Horror Comics, David Barr Kirtley Audio, and More

A surprisingly large selection of comics today and quite a few other items.

E-Fiction
Electric Velocipede has put three stories from its first double issue online for free reading.

The Oldest Man on Earth by Patrick O'Leary

Notes on the Dissection of the Imaginary Beetle by Jonathan Wood

Sitting Round the Stewpot by Patricia Russo. [via SF Signal]

Free Speculative Fiction Online has added many stories to their amazing database. The latest update (Oct. 25th) is HERE. [also via SF Signal].

(And don't forget Free SF Reader which adds fiction links all the time).




Audio Fiction
Escape Pod has its 181st episode up featuring "Resistance" by Tobias S. Buckell, read by Stephen Eley. 48 minutes.

"The man opened the pack all the way to reveal a small arsenal of guns, grenades, explosives, and — oddly — knives. Very large knives. He looked up at Stanuel. 'I am the attack. I’ve been asked to shut Pan down.'"

Streaming and in MP3 HERE.



Beam Me Up has its 128th podcast up featuring Part 5 (the conclusion) of "Uxo Bomb Dog" by Elliot Fintushel , read by Paul Cole. Also in this episode a discussion of SF and science topics including Buzz Aldrin's Mars exploration idea.


In free MP3 HERE.






David Barr Kirtley has six audio-stories up at his website. Two each from Escape Pod and Pseudopod. As well as "Veil of Ignorance" read by Rick Jelinek and "The Second Rat" read by Bob Barnes. Both are from Mech Muse.

All six are available in free MP3s HERE. [via SFFaudio]

Video
Time Travelers


There seems to be some uncertainty about this films date and name. The Internet Archive has it as Time Traveller (1974), but the IMDb has it as Time Travellers (1976.)

"In 1976, there's an outbreak of a disease that no one has seen before. All what they know is that rsembles a disease that existed at around 1871." IMDb.

Available in MPEG4 (iPod) and MPEG2 HERE.


SF Signal is streaming The Thing (1982) from Hulu. The classic John Carpenter film is a wonderful Halloween warmup. Watch it HERE. (It is also available directly at Hulu Here, but you have to register to watch it there.)



Comics
Golden Age Comic Book Stories has Web of Horror #2 with "Mother Toad," "Ashes to Ashes," "Sea of Graves," the SF story "Breathless," an more. Among the artists are M. W. Kaluta and Berni Wrightson.


Online HERE.








The Horrors of it All has another cool possessed dolls horror story "Devilish Dolls of Death" (great alliteration!) from Hand of Fate #14.

Online HERE.






Fortress Of Fortitude has an unusual one, “Cry Of The Dire Wolf” from Spine-Tingling Tales #1,


Dinosaurs, a UFO, a werewolf, and cave people. This one's mixing more genres than The Valley of Gwangi. Gotta love it!


Online HERE.






Negative Pleasure has "Deadlights" by Charles Wagner with art by Bill Wray., from Twisted Tales.

Online HERE.






Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine begins "Halloween week at Pappy's!" with a pair of gothic westerns from Ghost Rider #10, drawn by Dick Ayers.

"The Devil and Jed Gunner" and "The Spirit Spurs" are both online HERE.




Hairy Green Eyeball has scans of both the published story and the original art of "Lower Berth" by Jack Davis from Tales from the Crypt #33.


Online HERE.







Golden Age Comics has added a classic sci-fi comic Space Adventures #19.

Goofy looking androids invading from space, hmm, a source for The Phantom Menace?



In CBR format HERE. (Free membership required)







WOWIO has the Stargate graphic novel up for free online reading.

A rather unusually drawn adaptation of the film.

Online HERE.








And Grantbridge Street & other misadventures has a classic B&W horror comic "A Matter of Routine" by Archie Goodwin and Gene Colan, from Eerie #5.


Free online HERE.







Other Cool
The Cimmerian has an interesting in-depth look at The Hobbit, The Quest for Erebor and the two upcoming Guillermo del Toro films.


Online HERE.






StarShipSofa has their latest Engine Room, number seven, up.

"This week the StarShipSofa goes over to Solaris Books and host Tony C Smith speaks to their Editor in Chief, Christian Dunn about everything in the book publishing world. Join Tony and Christian as they chat about how to get your book on an editor's desk, future books coming from Solaris, SF art."

In MP3 HERE.



And Monster Memories has a look at the animated TV movie "The Halloween Tree" based on a Ray Bradbury short story. Very many cool screen captures.

The post is HERE.