Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Free Fiction Finds

Some quite good free fiction today, including Judith Tarr's first story with Book View Cafe.

E-Fiction
At Book View Cafe: "Classical Horses" by Judith Tarr,originally published in HorseFantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg and Rosalind M. Greenberg (DAW, 1991)

"On a horse farm, anything can happen, and often does."

Online HERE.




And also at Book View Cafe: "If It Ain't Broke..." by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (Analog, 1991).

"The difference between "damage" and "repair" depends on whom you ask..."


Online HERE.






At Story Time: "The Last Wave" by Ivor W. Hartmann.

"My name is Hamadziripi, the last of Homo sapiens sapiens, the last of the modern human species, as once we called ourselves. Even as I speak the Delphi are coming, they have my trail, and it won’t be long now. But perhaps in between postponing the inevitable I can broadcast this record, of the final days of man"

Online HERE.




And Bewildering Stories has its latest free issue up with stories and poetry by Bill Bowler, Doug Hiser, Oonah V. Joslin, Mary B. McArdle, Stephanie Scarborough, Stuart Sharp, David Smolenski, Gabriel Timar, John Vieczorek, Julie Wornan, Danielle L. Parker.


Online HERE.




Comics
The Horrors of Of It All has cool pre-code horror with "The House on the Hill," from Astonishing #13.



Online HERE.





And at Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: Two Alex Nino illustrated horror tales, "Fish Story" from Secrets of the Haunted House #1 (1974), and "The Evil Power" from Weird Mystery Tales #9 (1975).

Both online HERE.





Other Coolness
(Flash) At Flashes in the Dark: "Burn" by Lori Titus.
(Flash) At 365 tomorrows: "Blue Diamonds" by Duncan Shields.
(Flash) At Everyday Weirdness: "Ward of the State" by Brandon H. Bell.
(Serial) At Book View Cafe: Deck of Cards Chapter Thirty by Rebecca Lickiss.

6 comments:

Ivor W. Hartmann said...

Thanks Dave! It was written for and released on World Earth Day.

Dave Tackett said...

My pleasure. And writing a story specifically for Earth Day is very cool.

Beam Me Up said...

As usual Dave, GREAT finds! really picked up some great ideas from this posting. matter of fact I think I have some strong possibilities for stories in upcoming programs!

Dave Tackett said...

Thanks Paul, I look forward to hearing them.

Nithska said...

I'm just noticing this post. Thanks for noting my story on Everyday Weirdness. :)

Brandon Bell
http://nithska.blogspot.com

Dave Tackett said...

You're welcome; it's what QD is here for.