A Few Free Comics and Other Coolness.

Some free classic SF, Horror, and Adventure comics to relax to after a long day, and some good genre related music.


Illustration from When Worlds Collide in the comics section.







@The Horrors of It All: "Singing Slaves" (1953) Horror.
@Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: "The Thing In the Fog" (1957) Horror.
@The Comic Book Catacombs: Fantomah in "The Revenge of Zomax" (1941) Adventure.
@Four-Color Shadows: "Ultimate Destiny" (1954) Horror.
@Digital Comics Museum: Motion Picture Comics #110 -When Worlds Collide and Space Rangers Archive Vol0 Pt.1a (Fiction House). Science Fiction.
@Atomic Kommie Comics: "Outlaws of Mars" and "Invasion" Science Fiction.
@Secret Sanctum of Captain Video: Beneath the Planet of the Apes Parts One and Two.
@Femmes Fantastique: Cave Girl in "Man Who Served Death" Adventure.


Other Coolness - Audio
@Sci-Fi Songs: John Anealio's latest SF inspired song, "Geek Dad," is available for free download. If you haven't heard any of his songs yet (such as "Summer Glau" and "Angry Robot") check it out. If you have heard his songs before, you probably downloaded this one the day it came out.



TuneIn Radio Android App. The first free app recommendation. TuneIn Radio is an app that lets you listen to over 50,000 radio stations for free. So what does it have to do with fantasy, SF, or Horror? Surprisingly, quite a bit.

It has at least three good old time radio stations, Horror Theater (Horror and Suspense), Bygolly Old Time Radio (mostly Noir, some horror), and 20th Century Radio (all types, including some SF/Horror).

And for newer stories I was able to Escape Pod episodes available for streaming and WRFR (Rockland Maine) which broadcasts Beam Me Up on Saturdays 4-5 Eastern Standard Time.

And music. While there is, as far as I know, no pure genre music channel**, there are great music channels that have a fantasy feel. I especially recommend Ancient FM (Medieval/Renaissance), GotRadio Native, and GotRadio Celtic as background mood music for fantasy reading or gaming. **Thanks to Dominic for pointing out Radio Rivendell, which is pretty much a fantasy music station and is available through this app and online.

Available for free download at your Android app store. Also available in a PC version, and versions for other phones, including inferior devices named after fruit.

Wednesday Freebies

A quiet day, but still a few gems. A bit of fiction, including classic SF, flash fiction, and a short Sheena story, some good audio fiction (all serial), good SF music, gaming items (including several new monsters), and a rather bad movie. Today's illustration is for "The Buttoned Sky."












Classic SF/Adventure
@Project Gutenberg and Munseys: "The Buttoned Sky" by Geoff St. Reynard, from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy (Aug. 1953.)
"Legends spoke of Earth's glorious past, of freedom and greatness. But this was the future, ruled by god-globes, as men gazed fearfully at—"


And a mid-week QuasarDragon presents. Two short fiction stories:
"Lost Comet" from Fantastic Comics #11 (Jan-Feb. 1955).
"This is my first, and I am very much afraid, my last dispatch from the rocket ship METEOR. There is small chance of this message ever reaching Earth, much less the copy desk of my paper, but I am writing it with an eye cocked for a miracle."

and "Sheena and The Crawling Death" by Morgan W. Thomas, from Jumbo Comics #87 (May 1946).
"The village gates were open and through them poured the people who for so long had dwelt in peace in that placid spot. There was nothing peaceful about the scene, however, as the men, women, and children pushed and jostled one another, each carrying his meager possessions as best he could."







@ScottSigler.com: Tuesday Terror Episode #05: "Loyalty" Part 2 of 2 by Renee Jordan, edited and performed by Arioch Morningstar.

@StarShipSofa:"Grail-Diving in Shangrilla with the World’s Last Mime" Part 2 by Ken Scholes.

Fan Audio
@Misfits Audio Productions: Green Lantern: Man without Fear Ep 1: "The Capture"






@ScottSigler.com: Tuesday Terror Episode #05: "Loyalty" Part 2 of 2 by Renee Jordan, edited and performed by Arioch Morningstar.

@StarShipSofa:"Grail-Diving in Shangrilla with the World’s Last Mime" Part 2 by Ken Scholes.

Fan Audio
@Misfits Audio Productions: Green Lantern: Man without Fear Ep 1: "The Capture"






@Every Day Fiction: "Dr. Xiang and the Mouth in His Stomach" by Adam Lucas.
@Flashes in the Dark: "Time to Speak of Many Things" by Lori Titus.
@365 tomorrows: "Clyde" by Clint Wilson.
@Daily Science Fiction: "O is for Obfuscation" by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, and Greg van Eekhout.







@Zalchis: A trio of well illustrated new monsters. "Octoscholar" a race that is "cold and calculating, unforgiving and given to sorcerous feuds amongst themselves," "Ordrang, opportunistic scavengers that consume stray ectoplasm," and seen in the illustration to the left "Phorain" "grim, brooding, taciturn beings from the hot plains of some distant world, the Phorain are powerful warriors possessed of exceptional strength and resolve."



@The Land of NOD: [Encounter] "Mu-Pan - Encounter XXIV"
@Daddy Grognard: [Adventure] "An Adventure for Every Monster - Beholder"
@Trollish Delver: [Monsters] "Creatures of the tundra for T&T"
@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [New Spell] "Irritating Breeze"
@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [New Magic Items] "Glamour Apparel of Mulka" and "Mind Gems of Athra-Kla"
@A Character for Every Game: [Map] "Return to Erdea Manor – Part 2"
@DriveThruRPG: [Map] "Map of Berem Town"
@Sea of Stars: [New Magic Items] "Orcus’ Bowl" and "Paidia’s Dice"
@Underworld Kingdom: [New Monsters] "Pale Giants" and "Quartz Fungi"
@Netherwerks: [Table] "Fantasy Rooftop Environment/Encounters Table"
@Big Ball of No Fun: [New Monsters] "Obayifo," "Phi," and "Quinotaur"

Video
@The Internet Archive: Kong Island (1968).
"A beautiful woman raised by the apes, a mad scientist bent on controlling the minds of the apes and a handsome explorer." Not really worth the effort of watching it.

Other Coolness - Music
John Anealio (of the "Angry Robot" song fame) has released a new E.P. Books, Bytes & Bots E.P. now available as a pay what you want album (even free!) on Bandcamp. All are fantasy/SF related.