Sunday

Quite a bit of cool stuff today.

E-Fiction
At Beneath Ceaseless Skies:

"Dragon's-Eyes" by Margaret Ronald.
“It’s an easy question.” Skald leaned across to adjust the boot. “All Michel wants to know is if you speak the language. Just a yes or no will do.”

And "Of Thinking Being and Beast" by Michael J. DeLuca.
"The last bout of the afternoon ended in an instant. Recovering from a dive, the thunderbird tangled itself in its tether, and the human sorcerer simply took a handful of rattlesnakes and hurled them at its eyes."

And an audio version of "Sand-Skin Man" by K. C. Shaw.


And Afterburn SF has "Twilight on Phobos" by Michael Anthony.

"The ship blasted off the ground, in a hurry to get to Mars, and then back to Earth. It wasn't scheduled to stop at Phobos and the diversion had cost Diego most of his savings."

Online HERE.

Audio Fiction
Clonepod has its 27th episode up with Today we are proud to present a story by Mike Resnick. The story is "The Last Dog," be warned you may find this is a very sad story. If your not able to cry where your at, you may wish to hold off on listening to the story.

Streaming and in MP3 download HERE.


Beam Me Up has its 142nd episode of SF audio featuring Jim Kelly's "Don't Stop" as well as roundup of sf and science tidbits.


Available streaming and in MP3 download HERE.







At Maria Lectrix, Ch. 9, of "The Ultimate Weapon" by John W. Campbell, Jr., read by Maureen O'Brien.

"The Ultimate Weapon continues, and so does the arms race between the human race and the Strangers. In this installment, we learn some of the lesser known innate hazards of playing with death rays. Mad scientists, take note!"

Streaming and in MP3 HERE. [via SF Signal].






At the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine "Good Day" by Saul Lemerond.

"Tim’s life is in shambles, what with the bitter divorce, problems with his kids, his meddling mother, his job, and the ever-increasing suicide rate. But he’s got a good attitude, and that makes all the difference between misery and, well, a particularly good day. Warning: Today’s Dunesteef story is particularly twisted. Sick, even. Listener discretion is advised."

Available streaming and in MP3 HERE.



Chatterbox Audio has "Surfacing, Episode 1: The Judgment of Cambyses" a full cast radio drama.

"Something terrifying is happening in Deacon Falls, Missouri, both under the ground and in the hearts of its residents. A tragedy at the local mine leads to the discovery of a presence deep below the earth -- a presence that threatens to bring the town's dark secrets to light. Part one of three."

Available in MP3 download HERE.



The second episode of Fear on Demand is up featuring "This Old Man Came Rolling Home" by Bram Stoker Award finalist Wayne A. Sallee, read by Mark Nelson.

"Dipple was going to call it The Chez When until a night watch commander gave him the lowdown, and it was with that same gentleman’s blessings – frequent customer that he was – that allowed the owner to have what amounted to a twenty-hour liquor license."

Available HERE. [via Sidney Williams].


And The Cthulhu Podcast has part one of H.P. Lovecraft's excellent story "The Rats in the walls".


Available in MP3 download HERE.





Video
Divers and Sundry is streaming Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)- via veoh. "Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet." - IMDb. Online HERE.

Also streaming there, The Quiet Earth (1985), Solaris (1972), Planeta Bur (Russian with no subtitles) 1962 - later reedited as the the English film Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet.

At the Internet Archive, more episodes of the classic TV series Tales of Tomorrow available for download: The Seeing Eye Surgeon, The Horn, The Bitter Storm, The Fatal Flower, Another Chance, Ghost Writer, The Great Silence, The Great Silence, and The Evil Within.

And streaming at Hulu, Jumanji.


Comics
At The Horrors of It All, the primary home of comic book horror, a double shot of horror for Sunday with "Beelzebub!" and "The Rivals" from Journey into Unknown Worlds #19 online HERE. And don't miss all the other great stories since I last updated HERE (just scroll down or look through the archive - you won't be disappointed!)






Hairy Green Eyeball has a trio of Steve Ditko SF and horror comics "Midnight Caller"from Journey Into Mystery #90, "Frederick Fenton's Future" from Journey Into Mystery #96, and "A Monster Waits Outside" from Tales to Astonish #12.

All online HERE.




Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine has a classic SF comic "I am the Last Man on Earth" from Strange Worlds #1


Online HERE.








The Comic Book Catacombs has pre-code horror with "Your Name On It" from Weird Mysteries #3.


Online HERE.




At Fortress of Fortitude, horror/crime comics "When His Number’s Up” from The Hand Of Fate #25b and "Shadow Show" from The Spectre #9.


Both online HERE.





And at Grantbridge Street & other misadventures "Phantom of the Rock Era" from Nightmare # 4.


Online HERE.





Other Cool
Variety SF looks at and links to a free online version of Brian Plante's "The Astronaut"


Available HERE.







And Sci Fi Songs has a new song ready for download "Leodora" inspired by inspired by the Shadowbridge/Lord Tophet duology by Gregory Frost.


Available streaming and in MP3 download HERE.