguar” by Evan Dicken
- “The Challenger’s Garland” by Schuyler Hernstrom
- @Kasma SF:
- “Love Thy Neighbors” by Ken Liu [Science Fiction]
- “That Tear Problem” by Natalia Theodoridou [Science Fiction]
- @Lakeside Circus: “Edie Verona’s No. 1 Torch Song for Sid Slackmeyer and the Silverback Sasquatch” by M. Bennardo [Speculative Fiction – also available in audio]
- @Lightspeed Magazine:
- “Help Me Follow My Sister into the Land of the Dead” by Carmen Maria Machado [Fantasy]
- “The New Provisions” by Adam-Troy Castro [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
- @Mythic Delirium:
- “Keeper of the Wave” by Jamie Killen [Weird]
- “The Giant’s Tree” by Yukimi Ogawa [Fantasy]
- @Nightmare Magazine: “The Black Window” by Lane Robins [Horror – also available in audio]
- @Omni Reboot: “Osmosis – A Tale of An Interspecies Union” by M. Justine Gerard [Science Fiction]
- Perehelion June 2014 [Science Fiction Magazine]
- “8 Minutes, 15 Seconds” by Levi Jacobs
- “Another Time in France” by Sylvia Anna Hiven
- “His Special Birthday” by Chet Gottfried
- “Life Out of Harmony” by Rebecca Birch
- “One-Way Ticket” by Milo James Fowler
- “Our Old Crossed Stars” by Travis Knight
- “Return of the Mayflower” by Gerald Warfield
- “Rules Concerning Earthlight” by Dale Ivan Smith and K.C. Ball
- “Sucks to Be You” by Tim McDaniel
- “Titans” by Steve Rodgers
- “Waters of Lethe” by Ian Sales
- @Tor:
- “Polynia” by China Mieville [Weird]
- “The Devil in the Details” by Debra Doyle [Contemporary Fantasy]
- @Author’s Site: “When Thomas Jefferson Dined Alone” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Science Fiction]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows:
- “Ship’s Ghost” by Clint Wilson [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Stars Go Out” by Duncan Shields [Science Fiction Flash]
- Crossed Genres #19 – July 2014 – Flash Fiction [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “A Visit from the Hag” by Kate Hall
- “Ashes to Ashes” by Jes Rausch
- “Birth” by Joyce Chng
- “Cecille and her Sister” by Maya Surya Pillay
- “Harvestfruit” by JY Yang
- “Loving Armageddon” by Amanda C. Davis
- “Mamihlapinatapei” by Rachael K. Jones
- “Space Travel Loses its Allure When You’ve Lost Your Moon Cup” by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley
- “The Ancestors” by Laurie Tom
- “The Pumpkin-Carving Contest” by Dayle A. Dermatis
- “The Seeds of Foundation” by Pedro Iniguez
- “Under the Bed” by Effie Seiberg
- “What Came Last” by Lindsey M. Sheehan
- “What We’ve Lost, Sometimes” by Karen Bovenmyer
- @Daily Science Fiction:
- “By Trixie Kennedy” by Marcia Richards [Magic Realism Flash]
- “Hero” by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam [Superhero Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction: “Bad Snake Day” by Beth Cato [Fantasy Humor Flash]
- Flash Fiction Online July 2014
- “31-E” by M. Elizabeth Castle [Fantasy Flash]
- “Simulation” by R.M. Graves [Science Fiction Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @HiLobrow: King Goshawk by Eimar O’Duffy – Chapter 27 [Satirical Science Fiction Serialization – from 1926]
- @Author’s Site: Musketeer Space by Tansy Rayner Roberts – Part 7 – “A Royal Reception” [Space Opera Serialization]
Audio
- Beam Me Up! Podcast #412 by [Science Fiction]
- @Clarkesworld: “The Contemporary Foxwife” by Yoon Ha Lee [Science Fiction]
- @Comets and Criminals: “Worlds Less Traveled” by John C. Conway [Science Fiction]
- Drabblecast #330 – Trifecta XVIII [Speculative Flash – Fantasy, Comedy and Horror]
- Every Photo Tells #148 – “Chasing Lizards up Sacred Street” by Martin Spernau [Fantasy]
- Far Fetched Fables #11 – “Lost Son” by Maurice Broaddus and “Ten Things I Know about the Wizard” by Steven Rasnic Tem [Fantasy]
- @Lakeside Circus:
- “Edie Verona’s No. 1 Torch Song for Sid Slackmeyer and the Silverback Sasquatch” by M. Bennardo [Speculative Fiction]
- “In A Better Place” by H.L. Fullerton [Fantasy]
- @Lightspeed Magazine: “The New Provisions” by Adam-Troy Castro [Science Fiction]
- @Nightmare Magazine: “The Black Window” by Lane Robins [Horror]
Audio – Radio Dramas
- @Relic Radio: Tales Of Tomorrow –“Martians Never Die” [Science Fiction Radio Drama – from 1953]
Audio – Serialized
- The Hole Behind Midnight Episode #17 – “Skull Games” by [Dark Fantasy Serialization]
- Welcome to Night Vale #49 – “Old Oak Doors, Part B” by [Fantasy Serial]
Free eBooks – Science Fiction
Arrival (Maddy Young Saga #1) by Nick Pirog
Maddy Young is dead. Or at least that’s what they tell him. Imagine that when you die, you have a 1 in 3 chance of having another life; same body, same age, same place as when you died. But for Maddy, everything is not making sense. He was just a week away from his Bar exam and starting his life as a Public Defender, when he made a grand entrance into this second life of his—a place they call Two. Before long Maddy thinks he is adjusting fine to Goggle instead of Google and Deadbook instead of Facebook. But Maddy soon finds out that as much as things can be different in Two, some things, like murder—never change. It’s Maddy’s job to find out just what this place really is and what this second life is all about…
[Science Fiction Thriller Novel – Amazon]
Science Fiction Writers Sampler 2014 by
The sampler provides complete short stories, novella and novel excerpts, links to the various author’s works, personal interviews, and further information on author’s e-books.
[Science Fiction Sampler Anthology – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian
Remnants: A Record of Our Surviva by Daniel Powell
The blight fell across the face of the world like a shroud. It mutated so quickly that the virologists never really had a chance.
America sealed its borders, but it was too late. By the time the first North American cannibalism clusters surfaced in Montreal, Winnipeg, and Vancouver, the blight was already incubating in many northern cities.
A dozen weeks later, everything was gone.
And yet, survivors have persisted. This is the story of the Keanes—an ordinary American family from what used to be Portland, Oregon—and their not-so-ordinary story of survival in the face of unthinkable human depravity.
[Post-Apocalyptic Novelette – Amazon]
The SIN of Addison Hall by Jeffrey Onorato
Residing in a country where beautiful people are considered superior, Addison Hall is an anomaly. A mildly repugnant man, he is forced by the twisted hierarchy of his dictator to live in less than adequate living situations.
[Dystopian Novel – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian – Young Adult
Under the Devastation (The Devastation Series #1) by A.E. Weddle
Fifteen years have passed since a global devastation forced a few lucky doomsday preppers into an underground colony. Memories from a life before have left nineteen year old Lilly Drummand restless and discontent with her bleak future. Strange and sometimes prophetic dreams haunt Lilly by night and innuendos from her supposed senile grandmother feed her suspicions by day. Unable to ignore her intuition any longer, Lilly and her best friend Sam embark on a mission to find the truth.
[YA Post-Apocalyptic Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Fantasy
Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Niki Slobodian #1) by J.L. Murray
Niki Slobodian sees things – things that aren’t supposed to be there. Labeled an Abnormal by New Government, her name is tacked onto the Registry, which seems to be getting longer these days. Now she can’t work or she’ll end up the same place as her father: in prison. But with no money coming in, Niki’s getting desperate.
So when a mysterious client offers to get her off the Registry in exchange for taking his case, Niki jumps at the chance. All she has to do is round up a homicidal Dark that’s escaped from Hell and is cruising around the city in borrowed bodies. The murders are piling up, with Niki’s notorious father somehow involved, and Niki’s running out of time. And it seems the Dark isn’t the only thing that escaped…
[Dark Urban Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
The Devil Was an Angel (Niki Slobodian #4) by J.L. Murray
Niki Slobodian knows loss. She knows tragedy. But she has never known this kind of pain. After the war the Archangel Michael waged on her city, Niki is dealing with the loss of her loved ones. And the haunting suspicion that everything was her fault. As well as her new duty to help all the lost souls cross over.
But when Niki’s only living friend, Bobby Gage, comes up missing, she has to take action. She enlists the help of Lucifer and together they learn that Bobby has been tracking Kane, the man who murdered his family, and who is now killing again, leaving a trail of mutilated corpses all across the globe. And with the power to disappear unnoticed, it seems an impossible feat to find him and stop him.
[Dark Urban Fantasy Novel – Fourth of Series – Amazon]
@GigaNotoSaurus: Sixty Years in the Women’s Province by Benjanun Sriduangkaew
[Fantasy Novelette – EPUB, MOBI – GigaNotoSaurus]