Free SF, Fantasy and Horror Fiction for 04/01/2015
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- Lovecraft eZine #34 – March 2014
- @Tor: “Dog” by Bruce McAllister
- @Weird Fiction Review: “The Metaphysical Machine” by Jean Richepin, Translated by Brian Stableford
Written
- @AE – The Canadian Science Fiction Review: “Rapport” by Dan Micklethwaite [Science Fiction]
- @The Colored Lens: “Aberrations” by J.A. Becker [Speculative Fiction]
- @Lightspeed Magazine:
- “Documentary” by Vajra Chandrasekera [Fantasy]
- “The New Atlantis” by Ursula K. Le Guin [Science Fiction – from 1975 – also available in audio]
- Lovecraft eZine #34 – March 2014: [Lovecraftian Horror Magazine]
- “A Hero’s Welcome” by David Kernot
- “Exit Horizon” by Damir Salkovic
- “Hunger Full and Lean” by J.T. Glover
- “In the Forest of the Night” by Alter Reiss
- “Maps” by Arley Sorg
- “Spiral” by Matthew Lowes
- “The Mask and the Mirror” by Ethan Carpenter
- “The Sleekit Ones” by Cameron Johnston
- “The Unmistakable Shape of Night’s River” by Joseph S. Pulver, Sr.
- “To Kiss Your Canvas” by W.H. Pugmire
- “What the Storm Brings” by KC Grifant
- @Mad Scientist Journal:
- “Applying to be a God Through TranScend™” by Russ Bickerstaff [Science Fiction]
- “The Curious Case of Alpha-7 DE11” by Dan Stout [Science Fiction]
- @Nightmare Magazine: “The Burned House” by Lynda E. Rucker [Horror]
- @Omni Reboot: “The Campfire Story: Correlative Cognition and The Evolution of The Notion of G8D” by Jean-Pierre Fenyo [Science Fiction]
- @Tor: “Dog” by Bruce McAllister [Horror]
- @Weird Fiction Review: “The Metaphysical Machine” by Jean Richepin, Translated by Brian Stableford [Weird]
- @The WiFiles: “Little Lies” by Michael King [Horror]
Written – Flash
- @365 tomorrows:
- “Antique Pink Panties” by Suzanne Borchers [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Bioforms” by Duncan Shields [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Final Moon” by Art Klein [Science Fiction Flash]
- “First Kiss” by Rick Tobin [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Old Memories” by Thomas Desrochers [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Salt” by A. Katherine Black [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Sojourn” by Will Shell [Science Fiction Flash]
- “The Last (pound) of Astronaut (flesh)” by Gray Blix [Science Fiction Flash]
- “This is How I Sleep” by Matt Forshaw [Science Fiction Flash]
- “This Man Needs Help” by Gray Blix [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Every Day Fiction:
- “Bite” by Jamie McKittrick [Science Fiction Flash]
- “Con Sord” by J.L. Torres [Dark Science Fiction Flash]
- “One Twenty-Eight to Manhattan” by Robert J. Santa [Science Fiction Flash]
- “The Refrigerator” by Jeff Switt [Horror Flash]
- “The Saving Breath” by Michael Seese [Ghost Story Flash]
- “They Keep Dogs” by R. Y. Brockway [Horror Flash]
- @Farther Stars Than These: “The Hidden Object” by Joe Russo [Science Fiction Flash]
- @Flashes in the Dark: “The Nowhere Man” by Graeme Reynolds [Horror Flash]
- @MicroHorror: “Levitating Lady” by Oonah V Joslin [Horror Flash]
Written – Serialized
- @Calamities Press: Along the Winter Rails by Fanni Sütő: [Post-Apocalyptic Serial]
- @Calamities Press: The Greenland Diaries: Backyard by Patrick W. Marsh: [Apocalyptic Serial]
- @HiLobrow: Jurgen by James Branch Cabell: [Ironic Fantasy Novel Serialization – from 1919]
- @Omni Reboot: Ice World Truckers by Michael Medeiros – Part Two [Science Fiction Serialization]
- @Paizo: The Gem by Gary Kloster – Chapter One: Gods and Crocodiles [Shared World Fantasy Serialization]
Audio
- Beam Me Up! Podcast #442 [Science Fiction]
- Beware the Hairy Mango #256 – “The Great Icecape” by Matthew Sanborn Smith
- Cast of Wonders #160 – “The Haunted Jalopy Races” by M. Bennardo [YA Fantasy]
- @Clarkesworld Magazine:
- “All Original Brightness” by Mike Buckley [Science Fiction]
- “Coming of the Light” by Chen Qiufan [Science Fiction]
- “The Clear Blue Seas of Luna” by Gregory Benford [Science Fiction]
- Drabblecast #54 – “Alienated” and “Old Flames” by Sylvia Spruck Wrigley [Science Fiction]
- Far Fetched Fables #49 – “Canadian Blood Diamonds” by Kristi Charish and “A Dark, Beautiful Force” by Jessica May Lin [Fantasy]
- @Lightspeed Magazine: “The New Atlantis” by Ursula K. Le Guin [Science Fiction]
- Tales To Terrify #166 – “Jack of the Lantern” by Jonathan Nichols and “Blasted Tower” by Brian Boru [Horror]
- @Toasted Cake:
- #141 –“Manning Up” by Aaron Polson [Speculative Fiction]
- #142 –“Smart Money” by Samuel Marzioli [Speculative Fiction]
Audio – Radio Dramas
- @Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod:
- 2000 Plus –“The Rocket And The Skull” [Science Fiction Radio Drama – from 1951]
- Beyond Tomorrow –“Incident At Switchpath” [Science Fiction Radio Drama – from 1950]
- @Relic Radio:
- SF 68 –“Quest” [Science Fiction – from 1968]
- The Hermit’s Cave –“The Professor’s Elixir” [Horror Radio Drama – from 1944]
Audio – Serialized
- @Clarkesworld Magazine: “The Long Goodnight of Violet Wild” by Catherynne M. Valente [Science Fiction Serialization]
Free eBooks – Science Fiction
The Whispering Tombs (Quality Times #1) by Gayle Rampage
For space and time adventurer, Quality Times, the chance to go exploring in the caves of Azrokaran is too good an opportunity to refuse. But a startling discovery leads to a trip back in time, and loyalties are tested to the limits as those within the group reveal their true colours.
[Science Fiction Adventure Novella – First of Series – Amazon | Smashwords]
War and Space (War and Space Trilogy) by Steve Challis
After 150 years of peace on Earth the unarmed Interstellar Exploration Ship, the “Highway to Heaven” is attacked without apparent provocation by unknown aliens with much more advanced technology than the Earthmen.
[Science Fiction Adventure Novelette – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
Free eBooks – Science Fiction – Young Adult
Salvage-5: First Contact (Salvage-5 #1) by Brian K. Larson
[YA Science Fiction Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Post-Apocalyptic and Dystopian
Dark Luminance (Frameway Multiverse #1) by E.M. McDowell
Dr. Mackland Luther is a man driven to find answers, no matter the cost. As lead scientist on the Frameway project, he tries to solve the mysteries linking unlimited energy and quantum physics, and he is making progress.
But one step too far down the wrong path can be disastrous, and now an experiment gone terribly wrong has suddenly thrust Mack along with his friends and co-workers Billy and Sean, into a world populated by monsters from nightmares and mysterious individuals that could turn out to be friend or foe.
Now with time running out, Mack and the others must battle enemies on all sides, and find a way back to their own world or risk being stranded forever in another universe.
[Post-Apocalyptic Novel – First of Series – Amazon]
Primal Shift: Episode 1 by Griffin Hayes
It’s July the Fourth, and Americans have slowed down long enough to celebrate their independence – and the day off. But a thousand motorists suddenly abandon their cars on the Golden Gate Bridge and leap to their deaths in a roiling bay. Jets packed with families rain down from the skies above Salt Lake City International Airport, dotting the landscape with orange fireballs. Worse yet, New York City police launch a murderous rampage against those they swore to protect and serve.
[Post-Apocalyptic Serial – First Episode – Amazon | B&N | Kobo | Smashwords]
Free eBooks – Alternative History
The Silurian, Book One: The Fox and the Bear by L.A. Wilson
Hundreds of years ago in a land ravaged by fierce clans, where only the strongest survive…a Legend of the People was born.
[Alternative Arthurian History Novel – First of Series – Amazon | B&N | Smashwords]
Free eBooks – Fantasy
Auraria by Tim Westover
Shimmery mystery and spirits, humble monsters, singing trees and vengeful fish in the 19th-century north Georgia mountains
[Fantasy Novel – Amazon]
Free eBooks – Fantasy – Young Adult
The Legend of the Firewalker by Steve Bevil
Teenagers with supernatural powers. A college town deep in folklore, murder and mystery. A vengeful secret order. And fallen angels with dark and powerful forces that will stop at nothing to find the one they seek…
[YA Fantasy / Superhero Novel – Amazon]
