Free Fiction Potpourri.

Some cool free miscelanus free stufff this morning, including a great Lawrence Watt-Evans story, in both text and audio format, at Escape Pod. [Art from "To Mars and Back" in Comics]










Fiction
• At Escape Pod: "Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers" by Lawrence Watt-Evans. Science Fiction.
       "Harry’s was a nice place — probably still is. I haven’t been back lately. It’s a couple of miles off I-79, a few exits north of Charleston, near a place called Sutton. Used to do a pretty fair amount of business until they finished building the Interstate out from Charleston and made it worthwhile for some fast-food joints to move in right next to the cloverleaf; nobody wanted to drive the extra miles to Harry’s after that."

• At Silver Blade: "The Greatest Shade – Part 3" by Bryan Wein. Fantasy. 
       "The man who opened the door was tall, slender, and dark-skinned, with bloodshot eyes and a heap of greasy dreadlocks adorned with pink ribbons. 'Xiao Tian Lang,' he said, bowing low. He extended a small, almost dainty hand to Dressen. 'Mr. Dressen,' he said, his tone flavored with what might have been amusement or pity. 'My name is Adewale Akogonnaye. I’ve been observing your progress on the Flood case for some time now.'"

Audio Fiction
• At Escape Pod: "Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers" by Lawrence Watt-Evans, read by Jonathon Hawkins. Science Fiction.
       "Harry’s was a nice place — probably still is. I haven’t been back lately. It’s a couple of miles off I-79, a few exits north of Charleston, near a place called Sutton. Used to do a pretty fair amount of business until they finished building the Interstate out from Charleston and made it worthwhile for some fast-food joints to move in right next to the cloverleaf; nobody wanted to drive the extra miles to Harry’s after that."

Old Time Radio
• At Boxcars 711: "Pebble In The Sky" Dimension X. Science Fiction. 1951
• At Journey Into: "Space Patrol: Brain Bank and Space Binoculars, plus Flash Gordon" Sci-fi.
At Relic Radio:

• "The Silver Flask" The Hall Of Fantasy. 1953.
•  "Beware Of Tomorrow" The Mysterious Traveler.Science Fiction. 1944.

Comics
At Atomic Kommie Comics:

• "To Mars and Back" Sci-fi. 1939.
• "King of the Ants" Sci-fi. 1958.
• "Secret of the Mountain" Sci-fi. 1963.

• At Digital Comics Museum: Space Busters #1 CBR. Sci-fi.
• At Diversions of the Groovy Kind: "The Feud" Fantasy. 1967.
At Four-Color Shadows:

• "Thunderbirds-Countdown" Sci-fi. 1972
• "Dragon Slayer" Fantasy. B&W 1967.

• At The Horrors of It All: "The Night of the Mummy!" Horror.
• At Pappy's Golden Age Comics: "The Other Side of the Macabre Mirror" and "In the Time Trolls' Sinister Clutches" Horror.1952.
• At Western Comics Adventures: "Monster from 1977 A.D." Time Travel. 1958.

Other Genres

• Audio at CrimeWAV: "Shopping Mall Survivor." by Mark L. Berry. 
• Fiction at Online Pulps!: "Your Honey or Your Life!" by Joe Archibald 1945, "Long Sam Vents a Brand" by Lee Bond 1949, "Murder is No Vacation" by Donald Bayne Hobart 1946. Pulp 
• Fiction at The Western Online: "Yellow" by T. C. Barlow.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Dear Man" by William G. Davies Jr.