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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Free E-Books and More

Some good free e-books and comics as well as science and Hobbit news and more. 


[Art from "Cat Men of Phoebus" in comics below]





E-Books
At Free eBooks Daily:
Via Pixel of Ink:
  • The Boat by Christine Dougherty. Horror.
At Smashwords:
Comics
Other Genres
Science News
 Genre Film News




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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Free E-Books, Hobbit Reviews, and More

Several interesting free e-books this time, as well as science news and Hobbit movie news. The first reviews are coming in and they are mixed. Purists hate it (of course, they hate every adaptation) but others are mostly enjoying it (issues with the 48 fps 3d aside). 

And I've noticed there are now advertisements linked to select words in the text (not put there by me).  To avoid confusion, I'll bold all real links and nothing else except the category titles.

[art from "New contender for oldest dinosaur" linked below]


E-Books
At Amazon: For Odin, for Thor, for Asgard. Fantasy. Mythology.

At Free eBooks Daily:
At Smashwords:
Gaming
"Washed Up Walkers (Battle Cards)" by Adrianna White.
     "created to turn an ordinary deck of playing cards into a brand new and exciting game that people of all ages can enjoy." Many more Battle Cards games here.

 Science News
Hobbit News


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Monday, December 3, 2012

New Myths, Resident Aliens, and More Free Fiction


Anyone would be forgiven for thinking that QuasarDragon was taking a day off after the flood of free fiction released this weekend by a hoard of amazing, generous sites. However, that is not the case. As Baron Harkonnen might say, the free fiction must flow.  And flow it will, with more good stories from a variety of sources, including two more e-zines that just "posted."


Fiction
At Electric Velocipede: "The Woods of Wistman’s Grove" by Tyson Young.
     "The sceptics will tell you that the woods of Wistman’s Grove are a myth, their howls no more a chorus of mummified voices than the wind through bare trees. Yet when travelling the roads beyond Clearbell, even the naysayers take the sinuous trail over the hills. Lest they disprove their own doubt."

At Strange Horizons: "America Thief (Part 1 of 2)" by Alter S. Reiss. Speculative Fiction.
      "Bugsy wasn't going to kill me that night, because while they thought I was crazy for thinking I could do magic, sometimes people needed me to do magic for them."

At L5R: "War of Hearts" by Nancy Sauer. Fantasy.
     "Doji Shunya drifted through the garden, stopping now and again to exchange a polite greeting and a few comments with someone he knew before moving on again.  The evening’s party was only beginning to build tempo, and he didn’t want to commit himself to a lengthy conversation before mapping out who the most useful people present were."

At The WiFiles: "Kodiak" by Walter Campbell. Speculative Fiction.
     "If it weren’t for the Kodiak brown bear, Max would have complained about his boss long ago. The bear had been hired as head receptionist for HR just two months earlier, landing him an extra large desk and an extra large chair behind normal-sized glass doors on the third floor, just off the elevator."

Now Posted New Myths #21: Speculative Fiction.
"The Desert of Trees" by Matthew Bennardo.
      "Twice in that time, she built a fire from the endless supplies of dry sticks that carpeted the ground under the snow. She began with handfuls of brown needles that flared under the sparking chert and steel, and continued to feed the little tongues of flame until spruce and pine twigs curled and crackled before her."
"The Last Listener" by Eric Cline. 
      "Hawkins was a civilian security specialist under my supervision. His head was a smooth brown oval, thanks to a barber (I'd known him before he shaved it smooth); he had a single, discrete gold hoop through his left earlobe. Yeah, I'd thought of the Tidy Bowl man."
"Foolish Wishes, Fairy Kisses" by Brent Knowles. 
      "A tin can fell over below the stairs, a flash of fur rushing into the small pile of wood stacked inside the carport. Josh smiled, seeing that Grandma still set out her offerings. The Alders loved nature; feeders of birds and squirrels and they kept the busiest gnome garden on the island. They even scattered cake crumbs and filled thimbles with apple cider."
"God's Plan for the Lunar Colony" by Nicholas Whitley.
      "Before he even put on the jetsuit, Deacon Ridenhour had had a strange presentiment about his first Inquisition. Not a prophetic moment, Heaven forbid, but something like it nevertheless. The transit from the Space Station Travail to Lunar Colony A had gone smoothly though, despite his misgivings. It was just like in training--until the final approach."
Now Posted: Residential Aliens - Dec. 2012
"They Come Back" by Amberle L. Husbands.
     "The date in the paper’s corner—December 20th, 2012, Thursday—seemed smaller than normal, if anything, as if they’d tried to slip it in under the radar."
"Zantook the Santa" by Francis W. Alexander.
     "Although something bugged him about the event, Christmas 2011 on earth had been the best ever for Zantook, the Santa. This being his third Noel, multilocating had been a breeze, and delivering presents to the human boys and girls was the greatest joy he could imagine."
"The Apprentice" by Erin M. Kinch. Fantasy.
      "Unseen to most, her gifts raced around the room, scanning the crowd, searching for any who posed a challenge. To her, the ungifted stood in shadow, while other gifteds glowed with an internal light. Most people in this wretched kingdom had no gifts at all."
"Hath No Fury" by Stoney M. Setzer.  Superhero.
       "Her husband of two years looked up at her apologetically. He was already in the process of changing into his Mole-Man costume. “I know, babe, but I just got the call from Police Headquarters"
"A Different Blessing" by Milton Davis. Zombie.
      “We’re probably not, but it’s as close as we can get,” Edward answered, distracted by his concern for Ginger.  She was failing. He doubted if she would last her next donation. They were so brave, every one of them, giving to save others despite their condition.
 Flash Fiction
Running for the Ship by Bruce Boston
1492 by Gary Every
Manic is the Dark Night by Michael Lee Johnson
Gil Dreamt About Zombies and Women by Michaelsun Knapp
Audio Fiction

At Author's Site: "The MVP Episode #8" by Scott Sigler. Science Fiction. Football.
      "Quentin and the Krakens deal with the aftermath of the Game, and start to plan for the season ahead and the future of the franchise."
At Toasted Cake: "Moonlight on the Carpet"  by David D. Levine. Speculative Fiction.
      "It was summer, a hot humid North Carolina summer, and there was nothing else to do."

Other Genres
Audio at Crime City Central: "The Naked Thread" by Monica Ferris. Crime.
Audio at PRI: Selected Shorts "Objects of Desire"
     “Counting the Ways” by Susan Perabo and “The Pony Problem” by Sloane Crosley.
Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Make That a Double" by Gloria Garfunkel.
Flash Fiction at Spinetingler: "It’s All Peanuts" by Emma Deanston. Suspense.

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Sunday, November 25, 2012

Sunday Goodies

A bit later than usual, but with lots of cool freebies including, the latest issue of the Lovecraft eZine, classic SF from Project Gutenberg, and good audio fiction, flash fiction. e-books, and items from other genres.



[Art from the Lovecraft eZine, linked below.]








Fiction At Project Gutenberg: "A World by the Tale" by Randall Garrett. Science Fiction. 1963.
      "This is about the best-hated author on Earth. Who was necessarily pampered and petted because of his crime against humanity...."

Now Posted:  The Lovecraft eZine #19
"A Thousand Smokes" by W.H. Pugmire.
      "It towered, the twisted entity, above the ground-mist that enveloped me as I swept into that hollow of old oaks. I confess that it felt strange, knowing once again the uncanny sensations that I had experienced as a youngster"
"The Strange Case ofCrazy Joe Gallo" by Jeffrey Thomas.
       "Gallo first learned of the infamous, ancient book while serving a ten year sentence for extortion. Gallo was widely read – in prison he devoured the writings of Sartre, Machiavelli, Kafka, Nietzsche, and Camus – and so it was not unnatural for him to become intrigued by talk of this legendary tome."
"In the House of the Hummingbirds" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
       "If you think about it, it makes sense. After all, Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of War and patron of the city of Tenochtitlan, was the Hummingbird of the Left. The souls of dead warriors return to our world in the shape of hummingbirds. Why shouldn’t war be a flower?"
"The Treatment Room" by Kevin Crisp.
       "I have not long been a vagrant, nor will I be much longer.  This much has been determined.  I continue to run and hide, but it is merely animal instinct at work.  The man in me knows it to be futile.  My date approaches."
"Obsidian Capra Aegagrus" by Christopher Slatsky.
       "It was early afternoon- how much heroin had I mainlined already? Two grams? I could stand a lot more. I’d anticipated and funded this drug acquisition over a period of months by selling several boxes of my beloved vinyl collection"
"The Dig" by Monica Valentinelli.
        "The Voice is soft, plain, urgent. It speaks to me through shadows and sunbeams, reflections and dreams. The words creep in between my waking thoughts, insisting that I dig. I try to tell It to stop, but It won’t listen."
"Amtopians" by Logan Davis.         "I’m not going to make this sound like this is like some fairy tale or mythical tale or something like that.  It’s just a night I will never forget."

At Project Gutenberg: "Astounding Stories, March, 1931" Science Fiction.
"When the Mountain Came to Miramar" by Charles W. Diffin
      "It is Magic against Magic As Garry Connell Bluffs for His Life with a Prehistoric Savage in the Heart of Sentinel Mountain."
"Beyond the Vanishing Point" by Ray Cummings.
       "The Tale of a Golden Atom—an Astounding Adventure in Size. (A Complete Novelette.)"
"Terrors Unseen" by Harl Vincent.
       "One after Another the Invisible Robots Escape Shelton's Control—and Their Trail Leads Straight to the Gangster Chief Cadorna." 
"Phalanxes of Atlans" by F. V. W. Mason.
        "Never Did an Aviator Ride a More Amazing Sky-Steed Than Alden on His Desperate Dash to the Great Jarmuthian Ziggurat. (Conclusion of a Two-Part Novel.)"
"The Meteor Girl" by Jack Williamson.
        "Through the Complicated Space-Time of the Fourth Dimension Goes Charlie King in an Attempt to Rescue the Meteor Girl."
Flash Fiction

E-Books
At Amazon: Speculative Fiction The Ultimate Collection [Kindle Edition] by David K Scholes.

Via Pixel of Ink:
At Free eBooks Daily:

Audio Fiction
At Beam Me Up: "Episode #341" Science Fiction.
      Kevin Pickett’s “Bedtime Story” which ask, what do you think would be society’s reaction to a robot that become sentient? and part 3 of Poul Anderson’s “Call me Joe”

At Escape Pod: "A Querulous Flute of Bone" by Cat Rambo.  Science Fiction.
       "Aaben was such a collector. S/he was one of the geniod, whose gender varies according to mood, location, and other private considerations, and who are known, in the face of great trauma, to forget who they are and become entirely different personalities, their old selves never to be resumed or spoken of."

At The Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Episode 05 - The Return of Tarzan" Adventure.
     "Tarzan of the Apes, now in Paris, has become a confidante of the Countess Olga De Code."

At The Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Episode 06 - The Return of Tarzan" Adventure.
      "Tarzan has paid a visit to the evil Nicholas Rokoff. After choking the villain until his face turns black, the nefarious Rokoff has given Tarzan a signed confession of his part in the trumped-up scandal involving Olga De Coude."

At The Lovecraft eZine: Issue #19. Horror
       All stories listed in fiction have audio versions.

At SFFAudio: Two versions of Algernon Blackwood’s "The Man Who Found Out" Horror.
      "And the young doctor, thanking the gods of science that his leader's aberrations were of so harmless a character, went home strong in the certitude of his knowledge of externals, proud that he was able to refer his visions to self-suggestion, and wondering complaisantly whether in his old age he might not after all suffer himself from visitations of the very kind that afflicted his respected chief."

Other Genres
  • Audio at Classic Tales Podcast: "The Chimes, Part 1 of 4" by Charles Dickens
  • Audio at Tales of Old: "A Passing Pleasing Toungue" by Kara Race-Moore. Historical Fiction. England 1528.
  • Audio at PRI: Selected Shorts - "Remembering Isaiah Sheffer"   T.C. Boyle’s Lassie parody “Heart of a Champion,” two hilarious tales by Ian Frazier, “Dating Your Mom” and “Lamentations of the Father,” and Allan Gurganus’ mystical “It Had Wings.”
  • Fiction at Online Pulps:  "Murdered Twice" by Norman A. Daniels. Crime 1935. and "Man of the Abyss" by Hapsburg Liebe. Western 1948.
  • Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Knowledge" by Ken Elkes.
  • Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "The Big Game" by Greg Chase.
  • OTR at Relic Radio: "The Headstrong Corpse"  - CBS Radio Mystery Theater. 1974.
Fiction at The Western Online:

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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Comics, Sargent, Rambo, and More Free Fiction

Some very good free stuff again! Just a couple entries in the free fiction section, but they are from two great sites.  There are many free e-books including David Scholes' Soldier of the Brell free for a couple days and a collection of fantasy short stories by the exceptional Cat Rambo.  There's audio fiction by Pamela Sargent at StarShipSofa (always great) and several classic comic book stories and contemporary flash fiction stories.

 [Art from Eyes Like Sky And Coal And Moonlight by Cat Rambo]





Fiction
At Daily Science Fiction: "Red at the End of the World" by Lynda E Rucker.
      "He's not; and you know it by looking at him. You know it first by looking at his shoes, which are brown leather, scuffed and laced up wrong with floppy worn tongues. Above the shoes, a flash of thin ankles: he's lost his socks."

At Nightmare Magazine:  "Construction Project" by Desirina Boskovich. Horror.
       "We begin in August, when the summer nights are ripe and voluptuous. Moths beat against the window, seeking solace from the darkness. August brings violent thunderstorms; cut power lines draw the darkness closer. We cup a flickering flame and make love that brings purple bruises."


E-Books
At Amazon.com: Soldier of the Brell by David Scholes. Science Fiction.

Via Pixel of Ink:
At Free E-Books Daily:
At Smashwords:
Flash Fiction
  • At Every Day Fiction: "Edge Work" by Sean Jones. Horror.
  • At Flash Fiction Online:  "Zombie March" by Brynn MacNabb. Horror.
  • At Flash Fiction Online:  "Mid-Autumn Moon" by Lani Carroll. Horror.
  • At 365 Tomorrows: "Come Tomorrow" by Jae Miles. Science Fiction.
  • At Yesteryear Fiction: "Dream Keeper" by Rohini Gupta. Fantasy.
Audio Fiction
At StarShipSofa: "A Smaller Government" by Pamela Sargent. Science Fiction.
      "an unknown force shrinks the White House and the Capital to the size of doll houses."

Comics

 One after one, by the star-dogged moon,
Too quick for groan or sigh,
Each turned his face with a ghastly pang,
And cursed me with his eye.
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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Free Fiction for Nov. 1

 Awesome free fiction (in several categories), likely more later.





Fiction
At Beneath Ceaseless Skies: "After Compline, Silence Falls" by  M. Bennardo. Fantasy.
       "As I rub down the pony after returning from Biyen’s farm, Frère Bruno steps silently into the stable, his hands and forearms still smelling of the sweet wort he has been straining from the barley mash. He has something to say, but he is waiting to be spoken to."
 At Beneath Ceaseless Skies: "They Make of You a Monster" by Damien Walters Grintalis. Fantasy.
      "The Healers, three women draped in robes of red, enter her cell. They don’t say a word. She keeps silent when they grab her. Twists away from their grasp. Fights against them with all the strength she can summon."
At GigaNotoSaurus: "Woman of the Sun, Woman of the Moon" by by Benjanun Sriduangkaew. SF.
      "It is the aftermath of the world’s end, and nine birds–nine suns–lie dead while Houyi cradles the curve of her bow, her fingers locking around the taut hardness of its string. The tenth sun, the last, has fled. Chastise them, Dijun said, a father’s plea."
At Kasma SF: "The Unfortunate Necessity of Regular Upgrades" by C.J. Page. Science Fiction.
      "Ahead the remains of a man hang, held up by a crystalline something that's grown from the wall and into him. He's swollen as though overinflated, full of the stuff, and a mass of crystal shards sprouts from his mouth, nostrils, and empty eyesockets."

Flash Fiction

Audio Fiction
 At Beneath Ceaseless Skies: "Luck Fish" Peta Freestone. Fantasy.
      "Masozi holds the twitching fish carcass above his head, out of Themba's reach. "Make your own luck this year, little lion." He takes another bite and tries to grin, but it's all he can do not to cringe as a single fish scale cuts into the gum between his two front teeth."
At Decoder Ring Theater:  Red Panda - "The Missing Links" Noir. Superhero.
      "The city is held in a grip of terror as ordinary men and women go missing in a series of freakish electrical storms. Is it an occult menace? A Nazi plot against the city?"
At Drabblecast: "My True Lovecraft Gave to Me" by  Eric Lis. Horror.
      " I have loved working here, and I am very sorry to leave, but I fear that if I remain any longer, my health and my sanity will be forfeit. Perhaps if I explain the events of weeks, it will become clearer why I have to quit."
At Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs: Episode 27 - Tarzan of the Apes. Adventure.
      "Tarzan and D’Arnot have made their way to civilization. Arriving in Paris, D’Arnot has taken Tarzan to visit his friend, a police inspector who is an expert in fingerprints."
At SFFAudio:  "The Pit And The Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe. Horror.
     "I was sick -- sick unto death with that long agony; and when they at length unbound me, and I was permitted to sit, I felt that my senses were leaving me. The sentence -- the dread sentence of death -- was the last of distinct accentuation which reached my ears."


Comics
At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Twice Alive" Sci-Fi.  Horror.
At The Comic Book Catacombs: "Ghost of the Un-Dead" Horror.
At Diversions of the Groovy Kind:"Never Walk on a Grave!" Horror.
At The Horrors of It All: "Change... into Something Comfortable / Trick or Treat" Horror.
At Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: “We Ain't Got No Body! / Tombs-Day" Horror.
At Seduction of the Innocent: "I am a Zombie!" Horror.

Other Genres
At Every Day Fiction:  "Souvenir" by Vaidehi. Flash.
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Sunday, October 28, 2012

Sunday Links

 Some good freebies today, including many e-books, some audio, and text fiction. Either there will be a second post today (with gaming and comics included) or tomorrow's will likely be larger than normal. Be sure to visit SFFAudio the source of two of today's links and this gruesome artwork, and where Jesse Willis continually proves that most Canadians are nowhere near as annoying as Justin Bieber. And be sure to check out the great free links at SF Signal, where Regan Wolfrom demonstrates that some of them are. Bwa-ha-ha.

And be sure to check out today's Little Dog Lost for a nice little comic strip Halloween story.



Fiction
At Adventures in Fiction: Thieves' Honor, ep 13: "Taw, Anyone?"
      "He shook with fatigue, and his knees threatened to buckle, but he was downright irritated at all the boardings of his ship in recent weeks. He’d be hanged if he let her be taken. If he was killed or arrested, at least he’d look like a captain."

At Short-Story.Me: "Hex" by Catina Noble. Fantasy.
     "The Hexagon just prostrates its monogamous ugly head and jumps on the upper part of my back. Between the weight of the Hexagon and its complexity, its action causes me to be thrown to the ground. I struggle to even breathe."

At Short-Story.Me: "A Song of the River" by Kevin Mackey. Fantasy.
     "She was a Maid," the Storyteller said, "a Maid such as a man would not see again his whole life."

Flash Fiction
At Every Day Fiction: "Cold Grey" by Jessica George. Fantasy.
At Every Day Fiction: "Ossuary" by J.L. Smith.. Horror.
At 365 Tomorrows: "Warriors for the Working Day" by Jake Trommer. Science Fiction.
At 365 Tomorrows: "Big Brother" by Jae Miles. Science Fiction.

E-Books
Via Pixel of Ink: 
At Free eBooks Daily:
At Smashwords:

Audio
At Antipodean:  The AntiSF Radio Show 171.
     "the program that brings you weird short speculative stories along with weird new music"

At Beam Me Up:  Episode #337 "Happy Halloween" by Colin P. Davies.

At Beware the Hairy Mango: "Food Fight" by Matthew Sanborn Smith. Weird.

At Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs: Episode 26 - Tarzan of the Apes.  Adventure.
      Tarzan "and Paul D’Arnot make their way through the jungle and finally arrive at a remote outpost where a missionary welcomes them for the night."
At SFFAudio: "The Highwayman" by Lord Dunsany. Horror.

At SFFAudio: 2109: Black Sun Rising – Episode 1. Science Fiction.
     "In the year 2091 the ASIMOV-1 Deep Space Probe was launched on it’s journey to the Alpha Centauri region of the Galaxy. It was the first manned Space flight to another star…"

Other Genres
Fiction at Online Pulps:  "Shave and a Scare Cut" by Daman C. Fenwick. Mystery 1944. and "The Murder Race" by Edward Parrish Ware. Mystery 1935.
E-Book at Free eBooks Daily: Love and Honor by Harry Samkange. Historical Fiction.
E-Book at Free eBooks Daily: While Angels Slept by Kathryn Le Veque. Historical Fiction.

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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Great Freebies By Kress, Dick, Sigler, and More.

There's some really great stuff today.  Lightspeed has a pair of cool sounding stories, including  "Beyond the Reach of His Gods" illustrated to the left and a Nancy Kress SF story in both text and audio. And there's much more free fiction including two magazines. There's some classic SF at LibriVox and Protecting Project Pulp and Scott Sigler starts the audio of his latest GFL novel (always awesome).  There may be a second freebies post* today as I haven't even looked at the Comics, Gaming, and E-Book sites yet - and my team of free fiction super-ninja spies are currently raiding SF Signal's Free Fiction Links.


Fiction
At Daily Science Fiction: "Caput Mortuum" by Andrew Kay. 
     "The Master's voice trickles from the speaking tube. "Renán," he says, his voice an urgent orange but matte with kindness, "please come downstairs."
At Lightspeed: "Beyond the Reach of His Gods" by Brian Ruckley. Fantasy.
     "An unseen log boomed against Wolfrun’s hull. In the last few days, Rhuan of the Grey Hall had taken to posting a lookout on the prow, to ward against just such events. This great, fat monstrosity of a river seemed at times to carry almost as much debris as it did water."
At Lightspeed: "Art of War" by Nancy Kress. Science Fiction.
    “Return fire!” the colonel ordered, bleeding on the deck of her ship, ferocity raging in her nonetheless controlled voice.
At Philippine Genre Stories: "The New Daughter" by Dean Francis Alfar. Fantasy.
     "When the boy inevitably grew up, married and moved away with his own growing family, the toymaker decided to make a girl."
At Strange Horizons: "The Lord of Discarded Things" by Lavie Tidhar. Speculative Fiction.
     "There were still alte-zachen men in Jaffa and Central Station in those days, as there always were and always will be, and chief amongst them was Ibrahim, he who was sometimes called The Lord of Discarded Things." 


Now Posted: Innsmouth Magazine #11. Horror.
  • "The Dark Island" by William Meikle.
  • "The Drowned Ballet" by Kirsten Alene.
  • "Charlotte Babbage and the Engine of Liberia" by Andrew Dombalagian.
  • "The Boston Look" by Evan Dicken
  • "Prayer to the Priest of Dreams" by| Josh Storey.
  • "Dinner at Majak’s" by Nghi Vo.
 Now Posted: Resident Aliens October/November Issue.
  • "Silence of the Imbeciles" by John C. Conway. Speculative Fiction.
  • "The Light in Everything" by Dan Grace. Speculative Fiction.
  • "Masters of the Earth" by Margaret Karmazin. Science Fiction.
  • "The Newborn" by Alex Mellen. Science Fiction.
  • "A Different Blessing" by Milton Davis. Zombies.


Audio Fiction
At Author’s Site: The MVP Episode #1 by Scott Sigler. Science Fiction.
     "If you recall the end of Book III in this series, our fighting Krakens were stranded in a place they did not want to be, about to be boarded by sentients they did not want to meet. We pick up the story right from there."
At LibriVox:  "Omega: The Last Days of the World" by Camille Flammarion. Science Fiction. 1894.
     "On 25th century Earth, a comet is on a path to collide with the Earth ending it all. Astronomers predict different scenarios as to how they will all die depending on the chemical composition of the comet. Omega probes the philosophical and political consequences that arise as the human race faces the end of the world."
At LibriVox: "The Eyes Have It and Tony and the Beetles" by Philip K. Dick. Science Fiction.
     "Aliens have invaded the earth! Horrible one celled creatures disguised as normal human beings" and "10 year old Tony grows up fast when history catches up with the human race. A sobering look at human history .. and our probable future."
At Lightspeed: "Art of War" by Nancy Kress. Science Fiction.
    “Return fire!” the colonel ordered, bleeding on the deck of her ship, ferocity raging in her nonetheless controlled voice.
At Protecting Project Pulp: “The Way Down the Hill” by Tim Powers. Speculative Fiction. 1982.
     "The rich, leathery smell of Latakia tobacco told me that old Bill was there, and I soon identified him by the long, blackened meerschaum pipe he somehow found again every time. The little girl puffing at it gave me a raised eyebrow."
At Toasted Cake: "Your Cities" by Anaea Lay. Speculative Fiction.
     "It's like the city just shrugged," somebody whispered. 


*Or if I get too busy or too lazy, they'll be up tomorrow.


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Thursday, October 20, 2011

Thursday Night

A few more interesting free fiction items. Some a bit "R" rated, though.

Illustration from The Revelator.







Fiction
@Author's Site: "Last of the Living" by David Moody. [via SF Signal]
"Why are we even bothering when the odds are stacked so high against us? What’s the point? When everything’s lost, why do we keep trying to survive?"

Now Posted: Absent Willow Review - Oct. 2011.
"Witching Weather" by Pamela J. Jessen.
"She wakes to dimmed sunlight, frayed clouds splayed across the sky like ragged muslin sheets. – Alarmed, she steps outside. Expecting molten July, instead she tastes a hint of cool October and sour apple wine. – A confused wind worries the woodbine slumped on her fence, leaves dulled in the muted"
"Time’s End" by Pamela J. Jessen.
"Time unspools and winter becomes autumn becomes summer becomes spring. – My children, long scattered, return to cling to my skirts, impatiently waiting to reenter my womb, to become dreams again. – And I, in my unwithered youth, eagerly seek out my own mother who tugs on her mother’s sleeve."
"The Man of Stars" by Lucy Stone.
"I’m out shopping when I first see him, juggling too many bags on my way back to the car. Footy socks for Tom, a new calculator for Sarah, milk and bread, chicken and chips for dinner with my favourite ice cream for dessert. I pause on the corner, fumbling with my mobile"
"Snake Eyes" by Zeke Jarvis.
"Mr. Stein awoke to find himself tied to a bed. At first, he was hopeful that this was a continuation of whatever drunken games he’d been playing with the young black girl whom he’d bought a few beers the previous night. He’d expected her to be game, with her tits practically falling"
"Sally’s Man" by Milan Smith.
"It started with a walk in the cemetery. Sally had met him after dusk, when the night wind had kicked up, and the smell of rain filled the air. She’d been standing in the yard listening to a bird twitter in a tree, when the man came wandering down the road behind"
"Stephanie in the Church" by Melissa Stanziale.
"Stephanie rushed up the steps that led to the back entrance of the church. Near the top she tripped and almost fell on to the cold, hard pavement. A painful lump formed at the back of her throat, which she tried to swallow back, but her chest tightened, her nose began to tingle"
"The Misadventures of Wart Wafer: The End of the Crimson Circle" by Joshua S. Simpkins.
"Azrael Knightsbane was the last of his kind. The great azure dragon roared and raged in his immense, cavernous lair. Where is my pretty precious! The thought boomed within the ink-black walls of his skull, as his massive barbed tail flattened large piles of gold and jewels with ease. Some thieving"
"Six More Weeks of Winter" by Philip Roberts.
"Before the sun could peek its head out from beneath the horizon on February second, Frank Rouse threw off the covers and pulled himself out of bed. He paused beside it, frowning down, fingers drumming across his hairy gut. He’d taken up jogging in the morning two years prior, or told others"
"In Soul Possession" by C. Kevin Barrett.
Andrew Randall was not happy with the afterlife. “It just makes sense to have some sort of training program or at the very least an orientation,” Andrew said as he sifted through the cardboard box in his lap. In it was an assortment of crystals, metal rods, and pieces of carved
 "The Last Dragon" by M.C. Elam.
"I am the last dragon. I hide in places no man walks. My sweet world, ravished now by callous deeds, lies nearly barren in the wake of his greed. My crystal rivers grow dull with filth, once clear sky made dirty by the economy of his hand. His days are numbered."
"Fillet of Cirrhosis" by Jacob Jacobson.
“Wallet and watch buddy, c’mon, don’t make me drop you!” Winston felt the blade pressing against his neck, a trembling hand controlling it. The mugger reeked of booze and shook like he was detoxing from something. Great, another fucking boozer…was the primary thought going through Winston’s mind as he quickly started to
"Disconnected" by William C. Rasmussen.
"Pulling his SUV into his garage, Scott McBride glanced at the TomTom mounted on the dash and shook his head. Apparently, his destination—“Home”—was still 1.2 miles away. He chuckled as he killed the engine, climbed out of the car, and shut the door. That stupid GPS system, he thought, a marvel"
"Cats" by Jake Walters
"The fort, built by two eleven-year-old boys, stood against a fallen tree near a murky body of water they called the pond, where sometimes they cast bait, not even knowing if there were fish to be caught. The fort was what good forts were to boys their age—a place to play cards"
"Just A Closer Walk With Thee" by Frank Stascik.
"The first time Caroline tried it, it was with a cricket She’d been sitting underneath the apple tree in the front yard, crying, when Billy shuffled up behind her and put his tiny, frail hand on the top of her head. She heard the wheeze as Billy inhaled, and when he spoke"
 "Warnings" by Alice King.
"Skeletal branches drip with moisture as I make my way to the bus stop. The last Linkwithered leaves crackle wetly beneath my feet, trapped between my shoes and the pavement. The rain falls all around me, a steady cloying drizzle. It drips dismally through my hair, plastering it to my skull in"
"Nexxus Point" by Sean Jones.
"Portia blinked. She took a step back as the teleporter light went from amber to red. Surprised, she realised that she had never seen a teleporter do that before. The lights on the top of the teleporter only ever went green and amber. Green was safe to travel, and amber, someone"
"Waiting" by Kyle H. Patrick
"Part One Cardigan opened his eyes, which was odd because he was pretty sure he was supposed to be dead. He sat up and felt the metal springs of a mattress poking into his leg. A quick glance showed him that he was in a small room, like a doctor’s examination"
"The Last Ereph" by JD Byrne.
"The cobblestones that paved these byzantine back alleys were not as clean as they appeared. Kol discovered this when his left foot, rather than pivot him crisply to the right towards the open alleyway, instead slid out from under him. He did not fall. He managed to catch himself with his right"

Now Posted: The Revelator #1 [via SF Signal]
"Nick Kaufmann, Last of the Red-Hot Superwhores" by Nick Mamatas.
"Every farm­boy was a red-hot super­whore once upon a time…"
"Gaslight" by Jeffrey Ford.
"We first heard about the child one evening at The Mon­day After­noon Club from old Mat­ter­son, last heir to an empire of sweatshops …"
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

eBooks, Audio Fiction, and More

Quite a bit of free fiction today, including a ton of free eBooks from Pixel of Ink and Free eBooks Daily (Yes, I know know eBooks technically have no real weight, but it's a good figure of speech). And some interesting sounding audio fiction. I will try to get caught up on free comics and gaming sometime in the next few days - sorry, time has been in very short supply here.


Illustration from "Valhalla Unleashed" below. Two words "Viking Zombies"








@Hub: "The Mumbling Man" by Danie Ware.
@Mindflights: "The Hand with the Knife" by Jeff Chapman.
@Philippine Genre Stories: "Fragrant Blood" by Elyss Punsalan.

Now Posted: Yellow Mama #27 - Horror/Noir.

@Pixel of Ink [Kindle]:

@Free eBooks Daily [DRM]:
Audio Fiction
@Podcastle: "Five Ways Jane Austen Never Died" by Samantha Henderson, read by Amal El-Mohtar. Fantasy.

@LibriVox: "Library of the World’s Best Literature, Ancient and Modern volume 2" by Charles Dudley Warner, ed. [Including a few fantasy stories from "The Arabian Nights"]

Now Posted: Dark Fiction Magazine Issue #8, featuring audio stories by Paul Cornell, Lee Harris, Scott Harrison and Alasdair Stuart

@AntipodeanSF: AntiSF Radio Show 158 Beta
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Friday, August 12, 2011

Friday

Happy Friday!










@Pixel of Ink:
@Smashwords: "The Wizard Takes a Holiday" by Red Tash. Fantasy.

@Free eBooks Daily:
Serial Fiction
@Author's Site: "The Journals of Doctor Mormeck (mountain)–Entry #16" by Jeff VanderMeer. Science Fiction.
@Author's Site: "Paradigm Shift #4" by Misa Buckley. Paranormal Romance.
@Author's Site: "Deluge (Part 80)" by Brian Keene. Horror.






@Escape Pod: "Midnight Blue" by Will McIntosh, read by Paul Haring. Science Fiction.
"It was smooth as marble, perfectly round, big as a grapefruit and heavy as a bowling ball. It made Jeff’s heart hammer to hold it. The rich red, which hinted at purple while still being certainly red, was so beautiful it seemed impossible, so vivid it made his blue shirt seem like a Polaroid photo left in the sun too long."
@Pseudopod: "The 7 Garages of Kevin Simpson" by Alan Baxter, read by Graeme Dunlop. Horror.

“‘Seven garages?’

‘Yes, Mrs Baker. Your father’s will identifies each one and dictates that they have all been left to you, along with the family home.’

Serial Audio
@Classic Tales Podcast: "The Mark of Zorro, Part 6 of 9" by Johnston McCulley, read by B. J. Harrison. Adventure.
@Author's Site: "The World in the Satin Bag (Chapter Fifteen)" by Shaun Duke.

Fan Audio
@Broken Sea Audio: "Dr. Who: Season 4 – Episode 2 – The Accidental Engineer"
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