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A few more great freebies to conclude today's free fiction posting. Back early tomorrow.





[Art from Shara and the Haunted Village, in E-Books below]





Fiction
• At Strange Horizons: "Ten Cigars" by C.S.E. Cooney. Speculative Fiction.
     "They solemnly passed the cigar around, sucking the non-lit end and exhaling deeply. Only Rosa got it right. She coughed up ten butterflies right away."

• At Strange Horizons: "Marceline (Adventure Time)" by Theodore Kanbe. Speculative Poetry.

• E-Books at Free eBooks Daily:

• A Girl Called Badger by Stephen Colegrove. Science Fiction.
• Shara and the Haunted Village by Jeffrey Getzin. Fantasy.
• Gabriel's Watch by Noah Fregger. Science Fiction.
• An Honest Man by J. L. Lawson. Fantasy.
• The Beckoning Darkness by Nathan Preedy. Fantasy. 
• Plob Goes South by Craig Zerf. Fantasy. Comedy.
• Nine Steps to Sara by Lisa Olsen. Paranormal.
• Magnificent Graves by Sarah Walker. YA Paranormal. Vampires.
• The Grail of Sir Thomas by Yury Nikitin. Christian Fantasy.
• Ned Firebreak by Brian Clopper. YA Fantasy.
• Remnants of Magic by Alicia Leslie. Fantasy. Romance.
• A Deck of Cards by Daniel Kelley
• The Wanderer by Samuel Gorvine. 

Audio Fiction
• At Cast of Wonders: "Ieia" by S. L. Bickley.YA Speculative Fiction.
     "Even after seven years living out in the country, Palfi didn't know how to sense the seasons. But she knew the autumn equinox had not come yet, for she'd had no visitors in a week or so. People always came flocking when the seasons turned."

• At Strange Horizons: "Ten Cigars" by C.S.E. Cooney. Speculative Fiction.
     "They solemnly passed the cigar around, sucking the non-lit end and exhaling deeply. Only Rosa got it right. She coughed up ten butterflies right away."

Other Genres 

• E-Book at Free eBooks  Daily: Brother's Keeper by Robert J. Thomas. Western.
• Fiction at Author's Site: "Local Knowledge" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.

Morning Freebies

Good morning! A few great freebies - more to come!

(Art for "No Breather in the World But Thee" in fiction and audio fiction)





Fiction
• At Nightmare Magazine: "No Breather in the World But Thee" by Jeff VanderMeer. Horror.
     "The cook didn’t like that the eyes of the dead fish shifted to stare at him as he cut their heads off. The cook’s assistant, who was also his lover, didn’t like that he woke to find just a sack of bloody bones on the bed beside him. 'It’s starting again,' he gasped, just moments before a huge, black, birdlike creature carried him off, screaming."

Ebooks
At Free eBooks Daily:

• Blood Harvest by Michael Weinberger. Fantasy.
• Cat's Paw by L.A. Taylor. Fantasy, Mystery.
• Vampire Takeover by Jez Strider. Vampire Dystopia.
• Black Diamond by Jennifer Loiske. YA Fantasy.
• Black Hole Sun by David Macinnis. YA Science Fiction.
• Limbo's Child by Jonah Hewitt. YA Fantasy.
• All the Paths of Shadow by Frank Tuttle. Fantasy.
• Firecracker by Charles R. Verhey. Science Fiction Fantasy. 
• Love of Shadows by Zoe Brooks. Fantasy.
• Baby by J.K. Accinni. Science Fiction.
• NorthWest by JH Glaze. SciFi Horror.
• Telepaths and Traitors by K.J. Blaine. Science Fiction Space Opera.

Flash Fiction

• At Daily Science Fiction: "The Man and the River" by Therese Pieczynski. 
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Police Interrogation" by Townsend Wright. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction
• At Nightmare Magazine: "No Breather in the World But Thee" by Jeff VanderMeer. Horror.
      Described above.

• At PodCastle: "Virtue’s Ghosts" by Amanda M. Olson. Fantasy.
      "For two weeks after she moved into our house, no one could convince me that Aunt Victoria was not a ghost. With soundless steps, she drifted from room to room in a dress the same blue-gray color as the pendant around her neck'

• At StarShipSofa: "The Golden Age of Story" by Robert Reed.
     "Each vignette is a separate episode outlining the spread of a designer drug, the effects of which include elevated reasoning and memory, high creativity, and pathological confabulation." - Primary Sources.


Other Genres

• Audio at CrimeWAV: "Mahogany & Monogamy" by Jed Ayres.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "The Real Mom" by Von Rupert

Monday Freebies

 Lots of good freebies today, including fiction, flash fiction,e-books, audio fiction, and other genres.

 [no new QD Radio today since today's post is late and tomorrow's post should be early]


 [Art from Alien Hunter, Star Trooper in the e-book section]




 



Fiction
• At Author's Site: "Unnatural Disaster" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Fantasy.
      "Tadero thinks Denne sent her on a fool’s errand—until she stumbles across something on the beach. Something that poses a far greater threat than the tsunami, the storm, or anything else the former Chicago cop has ever faced"

• At Kat & Mouse: "Ties That Bind" - Part Four" by Abner Senires.
       "Then we hogtied Isaac with zipties and a length of rope, gagged him with an old bandana, then deposited him in the trunk of the sedan. Joshua parked it back on the street then joined us in the Shelby."

• At L5R: "Notice Me" by Robert Denton. Fantasy.
     "Moshi Yokohime awakened with a scream, darting up from her bed. Her hand went immediately to her neck. She held it there for long moments before breathing a quiet, relieved sigh. It was only a dream. A nightmare. Nothing more."

• At Strange Horizons: "Inventory" by Carmen Maria Machado.
       "I'm the dad, and you're the mom," she said. I pulled up my shirt, she pulled up hers, and we just stared at each other. My heart fluttered between my legs, but I worried about daddy longlegs and her parents finding us. I still have never seen Jurassic Park. I suppose I never will.

Flash Fiction

• At Daily Science Fiction: "Downsizing Pluto" by Shane Halbach. Science Fiction.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Colonists" by Duncan Shields. Science Fiction.
• At Strange Horizons: "Watching for Aliens over the Allegheny" by Karen Weyant. Poem. Speculative.

E-Books
• At Amazon: Fire Mage by John Forrester. Fantasy. [via Pixel of Ink]
• At Amazon: Alien Hunter, Star Trooper by David Scholes. Science Fiction.
• At Free eBooks Daily:

• Haven by Lucian Barnes. Fantasy.
• The Haunting at Blackwood Hall by Barrymore Tebbs. Gothic.
• Return of the Thunder Gods by Mathias Jensen. Fantasy.
• Eon's Door by J.G. McKenney. Epic Fantasy.
• Summer of the Moon Flower by Annie Seaton. Fantasy. 
• Mark of the Princess by B.C. Morin. YA Fantasy.
• Teleport This by Christopher M. Daniels.
• Valley of the Dead by Kim Paffenroth. Fantasy.
• Cora: The Unwilling Queen by Amy Hutchinson. Paranormal Romance.
• Fair Maiden by Cheri Schmidt. YA Fantasy.
• The Legacy of Sadie Mae Stevens by Max W. Miller. YA Paranormal.
• Blood Melt by Max W. Miller. YA Paranormal. 
• The Griffin Cryer by Julia Hughes. YA Fantasy.
• The Princess of Dhagabad by Anna Kashina. Fantasy. 
• Farewell Horizontal by K.W. Jeter. Science Fiction.

Audio Fiction
• At Author's Site: "The MVP Episode #14" by Scott Sigler. Science Fiction. Football.
      "Game on! The first game of the regular season pits Ionath against the Isis Ice Storm. Is this the Krakens' year? Quentin and his teammates say goodbye to career-long Krakens players, giving him another insight into the many facets of Gredok the Splithead."

• At Beam Me Up: "Healthy Eating" by K.S.Dearsley.
     "That's your job." Dr Vinkriss shredded a strip of goat-silk bandage. “You people have been warned about buying unauthorized food, but you never listen. I'll have to report it, you know. You're breeding rights will probably be revoked."
• At Cthulhu: The House on the Borderland, parts 13 & 14 by William Hope Hodgson. Horror.
      No description

• At SFFaudio: "Polaris" by H.P. Lovecraft. Horror.
      "Into the North Window of my chamber glows the Pole Star with uncanny light. All through the long hellish hours of blackness it shines there. And in the autumn of the year, when the winds from the north curse and whine, and the red-leaved trees of the swamp mutter things to one another in the small hours of the morning under the horned waning moon, I sit by the casement and watch that star."

• At Strange Horizons: "Inventory" by Carmen Maria Machado.
      Described above.

Other Genres

• Audio at Crime City Central: "Call Me, I’m Dying" by Allan Guthrie.
• Audio at Tales of Old: "Other Wishes" by Richard Zwicker. Detective.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Red  Handed" by Patricia C. Anderson. Humor.

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:

• Night of the Pentagram by Barrymore Tebbs. Horror.
• Blakewood by Sable Grey.  Gothic Vampire Romance.
• Burning Bridges by Nadege Richards. YA Dystopia/SciFi Romance.
• Bound to Night by Nina Croft. Paranormal Romance.
• The Last Praetorian by Mike Smith. Science Fiction Adventure Romance.
• The War of the Worlds: Aftermath by Tony Wright. Science Fiction.
• The Prometheus Project (Book 2): Captured by Douglas E. Richards. Science Fiction.
• Wolf Dawn by Susan Cartwright.  SciFi Thriller Romance.
• Windigo Soul by Robert Brumm. Science Fiction.
• Incoming Alert by Arlene Webb. Science Fiction Adventure.

Via Pixel of Ink:

• The Boat by Christine Dougherty. Horror.

At Smashwords:

• "The Search" by Susan Noble. YA Fantasy. 17k.
• "Peter Pan & Anahita" by Anita Saran. Children's Fantasy. 7k. 
• "Spader dam" by Frida Arwen Rosesund. Horror. 2k.
• "The Devil's Bike: Love Potion" by Giovanni Flores. Horror. 5k.  
• "Zombie Dash" by Mark Matthews. Horror. Zombie. 5k.
• "The Big Game" by Ian Hillbeck. Science Fiction. Soccer.
• "The Net 7.0" by Cassal Sigonlos. Science Fiction.

Comics

• At Atomic Kommie Comics: "Cat Men of Phoebus" Sci-Fi. 1950.
• At Atomic Kommie Comics:"Dark 'O the Moon" Sci-Fi. 1950.
• At The Horrors of It All: "Kill, My Minions of Death!" Horror. 1953.
• At Seduction of the Innocent: "Doomsmoke" Horror. 1954.

Other Genres

• Audio at Gypsy Audio: "TamLynn PI: Casefile V Not Every Thorn has a Rose" by Gwendolyn Jensen-Woodard. Mystery.
• Audio at 19 Nocturne Boulevard: "Two If By Sea" by Julie Hoverson. Comedy.
• Music at Composer's Site: "Star Wars & Batman Christmas Songs" by John Anealio.

Science News

• "Black Holes Act Like Both Solids and Liquids" Science Daily.
• "Dino-Killing Asteroid Also Did in 'Obamadon'" Science Daily.
• "Do We Live in a Computer Simulation?" Science Daily.
• "An older Vega: New insights about the star all others are measured by" Phys.org
• "Hacking the Human Brain: The Next Domain of Warfare" Wired.
• "Bizarre Weather Around the Solar System" Slate.
• "Video: A Magical Nighttime Journey Through a Fluorescent Reef" Wired.
• "Opportunity, a Mars Rover Past Its Best-By Date, Keeps Going"  NYT.
• "Real-Life 'Hobbit' Face Revealed" Discovery.
• "Contact Lenses Could Send Texts to Your Eyes" Discovery.

 Genre Film News

• "‘Hobbit’ knockoff release blocked by judge"
• "Foxtrot Comic goofs on The Hobbit"
• "The Hobbit Games" Parody (Video)
• "Tolkien fans wait and worry about 'Hobbit' movie"
• "Another Trailer for 'Oz: The Great and Powerful'"
• "Star Trek Into Darkness Revelations"
• "'Star Trek Into Darkness': Cumberbatch's Identity, Carol Marcus, And A New 'Trek' Villain Theory"
• "'Star Trek Into Darkness' Plot: What We Learned On Behind-The-Scenes Trip To Bad Robot"
• "The New Man of Steel Trailer is Now Online"
• "The Trailer for After Earth, Starring Will and Jaden Smith"

Friday Freebies Part Two - Five Ezines and More

Wow five more free e-zines, including the two flash fiction ones!  There's the always great Apex Magazine with three short stories (be sure to check out the whole magazine though, there's also non-fiction there). Plasma Frequency has its third issue up, and two new for here ezines The Dream People and Kazka Press have flash fiction up.  And mixed news, another good looking new for here ezine Dark Recesses Press has its thirteenth issue available for free PDF download, but its the final issue. There's also more great free fiction, flash fiction, ebooks, gaming items, and more.

I'll spare you most of my extra advertising whine.  It's just a bit disconcerting to find extra advertisements on QD that I didn't put there and, even worse, are of the fake link type which are more annoying than pop-ups. argh!

[art for Apex Magazine below]




Fiction
At Weirdyear: "Remembering" by Susan Dale. Weird Fiction.
       "David walked with his shadows stretched across the earth: hollow within, soul yearning, heart heavy. Yesterdays, his only companions. With padded steps, he moved onwards: silent, quick."

Now Posted: Apex Magazine Issue 43 – December 2012  (Fantasy, SF, Horror Magazine)

 "Blood from Stone” by Alethea Kontis.
       "He had no idea that I loved him. He barely acknowledged that I existed, a maid twice over, little more than a shadow in empty hallways. Trapped in unhappy marriage and prisoner in his own castle, he did not conceive that anyone loving him was even possible. The baron was a man of war, not of love."
“Labyrinth” by Mari Ness.
      "It is a true enough guess—but the doors open only after they have been marked with the fingernails and teeth of those desperate enough for water to try to claw through bronze and gold before their deaths. Some attempt to outwit us by waiting at the beginning of the maze or some other place for a time, hoping we will let down our guard, or that we, too, will grow weary with hunger and thirst."
“Relic” by Jeffrey Ford.
      "Out at the end of the world on a long spit of land like a finger poking into oblivion, nestled in a valley among the dunes, sat The Church of Saint Ifritia, constructed from twisted driftwood and the battered hulls of ships. There was one tall, arched window composed of the round bottoms of blue bottles."

Now Posted: Dark Recesses Press #13 (final issue). Horror.

• "Post-American Princess" by Abby Goldsmith,
• "Three Second Memory" by Anna Schwind.
• "Borderland Fancy" by Mekenzie Larsen 
• "Where The Wiffle Ball Went" by Geoffrey W. Cole.
• "Club" by Drew Wilcox.
• "Three Grams" by Jamie Lackey.
• "Rosie’s Knife" by J. Adrian Cook.
• "The Dead Factory" by Chris Stageman.
• "13" by Craig Wallwork.
• "Wood & Flesh" by Sunil Sadanand. 

Now Posted Plasma Frequency #3 (Speculative Fiction Magazine in E-Book formats)
     "Fiction by K.S. Dearsley, Sarina Dorie. Bev Elliott, Joanna Michal Hoyt, Nathaniel Katz, Tim McDaniel, Kate O'Conner, Travis Omernick, Shane D. Rhinewald, and Mark Wolf"

Flash Fiction
At Flashes in the Dark: "Secrets" by Jim Harrington. Horror.
At New Scientist: "Too good to be true" by Jouni Sarkijarvi. Science Fiction.
At New Scientist:"Go D" by Michael Rolfe. Science Fiction.
At 365 Tomorrows: "Cerebral Mechanics" by Desmond Hussey. Science Fiction.
At The Dream People: ("stylized fiction that escapes the boundaries of reality")

• "Incendiary" by Grimley Bogue.
• "Butter Pat Babies" by Steve Rasnic Tem.
• "Preamble" by KJ Hannah Greenberg.
• "Stockholm Syndrome" by Lucy Mihajlich.
• "Painting" by Sayuri Yamada.
• "Konfessin Mouser K." by AE Reiff 

At Kazka Press: Holiday Speculative Fiction.

• "The Seven-Faced Bird" by William Cheshire.
• "Eyes Like Dark Chocolate" by Stephen Gordon
•  "Jolly and Old" by William R. D. Wood.

E-Books
At Smashwords:

• "Anticipations" by Isabelle Arocho. Urban Fantasy. 43k.
• "The First Vampire (Prequel to Venefica)" by Ashleigh Neame. YA Fantasy. 14k.
• "The Isk Rider of Bazuur" by Chris Turner. Fantasy. 15k.
• "Odin's Gift" by Michelle Sonnier. Fantasy. 2k.
• "Sinners' Breakast" by Scott Weaver. Horror. 2k.
• "Psychonaut" by K.Z. Freeman, Science Fiction. 9k.
• "The Second Chance" by Joseph DiMari, Science Fiction. 5k.

At Free eBooks Daily:

• The Eldridge Conspiracy by Stephen Ames Berry. Time Travel
• Foretold: Betrayed By Desire by E.S. Tilton. Paranormal Fantasy.
• Path of Seven by Norman S. Robertson. Science Fiction.

Gaming

• At Dragonsfoot: "The Tallfellow Point of View" Article.
• At DriveThruRPG: Pathways #21 Magazine. Pathfinder.
• At DriveThruRPG: Game Geek Issues #36 Magazine. RPGs
• At DriveThruRPG: Town Square Clock Tower Paper Model.

Other Genres

• Flash Fiction at Spinetingler: "Harvest of Smiles" by Jason Ridler. Suspense.
• Flash Fiction at Every Day Fiction: "Re: Camp" by D. B. Dubuisson. Suspense.
• E-Book at Free eBooks Daily: Mr. Pettigrew by L.J. Martin. Western.

Hobbit and Science News and More Free Reads

Even more! Another good free genre fiction magazine, Theaker's Quarterly is out and there are many great sounding e-books.  And there are some links to some interesting Science and Hobbit news stories. (With apologies to Buckner & Garcia)
'Cause I've got Hob-bit fever;
Hob-bit fever.
It's driving me crazy.
Driving me crazy.
I've got Hob-bit fever;
Hob-bit fever.
I'm going out of my mind. 
Going out of my mind.


Fiction
Now Posted: Theaker's Quarterly Fiction #42  In e-book format

• “The Powers That Be” by Sophia-Karin Psarras
• “Drydock”by Mitchell Edgeworth
• “Old Men Who Reach into Guitars”by R.M. Fradkin.

 E-Books
At Free eBooks Daily:

• Away With the Fairies by Jenny Twist . Fairy Tales.
• Stolen Love by Jodie B Cooper. YA Paranormal.
• The Hole by Aaron Ross Powell. Horror.
• The Night Library by T. L. Barrett. horror.
• Choices by Cate Dean. Fantasy Time Travel.
• Angel Wings.by Suzanne Stengl. Fantasy.
• Star One: Tycho City: Discovery by Raymond L. Weil. Science Fiction.
• Chest of Souls Book One by Michelle Erickson. Fantasy.
• Man or Beast by Annie McLeod. Fantasy Romance.
• Take Back Tomorrow by Richard Levesque. Science Fiction.

 At Smashwords:

• "A Dainty Dish" by Elizabeth Wexford. Fantasy 4k.
• "Woolgathering" by Christina Hambleton. Fantasy. 32k.
• "Immortal Remains" by R. J. Davnall. Fantasy. 8k.
• Chasing Sorcery  by L.J. Hutton. Fantasy. 232k.
• "Deep Water, Sharp Teeth" by Karen L. Abrahamson. SF/Fantasy. 14k.
• "There Goes the Neighborhood" by Christopher Lee Cousino. Urban Fantasy. 7k.
• Infinite Limits by J.C, Bell. Fantasy. 86k.
• "The Night Bus" by Ray Daley. 6k.
• "Broken Dream" by Joyce Chng. 3k.
• Mission Beyond The Stars: Book #1 of Saga OF The Lost Worlds by Neely & Dobbs. Science Fiction. 94k.
• "The Secret Beneath the Ice" by Andrew M. Crusoe. Science Fiction. 4k.
• "Merry Christmas, Mister Wolf" by Steph Bennion. Science Fiction. 9k.
• "The Cold Hell" by Augusto Chiarle. Steampunk. 4k.
• "Ana of Acheron" by Sam Seudo. Science Fiction. 6k.

 Science and History News

• "Mercury's Water Ice Bodes Well for Alien Life Search"
• "Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality?"
• "Even Brown Dwarfs Grow Rocky Planets"
• "US court to decide if human genes can be patented"
• "Where does Old Norse religion end?"

Hobbit and other film news

• "Blink and you’ll miss Smaug in the latest Hobbit trailer"
• "Hobbit Ownership, Way Early Midnight Movies and More Burning Questions—All Answered!"
• "An Interview with the Elusive Fran Walsh!"
• "Peter Jackson talks Smaug"
• "The ‘Oz: The Great and Powerful’ Trailer has Witches, Monkeys, and Munchkins"
• "First Trailer For STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS To Be Just Over One-Minute Long"
• "Star Trek Into Darkness (2013): Benedict Cumberbatch Is Not Gary Mitchell?"

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

• At Silverblade: "Midnight in the Garden of Light" by Elizabeth Hopkinson. Fantasy.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "Don’t Look" by Duncan Shields. Science Fiction.
• At 365 Tomorrows: "The Loneliness of Time Travel" by George R. Shirer. Science Fiction.
• At Weirdyear: "Benny" by Tony Rauch. Weird.

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

Via Pixel of Ink:

• Triangle: False Mirror by Lea-Ellen Borg. Science Fiction.
• Fallen, A New Draycott Abbey Series by Christina Skye. Fantasy.
• Opal Fire by Barbra Annino. Paranormal.
• A Gift of Ghosts by Sarah Wynde. Paranormal.

At Free eBooks Daily:

• Claus: Legend of the Fat Man by Tony Bertauski. Science Fiction
• Valley Of The Shadows: Kingdom Of Hillael by Amre Cortadino. Fantasy.
• Daisy Cooper and the Sisters of the Black Night by Robert Dee. YA Adventure.
• Aisle 13 by Zachary Stone. Horror. Zombies.
• Contagious by Emily Goodwin. Horror.
• Ruby Blue by Julie Cassar. YA Fantasy.
• Poet's Blood by Marie Symeou, Fantasy.
• Night Sea Journey, A Tale of the Supernatural by Paula Cappa. Horror. Paranormal.
• Upon This World of Stone by James A. Hillebrecht. Fantasy.
• Heart of the Hunter by Lara Adrian. Paranormal Romance.
• Troll Or Derby by Red Tash.  YA Dark Fantasy.
• Traphis: A Wizard's Tale by James D. Maxon
• Dark Passage by Griffin Hayes. Horror.
• The Zul Enigma by J M Leitch. Science Fiction.
• You Are Not a Planet and Other Stories by Sean Manseau. Speculative Fiction.
• Godmachine by Jack Thompson. Science Fiction.

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:

• "Fool's Gold" by D. M. Harrison.
• "Four Bullets to Leadville" by Benedict J. Jones
• "The Cold Trail" by Jerry D. White

Thursday Freebies

More great freebies today, including a pair of free genre fiction stories from Tor and Nature. There's flash fiction, including one by Hugo award winning writer, Ken Liu, and some good sounding audio fiction. 


[Art from "Wild Thing" linked below]






Fiction
At Nature: "The candidate pool" by Brian Hurrel and Jeff Samson. Science Fiction.
      "Massive environmental chaos caused by deregulation and corruption,” said Stormont. “We're talking entire ecosystems destroyed. Total societal breakdown. Bandits, fortified towns, cannibals. Think The Day After Tomorrow meets The Road Warrior."

At Tor.com: "Wild Things" by Alyx Dellamonica.
      "My swamp man wasn’t what you’d call a sexy beast, though I found his skin strangely beautiful. It was birch bark: tender, onion-thin, chalk white in color, with hints of almond and apricot. He was easily bruised, attracted lichens, and when he got too dry, he peeled."
 
Flash Fiction
At Daily Science Fiction: "The Tides" by Ken Liu.
At Every Day Fiction: "Caged" by Jennifer Campbell-Hicks. Science Fiction.
At 365 Tomorrows: "Keep Watching the Skies" by Bob Newbell. Science Fiction.

E-Books
 At Free eBooks Daily:

• Beguiled by RaShelle Workman. YA Paranormal Fantasy.
• Regeneration by Kevin Gordon. Science Fiction.
• A Knight to Desire by Gerri Russell. Arthurian Romance.
• With Heart to Hear by Frankie Robertson. Fantasy Romance.
• The Selkie Enchantress by Sophie Moss. Fantasy Romance.

Via Lovecraft eZine:

• When Cthulhu Met Atlach-Nacha by Alan Ryker. Weird.
• Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany. Weird. Horror.

At Smashwords: "Shadow Flight" by John Harrison. Fantasy. 19k.

Audio Fiction
At Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs: Episode 01 - The Return of Tarzan Adventure.
     "We pick up the action several months after the conclusion of Tarzan of the Apes."

At Free Reads:  "Lovestory" Part Three by James Patrick Kelly. Science Fiction.
     "which was first published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine in June, 1998."

At LibriVox: The Time Traders (version 2) by Andre Norton. 
     "If it is possible to conquer space, then perhaps it is also possible to conquer time. At least that was the theory American scientists were exploring in an effort to explain the new sources of knowledge the Russians possessed."

At PodCastle: "Study, For Solo Piano" by Genevieve Valentine. Fantasy.
     "Then, her lieutenants are Elena from the trapeze, and Panadrome the music man, who presses his accordion bellows tight to his side to keep it from sharp edges, and Alec, their final act, who folds his gleaming wings tight against his back so he can fit through the hole in the wall."

At SFFAudio: Two H.P. Lovecraft poems from Weird Tales and "Recapture" by H.P. Lovecraft. Weird Poems.

Other Genres

• Audio at LibriVox: Burning Daylight by Jack London.
• Audio at LibriVox: The Gold Sickle by Eugène Sue.  Historical Fiction. Druids.

Farmer, Sheckley, Lovecraft, and More.

A few more goodies to finish off the weekend. Some good audio fiction and written fiction today as well as a bit more.

 [Art from The Heroes of Asgard linked below]









Fiction
At Philippine Genre Stories: "The Proper Princess Protocols" by Kate Osias. Fantasy.
     "What To Do When Meeting Your Princely Husband For The First Time: 1. Smile adorably, even if you’re being jerked out of a pit with coarse rope. 2. Don’t correct him, when he claims his chicken is a phoenix."

Flash Fiction
At 365 Tomorrows: "Specimen 459" by Melinda Chapman. Science Fiction.

E-Books
Via Pixel of Ink

• The Spider and the Fly by C.E. Stalbaum. Science Fiction.
• Exiled (The Protector Book 1) by M.R. Merrick. Paranormal.

At Free eBooks Daily.

• Exmortus: Towers of Dawn by Todd Maternowski. Fantasy.
• The Mirrored Gate by Somerset McCoy. Fantasy.
• The Book Waitress by Deena Remiel. Fantasy.
• To Ride A Puca by Heather McCorkle. Fantasy.
• Only Human by Chris Reher. Science Fiction. Romance.
• Regenesis (Impact) by Harrison Pierce. Science Fiction.
• Kali: The Ghosting of Sepulcher Bay by Eric Griffith. YA Paranormal.

At Smashwords:

• "Old Ebenezer The Gravedigger"  by Peter Knowles. Fantasy. 2k.
• "Double Six" by Zelda Zebra. Fantasy. 9k. 
• "Adventures of Jacko the Conjurer: The Dawn"  by Jamie Ott. YA Fantasy. 34k.
• "The Arbiter and the Mummy's Curse" by Nancy M. Griffis. Urban Fantasy. 15k.
• "The lady of the lake" by Mariapia Messina. Paranormal. 11k.
• "The Dark Divide" by Michael Carter. Fantasy. 5k.
• "The Assassin" by Amy Gerrard. Horror. 4k.
• "The Hall of the Betrayed" by K H  Blackmoore. Science Fiction. 5k.
• "Dragonato Rhythm" by L'Poni Baldwin. YA Fantasy. 9k.
• "Juiced" by Patrick M. Boucher. Science Fiction. 4k.

Audio Fiction
At Beam Me Up: Episode# 338 Trathh – The Sequel – Dave Scholes
      "a continuation of Dave Scholes “Trathh” story arc.  This week is Trath the Sequel, which, believe it or not, it better than the first installment!  Dave is really getting into the swing with his ancient, near godlike characters from a long dead civilization."

At Fantastic Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs: "Episode 28 (Final) - Tarzan of the Apes" Adventure.
     "Tarzan has followed Jane Porter to her mother’s farm in Wisconsin, where he has rescued her from a forest fire raging nearby. Now he has returned her to her Father and John Clayton"

At Internet Archive:

• Weird Tales 1 -  "Dickon The Devil" by  J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Horror.
• Weird Tales 2 -  "The Spook House" by Ambrose Bierce. Horror. Ghost.
• Weird Tales 3 - "Nyarlathotep" by H. P. Lovecraft. Horror.
• Weird Tales 4 - "The Corpse; The Blood-Drinker" by Anonymous, translated by George Soulie. Horror. 

At Internet Archive: "They Twinkled like Jewels" by Philip Jose Farmer. Science Fiction.
     "Crane didn't get the nice man's name—until it was far too late to do anything at all about it."

At LibriVox: "Watchbird" by Robert Sheckley. Science Fiction.
     3 Robert Sheckley short stories. In "Watchbird," the question "can machines solve human problems?" is answered. "Warrior Race" drops us into an alien race of warriors who fight in a way you will never be able to imagine until you listen. And "Beside Still Waters" is a gentle story that shows us a man who really wants to get away from it all.

Old Time Radio
At Relic Radio: The Witch's Tale - "The Haunted Crossroads" Horror.

Other Genres
Fiction at Project Gutenberg:  The Heroes of Asgard by Annie Keary and E. Keary. Mythology. 1909.
Flash Fiction at Every Day Story: "Vegetarian" by Wilma Bernard.

Kuttner, Laumer, Rambo, Rusch, and other Greatness

Some great free stuff today! There's some good free fiction, including short story by the couple of my favorite active writers Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Cat Rambo (even though I always picture a calico with a bandanna and an M60, Rambo is an excellent writer).  There's great audio fiction, including new readings of classic Kuttner and Laumer stories, e-books, and flash fiction. And finally, there's a new issue of the free gaming 'zine Frontier Explorer, which provides today's art.

And despite what you may have heard at SF Signal (one of the best sites out there), perfection only exists at the sites linked to, never here.


Fiction
At Aurora Wolf:  "An Apple a Day" by Harmony Melbourne. Fantasy.
      Patti May kept her eyes on her work. “Don’t know why. She’s a hypocrite. She helped them kill us. Don’t know how anyone could live with themselves after that.”

At Author's Site: "Dread Unlocks" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch.  Horror. (Up until next Monday)
     "In Los Angeles, everyone knows Ms. Tarbell dispels dread. She finds an amazing amount of it in that sunlight-filled city, but nothing like the unnamed horror she faces on her current case."

At Daily Science Fiction: "The Number Two Rule" by Lesley L. Smith.
     "Still looking out the window, I nodded. It was okay if I didn't say anything, right? I heard the liquid stream into the cup."

 At L5R: "Scenes from the Empire" by Robert Denton & Seth Mason. Fantasy vignettes.
      "My own days of late have been filled with the conflict my clan faces. The Mantis pursue their agenda of avarice and chaos despite the honor of our claims and destruction they cause."

Now Posted: The Red Penny Papers Vol. 3 No. 1 [via SF Signal]
“A Connection to Beyond” by Cat Rambo.
     “The editor writes that he believes it is the innocence of their hearts allowing them this great gift.” Papa was silent, studying me. Then, with hesitation in his voice he said, “You never hear noises you can’t explain, do you, Jenny?”
“Breathing Room” by Jamie Mason.
     "Willy uses a hose to siphon bootleg oxygen from the condo into the VW microbus he shares with Moo. This is a dangerous operation, not so much for them as for the Yuppies infesting the newly-built facility."
“Fearsome Critters and Friendly Giants” by M. Bennardo.
      "Yes, spring had returned to the Michigan North Woods, but Paul Bunyan had not. Instead, there was a barge at the Lake Superior landing with six brand-new, bright red Overpack horse-drawn logging wheels."
“Crossroads and Carousels” by Alan Baxter.
      "Mark Cooper lay under a light sheet, wishing a breeze would blow in through the open window. Not a breath stirred the curtains and the hot night lay heavy like a shroud."
“The Extravagant and Venturesome Lives of Woman Pyrates” by Katy Gunn.
     "Our pockets full of elephant teeth, gold-dust, lamp tassels, and rat pellets, we leap about the decks of our new plundered galley, the Whidaw."

Flash Fiction
At Every Day Fiction: "10 Things To Do in Los Angeles After You Die" by Emily C. Skaftun. Horror.
At Flashes in the Dark: "The Tattered Man" by Michael A. Kechula. Horror.
At Mindflights: "The Hollow Man - an alphabet" Fantasy. Poem.
At 365 Tomorrows: "Curiosity" by Daniel. Science Fiction.

 E-Books
 At Free eBooks Daily:

• Madam Chang's Red Dragon Saloon by Angeline Hawkes . Western. Horror.
• Here Lies Death by Harlan Vaughn. Fantasy.
• Dragon Time and Other Stories by Ruth Nestvold. Fantasy Short Stories.
• Ice Age by Iain Rowan. Horror Short Stories.
• Journeys of Wonder Volume 1 by Ian Kezsbom. Science Fiction Short Stories.
• Speed Dating with the Dead by Scott Nicholson. Horror.
• Brood by Lars Guignard. Horror.

Via Pixel of Ink:

• Blood Like Poison: For the Love of a Vampire by M. Leighton. Paranormal.
• Branded (Fall of Angels) by Keary Taylor.  Paranormal.
• Autobiography of a Werewolf Hunter by Troy Tradup.  Horror.

 At Smashwords:

• "Lady Sarafina vs the Lawn" by Madison Keller. Fantasy. 4k.
• "Ever Shade (A Dark Faerie Tale #1)" by Alexia Purdy. YA Fantasy. 74k.
• "The Keening" by Keith Gapinski. Paranormal. 3k.
• "The Trick or Treat Door" by Shondra Snodderly. Paranormal. 1k.
• "The Exorcist's Assistant" by R.G. Taark. 12k.
• "Yarn" by Tony Crumpton. Horror. 2k.
• "Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradisio" by Jeff Vrolyks. Horror. 30k.
• "A Light in the Merced River" by Libbie Hawker. Steampunk. 5k.
• "Sons of Nowhere: Strange and Unusual" by Nicholas Almand. Science Fiction. 10k.
• "Alex Kaidan S01E01: Paradise Lost" by Darren Hoyland. Science Fiction. 15k.
• Broad Spectrum: The 2012 Broad Universe Fiction Sampler. Fantasy. Science Fiction. 49k.

Audio Fiction
At Author's Site:  "Lovestory" Part Two by James Patrick Kelly. Science Fiction.
    "first published in Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine"

At Drabblecast: "The People of Sand and Slag " by  Paolo Bacigalupi. Science Fiction.
     "'Hostile movement! Well inside the perimeter! Well inside!' I stripped off my Immersive Response goggles as adrenaline surged through me. The virtual cityscape I’d been about to raze disappeared, replaced by our monitoring room’s many views of SesCo’s mining operations."

At Dunesteef:  "CHEMO: The Pieces Of Erica Smith" by J.M. Perkins. Horror. Zombies.
     "It’s only been two months since Agent Joseph faced masses of zombies while locked inside of a prison. Now, he has a new mission. This one is so big that half of all CHEMO is being mobilized."

At LibriVox: "Gambler's World & The Yillian Way" by Keith Laumer. Science Fiction.
     "Here are two stores starring the always unconventional Terrestrial Diplomat, Retief. As a diplomat, Retief does not always follow procedure. Well the truth is that he almost never follows procedure but somehow his wit and strength manage to salvage most situations from the bumbling of his superiors"

At 19 Nocturne Boulevard: "Luella Miller" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman. Horror.
      "Close to the village street stood the one-story house in which Luella Miller, who had an evil name in the village, had dwelt. She had been dead for years, yet there were those in the village who, in spite of the clearer light which comes on a vantage-point from a long-past danger, half believed in the tale which they had heard from their childhood."

At 19 Nocturne Boulevard:  "The Shunned House" by H. P. Lovecraft. Horror.

     classic Lovecraft story adapted as an audio drama.

At 19 Nocturne Boulevard: "Dead Wet Chicks" (Fatal Girl, episode 4). Horror.

      "A serial killer in a remote town raise suspicions, and bring the team to investigate."

At 19 Nocturne Boulevard: "Baby Love" (Fatal Girl, episode 3). Horror.

      "Following a vision, Chiyoko, Alice, and Ken (minus the wounded Hyde) find themselves facing a hideous monster in the guise of the most innocent of things..."

At Protecting Project Pulp: “Raiders of the Spaceways” by Henry Kuttner. Science Fiction.
     "A warning throb came from the televisor. Kenworth sprang to the door, flung it open. Against the gray clouds, dim in the rain, a black oval grew larger—the collection ship, swiftly descending. And within it—Thona Trenton and the Raider!"

Gaming
 At DriveThruRPG: Frontier Explorer - Issue 2.
      "The Frontier Explorer is a fan supported and run magazine dedicated to science fiction role playing games and fiction. In its pages you will find optional rule systems, equipment, encounters, and more for various RPGs as well as fiction contributed by our authors and the community."

 Other  Genres
At Project Gutenberg: Fairy Legends and Traditions of The South of Ireland by T. Crofton Crocker. Non-Fiction. 1844.

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: 

•  The Hunting Tree - Book One by Ike Hamill. Horror.
• Kendra Kandlestar and the Crack in Kazah by Lee Edward Födi. YA Fantasy.
• Elemental Magic by Angela Wallace. Fantasy.

At Free eBooks Daily:

• Meant to Be by Tiffany King. YA Paranormal.
• The Ghost In My Bedroom by Heather Jones. YA Ghost Story.
• The Rising Dead by Devan Sagliani. Horror.
• The Necromancer by Pamela M. Richter. Paranormal.
• Granjy's Eyes by Matt McAvoy. Horror.
• Four Corners Dark by William McNally. Horror.
• Goodbye Sunshine by Craig Allen. Horror.
• Bearing Light by Lorraine DeWolf. Fantasy.
• Troll Or Derby by Red Tash. YA / Dark Fantasy.
• Dragon Soul by B.J. Whittington. Fantasy.
• The Chocolatier's Wife by Cindy Lynn Speer. Fantasy.

At Smashwords:

• "Necromancy for the Greater Good" by S.J. Drew. Fantasy 76k.
• "The Ballad of the Pipe Player" by Kate Seidel. Fantasy. 17k.
• "Living Death: Deliverance" by Kent Reaper. Horror. 19k.
• "Zombie Theater" by Scot McAtee. Horror. 6k.
• "Survivor's Tale: Blind Girl vs. Zombies" by Sean Roney. 2k.
• "The David Effect" by Mike Jansen. Science Fiction.
• "Galaxy Spies" by Philip Benge. Science Fiction. 83k.

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.