Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Philip K. Dick's "The Gun" and More

Free fiction this morning


E-Fiction
The latest issue, number 18, of OG's Speculative Fiction has fiction and poetry Ben Farthing, Bruce Golden, Adrian Simmons, Greg Schwartz, Diane Gallant, Paula Stiles, Suzanne Sykora, and G.O. Clark.



Available in PDF download HERE.







At Project Gutenberg: "The Gun" by Philip K. Dick, from Planet Stories September 1952.

"Nothing moved or stirred. Everything was silent, dead. Only the gun showed signs of life ... and the trespassers had wrecked that for all time. The return journey to pick up the treasure would be a cinch ... they smiled."

Online HERE.





At Planet Magazine: "The Man in the Cowboy Hat" by Jude Coulter-Pultz.

"It’s the same every night. The same nightmare every night for weeks. It never changes, and that makes it all the worse."

Online HERE.



Other Coolness
(Flash) At Flashes in the Dark: "A Cold and Icy Corner" by DJ Barber.
(Flash) At Everyday Weirdness: "Alone With Him" by Erica Naone.
(RPG) At Advanced Gaming & Theory: "Making Monsters Monsterous"
(RPG) At A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons: "Magic Item: Daiyi's Bloodflames"
(Science) At Universe Today: "Life on Earth — and Other Worlds — Could Last Longer Than Expected" by Nancy Atkinson.

3 comments:

ericanaone said...

Great work you're doing here. Thanks for noticing the story. I'll be watching your feed in the future. :)

Merc said...

More wonderful links, thank you for this! :D I linked to your blog from mine, by the way. This is definitely a great resource you got going.

Dave Tackett said...

ericanaone - You're welcome. Zombie stories are always cool.

Merc - Thank you! I loved the link and really appreciate it.