Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 12/16/2014
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What’s Special About Today’s Free Fiction?
- Crossed Genres #24 – December 2014 – Destruction
- Electric Spec #9.4 – November 30, 2014
- Expanded Horizons #44 – November 2014
- Journal of Unlikely Entomology #10 – November 2014
- Mirror Dance – Winter 2014
- New Myths #29 – December 2014
Written
- @Anotherealm: “Wedding bell boos “ by Gary A. Markette [Fantasy]
- @Baen: “Bait and Switch (A Jason Wood Adventure)” by Ryk Spoor [Fantasy]
- Crossed Genres #24 – December 2014 – Destruction [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “Fantaisie Impromptu No. 4 in C#min, Op. 66” by Carlos Hernandez
- “Stoop Sale” by Evan Berkow
- “The Wolf and the Dragon” by Mary Thaler
- Electric Spec #9.4 – November 30, 2014 [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “Aladdin’s Neti Pot” by Sarina Dorie [Fantasy]
- “Best’s Laid Plans” by Lane Cohen [Science Fiction]
- “Corrine’s Song” by Michael Haynes [Fantasy/Clockpunk]
- “Dennis” by Nathan Ehret [Science Fiction]
- “Plight of the Magi” by Tyler Bourassa [Fantasy]
- Expanded Horizons #44 – November 2014 [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “A Quest to Recapture the Spirits” by Jude Ortega
- “Merry-Go-Round the Tides” by Gwendolyn Karpierz
- “Ozymandias” by Aliya Whiteley
- “Ur” by Iona Sharma
- Ideomancer #13.4 – Special Poetry Issue [Speculative Poetry]
- Journal of Unlikely Entomology #10 – November 2014 [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “Bookends” by Michael Wehunt
- “Coping With Common Garden Pests” by Will Kaufmann
- “Gemma Bugs Out” by Victorya Chase
- “Meltdown in Freezer Three” by Luna Lindsey
- “Miranda’s Wings” by Alvaro Zinos-Amaro
- “On Shine Wings” by Polenth Blake
- “Prism City Blues” by Naim Kabir
- Mirror Dance – Winter 2014 [Fantasy Magazine]
- “Comfort Lies in a Cup of Tea” by Mari Mitchell
- “Disguisement” by Lynn Hardaker
- “Gorgon” by Danielle Coombs
- “Jonestown” by Charlie Lowrey
- “Quindrebel” by Helen Stubbs
- New Myths #29 – December 2014 [Speculative Fiction Magazine]
- “Conversational Snow” by Anna Zumbro
- “Jucarii” by David D’Amico
- “Kaltes Cloud-Shaper” by Cathy Douglas
- “Novel Cities” by David Barber
- “Outcasts of the Fair Forest” by Caitlin Crowley
- “The Blood of Four Gods” by Jamie Lackey
- “The Rains Would Not Come” by Iseult Murphy
- @The WiFiles: “Through the eyes of another” by C.J. Carter-Stephenson [Dark Fantasy]
- @Words Without Borders: “Wizard Bakery” by Koo Byung-Mo, Translated by Jamie Chang [YA Fantasy]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows:
- “More than Light” by Lawrence Buentello [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Sky’s Child” by Keith Sheridan [Science Fiction Flash]
- “The Single System System” by EL Conrad [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Daily Science Fiction: “Cold Comfort” by Evan Dicken [Post-Apocalyptic Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction:
- “Beyond the Seven Seas” by Holly Geely [Fantasy Comedy Flash]
- “Sharanih” by Mark Rookyard [Fantasy Flash]
- Flash Fiction Online – December 2014 [Flash Fiction Magazine]
- “Hairbrush, Socks, Pencils, Orange” by Kate Heartfield [Fantasy Flash]
- “The Secret Life of Sea Monsters” by Cislyn Smith [Fantasy Flash]
- “When Death’s Daughter Deals the Cards” by Stefan Milicevic [Fantasy Flash]
- @MicroHorror:
- “A Man’s Best Friend” by Lachlan Redfern [Horror Flash]
- “An Animal” by Jane Fell [Horror Flash]
- “Restraint” by John H. Dromey [Horror Micro Flash]
- “Something About the Ice” by Oonah V Joslin [Horror Flash]
- “We All Scream” by Alexandra Erin [Horror Flash]
Audio
- Beware the Hairy Mango #249 – Hairdough by Matthew Sanborn Smith [Countdown to The Mangopocalypse]
- Toasted Cake #131 – “All I Want for Christmas” by Siobhan Gallagher [Fantasy]
Audio – Radio Dramas
- @Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod: Lights Out –“Bon Voyage” [Horror Radio Drama – from 1942]
- @Relic Radio: The Witch’s Tale –“The Priest Of Sekhmet” [Horror Radio Drama – from 1936]
Audio – Serialized
- Cthulhu #187 – The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers [Horror Collection Serialization]
- Welcome to Night Vale #58 – “Monolith” [Fantasy Serial]
Free eBooks – Science Fiction
Extensis Vitae by Gregory Mattix
Michael Reznik is a soldier who wakes up in a mysterious underground bunker, with a technologically advanced body he doesn’t recognize. The people around him have cast aside fighting and warfare. They haven’t needed them—until now.
Reznik is charged with tracking down a band of ruthless killers and finding a kidnapped doctor. He finds himself honor-bound to do what is right for the people who brought him back from the dead. A peaceful people are depending on him to do what is right. Can he live up to their expectations, even when he finds out that his new body has an expiration date?
[Science Fiction Adventure Novel – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian
Rise of Chaos: Season 1 by Griffin Smith
The United States as we know it has just collapsed. It all started after the release of “Annihilation”, a synthetic designer drug that was marketed as a perfectly legal high. This drug turned its unsuspecting users into “feeders.” (It causes imminent death and then re-animation into a zombie like state.)
[Post-Apocalyptic / Zombie Serial – First Season – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Alternative History
Reich by Drew Avera
What if is a dangerous question, especially when curiosity provokes an idea regarding one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century and possibly the greatest evil as well. What if Hitler had won the war, or what if society was taught to revere him as a hero? What if everyone believed the lie?
[Alternative History / Science Fiction Novel – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Fantasy
The Chosen (Portals of Destiny #1) by Shay West
Astra. Kromin. Volgon. Earth. To each of the four planets are sent four Guardians, with one mission: to protect and serve the Chosen, those unwitting champions of prophecy who alone can save the galaxy from the terrifying Mekans.But the signs of prophecy have not yet appeared, and the decision to send the Guardians early could doom all in the galaxy to death.
[Epic Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
The Scarlet Crane (Transition Magic #1) by J. E. Hopkins
Transition. The one-month period during early puberty when all children have the power to perform magic. But with a monstrous catch. The magic must be unique and flow from the true desire of the child, and no one else, or the child dies. Few take the risk. Almost all who do, perish.
[Dark Fantasy Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Vampires
Sinjin (Bryn and Sinjin #1) by H.P. Mallory
Abandoned on the battlefield by the people she calls her tribe, Bryn must face the fact that she is now playing prisoner to the Queen of the Underworld, who also happens to be her fraternal twin sister. As the days and months go by with no word from the Supreme Elder of her tribe, Bryn thinks her life couldn’t get much worse…
[Vampire Romance Novella – First of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Superhero
Armageddon Girl (New Olympus Saga #1) by C.J. Carella
Superheroes and Alternate History collide! Gamer chick Christine Dark is transported to a world where people with superpowers have existed since the 1920s and have created a brave new world of larger-than-life heroes and villains. After joining forces with a faceless vigilante and other unusual heroes, Christine discovers she has the power to save that world – or destroy it.
[Superhero / Alternative History Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
