Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 8/30/2014

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What’s Special About Today’s Free Fiction?

1. Beneath Ceaseless Skies #153 – August 07, 2014
2. @OpenBook Publishers: “A Time Travel Dialogue” by John W. Carroll, Et Al.
3. @Mythic Delirium: “The Djinn” by Saira Ali

Written

• @AE – The Canadian Science Fiction Review: “The Good Girl” by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks [Science Fiction]
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies #153 – August 07, 2014 [Fantasy Magazine]
  • “Five Fruits I Ate in Sandar Land” by Michael Haynes
  • “Make No Promises” by Rachel Halpern
  • Audio Vault:“Haxan” by Kenneth Mark Hoover [Fantasy]
  • Audio:“The Topaz Marquise” by Fran Wilde
• @The Colored Lens: “The Transceiver” by J.A. Becker [Near Future Science Fiction]
• @Daily Science Fiction:
  • “1:40 AM” by Eliza Victoria [Time Travel]
  • “Cattail Heart” by Kate Heartfield [Slipstream]
• @Lightspeed Magazine:
  • “A Box, a Pocket, a Spaceman” by E. Catherine Tobler [Science Fiction – also available in audio]
  • “The Djinn Who Sought To Kill The Sun” by Tahmeed Shafiq [Fantasy – also available in audio]
  • “Morning Child” by Gardner Dozois [Apocalyptic Science Fiction – from 1984]
  • “The Grass Princess” by Gwyneth Jones [Fantasy]
• @Nightmare Magazine:
  • “Dear Owner of This 1972 Ford Crew Cab Pickup” by Desirina Boskovich [Horror – also available in audio]
  • “The Kiss” by Tia V. Travis [Paranormal Horror]
• @Omni Reboot: “And Your Little Dog, Too” by Damien Broderick and Rory Barnes [Science Fiction]
• @OpenBook Publishers: “A Time Travel Dialogue” by John W. Carroll, Et Al. [Science Fiction Novella]
• @Tor:
  • “In the Sight of Akresa” by Ray Wood [Fantasy]
  • “La Signora” by Bruce McAllister [Dark Fantasy]
  • “Seven Commentaries on an Imperfect Land” by Ruthanna Emrys [Fantasy]
• @The WiFiles: “The Invitation” by Milo James Fowler [Horror]
• @Author’s Site: “Demon In The Wire” by Vincent Asaro [Horror]
• @Author’s Site: “Trains” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch [Fantasy]

Written – Flash

• @365 tomorrows:
  • “180 Accident-Free Days” by Gray Blix [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Black Rider” by Jae Miles [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Family First” by Cameron Filas [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Hate the Player” by Jae Miles [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Heaven Needs an Upgrade” by Duncan Shields [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Henry” by Colm Scully [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “HTTP ERROR” by Tamara Rogers [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “I Would Know” by RM Dooley [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Letter to All S. Mundi Network Users” by K. J. Russell [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Moon Rocks” by Gray Blix [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Opportunity” by John Plunkett [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Outcasts” by Roger Dale Trexler [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Pompeii” by Anthony Merklinger [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Prime Numbers” by Elijah Goering [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Rocketbike” by Jackson Fitzjames [Science Fiction]
  • “Tandem Passenger” by Peter R Jennings [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “The Argument” by Suzanne Borchers [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “The Code” by Ryan Somma [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “The Last Witness of Memories” by Elisa Nuckle [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “The Mind’s Lie” by Amber K Bryant [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “TIME” by Roger Dale Trexler [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “To Be Human” by Gerard Hutchings [Science Fiction Flash]
  • “Virus” by Steve Smith [Science Fiction Flash]
• @Mythic Delirium: “The Djinn” by Saira Ali [Fantasy Flash]
• @Omni Reboot: “The Steampunk Legend of Lady Sin” by David Mathews [Steampunk Flash]
• @Weirdyear: “When Elvis Met Khan “ by William Stobb [Weird Flash]

Written – Serialized

• @Kat and Mouse: Guns for Hire: Stand Off by Abner Senires: [Cyberpunk Serial]
  • “Part Five”
  • “Part Four”
  • “Part Three”
• @Author’s Site: New Dawn by Andrew James Morgan – Chapter 1 [Science Fiction Novel Serialization]
• @Author’s Site: New Dawn by Andrew James Morgan – Chapter 2 [Science Fiction Novel Serialization]
• @Author’s Site: New Dawn by Andrew James Morgan – Chapter 3 [Science Fiction Novel Serialization]
• @Author’s Site: Musketeer Space by Tansy Rayner Roberts – Part 12 – “An Assignation at the Mecha Graveyard” [Space Opera Serialization]
• @Author’s Site: Musketeer Space by Tansy Rayner Roberts – Part 13 – “Conspiracy is Bad For the Blood Pressure” [Space Opera Serialization]
• @Author’s Site: Musketeer Space by Tansy Rayner Roberts – Part 14 – “The Madness of the Duchess of Buckingham” [Space Opera Serialization]
• @Author’s Site: Musketeer Space by Tansy Rayner Roberts – Part 15 – “Whatever Happened To Madame Su” [Space Opera Serialization]

Audio

• Beneath Ceaseless Skies Audio Vault #3 – “Haxan” by Kenneth Mark Hoover [Fantasy]
• Beneath Ceaseless Skies Podcast #131 – “The Topaz Marquise” by Fran Wilde [Fantasy]
• @Clarkesworld Magazine:
  • “Bonfires in Anacostia” by Joseph Tomaras [Science Fiction]
  • “The Saint of the Sidewalks” by Kat Howard [Fantasy]
• Every Day Fiction Podcast #182 – “Planet Jumpers” by Daniel Ausema [Science Fiction]
• @Lakeside Circus: “Within Without” by Henry Szabranski [Science Fiction]
• @Lightspeed Magazine: “A Box, a Pocket, a Spaceman” by E. Catherine Tobler [Science Fiction]
• @Nightmare Magazine: “Dear Owner of This 1972 Ford Crew Cab Pickup” by Desirina Boskovich [Horror]

Free eBooks – Science Fiction

“Beneath the Surface” by Milo James Fowler
Twenty years after the end of the world, the earth is a desolate, alien place. For Willard and his people, their bunker has provided everything they’ve needed over the past decades; but now it’s time to strike out into the unknown and rebuild civilization. The problem: Willard doesn’t want to risk contamination on the surface, and everyone who’s left the bunker on a scouting mission has returned…changed.
[Science Fiction / Horror Short Story – Amazon]

“Redtooth” by Brian Rathbone
A trip to the pawnshop sends Bob Hanks on an unexpected adventure.
[Science Fiction / Humor Short Story – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]

Rogue Alliance (The Rogue Saga #1) by Michelle Bellon
While still a child in Redding, California, Shyla Ericson killed her father to end years of abuse. She’d left town shortly thereafter, changed her name, and started a new life, eventually becoming a highly decorated DEA agent.
But some history doesn’t stay buried.
When Shyla goes undercover to bring down drug kingpin Victor Champlain, the case takes her back to a town that hasn’t forgotten her, and to a past she thought she’d left behind.
[Science Fiction Novel – First of Series – Amazon]

The Chimera Vector: The Fifth Column 1 by Nathan M Farrugia
Recruited as a child, Sophia is a deniable operative for the Fifth Column. Like all operatives, Sophia’s DNA has been altered to augment her senses and her mind is splintered into programmed subsets.
[Science Fiction Spy Novel – Amazon]

The Eighth Day – Part 1 by Joseph John
Shawn Jaffe is a recent college graduate who moved to New York City after landing a job as an investment broker for Lark Morton. When he receives a cryptic warning from a stranger, Shawn dismisses it as the ravings of a madman. However, as events unfold, the threads separating reality from fiction begin to unravel around him. Everything he knows, everything he believes about himself and his past, is called into question.
[Science Fiction Serial – First Episode – Amazon]