It's Raining Free Fiction! Hallelujah!

Plenty of great free, legal fantasy, science fiction, and horror today. There are items from Baen, Tor, Nightmare Magazine, StarShipSofa, and more links, including one obtained from the ever the ever vigilant Regan Wolfrom of SF Signal. There will Likely be a second  post today with e-books and comics.



[Art from "The Best We Can" linked below]





Fiction
• At Baen: "Dog’s Body" by Sarah A. Hoyt.
     "Now Goldport, holding on to its rugged image, was a mixture of white collar geeks, the students who would become white collar geeks, and the people who catered to their interests and needs. It was rumored to have the best comic shop west of the Mississippi River, the best microbreweries in the world, and one of the best 'weird and geeky' presses anywhere in the universe."

• At HiLobrow: "Herland - Part 1" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Speculative Fiction. 1915.
     "This is written from memory, unfortunately. If I could have brought with me the material I so carefully prepared, this would be a very different story. Whole books full of notes, carefully copied records, first-hand descriptions, and the pictures — that’s the worst loss. We had some bird’s-eyes of the cities and parks; a lot of lovely views of streets, of buildings, outside and in, and some of those gorgeous gardens, and, most important of all, of the women themselves"

• At Mad Scientist Journal: "On Dragon Eyes" by Sarah Frost. Fantasy.
       "The eyes of the dragon possess qualities unique in the animal kingdom. The seeing-scale, or spectacle, covering the dragon’s eye can, after being removed and treated, provide the wearer with extraordinary insight. Currently, the scarcity of these scales prevents their widespread use."

• At Nightmare Magazine: "They Called Him Monster" by Anaea Lay. Horror.
      "The sprite feels wood against her fingertips. Old wood. It’s the wild, gnarled trunk of an oak tree hewn, shaped and molded back together as a table. It’s a free thing bound into shape by a carpenter until it becomes simply, elegantly, something tamed. Just like her."

• At Tor.com: "The Best We Can" by Carrie Vaughn. Science Fiction.
      "First contact was supposed to change the course of human history. But it turns out, you still have to go to work the next morning."

Flash Fiction

• At Daily Science Fiction: "Bedtime Stories" by Jayson Sanders. Fantasy.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Orion’s Blet" by David Stevenson. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction

• At Clarkesworld: "Across the Terminator" by David Tallerman.Science Fiction.
     "At forty-three, Fasbender was the oldest member of their three-man team. With his shock of prematurely white hair and pale skin scarred by some vindictive childhood illness, he tended to look even older—especially when he was seized, as now, with what Hank considered his ‘mad scientist fits’."

• At Classics On-the-Go: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter 7" by Lewis Carroll.  Children's Fantsy.
      "Alice stumbles upon a mad tea party with the Mad Hatter and the Dormouse."

• At StarShipSofa: "Mars Opposition" by David Brin. Science Fiction.
      "The Martians land. They have a list of names and they are seeking people from that list – and they are ready to pay handsomely of the information. If they find someone, who is mentioned on the list he is coolly and efficiently killed" - Tpi's reading diary.

OtherGenres
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "The Wreck" by steven woods

Ask Not What Free Fiction Can Do For You — Ask What You Can Do For Free Fiction.

Some more good free fiction before your humble host settles down for the night to read more of a couple pretty good books.  Back tomorrow - be sure to check out "My Blog List" and the "Free SF Sites" for more freebies and interesting posts.





[Art from Nomads of the Gods - linked below]


 
Fiction
• At Black Gate: "The Death of the Necromancer, Part Three" by Martha Wells. Fantasy.
      "And probably saved all our lives, Nicholas thought. If anyone had run into that room with a lamp, none of them would have had a chance. For someone who had been accused of killing several men in an unprovoked rage, Crack was awfully good at keeping his head in a crisis. It was too bad the judges at his trial hadn’t bothered to discern that fact."

• At HiLobrow: "Theodore Savage - part 15" by Cicely Hamilton. Science Fiction. 1922.
     "When war breaks out in Europe — war which aims successfully to displace entire populations — British civilization collapses utterly and overnight. The ironically named Theodore Savage, an educated and dissatisfied idler, must learn to survive by his wits in the new England, where 20th-century science, technology, and culture are regarded with superstitious awe and terror."

E-Books
At Free eBooks Daily:

• The Hunting Tree Trilogy (Books 1-3) by Ike Hamill. Horror.
• What About Us by Jacqui Henderson. Time Travel Romance.
• Marked for Vengeance by SJ Pierce. Paranormal Romance.
• Brevity by Peggy Martinez. Time Travel Romance. 
• The Immortal Scrolls by Kristin Secorsky. Paranormal Romance.  
• The Rebel Within by Lance Erlick. Science Fiction.
• Reader by Erec Stebbins.
• The Chronicles of Dragon: The Hero, The Sword and The Dragons by Craig Halloran. YA Fantasy.
• Ravenstoke Forging The Way by Stephen Cool. Fantasy.
• Ambasadora by Heidi Ruby Miller. Space Opera.
• Timecaster by J.A. Konrath. Science Fiction.
• Contingency by Peggy Martinez. Time Travel Romance. 
• Promise by See Moua. YA Urban Fantasy.

At Smashwords:

• Micka and Me: Gyrus by Deborah.C. Foulkes. Paranormal Romance. 54k words.
• Reclaiming Ter Chadain by C.S. Yelle. Epic Fantasy. 99k words.
• "Dearest Simone" by KN Schultz. Fantasy.
• "The Lady Wolf" by B. K. De Fabris. YA Fantasy.
• "Four Tales of Awful Horror" by Frankie Lassut. Horror.
• The Road to Trinityspace by Lee Bond. Science Fiction. 51k words.
• "Ingrid's Birthing" by KN Schultz. Science Fiction. Apocalyptic.
• Nomads of the Gods by Gary Mark Lee. Science Fiction. 250k words.

Audio Fiction
• At Classics On-the-Go: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter 4" by Lewis Carroll. Children's Fantasy.
     "The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill  Alice meets the White Rabbit while he is looking for his white gloves and fan. He asks her to go to his house and fetch them. While there, she drinks from a bottle in his dressing room. What do you think happens?"

I Have No Mouth and Must Scream For Free Fiction!

     Tons of good free audio today, including horror at Pseudopod, Dunesteef, and Tales to Terrify, as well as two more Lewis Carroll related stories.  There's text fiction by Cory Doctorow, a new issue of Silver Blade, flash fiction, E-books, comics, and more. As always, be sure to check out these other sources of free fiction links SF Signal, Free SF Reader, Free Speculative Fiction Online, BestScienceFictionStories.com, Variety SF, and SFFaudio.

[Art from "Monster, Monster in the Grave!" in comics below]

Fiction
• At Boing Boing: "By His Things Will You Know Him” by Cory Doctorow. Science Fiction [via SF Signal]
     "I thought that Mr. Purnell was a little young to be a funeral director, but he had the look down cold. In the instant between his warm, dry handshake and my taking my hand back to remove my winter hat and stuff it into my pocket, he assumed the look, a kind of concerned, knowing sympathy that suggested he’d weathered plenty of grief in his day and he was there to help you get through your own"

• At Daily Science Fiction: "The Ships That Stir Upon The Shore" by Rahul Kanakia.
     "The refugees drove west in a creaking convoy. Most of the cars were almost out of fuel. Many were on the verge of breaking down. The shoulders of the highway were littered with stopped and wrecked cars."

• Now Posted Silver Blade #18:

• "Kuiper Court" by S.E. Sever.
     “Welcome to the United Worlds Judicature. Kuiper Courts of Health are administered and regulated by the Solarian laws of the Ministry of Health and Longevity. Please note that all our sessions are recorded and may be accessed by the allocated attorneys in your trial.”
• "In Excelsis" by Christopher Burt.
     "It has become clear that there is a significant problem with communication equipment; however I have been unsuccessful thus far in identifying the source of the problem.  I am unable to verify the reception of any signal from anywhere on the surface, although I am able to confirm the successful reception and decoding of extra-solar signals when the array is reoriented."
• "Deep in the Woods" by Joseph Sale.
     "The fire hardly glimmered. It cast only the faintest illumination now. The evening was late, very late, but Roland and Jethro would stay up into the deepest hours. Neither would be able to sleep if they both lay down, and neither would be able to stay awake if they took it in turns to watch, and so they both remained up: glazy eyed, half conscious, but ready."
• "Customer Support" by Adam Gaylord.
      "By society’s standards, the couple sitting across from me is perfect. Gracefully crossing her long legs, Mrs. Garner is a picture of generous curves and blond hair, her exactly symmetrical brow implants accentuating her sparkling purple eyes. Mr. Garner’s just as impressive, all muscle and jaw, subdermals accentuating his broad shoulders"

Flash Fiction
• At 365 Tomorrows: "The Bar" by Bob Newbell. Science Fiction.
•At Silver Blade: (Poems and Flash Fiction)

• "The Music of the Stars" by Bruce Boston.
• "A Prayer on Ganymede" by John Grey.
• "Eye for an Eye" by Laura Madeline Wiseman.
• "A Wintry Fever" by Dawnell Harrison.
• "The Elixir" by Sandy Hiortdahl.
• "Alien Ants Invade the Waffle House" by John C. Mannone.
• "Milk Witch" by John Zaharick.
•  "The Trial of Bernadette Fabrique" by Sam Barnhart.
• "Level 7" by Shahid Khan.

E-Books
At Free eBooks Daily:

• Night Time: Two Novels by H.T. Night. Paranormal Romance. 
• Wild Wolf's Twisted Tails by Rod Glenn. Anthology.
• Soul Search by Amber Scott. Fantasy Romance.
• Khost by Vincent Hobbes. Military SciFi.
• The Forgotten Ones by Laura Howard. YA Fantasy.
• Wanted: Dead or Alive by Amber Scott. Time Travel Romance.
• Born After Midnight, The Rise of the Clones by Daniel Moore. Science Fiction.
• Dust to Dust: Fangs For Your Memories by Eden Crowne. Paranormal Romance.
• Never Too Far by Thomas Christopher.  Dystopian Adventure.

At Smashwords:

• "The Arrival of Rez Diamond" by Geltab. Fantasy.
• "A Gurumapa In The Wood" by A.G.R. Moore. Children's Fairy Tale.
• "Me Zombie, You Food" by C. M. Bratton. Horror.
• Immortal Darkness: Shadow Across the Land by Alex Rey. Fantasy. 117k words.
• "The Shift" by KN Schultz. Contemporary Fantasy.
• "The Curse of Pig Hollow" by KN Schultz. Paranormal.
• "Blackjack" by Gene Denham. Horror.
• The Fringe Worlds by T.R. Harris. Science Fiction. 52k words.
• "Contact" by Jen Cole. Science Fiction.
• Chase Fleet: Origins by William G Jennings. Christian Science Fiction. 131k words.

Audio Fiction
• At The Classic Tales Podcast: "Through the Looking Glass, Part 1 of 5" by Lewis Carroll
      "Alice sees the other side of the Looking Glass, and enters another world of enchantment. It is filled with argumentative chessmen, Jabberwocky monsters, and insolent flowers."

• At Decoder Ring Theater: "The Island Lost To Time" 
      "Circus performer Daniel Crogan and Captain Yatri of the tramp steamer Marietta find themselves on an island rumored to be home of giant, man-eating reptiles. Can they escape from The Island Lost To Time?"

• At Dunesteef: "Unholy Womb" by Steven E. Wedel. Horror.
     "A boy picks up a couple of pumpkins in preparation for Halloween, only to find out they are part of a bizarre and deadly Halloween trick."

• At LibriVox: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. Children's Fantasy.
     "The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; till he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an aching back and weary arms. Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing." 

• At LibriVox: The Purple Cloud by Matthew Phipps Shiel. Apocalyptic.
     "Well, the memory seems to be getting rather impaired now, rather weak. What, for instance, was the name of that parson who preached, just before the Boreal set out, about the wickedness of any further attempt to reach the North Pole? I have forgotten! Yet four years ago it was familiar to me as my own name."

• At Pseudopod: "Beware The Jabberwock, My Son" by Dixon Chance. Horror.
     "The sound (whiffle) came again, and this time it definitely came from the mirror. Definitely. He could imagine its long, snaky neck pouring out of the mirror frame, those two pale unblinking eyes peering around his bedroom as it flew"

• At Tales to Terrify: "The Lucky Ones" by Anne Michaud. Horror.
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Comics

• At The Comic Book Catacombs: "Escape or Die" Adventure. (1962)
• At Diversions of the Groovy Kind: "Monster, Monster in the Grave!" Horror. (1973)
• At Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: "The Wolf Boy of Krakow/The Heap/The Crown of Coort" Horror. (1952)
• At The Horrors of It All: "Burn, Miser, Burn / Money Hungry" Horror. (1971/1953) 

Other Genres

• Audio at Forgotten Classics: "The Mouse in the Mountain - Chapter 10" by Norbert Davis. Noir.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "But No Cigar" by Jez Patterson

May the Free Fiction Be With You!

     Today's free fiction is highlighted by the latest issue of Beneath Ceaseless Skies, a new novelette at Tor.com (hate to see what the word "porn" in the title does to my Google ads), and several continuing serialized stories, including one by D&D legend Ed Greenwood. There are also many e-books and flash fiction stories of interest.  And as always check out "My Blog List" and "Free Fiction Sites" especially SF Signal's free fiction links by the always cool, Nixon Dogruns Regan Wolfrom for more free fiction pointers.




[Art for Episode 8 of The Land That Time Forgot - linked below]


Fiction
At HiLobrow: "The Devolutionist - part 17" by Homer Eon Flint. Occult-Science-Fiction. (1921)
     "“You may as well make your apologies now, Powart; you’re out of it! I’ve won, and you’ve lost! I’ve done a bigger thing than you have!”"

• At Paizo: "A Matter of Knives - Chapter Two: When Someone Wants You Dead" by Ed Greenwood. Fantasy.
     "Tantaerra cursed foully, then cursed even harder as she felt swords biting into the far sides of the crates she was now clinging to. The manyswords thing was hacking and hewing crates as high as it could reach, cleaving wood that was a lot older and damper than the lid it had just flung aside; its blades were through one crate-side already."

• At Tor.com: "Porn & Revolution in the Peaceable Kingdom" by Micaela Morrissette.
     "In a possible far future animals have taken over and democratized the world where humans once ruled. Tim, a lonely slime mold, is worried about his human pet Mimi and her recent animal urges. He only wants her to be happy, but he doesn’t know how to keep her from sneaking out and cavorting with the human pet next door or any number of feral humans in the neighborhood. But through his relationship with her, he learns what it truly means to make a commitment to someone else."   

• Now Posted: Beneath Ceaseless Skies #106.

• "Cold, Cold War" by Ian McHugh. Fantasy.
       "Masaru peered past the struts and wires between his biplane's wings, trying to take the sight in. The tower's base was a madman's helter-skelter ziggurat, made of impossible stone blocks the size of townhouses, that cut a swath across the city's snow-covered grid of tenement blocks and terraces. From the ziggurat’s peak, the ragged-toothed tower reached up to a dark stain of cloud fixed in the sky directly above."
• "A Sixpenny Crossing" by Don Allmon. Fantasy.
       "'Stolen,' the General hissed. 'Stolen!' he shouted, enraged. 'It was Easric Dane, I know it! Upon my soul, it must have been he!' Not only was it awful, but Pearl couldn't possibly be suggesting there was any truth to it. Earsic thought of drowning the book in the river. But Pearl Snow had a wicked pack of cards. They brooked none of Easric's sass and weren't lightly ignored"

Flash Fiction

• At Daily Science Fiction: "True Love" by Alex Shvartsman. 
• At Flashes in the Dark: "Chessie" by Lindsey Beth Goddard. Horror.
• At Nature: "Mortar Flowers" by Jessica May Lin. Science Science.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Mathmagicians" by Desmond Hussey, Science Fiction.

E-Books
• At Amazon:  Essential Reading in Science Fiction by David Scholes. 
• At Free eBooks Daily:

• H2O by Irving Belateche. Science Fiction.
• Never Too Far by Thomas Christopher. Dystopian Adventure.
• The Talent Seekers by Jemima Pett. YA Fantasy.
• The Dream Rider by Ernest Dempsey. SciFi Adventure.
• The Ryn by Serena Chase. YA Fantasy. 
• House of Cards by Ilana Waters. YA Paranormal Romance.  
• Vampire in Denial by Dale Mayer. YA Paranormal Romance. 
• The Remedy by Serena Chase. Fantasy.

Audio Fiction
• At Beneath Ceaseless Skies: "The Penitent" by M. Bennardo. Fantasy
      "No. 17596 let the book fall out of his hands. It would tell him what? It would tell him that the world went on—that somewhere, out there, men and women were carrying on their affairs while he sat alone in his cell, sentenced to ruminate in silence and isolation."

• At Classics on the Go: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter 3" by Lewis Carroll
     "Alice, the Mouse and other creatures swim to shore. They find themselves all wet and try to get dry by having a 'caucus-race.'"

• At The Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Episode 08 - The Land That Time Forgot"
     "The German crew of the U-33 have managed to refine the oil that has been discovered near the camp.  They pilot the U-33 downstream back toward the outlet to the sea – shelling the camp along the way.  In the meantime, Lys has disappeared from the camp – with anthropoid footprints indicating she has been abducted by Caspak’s native ape creatures."

Other Genres
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "She Smelled Pretty" by Kristi Charish

Apex, Oz, Audio Fiction, and More Freebies

Great freebies from great sites!










Fiction
• At AE: "Captain Confederation" by Jim Robb. Superhero.
     "Captain Confederation was annoyed when he got off the elevator and it showed. It would have been so simple and logical for him to land on the roof of the Superhero Administration Centre, or in the ample grounds surrounding it, but these alternatives were no longer open to him. Last month Transport Canada had proposed a regulation requiring superheroes to take off and land from helipads unless actually fighting crime, and for some inexplicable reason the Department of Superhero Affairs had gone along with it."
    
• At Tor.com: "Fire Above, Fire Below" by Garth Nix. Fantasy.
     "'Fire Above, Fire Below' is about the crisis that the dying of a dragon living below a major city causes, and the pact made many years earlier to deal with such a situation."

• At WMG Publishing: "The Charming Way Written" by Kristine Grayson (Kristine Kathryn Rusch) Paranormal Romance.
     "But on the way to her protest at a book fair, she runs into a handsome man. A very handsome man who isn’t just her prince charming—he’s the prince charming. And he loves books."

• Now Posted: Apex Magazine Issue 48 — May 2013

“Ilse, Who Saw Clearly” by E. Lily Yu
     "Once, among the indigo mountains of Germany, there was a kingdom of blue-eyed men and women whose blood was tinged blue with cold. The citizens were skilled in clockwork, escapements, and piano manufacture, and the clocks and pianos of that country were famous throughout the world. Their children pulled on rabbit-fur gloves before they sat down to practice their etudes, for it was so cold the notes rang and clanged in the air."
“The Binding of Ming-tian” by Emily Jiang.
     "Hush, little baby, little kumquat, little bird. Ming–tian is sleeping. She has pruned the bitter melon vines and swept the porch while dancing with a broom. She has chased away the good luck fishes in the pond, where she has lost her shoe. Soon it will freeze over. Now Ming–tian is snoring."
“Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back” by Joe R. Lansdale.
     "The tight lines around her eyes and mouth, the emotional heat that radiates from her body like a dreadful cold sore looking for a place to lie down is voice enough for her. She lives only for the moment when she (the cold sore) can attach herself to me with her needles, ink and thread. She lives only for the design on my back."
“Come to My Arms, My Beamish Boy” by Douglas F. Warrick
     "The name of the ship he had served on. The name of his commanding officer. His daughters’ names, which husband went with which daughter, which grandchildren came from which marriage, which fiancé held hands with which granddaughter. That had mostly melted away."

 Flash Fiction

• At Apex Magazine: “The Busker, Broke and Busted” by Shira Lipkin. Poem
• At Beware the Hairy Mango: "Matty Dread" by Matthew Sanborn Smith.
• At Daily Science Fiction: "Persephone at Arm's Length" by Bridget A. Natale. 
• At Every Day Fiction: "Competition For Ice Wizards" by James Reinebold. Fantasy. Humor. 
• At Flashes in the Dark: "In the Event of My Demuse" by Sara-Jane McGeachy. Horror.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "The Common Threat Doctrine" by Bob Newbell. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction
• At Classics On-the-Go: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Chapter 1" by Lewis Carroll. Children's Fantasy.
     "Alice decides to follow the white rabbit and falls down the rabbit hole. She lands in a room filled with doors but she is too large to fit through the small door that she is able to open with a small key. What will she do?"

• At Drabblecast: "Liane the Wayfarer" by  Jack Vance. Fantasy.
     "Through the dim forest came Liane the Wayfarer, passing along the shadowed glades with a prancing light-footed gait. He whistled, he caroled, he was plainly in high spirits. Around his finger he twirled a bit of wrought bronze—a circlet graved with angular crabbed characters, now stained black."

• At PodCastle: "The Great Zeppelin Heist of Oz" by Rae Carson and C.C. Finlay. Fantasy.
     "Scraps, the patchwork girl, witnessed the wizard’s arrival. She sat beneath a tree watching the most spectacular show ever performed by a summer sky. White clouds swirled above an emerald colored sky like whipped marshmallow topping on a glass bowl full of lime jello spinning round and round and round on a potter’s wheel. She didn’t think it could get any more amazing when the clouds cracked open and sunlight burst through so blinding that she lifted one patchwork arm to shade her button eyes."

• At StarShipSofa:   “On 20468 Petercook” by Andy Duncan.
     "Alone in the black void, the ship thrust forward, then pivoted as it slowed to a stop. Motionless, it awaited the next flyby, the next ship-killer, the next opportunity."

Cool Links for a Cold Day

Another day with a fairly wide variety of free items found. Hopefully, there is something for nearly everyone. As always, please feel free to send me links to cool, free, legal websites. And to all those whose work I overlook here, it is never intended as a sleight - I'm just one disorganized person so I miss quite a bit.




E-fiction
At Book View Cafe, "Spirit Arrow" by Deborah J. Ross.
"Moving by touch in the velvet darkness of her tent, she found her arrow-case and drew out a single, perfect shaft. The wood, once polished so smooth, was damp, as if with sweat."

Online HERE.



At Munseys, "Know Thy Neighbor" by Elisabeth R. Lewis, from Galaxy Science Fiction (Feb. 1953).
"The terrors that inhabit the night may be even more awful in deceitful broad daylight!"

In free e-book downloads HERE.




At Daily Science Fiction, "A Ribbon For A Shaman" by S. J. Hirons.
"When the shaman was done tying his ribbon around the middle of our pig, my father stood and watched the old man doddering off down the lane for a long time. A few months ago I would have expected my father, the notary of our little town, to have berated the old man, but now I was not surprised when he did no such thing."

Online HERE.



At Beware ,There's A Crosseyed Cyclops In My Basement!!!, Several (29-33) issues of Galaxy Science Fiction in CBR format. The CBRs are quite readable which means they are rather large files. Another difficulty is that they are hosted on rapidshare, which means that each rar file must be downloaded separately with time between them (unless you have a floating ISP). These issues are great but getting them might be too much work for all but hardcore SF fans.

Available HERE (via Variety SF)





A couple of recent stories up at Mindflights.

"Reversal of Fortune" by Resha Caner.
"Backward-think" does not come easily at 6AM. As I stood in my shower, hoping the scalding spray would awaken my brain, watching the water swirl down the drain in a clockwise direction, Miss Greer's voice filled my head. Beginning the transition from New Earth on the ground to Old Earth in space was never easy. Drinking at a bar until 2 AM the night before a mission made it even more difficult. "

Online HERE.

and "Weomene's Moccasins" by Therese L. Arkenberg. "Of all their family, she was the first Haskin-a-men-eh told when he began to prepare for his vision moon. Weomene felt flattered and a little uneasy that he had chosen her, his youngest sister, the wild one who was almost overlooked in her training in the women's arts. She knew what it meant, that he had told her first. He wanted his Wandering moccasins from her."

Online HERE.


Audio Fiction
At Podcastle, "Hart and Boot" by Tim Pratt, read by Amy Elk.
"Apart from the dirt, and the lack of a bed, and her not being asleep and all, this was just like the dream."

Streaming and in MP3 download HERE.






At LibriVox, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (dramatic reading) by Lewis Carroll. "This classic tale by Lewis Carroll has delighted children for generations. Alice falls down a rabbit hole and encounters a wide variety of strange and wonderful creatures in all manner of bizarre situations. Join Alice as she journeys through Wonderland, trying to make sense of what she finds there. This version is read dramatically, with different readers voicing the different characters."

In MP3 and ogg downloads HERE.


Serials
At Paizo.com the third chapter of "The Ghosts of Broken Blades" by Monte Cook.
"The beast fluttered the ramshackle wings on its back, far too small to support its weight. Many toothy sphincter-maws along its wormlike form screamed shrilly. Just as many eyes peered from wrinkled folds of its flesh, seemingly randomly scattered across its body."

Online HERE.


Marcus Marcus and the Hurting Heart by Rab Swannock Fulton "is a ghostly murder mystery set in the distant future. Inspired by Sophocles - with a nod to Erle Stanley Gardner and Douglas Adams - it is a tale of treachery and blood... This serialized is being published on an approximately weekly schedule and is up to chapter fourteen.

Available online HERE.



Gaming
At Daddy Grognard, an adventure for every monster where the writer is "taking the Monster Manual and working my way through it, trying to come up with a mini-adventure, hook, dungeon section or plot idea for every monster therein." Very clever idea.

So far there are Aerial Servant, Anhkheg, Ant, Giant, Ape, Carnivorous, Axe Beak, Baboon, and Badger and Badger, Giant.





At The Land of Nod, lots of cool stuff. Free sample issues (#1 and #6) of NOD, a well made "old school" gaming magazine as well as a "ready for play-testing" rpg, Mystery Men and the basic rules to another rpg, Pars Fortuna.

All available in free PDF downloads HERE.

And an interesting PC class for old school games (OD&D, AD&D, Retro Clones, etc.), the Beastmaster. Online HERE.