SteamPod, Paul Cole, Shaun Saunders, Paladins, and More

Any weekend post up before noon is a moral victory!

E-Fiction
A pair of flash fiction stories

At 365 tomorrows "Rule #86" by Joey Cruz.

"Rule #86 states that every time someone speaks your name, it creates a duplicate of you."

Online HERE.

And at Every Day Fiction "Must Be Old Death A-Walking" by Brian George.

"Frank lay on his back, trying not to move. Pillow soaked with the thin yellow fluid streaming from his right ear. Drifting in and out of sleep, head humming with the pain"

Online HERE.


Audio Fiction
SteamPod has its first every Christmas Story, "Cold Duty" by J. Daniel Sawyer, read by Stephen Killbride. Steampunk and Christmas is certainly a unique mix.

Streaming and in MP3 Download HERE. [via SFFaudio]



And Beam Me Up has its 136th episode with "Watching the Leaves" written by Paul Cole, "a short story that tells the tale of an old merc who has lived past his usefulness." and "Tis the Season" by Shaun Saunders set in "the Mallcity/Fab-cola universe we meet two FC execs who have found the best gift to give each other. Truly Saunders at his acerbic best."

And a round up of science and SF news HERE.





Video
SF Signal is streaming the rather off-beat post-apocalyptic film A Boy and His Dog based on the Harlan Ellison story.

"A post-apocalyptic tale based on a novella by Harlan Ellison. A boy communicates telepathically with his dog as they scavenge for food and sex." IMDb


Online HERE.






Art
Crom! has a small gallery of very cool (PG-13ish) Conan art and a linkt to a bit more HERE.













Gaming
Back in '81 has one-page scanned article from White Dwarf #26 on "Lizard Men as Player Characters." Online HERE.

And The Grumblin' Grognard has a very in-depth look at paladins, including "the historical and literary context of the paladin" Very impressive. Online HERE [via The Core Mechanic]







Comics
The Horrors of It All has "Drive of Death" from Astonishing #17. A pretty decent little story.

Online HERE.






Fortress Of Fortitude has "Bless Us, Father" from Creepy #59, drawn by Richard Corben.

A rather gory Christmas horror story.

Online HERE.




Crosseyed Cyclops has an odd (but cool) comic TV Century 21 featuring short TV related sf comics.

In CBR HERE.








Other Random Coolness
BestScienceFictionStories.com reviews at "Helen O’Loy" by Lester del Rey.

"It is about two men who buy a beautiful robot house keeper and the all too life-like problems they encounter with her."

The review and link to a free online version are HERE.


Variety SF has a look at Barry N Malzberg's short story "Transfer." First published in Fantastic, August 1975.


The review and link to a free online version of the story are HERE.






Dark Worlds has a look at the Seamus Heaney translation of Beowulf and recent Beowulf films HERE. (One of the many free online text versions is here and an audio version is here).




The Classic Science Fiction Channel at Rim Worlds has extremely impressive links to free online SF television, movies, serials, otr, and literature HERE. [found via SF Signal]


Marooned: Science Fiction books on Mars has a brief look at "Mars Gift" from Aphelion (Dec. 08), and links to the online version.

The post is HERE.










And SF Signal asks "What SF/F Will You Consume Over the Holidays?" An easier than usual question.

Online HERE.