Cool Free Fiction on a Long Hot Day

And the big names keep coming. This morning it was Clive Barker and Ian Sales, now it's Cory Doctorow (in Fiction) and Piers Anthony (in E-books).  As always, there are some good sounding e-books and others that don't sound very good but sense taste is mostly subject, I won't say which is which.  And though you probably have them both bookmarked, I've linked to ten recent posts (each) at two great sites that review free (often) fiction and link to the story.  And never miss the free fiction links at SF Signal or I'll tell John and Regan on you (Please don't make the angry. You wouldn't like them when they're angry.)

[Art from "Lawful Interception"]



Fiction
At Tor.com: "Lawful Interception" by Cory Doctorow. Science Fiction.
     "An all-new tale of Marcus Yallow, the hero of the bestselling novels Little Brother and Homeland—as he deals with the aftermath of a devastating Oakland earthquake, with the help of friends, hacker allies, and some very clever crowdsourced drones."

Reviewed Free Fiction
At BestScienceFictionStories:

• "The Big Bounce" by Walter S. Tevis. Science Fiction. 1958.
• "A Plant (Whose Name is Destroyed)" by Seth Dickinson. Weird Fiction. 2013.
• "Cry From A Far Planet" by Tom Godwin. Science Fiction. 1958.
• "The Great Simoleon Caper" by Neal Stephenson. 1995.
• "Tumithak of the Corridors" by Charles R. Tanner. Science Fiction. 1932.
• "I don’t know, Timmy, being God is a big responsibility" by Qntm. Weird Fiction.
• "Flash Fiction Monday: Time Problems and Bush Blobs?" Science Fiction. 2013.
• "A Militant Peace" by David Klecha and Tobias S. Buckell. Science Fiction. 2011.
• "Chick Feet" by Lauren C.Teffeau. Science Fiction. 2012.
• "Live-Tweeting the Apocalypse" by Ian Creasey. Science Fiction. 2013.

At Variety SF:

• "The World is Mine" by Henry Kuttner & C L Moore. Science Fiction. 1943.
•  "Silly Asses" by Isaac Asimov. Science Fiction. 1958.
• "Sentry" by Fredric Brown. Science Fiction. 1954.
• "The Red Room" by  H. G. Wells. Gothic Horror. 1896. 
• "The Wedge" by H. B. Fyfe. Science Fiction. 1960.
• The Thrill Book 1 October 1919. Pulp Magazine.
• "Collector's Item" by Robert F Young. Science Fiction. 1956.
• "The Great Simoleon Caper" by Neal Stephenson. Science Fiction. 1995.
• "Think big" by Gregory Benford. Science Fiction.2013.
• "Meet the President!" by Zadie Smith. Speculative Fiction. 2013.

E-Books
At Amazon: [Via Pixel-of-Ink]

• Completely Restored by Robert Kerr. Time Travel.

At Amazon: [Via Freebook Sifter]

• The Virus by Steven Spellman. Science Fiction. Virus.
• Shree Krishna And The Singularity by Bhakta Jim. Science Fiction.
• A Dark-Adapted Eye by Heather Crews. Vampires.
• The Vampire's Grave by Amy Cross. Paranormal.
• Time and Circumstance (The History of Ealis) by Michael Brandon Hall. Fantasy.
• Bring the Rain (The Godsword Dynasty) by Brent Maynard. Fantasy.
• Trials: Death and the Undead by Kurtis Bissell. Horror.
• Don't Drink the Water by Neil McGowan. Lovecraftian Horror.
• In The Shadow Of The Hills by Cate Sutherland. Science Fiction.
• Lothen Ethas and Kivashta Olenamir (Wizards and Mages) by Charles Diggs. Fantasy.
• The Sorcerer's Wish (The Journey) by J. K Rogers. YA Fantasy.
• Apothecary (Fantasy Anthology) by Thomas Fay.
• Channeler by Stephen Beam. Science Fiction.
• Machine City Rebels (Zen series) by Dean Moriarty. Post-Apocalyptic
• Shadows At Dawn by E. R. Torre. Science Fiction.
• Beyond the Legend (Lady of Rose Cottage) by Jo Ann Mason. Arthurian Fantasy.
• Cold Rage by Jacob Quarterman. Horror.
• Envy of the Light Bringer (Urusan Series) by Enoch Sean Thompson.
• Covenant by Derek Thompson.
• Aliena by Piers Anthon. Fantasy.  
• Scourge (Lilith the Scourge) by Sarah Harding-Roberts. Paranormal.
• The Shattered Prism (The Star Circle Trilogy) by Rebecca L. Frencl. YA Fantasy.
• Demon Dance (A Sundancer Novel) by Brian Freyermuth. Paranormal.
• Shooting Stars (A Surah Stormsong Novel) by H. D. Gordon. Paranormal Fantasy Romance.
• Sentinel (The Sentinel) by R.L. Winter. Science Fiction.
• Necropolis by Xina Marie Uhl. Fantasy.
• The Sand Dragon by Michael F. Stewart. Horror.
• Strangelets with a Side of Grilled Spam: Episode One by Michael Angel. Alien Invasion.
• Psychic Warrior by Bob Mayer.
• Forgotten (The Axis Series) by Shelley Filas. Fantasy Romance.

At Smashwords:

• The Sword of Sighs by Greg James. YA Fantasy. 53k words.
• "The Dogwood Tree" by Laurie Y. Elrod. Fantasy.
• "Yearning for Yesteryear" by David Haywood Young. Post-Apocalyptic.
• "The Survivors: In A Heartbeat" by V. L. Dreyer. Post-Apocalyptic.