Hobbit and Science News and More Free Reads

Even more! Another good free genre fiction magazine, Theaker's Quarterly is out and there are many great sounding e-books.  And there are some links to some interesting Science and Hobbit news stories. (With apologies to Buckner & Garcia)
'Cause I've got Hob-bit fever;
Hob-bit fever.
It's driving me crazy.
Driving me crazy.
I've got Hob-bit fever;
Hob-bit fever.
I'm going out of my mind. 
Going out of my mind.


Fiction
Now Posted: Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #42  In e-book format

• “The Powers That Be” by Sophia-Karin Psarras
• “Drydock”by Mitchell Edgeworth
• “Old Men Who Reach into Guitars”by R.M. Fradkin.

 E-Books
At Free eBooks Daily:

• Away With the Fairies by Jenny Twist . Fairy Tales.
• Stolen Love by Jodie B Cooper. YA Paranormal.
• The Hole by Aaron Ross Powell. Horror.
• The Night Library by T. L. Barrett. horror.
• Choices by Cate Dean. Fantasy Time Travel.
• Angel Wings.by Suzanne Stengl. Fantasy.
• Star One: Tycho City: Discovery by Raymond L. Weil. Science Fiction.
• Chest of Souls Book One by Michelle Erickson. Fantasy.
• Man or Beast by Annie McLeod. Fantasy Romance.
• Take Back Tomorrow by Richard Levesque. Science Fiction.

 At Smashwords:

• "A Dainty Dish" by Elizabeth Wexford. Fantasy 4k.
• "Woolgathering" by Christina Hambleton. Fantasy. 32k.
• "Immortal Remains" by R. J. Davnall. Fantasy. 8k.
• Chasing Sorcery  by L.J. Hutton. Fantasy. 232k.
• "Deep Water, Sharp Teeth" by Karen L. Abrahamson. SF/Fantasy. 14k.
• "There Goes the Neighborhood" by Christopher Lee Cousino. Urban Fantasy. 7k.
• Infinite Limits by J.C, Bell. Fantasy. 86k.
• "The Night Bus" by Ray Daley. 6k.
• "Broken Dream" by Joyce Chng. 3k.
• Mission Beyond The Stars: Book #1 of Saga OF The Lost Worlds by Neely & Dobbs. Science Fiction. 94k.
• "The Secret Beneath the Ice" by Andrew M. Crusoe. Science Fiction. 4k.
• "Merry Christmas, Mister Wolf" by Steph Bennion. Science Fiction. 9k.
• "The Cold Hell" by Augusto Chiarle. Steampunk. 4k.
• "Ana of Acheron" by Sam Seudo. Science Fiction. 6k.

 Science and History News

• "Mercury's Water Ice Bodes Well for Alien Life Search"
• "Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality?"
• "Even Brown Dwarfs Grow Rocky Planets"
• "US court to decide if human genes can be patented"
• "Where does Old Norse religion end?"

Hobbit and other film news

• "Blink and you’ll miss Smaug in the latest Hobbit trailer"
• "Hobbit Ownership, Way Early Midnight Movies and More Burning Questions—All Answered!"
• "An Interview with the Elusive Fran Walsh!"
• "Peter Jackson talks Smaug"
• "The ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ Trailer has Witches, Monkeys, and Munchkins"
• "First Trailer For STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS To Be Just Over One-Minute Long"
• "Star Trek Into Darkness (2013): Benedict Cumberbatch Is Not Gary Mitchell?"