Sunday Sleepy Sunday

Lt. Bob presents classic Mooooooovie! This one The Last Man on Earth (1964). Haven't seen yet but title very good. If last man then soon there be no men like stooopid space captain. In case you like, it downloadable here. Also it Sunday and American law says there must be comics. Lt. Bob wonder if Space Pirates are hiring. And favorite part of day, stupid space captain miss so much good fiction he have to link directly to SF Signal as well as highlight. Ha ha, space captain, you stink! Lt. Bob say by now to all the good sentient and semi-sentient beings who read this.


Movie



Fiction
"But Who Shall Lead the Dance?" by Marie Brennan (Originally published in Talebones #34, February 2007).
"Always has it been thus: we faerie folk have our lands, and mortals theirs, and to trespass unbidden from one to the other brings swift retribution."

Online HERE (lots more free fiction by the author HERE) [via SF Signal]



At Tor.com: "The Desecrator" by Steven Brust.
"It was early in the morning of the third day of the month of the Phoenix in the 230th year of the Reign of Her Glorious Majesty Zerika the Fourth that you sent me to meet the desecrator. Well, sorry! You sent me to the place where I ended up meeting the desecrator. "

Online HERE [via SF Signal]


And more free fiction links at Sf Signal's "Free Fiction for 3/12/11"


Online HERE.



Comics
At Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: three sci-fi stories drawn by Dick Giordano, from Space Adventures #4, 5, and 6 (1953.) "The Devil Masters of Algol," "War Between the Worlds," and "Two Worlds" are all online HERE.




At The Comic Book Catacombs: "Space Pirates of Xarpot" Amazing Adventures #6 (Fall 1952). This classic sci-fi comic story is "illustrated by EC great, Bernard Krigstein."




Online HERE.



At Digital Comics Museum: Chris Welkin-Planeteer (1952) 300+ comic strips. This syndicated comics strip ran from 1952 until 1964.

Available in CBR format HERE (free membership required).

Also there, Jumbo Comics #70, highlighted by the jungle adventures of Sheena and the pirate adventures of the Hawk available HERE (free membership required).

Free E-Fiction and Comics

A good day for e-fiction and comics today. As for the other categories, not the worry, their day will come (and there was one audio story today).




E-Fiction
Dark Valentine has released its Spring 2011 for free PDF download. It features,

"Swallow the Light" by Kristen Davis, Illustrated by Joanne Renaud
"Danny-Boy" Tonia Brown, Illustrated by Larry Nadolsky
"Swamp" by Matthew C . Funke, Illustrated by Kitamu Latham-Sampier
"Only the Lonely" by Mike Chinn, Illustrated by Eleni Trigatzi
"Felis Dirus" by Berkeley Hunt, Illustrated by Walter Conley
"La Fée Verte" by Paul D . Brazill, Illustrated by Pamela Jaworska
"Ambulance in Eden" by Trost, Illustrated by Natasha Killeen
"The Stalking Rail" by Alejandro Omidsalar, Illustrated by Jane Burson
"Masquerade" by Sarah Vaughn, Illustrated by Sarah Vaughn
"Questions for the Dead" by Jeannine Dotts, Illustrated by Mark Satchwill
"Beautiful Lily" by John M . Radosta, Illustrated by Jane Burson
"Easter Dinner" by Katherine Tomlinson, Illustrated by Pamela Jaworska
"China White" by Caitlin Hoffman, Illustrated by Laura Neubert
"Dark Highways" by Allan Leverone, Illustrated by Mark Satchwill
"I Just Have To, Baby" by James Valdis, Illustrated by Pamela Jaworska
Cover Art Joanne Renaud

In PDF download HERE.

At SF Signal, "Free Fiction for 3/5/11" featuring several links not found on QD. John does a great job with these, especially all the @ Author's Sites.

The links Are HERE.


At the Author's website: "Veil of Ignorance" by David Barr Kirtley
"We're at Conrad's vacation house, a sprawling mansion that orbits the gas giant Hades-3. (His father owns both the house and the planet.)"

Online HERE [via SF Signal]

Also at the author's website, four stories he wrote as a teenager, here.



At Munseys, "Assassin" by J. F. Bone from If Worlds of Science Fiction (February 1958). "The aliens wooed Earth with gifts, love, patience and peace. Who could resist them? After all, no one shoots Santa Claus!"
At Munseys HERE and Project Gutenberg HERE.

And "Freudian Slip" by Franklin Abel from Galaxy Science Fiction (May 1952). "Things are exactly what they seem? Life is real? Life is earnest? Well, that depends."

At Munseys HERE and Project Gutenberg HERE.


Audio Fiction
At SFFaudio, "The Library Of Babel" by Jorge Luis Borges, translated by Andrew Hurley, read by George Guidall. Considered a classic of magical-realism (far from my favorite genre, but to each their own).
"The universe consists of an enormous expanse of interlocking hexagonal rooms, each of which contains the bare necessities for human survival—and four walls of bookshelves. "

In MP3 download HERE.


Comics
At Pencil Ink, "Skull of the Sorcerer" from Forbidden Worlds #3 (1951). Featuring Al Williamson story pencils / Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Joe Orlando partial inks (That is a serious collection of artistic talent!)


Online HERE.


At the Digital Comics Museum, three new posts of especial note. Jumbo Comics #28 featuring Sheena and Stuart Taylor HERE, Thun'da, King of the Congo 004 featuring Thun'da and Cave Girl, HERE, and Chris Welkin Planeteer comic strips from 1951 HERE. (all require free membership).




At Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine, "The Crime Chase Through Time" from Strange Adventures #4 (1950). This issue was written by SF/Pulp author Edmond Hamilton.



Online HERE.




At The Bloody Pulp! a pair of black and white horror tales "Crawling Death" and "A Skeleton in the Closet." Both were originally published in 1953 and later reprinted in B & W.



Online HERE.



The Epic Fantasy SitCom Pewfell "is an epic fantasy sitcom that follows the amazing adventures of an inept wizard, his warrior princess wife and the small blue gnome who hates him."



Online here, though chapter one begins HERE.



Much the Miller's Son is an amusing fantasy comic by Steve LeCouilliar.
"Book 1: The Good the Bad and Much" is available for online reading HERE, Book 2 begins here [indirectly via The Land of Nod]

A Variety of Free Fantasy

Found a few gems for this Wednesday morning. Please feel free to let me know about any of the cool free stuff I miss.

Fiction
At Daily Science Fiction, "F is for Forever" by Tim Pratt, Jenn Reese, Heather Shaw, Greg van Eekhout.

"Welcome to Hell's all-new Resort and Spa! Please, leave your worldly burdens by the gate and let me give you a tour.

No, you're exactly right. We've done away with such outmoded tortures as fire and brimstone, liver-eating vultures, and the like. Oh, Sisyphus still clings to his rock like a baby to his blanket, but not everyone comes willingly into the new millennium, as I'm sure you know."

Online HERE.




Audio Fiction
StarShipSofa has its 176th episode out with

Short Short: How to Run A Con Pt1 by Michael Swanwick
Fact: Everything by Morgan Saletta
Main Fiction: Galapagos by Caitlín R. Kiernan
Interview: Terry Martin from Murky Depths
Main Fiction: Dr North’s Wound by John Dobbs
Interview: John Dobbs
Narrator: Amy H Sturgis
Night Shade Books – Dancing With Bears
Eclipse 3

Streaming and in MP3 download HERE.


Librivox has an unusual, newly released adventure, The Perils of Pauline by Charles Goddard, read by a full cast. Based on the silent film serial of the same name, the 1915 book is one of the earliest movie novelizations. "Pauline charters aeroplanes, meets untrustworthy pirates, braves dangerous China Town, flies in a hot air balloon, adventures in the Wild West, encounters international spies, and escapes many other perils with the aid of her would-be fiancé, Harry, and an Egyptian mummy."

In MP3 and ogg downloads HERE.



Gaming
At Dragonsfoot, Footprints #17. This free RPG magazine for 1st edition D&D and retro-clones is fairy similar to what Dragon Magazine was like in the early 1980s. Among the highlights of this issue are an article by Lenard Lakofta and an AD&D adventure "The (False) Tomb of Horrors."



In PDF download HERE.






Comics
A pair of Arthurian fantasy entries this time.

At Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine, a pair of Black Knight stories from 1955.


Online HERE.




And at Seattle-PI, the only Arthurian knight who wears a skirt, the heroically cool, but fashion challenged Prince Valiant.


Online HERE.

Flash Gordon Comic Strip and More

Another cool eclectic collection of freebies from the web today. QD is back, though posting is likely to be irregular and many format changes are likely. Don't be afraid to say what you would like to see more or less of --- comment moderation is for the *&^!#@ <(%$)-? spammers, not to discourage posting.

Comic Strips
At Seattle P-I the long-running Flash Gordon comic strip. Since 1934, this classic space opera has graced the pages of Sunday papers. Unlike at the King Features site, it's free HERE.



Online Fiction
The two most recent stories online at Daily Science Fiction

"Memory Bugs" by Alter S. Reiss.
"So, this is your place," said Susan, looking around. I smiled, looked at her, and hoped that I hadn't left anything inappropriate anywhere visible. "Pretty much," I said. "It's kinda small, but with the rent---"

"Gathering Glory" by Steve Stanton.
"Destiny drove him forward like a taskmaster from the bus, up the grand entranceway into the ballroom at the Civic Centre, past the sign-in table where he received his laminates and loot bag, onward to his publisher's booth in a back corner. There it was: the fabled anthology, bright with colour but creepy enough to grab his attention. He picked up a copy to examine it closely, saw his name on the cover, third from the top, felt a surge of satisfaction. His first sale as an author. 'Do you like science fiction?'"

Site found via Escape Pod and Sf Signal

Audio Fiction
At Podcastle "To Ride Beyond the Wide World’s End," by Caitlin Brennan. Read by Steve Anderson.

“Those verses of yours,” old Coel said as the fire died and the hall subsided into a sort of rollicking quiet, “they’re clever. Especially your description of that son of a swine down the valley–how did you know he’s wall-eyed and has a distinct left hook to his private member?”

Streaming and in MP3 download HERE.

Gaming
The Artifact is "is a game. A science fiction role-playing game. The game starts out with a two hundred and four page book that is available for download for free and as a printed book. Two, The Artifact (in the game) is a enormous manufactured planetoid that has only been recently discovered (in 2085). It is both dangerous and full of promise, it is populated by people that are familiar, but full of mystery."

This free pen and paper looks very interesting, but you don't have to take my guess, you can read a very thorough review at The Free RPG Blog.

Comic Books
Some cool horror in black and white, but definitely not for children or the easily disturbed.

At Hairy Green Eyeball 3, some Creepy comics from 1964.


Online HERE.





At The Horrors of It All, some even more disturbing tales than usual.



Online HERE.



Other, likely less disturbing, comics are online at Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine, Diversions of the Groovy Kind, and other cool blogs in the blogroll to the right.